arma3_scripting

[little raptor]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

this is exactly the same thing with other commands as well

they're just operators

[austere wigeon]

hmmm... good point... I guess it's just still unclear to me what side to put certain variables on... or does it not matter?...

[austere ocean]

Does anyone here know how to fix something for me? I am using this Server hosting & I keep getting this certain error when I try & upload the mission onto the server.

ErrorMessage: File server.cfg, line 30: '.MISSIONS': 'C' encountered instead of '='

MISSIONS CYCLE
= class Missions
{
    class TestMission01
    {
        template = Invasion%20of%20Chernarus.chernarus;
        difficulty = "Regular";
        class Params {};
    };
};```

[little raptor]

player setDamage 1; //binary command: "setDamage"
//similar to:
1 + 2;

alive player //unary command: "alive"
//similar to:
+1

[austere wigeon]

This makes a lot of sense. Definitely helps me wrap my brain around it. Thx 🙂

So... instead of it being, like, a "function" based language, it's like an "operator" based language? Where you define operators instead of functions?

[little raptor]

instead of it being, like, a "function" based language, it's like an "operator" based language?
yeah exactly.
Where you define operators instead of functions?
you can define "functions"

but what we call "functions" in sqf are just data of type "CODE"

which we assign to a variable of our choosing

e.g:

my_function = {

};

what you wrap in {} becomes an object of type "CODE"

which is callable

and [] is array

[austere wigeon]

can my_function from your example be called with variables in front and after it?

[little raptor]

() is not an operator. it's just parentheses

[little raptor]

sqf is not statically typed so you can pass anything to it:

my_function = {
  params ["_a", "_b"];
  _a + _b;
};
_ret = [1,2] call my_function; //3
_ret = ["bla","bla"] call my_function //"blabla" 

it's not exactly a function. it's like opening a scope

so it still sees the variables you've defined in the parent scope btw

[austere wigeon]

Change it to this (you have a syntax error):

// MISSIONS CYCLE
class Missions
{
    class TestMission01
    {
        template = Invasion%20of%20Chernarus.chernarus;
        difficulty = "Regular";
        class Params {};
    };
};

But this is more of a #server_admins question, and not #arma3_scripting.

[austere ocean]

Oh, apologies.

[little raptor]

technically this was a #arma3_config question

[austere ocean]

Thanks btw

[austere wigeon]

Ohhhhhhhhh... I keep forgetting my_function is not a function, but a variable with code, that is called by call.

Can you define an "operator" without using #define that takes in two variables (one before and after)?

[little raptor]

in sqf no

but using C++ extensions yes

[austere wigeon]

ok, so #define would be the way to go then?

C++ extensions?... any docs on this I can read?

[little raptor]

I was specifically referring to:
https://github.com/intercept/intercept
but anyway:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/callExtension

[austere wigeon]

Also, last question, in your opinion, what language is SQF closest to? Or is it pretty unique in it's operator-operand structure?

[queen cargo]

Math expressions

Quite literally

[austere wigeon]

lol

[queen cargo]

Nothing else

[little raptor]

true 🤣

[austere wigeon]

Truuuuuuu

[little raptor]

but the command names are pretty much similar to C++

[little raptor]

using just sqf "functions" is better

[austere wigeon]

Okay wait... Just had a thought...

This still confuses me...

This makes sense to me:

player setDamage 1; //binary command: "setDamage"
//similar to:
1 + 2;

But 1 setDamage player doesn't work.

Now, that's pretty obvious... But I feel like it's less clear of the order with other operators

[little raptor]

well it's not exactly 100% similar

maybe my analogy wasn't good...

[austere wigeon]

No, it was... I just still think SQF is too vague

[little raptor]

operators may take different left and right arg types

[austere wigeon]

Which is fine... but is this well defined in the docs/biki?

[little raptor]

yes

even in the game

[little raptor]

data types are shown on the wiki page

[austere wigeon]

Okay, so... If it's a binary operator, "Parameters" will always have 2 lines? But what if it's like:

var1 operator var2 var3```

err, I guess var2 and var3 would be in an array?

[little raptor]

yep

similar to addAction

[austere wigeon]

okay, so operators can only take 1 var on each side, and if it's more it has to be an array (on either side)?

[little raptor]

yeah

[austere wigeon]

okay, I think I get it 🙂 thx!

[jovial steeple]

Is it possible to make any object fire something or would I need to use an invisible vehicle with a muzzle to fire it?

For example make a can of beans fire a Titan missile.

[little raptor]

you can create the projectile yourself

some effects might be lost tho... + the firing sound

[jovial steeple]

Yeah so far I have been unable to force the cruise profile on it that way.

I can spawn projectiles and target them with BIS_fnc_exp_camp_guidedProjectile but that makes them go direct to the target with out any of the advanced behavers like terrain avoidance.

[little raptor]

what if you use setMissileTarget?

[jovial steeple]

From from what I have seen that gets applied to the launcher and not the missile.

[little raptor]

no it gets applied to the missile

[jovial steeple]

Will play around with it a bit more.

[signal pebble]

Best method to animate a smooth 90 turn for a unit/player?

Using animations to have the players walk forward during an intro, and I need them to make a 90 degree turn toward a helicopter while in this intro state.

setDir works, but obviously is instantaneous and doesn't look good.

[jovial steeple]

You could record the unit's movements then play those.

[signal pebble]

Will unitcapture/play work for player units? I considered using that, but thought it would only work for AI

Read further on unitcapture, and it appears it will work on players, so I'll just use that.

[jovial steeple]

The missile isnt tracking that target but I think that is because the target doesn't have the missile's usual target parameters.
Im using the VLS missiles so going to try and use reportRemoteTarget.

[low sierra]

Thanks.

[queen cargo]

It actually still is
You just have more data types and order matters (imagine matrices multiplication eg. Where order can decide in graphics design whether rendering works or not)

[tough abyss]

Is there a way to change the literal crate in the supply drop module? not the contents, I found a really good script for changing the contents (which if anyone needs that script lmk) I just need to change the literal crate itself. Like from the standard NATO supply crate to the orange IDAP crate. Any ideas?

[little raptor]

if the crate has hidden selection textures you can retexture it

[tough abyss]

I'mma be honest with you, chief. IDK how to do that lmao

[fair drum]

probably gonna have to extend your script to grab the crate's location, delete the crate, spawn a new crate with the class you want, then run the crate init that you have and attach it to a parachute

[proven charm]

not sure if it's my code or what but I get the addMissionEventHandler ["EntityRespawned" to trigger only once in my mission

[velvet merlin]

whats faster with hashMaps in sqf? (for small amount of elements vs "high" number - ie thousands)
a) dynamically building the hashMap (adding each key-value pair individually)
b) building first the array data structure and then use createHashMapFromArray

[visual brook]

hey peeps im new to scripting completely

I just have a quick question. Idk if im mean to ask it here

Im trying to add an action that lets me "remove" a disguise on a vehicle.

This is what i wrote as a concept

_this addAction["Remove Disguise", {_this hideObject True; KamazBomb1 hideObject False;}];

Now hideobject doesnt really work in this case and i dont realy know why

if you can @ me when and if you wanna help out thatd be great. thanks

[distant oyster]

_this in the addaction code (the second _this) is an array. you have to extract the params first.

[visual brook]

Ohh thanks

[distant oyster]

First array, then hashmap:

private _elements = 100;
private _structure = [];
for "_i" from 1 to _elements do {
    _structure pushBack [format ["Key%1", _i], _i];
};
createHashMapFromArray _structure;

Execution Time: 0.1342 ms  |  Cycles: 7451/10000  |  Total Time: 1000 ms

Hashmap only:

private _elements = 100;
private _structure = createHashMap;
for "_i" from 1 to _elements do {
    _structure insert [[format ["Key%1", _i], _i]];
};
_structure

Execution Time: 0.1579 ms  |  Cycles: 6332/10000  |  Total Time: 1000 ms

[visual brook]

Is there a way to hide the objects model but still let it move around? as hideObject freezes it

[distant oyster]

Hashmap only (with set):

private _elements = 100;
private _structure = createHashMap;
for "_i" from 1 to _elements do {
    _structure set [format ["Key%1", _i], _i];
};
_structure

Execution Time: 0.1502 ms  |  Cycles: 6659/10000  |  Total Time: 1000 ms

[visual brook]

Im assuming not right?

[true frigate]

Is there a way I can force units to have their gun raised? In combat mode, they just switch to Aware, and lower their weapons. Ive looked online and found the weaponLowered page, but it doesnt really have anything of use to me :/

Also as far as I'm aware, their guns should be raised in aware mode.

[cosmic cipher]

Hey Ho, I have a question mayby someone can help me.
Is it possible to create a 3D showen area like the Trigger does it in the Editor?
It must be visible for players in multiplayer.
So i looked around and I dont find anything jet.
Mayby someone has a tip or a script command.
thx

[robust brook]

https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/218980-sharing-is-caring-draw-triggers-area-in-game/ kinda hacky but it works

[cosmic cipher]

okay thanks.
So i found this to and it works, but in this version only the lines are shown. Is it mayby possible to see a transparent wall like the trigger area.

[fair drum]

What kind of object. Entities can still move while hidden.

[visual brook]

Vehicles

[little raptor]

if the object supports retexturing you might be able to remove the textures instead of hiding the object entirely

[visual brook]

I was thinking that. Maybe ill fiddle with it later. thanks

[low sierra]

When using a listen server, can i run a server only mod? I mean, a mod that is only loaded on the listem server.

[pure socket]

How do you quickly find the functions you need to develop? Thank you very much

[little raptor]

wdym?

[pure socket]

mum,I wanted to find out the original features of the game and modify them to make a small plug-in, but I searched the keywords and couldn't find the relevant features

[low sierra]

@pure socket if you is a first time coder, you will probably find the functions you need on fly.

When you see the same code is used more than one time.

[pure socket]

This is the first time FOR me to make it. I used to modify and compile the function found in the package that the author allowed me to learn

Don't know where the author found the function and made the call...

[little raptor]

what do you mean by "function"?

[pure socket]

I have a document about being kicked out for moving too fast, and it works. I want to add another function about being kicked out for keys, but no error was reported after I added declaration and judgment, but the function is not working well, I used onKeyPress ().

[little raptor]

you need to learn the SQF syntax first

there's no such thing as "onKeyPress ()"

[little raptor]

are you familiar with programming?

[pure socket]

Beginner, learning logic by watching the big boys code

[little raptor]

I mean non-SQF, such as C, C++, etc.

[pure socket]

i learn c++

I don't have any project experience at present

I feel very confused when I write again

[low sierra]

@little raptor you know about this ☝️ sorry to ask directly, fell free to not respond 👍

[little raptor]

nope

[little raptor]

ok good. so I guess I can give you a quick tutorial about SQF then.

SQF is an operator-based language, not function-based. so there's no fnc()
We call those operators "commands". you can find all of them here:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Commands_Arma_3

SQF has 3 types of commands:
nular: commands with no args, such as player. they're sort of like variables.
unary: commands with 1 arg, such as alive
binary: commands with 2 args, such as setDamage

operators are like math operators. for example, we have when you write + 1, + is a unary operator, and when you write 1 * 2, * is a binary operator. that's how you write sqf commands:

alive player; // similar to: +1
//and:
player setDamage 1; //similar to 1 * 2

[pure socket]

thanks now i go to read it

very thank you

[little raptor]

to make a command work, you have to pay attention to its data types, which you can read on the wiki. for example, if you look at setDamage:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/105462984087728128/899063047652536330/unknown.png

SQF has several data types. including:
scalar (or number): such as 1, 3.14, 1e3, 0xFF
string: wrapped in "" or '' such as "hello"
array: wrapped in [], such as :[1, 2, "blabla"]. arrays can contain a mixture of data types, including arrays themselves.
code: a callable object, wrapped in {} such as {player setDamage 1}
object: all "physical objects" you see in the game, such as soldiers, vehicles, trees, rocks, etc.
group: a squad of units

those are the most common ones.

that's just about it. now all you have to do to make a command work is look at the wiki, see what variable types it needs, and provide the correct data types

of course you can store them into variables if you want, e.g:

_damage = 1; //scalar
_unit = player; //object
_unit setDamage _damage //OBJECT setDamage SCALAR

once a statement is finished, you end it with a ;

[copper raven]

yes

[quaint ivy]

Would anyone be able to tell me how to properly use BIS_fnc_showNotification?
Here's how I call it:

["PointCaptured",["",_pointName + " has been neutralized by OPFOR"]] call BIS_fnc_showNotification;

And here's my PointCaptured class.

class CfgNotifications
{
    class PointCaptured
    {
        title = "%1";
        iconPicture = "";
        description = "%2";
        duration = 1.5;
        priority = 0;
    };
};

End result is just a blank notification with no text

The wiki page doesnt explain anything about arguments

[little raptor]

read the function then...

[quaint ivy]

it made me even more confused

[copper raven]

don't see anything wrong there, should work

[copper raven]

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

You can send additional arguments into the template, where they are applied to title, icon or description using the format command.

[quaint ivy]

so how would I apply that to my case

[copper raven]

what?

[quaint ivy]

["PointCaptured",["",_pointName + " has been neutralized by OPFOR"]] call BIS_fnc_showNotification;

where do I use the format command here

[copper raven]

the function does it for you

title = "%1"
description = "%2"

[quaint ivy]

yet it doesnt work

[copper raven]

yeah, that's a problem on your end, not the function's

[little raptor]

what is _pointName?

[copper raven]

maybe your description.ext is setup wrong

[quaint ivy]

a string

[little raptor]

I know
did you verify it's correct?

[copper raven]

print it to be sure

[little raptor]

actually nvm

it shouldn't matter anyway

it should give you any maybe

[quaint ivy]

it would throw a generic error if it wasnt

for testing I removed the variable and its the same thing happening

okay what the fuck

I literally changed nothing

and it worked?!?!?!

[little raptor]

did you even exit to eden?

or just restarted the mission?

[quaint ivy]

I did

or at least thought I did

[little raptor]

you must exit back to eden for description.ext to update

[quaint ivy]

yes i know

I think I just forgot that I never exited to Eden

im just tired

[copper raven]

it should've thrown an error if the template wasn't defined

[quaint ivy]

sry for wasting your time

[quaint ivy]

It was defined, but %1 and %2 werent

[copper raven]

so you didn't change nothing 😄

[copper raven]

nil type string, but i think format would handle it as an empty string

[little raptor]

yeah:

format ["%1", format nil]

gives ""

[copper raven]

and if you did str [format nil] you should see string, but i guess it's because array needs to format it like that to represent equal amount of elements

[quaint ivy]

no guys, my issue was that my title and description in the description.ext were literally just a nil string ""

[little raptor]

yes that's how I got the nil string...

[quaint ivy]

and when I added %1 and %2, I forgot to go back to eden

[little raptor]

nil string ""
that's an empty string

not nil string

[quaint ivy]

ok

I just cant think but yeah

[copper raven]

oh this is interesting, though is kind of expected 😄 format ["%1",getMissionConfigValue nil] gives "array string scalar"

so it seems like only nil of type string has special handling done by format, format ["%1", getPosATL nil] gives "array" 👌

[calm yarrow]

Trying to make AI follow the player, the AI just walk to the players first position and stop there

while {1 > 0} do { 
sleep 1;
this domove getpos player 
};```

It also gives me a error that it is a generic expression

[copper raven]

yes because you're sleeping in unscheduled

[calm yarrow]

How to fix that?

[copper raven]

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

also 1 > 0, just put true

[calm yarrow]

ok

@copper raven Works, thanks

[dusky owl]

is there a way modify what Zeus has selected(add a object to the selection, etc.)?

[maiden wren]

Can you explain that a bit more? Unsure what you're asking.

[dusky owl]

I wanna add a object I spawned add to the objects the Zeus has currently selected(selected i mean just left clicking on some object), or that curatorSelected returns that new object.

[maiden wren]

As in, you want to select multiple objects? Or you want Zeus to be able to select objects placed in the editor / spawned by other Zeus players?
I'm sorry I still dont completely understand what it is you're trying to do.

[dusky owl]

You know how normally you can select units/object with just mouse by pressing on them? I wanna add a object to that selection with sqf.

[maiden wren]

Oh okay... for what reason?

[dusky owl]

Basically that object can't be selected normally by Zeus.

[maiden wren]

But you spawned it using Zeus? Im confused.

[dusky owl]

If I spawn a thing with createVehicle it's not selected by default.

[maiden wren]

Oh, so just use something like Zeus Enhanced, it has an "add objects to zeus' module

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1779063631

[dusky owl]

That's not the same thing....

[maiden wren]

What are you trying to achieve by selecting the object?

[dusky owl]

I mean that's what I am trying to achieve: to automatically select a object. That's the only thing I am trying to achieve.

[low sierra]

I'm glad this can be done! I need to set the server mod in the Launcher parameters?

[maiden wren]

Ok, I don't think I can help mate, I don't understand why the addon module is insufficient, and I don't understand why youre trying to select something (and why the module way of selecting is not appropriate)

[willow hound]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Command_Group:_Curator
These are all Zeus-related commands, so probably not.

You can make an object editable with addCuratorEditableObjects, but I don't see a way to mess with the user's selection.

[spark terrace]

Hey guys, I'm trying to make an IED truck using compositions. Is there any way you could link the use of the horn to 2 attachedTo ieds blowing up ?

I am not sure if it is useful, but I was thinking of using the [attached ied] setDamage = 1, causing it to blow itself up upon the player honking the horn?

[true frigate]

Is there a way to make a trigger activate when only a certain unit walks through it? for example a guy with variablename Man1

[willow hound]

Man1 in thisList 🙂

[true frigate]

I tried that, and its not triggering for some reason 🤔

The trigger is set to the side of the unit too

Ah I was using the driver of the vehicle, not the vehicle itself. Working now! 🙂

[willow hound]

Triggers

[copper raven]

yes, via -serverMod launch parameter

[calm yarrow]

So my AI follows the player in Eden Editor but when I start a zeus, they run into oblivion

 this addEventHandler ["HandleDamage",{damage (_this select 0)+((_this select 2)/25)}];
{ 
  _x doWatch objNull; 
  _x forceSpeed 10; 
  _x stop false; 
  _x disableAI "TARGET"; 
  _x disableAI "AUTOTARGET"; 
  _x disableAI "COVER"; 
  _x disableAI "SUPPRESSION"; 
  _x enableAttack false; 
  _x doFollow (leader _group); 
} foreach (units _group);

[]spawn {
    while {true} do { 
sleep 4;
Zombie domove getpos player
    };
};```

[copper raven]

start a zeus?

[calm yarrow]

?

Right now

[past wagon]

syntax highlighting is sqf btw

[calm yarrow]

?

[past wagon]

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[past wagon]

 this addEventHandler ["HandleDamage",{damage (_this select 0)+((_this select 2)/25)}];
{ 
  _x doWatch objNull; 
  _x forceSpeed 10; 
  _x stop false; 
  _x disableAI "TARGET"; 
  _x disableAI "AUTOTARGET"; 
  _x disableAI "COVER"; 
  _x disableAI "SUPPRESSION"; 
  _x enableAttack false; 
  _x doFollow (leader _group); 
} foreach (units _group);

[]spawn {
    while {true} do { 
sleep 4;
Zombie domove getpos player
    };
};

[copper raven]

what do you mean by "start a zeus?"

[calm yarrow]

Sorry meant I was in a Zeus playing as game master

[copper raven]

do you use the zeus unit thing?

or game master module, and then a seperate unit?

[calm yarrow]

Composition

[copper raven]

so if you don't put the module down, then it works?

or what is it?

[calm yarrow]

@copper raven unit init field

[copper raven]

that's not what im asking

what makes it not work?

you going into zeus interface?

i don't get it

[calm yarrow]

When I place AI, they don’t follow the player and just run into oblivion full sprint

The AI work in Eden but not Zeus

And yeah I am in interface

[copper raven]

i'm missing context here

[calm yarrow]

I might just make them run to a object

[calm yarrow]

I think I found the problem

What does a player go by in dedicated?

I remember someone saying it goes by something else

My bad, I just saw 2 Huntsman

Don't know which one you are

[low sierra]

i added atextDB3 to the launcher server mod parameter and added atextDB3 folder to the Arma 3 game folder (inside Steam folder) but when i start the listen server with my mission the atextDB3 mod don't load, the ============= List of mods ============= in RPT don't show it 🙁

I'm will try to install the mod as a local mod in the launcher.

at is the know symbol behind mod name...

[little raptor]

you can just do: \@

[violet gull]

Does anyone know the Control inside Display #602 (Inventory Display) that returns the list of displayed items in your selected container? I'm assuming it's a ctrlGroup but can't find it

I think it's #633 but unsure how to get the controls in that ctrl group. I feel like it's obvious but I'm missing something.

[little raptor]

allControls

[low sierra]

not really, try with your name, @ can't be escaped

[brazen lagoon]

anyone worked with There Is Only War any? I want to see if I can make a mission where you normally spawn as a cadian rifleman (normal soldier skeleton) but then you can unlock spawning as a space marine (different skeleton)

[brazen lagoon]

or I suppose the question I have is changing a unit's skeleton

oh, looks like my best bet is using createUnit and then using selectPlayer to force the player into that created unit

[restive ocean]

im trying to add a flyover at the end of my mission, and I am using
[[8429.28,9792.6,50], [8434.72,8604.38,50]] call BIS_fnc_ambientFlyby;
this works fine, but how can i change it to be a different helicopter instead of a littlebird?

[little raptor]

read the wiki
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_ambientFlyby

[restive ocean]

thanks

[copper raven]

maybe serverMod doesn't work with client exe

just use -mod then

[unkempt bay]

Hello,
I do have a basic technical question:

I try to return the player that trigger the ... trigger by radio call activation.
I manage to do that with a presence activation thanks to this or thisList but it does not seems to work with the radio call menu > Alpha etc. Because the array is empty using radio call.

Any suggestion to do that ? Maybe using setTriggerActivation ? But in an execVM sqf ? Trigger editor only ?Thanks

[winter rose]

the trigger is created on all the machines
therefore it is local
you can use player

[unkempt bay]

as simple as that, alright thanks 🙂

[low sierra]

Can i change the Launcher language? There is no such option in parameters.

[winter rose]

not through scripting, but you sure can through its top-right options

[still forum]

I'm wondering if thats only due to more temporary arrays being created.

Your first test has
["Key%1", _i]
[format ["Key%1", _i], _i]

2 arrays inside the loop.

Your second hahsmap only test has
["Key%1", _i]
[format ["Key%1", _i], _i]
[[format ["Key%1", _i], _i]]

3 arrays inside the loop.

create from array is internally just calling insert.
so create from array is the same as create + bulk insert.

Also [key, key, key], [value, value, value] insert will be more efficient than [key,value],[key, value] insert

bulk insert actually isn't doing anything fancy like reserving memory all at once.
bulk insert is just a loop with normal set's.
So it really shouldn't be that much faster

Only thing you might save is SQF command executions. Bulk insertion being one, seperate sets being many

[cold mica]

What's the difference between the PlayerConnected eventhandler and the initPlayerLocal.sqf and initPlayerServer.sqf event scripts?

I am looking to add some code to change a player's face when the player connects to the server. Not sure if I should use the PlayerConnected event handler in init.sqf or just use the initPlayerServer.sqf event script.

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Mission_Event_Handlers#PlayerConnected
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Event_Scripts#initPlayerServer.sqf

Here's the BIKI articles I am reading

[hollow thistle]

PlayerConnected EH runs when player connects... at the time of the connection his avatar/unit might be not initialized yet.

Use init scripts for your use-case.

[cold mica]

Thanks for the succinct explanation

[fair drum]

there is no player on a dedicated. and in multiplayer, player changes depending on which client is currently running the script.

[tough abyss]

Hello, i'm having some issues with a script.
I used the following one i found on a Steam thread:

_variable addaction ["Title", {[["TEXT", "PLAIN DOWN", -1, true, true]] remoteExec ["titleText", 0, false];}, nil, 0, false, true];

This did make the object i wanted (in this case a pad) interactable, yet the main issue is that it doesn't matter how distant i am from said object, if i look in its direction in general even while being pretty far from it, the interaction still appears. I'm very new to scripting and scenario makings in general, any help would be appreciated...

[cold mica]

Check the BIKI on addActions.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction

By default, addActions have a radius of 50m. Add an argument to change from 50 as explained in the article above.

[calm yarrow]

So how do get the player?

their actual name?

I'm trying to make AI chase them

[tough abyss]

hey guys what is the name of this particle? https://gyazo.com/07815c14260c6712a323f606fdb53c77

[upper siren]

name player

will return the name of player the script is local to

[violet remnant]

what is a good example of a mod that's is using sqfc, than i can take apart to learn about sqfc ?

[calm yarrow]

?

Do I need the players name in it?

Or will it find the player's name

[upper siren]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/name
name is a function (if that is the correct name...) which returns the name of a object.

the object being player

[calm yarrow]

Yes, i'm wondering what the dedicated player name is

My AI would run into the sunset

If I give them the name "player"

[upper siren]

ehm... 😅 idk, join your server, open debug console and server execute "name player"

and see what it returns

I'm guessing nothing

[calm yarrow]

oh, I do it in composition

I also tested it

Just stands still

I might just make them run to the object they are protecting

Someone else told me to try unit

didn't work

[little raptor]

why do you need the player's name to "make AI chase them"?

[little raptor]

Hypoxic already told you. there's no player in dedicated server~~/headless client~~

player is always a null object

[fair drum]

If you let me get home from work I'll help you

[willow hound]

Side note: On HCs it actually returns the HeadlessClient_F entity

[little raptor]

ok

[calm yarrow]

Okay ty

[fair drum]

are you wanting it to charge the person that shot it or nearest person?

[calm yarrow]

yes

nearest person

specifcally a player

[fair drum]

so you have a group of zombie units that you want all of them to charge when one of them is hurt?

[calm yarrow]

Here, i'll send script

[calm yarrow]

Works but mine just gives the position of the player and makes them run to them like maniacs

 this addEventHandler ["HandleDamage",{damage (_this select 0)+((_this select 2)/25)}];
[]spawn {
    while {true} do { 
sleep 4;
Zombie domove getpos  Player,1};
};```

[fair drum]

im reading the post you posted with the original event handler you put which there is so much wrong with so I'm just asking the idea you want

[calm yarrow]

oh

Chase the player

[fair drum]

1 zombie or a bunch of zombies

[calm yarrow]

abunch

[fair drum]

and all these zombies are grouped in a single group

[calm yarrow]

Yes

So I can spawn multiple without the group limit breaking

[little raptor]

it's not just about "breaking group limit"
grouping AIs improves performance too

[calm yarrow]

Oh yeah the large amount of green lines(move markers)

[fair drum]

https://sqfbin.com/sixosicaxotecamaluhi

bin's not being friendly today...

that's just using your original commands you wanted in the original script

don't think you can hide your comment @crude vigil ! I saw it

[calm yarrow]

Where do you put the script? I feel retarded asking

[fair drum]

you define it into a function then you'd call it using the group's variable as the argument

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

[obtuse quiver]

Hello, i ran into a problem while trying to remoteExec say3d and show a text at the same time using addAction, i figured out how to play the sound pretty quickly using the wiki, tho i don't really understand how to incorporate the text too:

[g1, ["Azione", {titleText ["<t color='#ff0000' size='5'>Stop</t><br/>non ti muovere!", "PLAIN DOWN", -1, true, true];
}, {g1 say3D ["red1", 1000, 1];} ]] remoteExec ["addAction",0]; 

[willow hound]

I'd wager }, { is the problem: addAction only takes one script argument, but you have two.

[fair drum]

you can define subtitles to a sound that you made in cfgsounds

which I'm assuming red1 is

[hollow tinsel]

Is there a way to Preprocess a string like you can do with a file before compiling it?

[obtuse quiver]

ok i see, thanks to both! :D

[fair drum]

you mean just compile?

[hollow tinsel]

I do not believe that compile supports comments using // or /* and */ and PreProcessor Commands.

[obtuse quiver]

https://imgur.com/hikvGYm guess i missed something lol

class CfgSounds
{
    class red1
    {
        name = "red";
        sound[] = {"red.ogg",1,1};

        forceTitles = true;    
        titlesFont = "LCD14";
        titlesSize = 0.1;
        titlesStructured = true;
        titles[] = {0,"<t color='#ff0000' size='5'>RED LIGHT</t><br/>non ti muovere!", "PLAIN DOWN"};
    };
};

im lost :/

oooopss

left size='5'in

[little raptor]

#arma3_config

[torpid pike]

got it lemme refer

[open star]

So what's the operators for variables? I can't seem to get this to work and I thought I did it correctly but clearly... not.

inMainBase = {player inArea "mainBase" OR player inArea "mainFiringRange"};

I did check to see if the variable in-game was correctly spelled and inside the script.

I just wanted to mainly make sure that this was the correct OR operator.

[little raptor]

inMainBase is a code

[open star]

yes.

it's a variable in a larger script.

[little raptor]

well you need a boolean

not code

[open star]

It is the boolean for some ACE Teleport things.

[little raptor]

I have no idea what you're trying to do without context

[open star]

inMainBase = {player inArea "mainBase"};

rangerMenuClass = ["rangerClass", "4RB Menu","","",{true}] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction;
[player, 1,["ACE_SelfActions"],rangerMenuClass] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToObject;
teleportMenuClass = ["teleportClass","Teleports","","",inMainBase] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction;
[player,1,["ACE_SelfActions", "rangerClass"],teleportMenuClass] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToObject;

{
    _x params ["_target", "_name"];
    private _action = [_name, _name, "",
    {
        params ["_actionTarget", "_player", "_actionParams"];
        _actionParams params ["_target"];
        player setPosATL (getPosATL _target);
    }, inMainBase, nil, _target] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction;
        [player, 1, ["ACE_SelfActions", "rangerClass", "teleportClass"], _action] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToObject;
} forEach [
    [MBTP, "Main Base"],
    [FRTP, "Firing Range"]
];```

I figured that'd make little to no sense so this is the whole file.

[little raptor]

seems correct (except you didn't need to make it a global var)

[little raptor]

instead of using player like that you might need to pass the actual caller...

[open star]

Well yes this works.

but let's say I want another defined area without having to create another variable to call and create another forEach statement.

Which is where the OR operator comes in play I'd hoped...

But I'm not sure how I'd access the actual caller in this case since I'm using ace interactions I'm not sure how it processes that.

[little raptor]

doesn't it mention in the docs?

if not you can just put a systemChat str _this inside the code

see what it gives you

my guess is that the first var is the caller

[open star]

Where does systemChat output normally? I don't think I've done it right or I don't know where it's outputted.

[little raptor]

bottom left

where other chat stuff is

[austere ocean]

Would anyone like to hop into a Team Speak with me & my buddy to help us out with some server issues. We have been frustrated for a few days.

[little raptor]

#server_admins

[austere ocean]

Thanks

[open star]

Oh god I can't chat in editor singleplayer

so, this is all that comes of it.

[B Alpha 1-1:1 (Mercury),false]

[tired coral]

mutliplayer > host lan > editor

[open star]

but that's sloow xD

Also that doesn't shot systemchat in mulitplayer

[little raptor]

so my guess was correct then

the first element is the caller

[open star]

Right, so what am I changing here instead of having it be the "player"

Sorry...

[little raptor]

so I guess you didn't write this yourself then?

[open star]

No that part I did, actually most of it I wrote.

a year ago.

[little raptor]

well anyway:

_code = {
  params ["_caller"];
  _caller in "blabla"
};

[open star]

The ForEach statement I had help from another person who just researched more into ASL than me.

[unkempt bay]

Hello guys,
I checked the score system but I do have a small question still, how could it be possible to know which unit killed a specific AI ? I guess it's possible to return that since i saw on servers "Killed by JohnDoe" Thanks

[little raptor]

yes. see "killed" and "MPKilled" event handlers

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

[violet gull]

Are playActions and switchActions defined in specific animation config values?

[little raptor]

CfgMovesBasic >> ManActions

[quick lagoon]

Does anyone know if there is an event for a unit becoming unconscious (or vice versa)? I'm aware that lifeState and incapacitatedState exist but I'm trying to avoid having a loop to check it periodically.

[copper raven]

handledamage maybe

[quick lagoon]

That would work if damage makes you go unconscious or you're getting healed (if I see it right from trying it). But if a vehicle explodes around you and you're invincible or the Zeus toggles your state it wouldn't.

[copper raven]

well for those cases, you need to detect it yourself

it would be nice to have an event handler for it, but oh well

[quick lagoon]

There is a "VisionModeChanged" EH marked for 2.07 in the wiki already which I'm coincidentally interested in. One can dream for a "LifeStateChanged" or something as well. :)

[little raptor]

You can make a feature request. maybe the devs will add it

[quick lagoon]

Oh? How and where do I do that?

[little raptor]

See #arma3_feedback_tracker and its description

[little raptor]

Also odd versions = dev branch
You can already try that EH if you switch to dev branch

Basically 2.07 is what 2.08 stable will be

[quick lagoon]

I'll look into the feedback tracker, thanks. Also not sure if I wanna dabble in dev branches as I don't know the release cadence. Will it be available "publicly" in a few days, weeks, months, etc.

[still forum]

no

[quick lagoon]

Ah it already exists... for a while: https://feedback.bistudio.com/T120118

[still forum]

Q1 2022 maybe

[still forum]

and its now on my todo list :wob:

(my todo list is long)

[quick lagoon]

confused happy noises

[final sun]

Hello Guys, I have a question regarding how doTarget works. it seems when I make a unit target an other unit it wont target it forever but will change to an other enemy unit instead. Is that intentional? How can I approach this making my units target an enemy untill its dead and nothing else without using a loop? Im afraid a target loop might mess up the built in AI

[winter rose]

You can disableAI autotarget

[proven charm]

why does empty group become null when I set the deleteWhenEmpty to false (when creating it) ?

[proven charm]

i think it's the joinSilent that causes empty group to be deleted (probably a bug...)

[weary dirge]

Hi everybody, I have another (probably) lame question but I would be very grateful if you can at least point me in right direction cuz I can even google anything similar.
I write this from work so I don't have actual code in front of me but I can't stop think about it, can't find anything and its bothers me.

I will make it simple : group with 9 units, 1-3 white team, 4-6 blue, 7-9 red. I have multiple blufor specific EH which works just fine BUT - I would like to make a different actions depending
on the team. I could make if / then parameters for each unit but with this number and number of EHs It would be very tiresome. I tried something like _teamRed = [u1,u2,u3] but then EH gives a error
message about expecting Object / Unit and not a string / array (I just can't remember which because I tried many different scenarios)

Is there anything similar possible? Can you point me out for some examples?
Thanks!

[winter rose]

I have no idea what you are trying to do exactly regarding "actions depending on team"
as for your EHs… which ones?

[weary dirge]

Right, sorry. For example EH Killed, where if _killer is blufor, then _radio = selectRandom [sound1, sound2, sound3 etc.], then _killer groupRadio _radio; And it plays one of the messages when enemy unit is killed.

And I like substitute _killer with something like if _teamRed = selectRandom [sound1, sound2, sound3 etc.]; _teamBlue = selectRandom [sound4, sound5, sound6 etc.] and I can make it work like that if I do it unit by unit by name but I want to group multiple unit in one parameter (?) which EH recognize.

I'm really sorry but I'm trying to be clear as I can. Thank you

[final sun]

Thanks for the Idea. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work. one of the units still fires upon the non targeted one and kills it.

[winter rose]

see assignedTeam _killer
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/assignedTeam

[copper raven]

you could do something like this:

private _teams = [[white, ...], [red, ...], [blue, ...]];
private _sounds = [[sounds for white, ...], [sounds for red, ...], [sounds for blue, ...]];
private _sound = selectRandom (_sounds select (_teams findIf {_killer in _x}));

or

private _sounds = ["MAIN", "RED", "BLUE"] createHashMapFromArray [[sounds for white, ...], [sounds for red, ...], [sounds for blue, ...]];
private _sound = selectRandom (_sounds getOrDefault [assignedTeam _killer, [sounds if not in above teams]]);

if you are using the assigned teams thing (what Lou said)

though both of these assume that _killer is in one of those teams, otherwise you need to handle the case where it's none of those

actually you could even simplify the second one by using a hashmap

[weary dirge]

Thanks to both of you! I will try it as first thing I'm home 🙂 I knew about assugnedTeam but didn't know how to use it correctly. Sry guys, still learing. And Thanks again!

[copper raven]

i mean for it to work, you need to first https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/assignTeam

unless you do it in group menu thing

[weary dirge]

Yup, already got that part in init.

[copper raven]

edited the second one to use hashmaps

it's best if you create the arrays(first) or the hashmap(second) in some init script, so you don't recreate it everytime

[winter rose]

and don't apologise for learning 👀

[weary dirge]

I must say that I don't understand how hashmap works but I will try to make it work by your first post and then look into this and try to iron it out.

[hollow tinsel]

Thanks, also with the terrain commands in diag is there a way to get the closest terrain vertex?

[still forum]

do math

[winter rose]

ugh!

[hollow tinsel]

Okay... thanks. Will try and implement it in a different way.

[still forum]

terrain starts at 0,0,0
you have a command to get terrain grid

heightmap points are on terrain grid spaced grid, so you can calculate where the grid points are, and thus also where the closest is

there is no command for it, but you can script it yourself

[hollow tinsel]

Yeah, I understand but for my use case this causes a good amount of delay between start of the brush and when the loop starts. (Tested with exporting) Just didn't know If I overlooked the functionality of a command or not. Will try implementing the math and see if the delay is noticeable like it is with my exporter.

[still forum]

you just need to round your X coordinate once to next lower multiple of terrain grid, and to next higher multiple of terrain grid
repeat the same for your Y, now you have 4 points.
then distance2D to find the nearest.
That should be pretty fastish

[weary dirge]

@winter rose @copper raven It works like a charm guys. Thanks! I have few new hiccups but I'll try them solve myself first.

[manic sigil]

I'm building a showcase on suppression mechanics.

Part of it is facing the players against a line of RPG troopers, because when suppressed, the AI can miss even 100m easy shots.

But the problem is, when these guys get spawned in, there's a good chance they just put their RPG away and cycle down to prone then back up. :/

I've disabled most all ai functions besides those needed to target and be surpressed, but it's made no real difference in the chances :/

Usually, it's only the AI facing the player; the AI facing the friendly AI have no issue attacking

[violet remnant]

is there a way to tell is sqfc is loading instead of the sqf files ?

[copper raven]

use loadFile to check?

or fileExists rather

[violet remnant]

is it guaranteed that the sqfc is used over the sqf ?

[copper raven]

yes iirc

[astral lynx]

I'm trying to make a script that spawns a vehicle through a gui and then when the player presses a button it detaches the vehicle, I have the first part done and it spawns and attaches the vehicle but when i try and do an event handler for key down that executes a script that will detach the vehicle(with some checks to be added) it doesn't work because the variable isn't passed through, is there a way I can pass through the _veh variable(w/o making it a global var) so I can detach it through the code called from the event handler?

private ["_vehicleSelected", "_classVeh", "_playPos", "_veh"];
closeDialog 999;
_vehicleSelected = lbCurSel 1500;
_classVeh = lbData[1500, _vehicleSelected];
_playPos = player modelToWorld [0, 10, 0];
_veh = createVehicle [_classVeh, _playPos];
_veh setDir (getDir player);
_veh attachTo [player];
clearWeaponCargoGlobal _veh;
clearMagazineCargoGlobal _veh;
clearItemCargoGlobal _veh;
clearBackpackCargoGlobal _veh;

_keyDown = (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", {
    _keyCode = _this select 1;
    _handled = false;
    switch(_keyCode) do {
        case 14:
        {
            call detachVehicle;
            _handled = true;
        };
    };
    _handled;
}];

detachVehicle = {
    // detaches vehicle + some checks to make sure not inside building etc.
};

I've tried doing

_veh = attachedTo player;

in detachVehicle but it return object null

[cunning oriole]

params to pass through a var into another script

@astral lynx https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/params

so

[ _veh ] call detachVehicle;

then in detachVehicle

params ["_veh"]

something like that iirc

also define your variables as private next to the var rather than in an array at the top, more efficient

detachVehicle also aint gonna run as you are calling it before it gets defined, either move it up to the top or make it its own file etc

[astral lynx]

okay thx doign the params worked, I didn't think it'd work when i started because just trying to use the variable in the event handler wasn't working but this way worked. and with detachvehicle not running idk cuz it is able to work now that I used the params

[cunning oriole]

oh maybe it does work then sound

im prob wrong about the define before you call it thing

🙂

[somber radish]

A question for anyone with experience using the EXTDB3 extension
I have set up a mysql server locally and created a connection(user) that works.
And I have set up the config

[Database]
IP = 128.0.0.5
Port = 3206
Username = MyUsername
Password =  MyPassword
Database = Arma3_DB

I have pasted the @timber cypressdb3 in the root folder for the dedicated server.

\steamapps\common\Arma 3 Server\@extDB3

Question 1: What syntax do I use to insert data from arma to the database (a short example would be great)
Question 2: How do I retrive information from the database?

Such as ```sql
select * from randomtable2

or ```sql
INSERT INTO Kills_Table VALUES
(2, 32423151, 33227131, 'Rahim', 350, 'head', 1200, '[2048,0285,120]', '', '',0);

[violet gull]

Anyone have any ideas on how to get WEST to kill agents on sideAmbientLife? I've tried everything I can think of and no success. Blufor ignore them, maybe aim in the general direction, but that's it. Could also be a addon issue with the @zombies mod (Abandoned in 2015):

sideAmbientLife setFriend[west,0];
sideUnknown setFriend[west,0];
civilian setFriend[west,0];
west setFriend[sideAmbientLife,0];
west setFriend[sideUnknown,0];
west setFriend[civilian,0];
sideAmbientLife addScoreSide -10000;
civilian addScoreSide -10000;
sideUnknown addScoreSide -10000;


{_a=agent _x;_a setCaptive false;
removeUniform _a;
_a setFace "Default";
_a hideObjectGlobal false;
_a enableSimulationGlobal true;
_a addRating -10000;
}foreach agents;

[copper raven]

in-game you run

"extDB3" callExtension format ["0:%1:%2", _protocol, _query];

where _protocol is the unique identifier you used to add one with ADD_PROTOCOL

for insert queries and others that you don't care about the result, use query type 1 instead of 0

[somber radish]

Nice thank you!

So something like this would work?

Private _query = "Insert into RandomTable values (Hello, 32);"
Private _protocol = 0;

"extDB3" callExtension format ["0:%1:%2", _protocol, _query];

[little raptor]

get WEST to kill agents on sideAmbientLife
they just can't see them

the game AI has been optimized to ignore some sides for performance reasons

[little raptor]

you might be able to make them see ambient life agents if you use reveal (which needs forgetTarget every few seconds to reset the knowledge)

in short, you really can't do it anyway

[violet gull]

wahhh

[somber radish]

or is this the correct way?

Private _query = "Insert into RandomTable values (Hello, 32);"
Private _protocol = ADD_PROTOCOL;

"extDB3" callExtension format ["0:%1:%2", _protocol, _query];

[copper raven]

no

[little raptor]

also afaik ambientLife is already hostile to all sides

so what you're doing just means nothing

yes:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Side_relations

[violet gull]

Well shit.

[copper raven]

this is how you add a protocol

"extDB3" callExtension "9:ADD_PROTOCOL:SQL:my_unique_protocol_id_bla_bla"

with id my_unique_protocol_id_bla_bla in that case

[violet gull]

In that case, the mod I'm using is probably just junko. Could have sworn I had it working last night but I must've dreamt Arma coding lol

[little raptor]

, the mod I'm using is probably just junko
depends. what mod are you using?

you can just attach a target object to them I guess

[violet gull]

(at sign)zombie by Zuba

Got it from the Steam Workshop. Last updated in 2015 sooo yeah.

[little raptor]

never seen it...

[little raptor]

btw you might want to check if animals have a VIEW lod

afaik they don't have that either...

so might be another reason why they can't be seen

[violet gull]

Ahhhh interesting, I'll check

[little raptor]

but I guess the easiest way for you might be attaching an invisible target object (not using hideObject; inherently invisible)

CBA has one

[violet gull]

Yeah I figured that'd be the only way, but wouldn't that be counterproductive of using agents? Or is it not that bad

[little raptor]

well yeah attaching is slow

[violet gull]

It's an idea though, I'll take it into consideration. Thanks Leppy.

@little raptor You are correct, bunny doesn't have geometryView LOD

[somber radish]

Thnx sharp!

[somber radish]

Found some more resources just in case someone else is interested

https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/169723-extdb-arma3-extension-linuxwindows/?page=14

[still forum]

no, that tells you if the file exists but not if it actually was loaded

[still forum]

You can potentially spot the differences in assembly code with diag_dumpAssembly, but.. overall no

[lyric schooner]

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[winter rose]

@lyric schooner?

[lyric schooner]

[copper raven]

yeah but if there is sqfc variant of the sqf file, then you can assume it loaded it, no?

if you use compileScript that is

[still forum]

there could be an error during loading, it will silently fallback to the sqf

[copper raven]

yeah, that's true

[modern ginkgo]

Ok! A deleted own message in #arma3_gui and post it there. no crossposting ok @lyric schooner ? How to change textureNoShortcut on CT_SHORTCUTBUTTON scripted? Or create button with this attribute in script? WIKI page is empty https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Command_Group:_GUI_Control_-_Button

[lyric schooner]

[cosmic lichen]

@cloud sable there isnt

[little raptor]

not possible

if you want to change that property, you have to create multiple classes in the config yourself.

[modern ginkgo]

Ok thanks!

[low sierra]

When you run a multiplayer listen server, the function **plubicVariableServer ** does what it need to do when you exec it in the host client.
When you run a single Player session, **plubicVariableServer ** does nothing.
This make the creation of a universal mission (single and multi player) a bit more complicated.

[copper raven]

why are you even using that

unless you're in arma2?

use remoteExec in arma3

[low sierra]

@copper raven some old code use publicVariableServer, the mission have more than 5 years of development.

[copper raven]

public variable event handler stuff doesn't work in singleplayer

[low sierra]

Ok

Thanks for the info.

I will get ride of all publicVariableServer.

[willow hound]

What do you mean it does nothing? In singleplayer, you already are the server

[winter rose]

the EH does not do anything

as in, "on var update, run this code"

[ebon citrus]

Logic is hostile to every faction in arma, even itself. Makes sense.

[winter rose]

hue hue hue

[ebon citrus]

Also, good to see you Lou. I'm glad to be back if just to talk with you again

[weary dirge]

Hi guys, just another quick and silly question.
Is there something like EH which can "see" actions like when someone (unit) give a squad command to move or regroup ? I'm trying to find a way to use custom voices for commands without redoing whole (far too complex for me) Radio Protocol. I would like to use some basic stuff like enemy seen, move, regroup, injured, killed atd. without complex system like Man, 400m, west etc. Most of it I can do (somewhat) by using EH. I don't say its the good or best way but it's so far a way my knowledge permits me Any pointers or kind FY is appreciated. Thanks

[ebon citrus]

i feel like youre trying to reinvent the wheel here. Radio Protocol is the way to go about this. Do feel free to disagree, though

[winter rose]

afaik there are no "command" EH.
what you could do is have your own system, e.g hold Y then press space to give them a move waypoint at where you are looking

unless I misunderstood and you are trying to use RadioProtocol words in a sentence, then such thing could be done using the Conversations system

[weary dirge]

I think you're right but Radio Protocol is more complex than I would like at least if I understand correctly what I read on Biki and forums. And there is no option to turn off function which I don't like or need. So I'm looking for a way to invent a wheel 🙂

[little raptor]

Well even if there was such an EH, to replace those you have to disable the radioprotocol AI feature, so the EH wouldn't trigger anymore!

[open star]

@little raptor so I found a different way the other day that I used way back when that I didn't even think of.

inMainBase = {player inArea "mainBase" || player inArea "trainingGround" || player inArea "airfield" || player inArea "artillery"};```

[weary dirge]

I kinda make it work so far by using EH like hit, killed and suppress (badly) with _unit groupRadio "msg" and setting "NoVoice" and last thing I would like is move, end moving orders. But I know I'm out of my league here with some silly ideas. So sorry guys and thanks for "grounding"

[little raptor]

you do realize you can loop that right

[open star]

I mean yeh.. but I don't check often enough.

it'll be fineeee

[little raptor]

You can still use radio protocols. It's not as complicated as you think

[weary dirge]

I'll give it a shot. Thx

[open star]

I hadn't had a chance to try this until now, I'm getting an error that I'm missing a ] at the end of it near _caller in "area"

but I genuinely don't know where it's asking me to put this bracket or where I'm missing one.

[winter rose]

this code is good
you may have some issue somewhere else

[open star]

hmm, likely something I didn't see I'll check through again.

[low sierra]

The EH don't trigger. My mission is not only single player.

I'm trying the most to make the mission compatible with single player and multiplayer with client-host and dedicated. This is my actual assigned task.

It was a dedicated server only mission.

[winter rose]

aaah, the infamous "my server is dedicated"devs 😁

but, yeah, remoteExec is the way to go 🙂

[low sierra]

On single player, client id is... 0?

Like in the editor.

I was expecting 2...

[winter rose]

both

[cunning oriole]

Is there a function to change the typename from an array to an object?

• nearestObjects returns an array and I want it to return an object in the way cursor target does

[copper raven]

no it doesn't?

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

it returns an object

[cunning oriole]

*nearestObjects

my b

lol

[copper raven]

why are you using that if you only need one object?

[cunning oriole]

ya i just realised it would make more sense to use nearest object when u linked it

had missed it haha

cheers

[tropic mirage]

Even if you used objects then couldn't you just select the index you were looking for

[copper raven]

yes but why do that when there is a command specifically designed for that

[tropic mirage]

True

[violet remnant]

one last question for this week, can the BIS_fnc_dynamicGroups be set up without a leader, and is there more information the wiki seems to skip over a few things

[brazen lagoon]

anyone here used selectPlayer much before?

I'm trying to do something with it and I'm getting really weird behavior.

if I use selectPlayer it seems to mess up with cursorObject returns.

[little raptor]

wdym?

[brazen lagoon]

so, if I use createUnit to make a unit

and then I use selectPlayer to swap into that unit

it seems sometimes cursorObject is still sometimes left as the last unit's cursor

[little raptor]

is that a normal unit or are you doing weird things again?!

[brazen lagoon]

what do you mean a normal unit

[little raptor]

soldier

[brazen lagoon]

it's a wh40k marine

bis_fnc_objecttype returns ["Soldier","Infantry"]

[little raptor]

and how do you know it's the old unit's cursor object?

[brazen lagoon]

well if I do position cursorObject it returns something very different from what position player does (and this is while I am looking at a unit that's a few meters away)

[little raptor]

very different from what position player does
from what?

[brazen lagoon]

position player

[little raptor]

also for the record, stop using position...

[brazen lagoon]

like yeah just doing it for the sake of a quick test

[little raptor]

position cursorObject
position player
wat?

of course they're different

[brazen lagoon]

yes, but they should be like, a few meters different

[little raptor]

player is now the unit you're controlling

[brazen lagoon]

instead they are thousands of meters different

[little raptor]

what does position cursorObject return?

[brazen lagoon]

I'm moving units to 0, 0, 0 after I swap players, so it's returning [0, 0, 0]

[little raptor]

[0,0,0] is for objNull...

it means you're not even looking at something

[brazen lagoon]

OK, so I'm staring at another marine right now

position player returns [3440.1,14459.4,-3.8147e-006]

position cursorObject returns [0,0,-113.229]

[little raptor]

and what does cursorObject return?

[brazen lagoon]

NOID auto_cannon.p3d

[little raptor]

you're looking at its weapon...

not the unit itself

[brazen lagoon]

see thats what I thought at first, but no matter what angle I look at him with I can't get cursorObject to return the unit

[little raptor]

is the weapon too big?

[brazen lagoon]

that must be it

[little raptor]

try getCursorObjectParams instead

maybe it works better

[brazen lagoon]

hmm

yeah it has to be that I messed something up when looking at the unit with cursorobject

thanks for the sanity check leopard

[torpid quartz]

So if I write some code in say a mycode.sqf
What's the correct way of remote executing it for all players?

[little raptor]

are you sure that the code has to be remote executed?

not everything needs remote execution

[torpid quartz]

it's stuff like code for side chat text to pop up and BIS_fnc_infoText

[little raptor]

depending on where this code exists, you can use several approaches.
the best (and fastest one) is making a function, and remoteExecing that function
the second option is remoteExecing execVM, but only if the script exists on all machines
the third and worst option is remoteExecing call or spawn and passing the code data

[torpid quartz]

the remote execute function always confuses me so I thought it would be best to write them in an sqf saved to the mission folder and remote execute them.

looking at the wiki, this looks like what I should be doing?
"scripts\examplecode.sqf" call BIS_fnc_execVM;

[fair drum]

make a function, then do:

[arguments] remoteExec ["murix_fnc_function", allPlayers];

if the script is on all machines say a mission file then:

[arguments, "scripts\myscript.sqf"] remoteExec ["execVM", allPlayers];

[torpid quartz]

yeah it's in the mission folder so i assume it should be. I'll give it a test

what if you don't have any arguments you need to pass @fair drum ? just pass something like 0?

[0, "scripts\myscript.sqf"] remoteExec ["execVM", allPlayers];```

[little raptor]

execVM has a unary syntax too

[torpid quartz]

0 seemed to not muck anything up lol

[little raptor]

["scripts\myscript.sqf"] remoteExec ["execVM", allPlayers];

[torpid quartz]

oh right that's easy

[little raptor]

see the pinned messages for remoteExec examples

[torpid quartz]

oh wow, thanks yeah looking through that now

thanks Hypoxic and Leopard20, really appreciate it

[brazen lagoon]

I feel like I am going insane. https://sqfbin.com/rojusirazuvurasexawo

when this runs, if I spawn in soldier 1 with skeleton a, and then I create soldier 2 with skeleton b, and then call this function, I swap into soldier 2.

When I die, there's about 15s in the respawn screen and then I don't actually choose to spawn, I just automatically spawn back in as soldier 1 with skeleton a. But then at some point after another 10 seconds, I get swapped to a new instance of soldier 1 with skeleton b.

I have no idea why this is happening so I'm just posting this and going to bed, because I have no clue what could be causing it. Any suggestions on how I'm doing selectPlayer wrong are appreciated. basically what I want is to have a function thta you can call with an old and new unit, swap player from old to new unit, and then when new unit dies, swap them back to the old unit's type so that on respawn they have the right skeleton.

[quaint oyster]

Is there a surefire way to detect storage objects like ammo crates for example?

I tried this but it didn't work, i suppose i coulda tried other types.

(_x iskindof "ammocrate")```

[little raptor]

there's no such thing as "ammocrate"

[quaint oyster]

Is there any iskindof type that are unique to storage containers? I'm not sure where I found ammocrate.

[little raptor]

just look at config viewer:

I guess ReammoBox_F is what vanilla assets use

[quaint oyster]

Reammobox_F is a magic?

[little raptor]

wat

[quaint oyster]

"magic variable"

[little raptor]

it's a classname

of its parent

[quaint oyster]

unique to one object type or would it be like refrencing "land" for example?

or "air"

[little raptor]

I have no idea what you're trying to say

if you mean like _veh isKindOf "air", air is also a classname

[quaint oyster]

So like is that classname for a specific object like for example like "Land_houseV_2T1" is a specific type, but would that work in the same manner of "air" which encompasses all the air vehicles?

[quaint oyster]

ahh so that sounds like what i'm after

[little raptor]

there's no guarantee it works with non-vanilla assets

[quaint oyster]

ty for pointing me in a direction at least, i'll do testing from here with the ReammoBox_F

Works good for vanilla stuff, i'll test some cup stuff and post back in case anyone in the future is wondering, even though mod stuff generally changes very often

[little raptor]

I guess the better way might be checking its vehicle class:

getText(configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> typeOf _x >> "vehicleClass") == "container"

[quaint oyster]

The "ReammoBox_F" seems to be detecting and working on a few cup containers as well for now, but i appreciate the hell out of the snippet, i'll for sure mess around with that if it winds up needing something better.

[quick lagoon]

Is there a way to determine if the copilot is actually using the vehicles gun or camera (if available)?

[little raptor]

currentPilot?

[copper raven]

configOf

[quick lagoon]

That is about controlling the vehicle, not something else.

[copper raven]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/cameraView what about that + currentPilot?

[quick lagoon]

cameraView seems to be about the player, not others. currentPilot is still not relevant.

[little raptor]

actually using
what do you mean "actually using"?

[quick lagoon]

If the copilot is using the gun/camera. Whatever keybind you use to see the camera-view and look around and do whatever you're able to do.

[copper raven]

one way is using "pilotCamera" user action event handler, but there might be a better way

[quick lagoon]

pilotCamera seems to be for the player only as well, not for others?

[copper raven]

ah so you want to check this for AI?

[quick lagoon]

technically yes. Or other players.

[little raptor]

for AI not possible. For other players you can check if they're moving the camera or something locally and send it over the network...

[quick lagoon]

So there's no way around having pilot AND copilot using the mod so the communication can happen then.

[little raptor]

not sure what you mean

[quick lagoon]

Are you implying a mod (client-side) can execute code on someone elses machine?

[little raptor]

of course it can...

[quick lagoon]

That sounds scary as hell.

[little raptor]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

also useful

[little raptor]

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

[quick lagoon]

So since I can determine the copilot I can send them what to do. Alright, will look into that.

[little raptor]

btw, the server can disable remoteExecution for some commands.

and one more thing, you can't really do "dangerous things" with scripting commands (except for extensions)

[quick lagoon]

Now my goal changes to figuring out if the player is in a camera/gun of a vehicle and then think about how to make the communication work properly.

[copper raven]

cameraView isEqualTo "GUNNER" && {player isEqualTo (objectParent player turretUnit [0])}

that should work

[tired coral]

Just saw something about the upcoming 2.07 update. Will VisionModeChanged finally allow us to use cameraView to force 3rd or 1st pp in different areas/conditions?
I think I can answer my own question by saying no. Looks like it'll just check for nvg/thermal.

[ebon citrus]

can i disable time synchronisation between client and server? associated with the https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/date command

i want to set a specific client to night-time and another to day-time on the same server

so i thought of just remote executing the necessary setDate command, but the issue is the time sync between server and client

or is time only synced on JIP/mission start?

[winter rose]

no can do; such thing is sync'ed automagically every ~5s iirc

[ebon citrus]

A-ha

Then i must set the time every time it chabges before 3d draw call

😀

@winter rose is there an EH for time change, or do i need to make a scripted one?

[winter rose]

scripted, no existy

[ebon citrus]

Darn

Well, lets hope that the order of operation for time sync is with the script engine running somewhere inbetween the call to 3d draw and the endine time sync

So that i can nope the time change

[winter rose]

it most likely won't happen during a frame

what I think is that you will experience some setDate stutter every 5s

[ebon citrus]

setDate has stutter associated with it?

I thought it was just information passed to the shader stack

Welp, time to reverse engineer the netcode and gimp those time syncs on server side... for personal use ofcourse

[young current]

What you are after would in most time considered a bug if a desync between time occurs. The game is afterall intended to stay in sync between server and players.

[ebon citrus]

I know, but it would be a neat feature

[young current]

[ebon citrus]

Oh darn, Lou is now bohemia.net and i tagged him by habit

[young current]

If you explain what you are trying to achieve perhaps alternatives cn be found that are within the games features

[pliant stream]

you will be court-martialled for this grievous offence

[young current]

In case you were not joking its not personal use if you got multiple players.

[ebon citrus]

I did. Im trying to achieve a scenario where some portion of the players experience daytime and some are playing on night-time

[winter rose]

a general grievous offence, must I say

[young current]

Put them into different servers

[winter rose]

https://tenor.com/view/grievous-star-wars-less-is-more-self-destruct-light-saber-gif-16655151

[ebon citrus]

Too much overhead

Im not made of money

[winter rose]

come on, your liver is worth 5k$ at least

[ebon citrus]

Do not say that even jokingly

😒

Also, organ markets are banned here to combst forced organs transfers. Consensual or not. Same applies for going abroad and selling your organs

Anyway, i just wanted to make a scenario where players could experience night and daytime on the same server

[winter rose]

tough and glitchy but doable

[ebon citrus]

Looks like the sync frequenzy is 5min

[winter rose]

source plz?

[ebon citrus]

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

[winter rose]

(not challenging the claim, but interested to add to the wiki)

[winter rose]

that's… time, not weather

[ebon citrus]

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

[ebon citrus]

yes, the discussion was about time

[winter rose]

no, no wait

you get it wrong, serverTime is not at all about daytime

[copper raven]

you can already do that, what? and yes that particular event handler is for thermal stuff

[ebon citrus]

So there is a separate sync in addition to server time

And i forgot the tag on again

🤨

[winter rose]

perhaps
that is something I don't know

I guess the only way to know is to ping Dedmen test and see

[tired coral]

Tell me which EH fires on 3pp>1pp or vice versa

[ebon citrus]

We made this script like 6 months ago before they added it, no?

Missioneventhandler draw 3d, check if viewmode is desired, if not, chabge

[copper raven]

i didn't mean event handler,

Will VisionModeChanged finally allow us to use cameraView to force 3rd or 1st pp in different areas/conditions
i meant you can already script that

actually you can use user action EH now

[ebon citrus]

Viewmode can be chabged without user action eh triggering

I used this exploit to get past exile thermal ban back in the day

But you can still run a missioneh on draw3d where you check the viewmode against something and change if necessary

[copper raven]

well that was just an addition to my original statement

[copper raven]

and yes, that's the usual solution

[ebon citrus]

The one that works the best

If you do it in draw3d, it can intercept before you get the flickering

Then you probably want to setup one in the user action too, to make sure the screen doesnt do the fade animation

So that tapping 3rd person view doesnt do the vignette effect

But catch anyone trying to exploit with the draw3d check

[tired coral]

Thanks for the replies! What's the advantage of running both of those instead of just eachFrame?

[ebon citrus]

Draw3d runs before the 3d draw call. This eliminates flickering if you try to switch to 3rd person. As a missioneventhandler it is also prefered over eachframe eh and oneachframe in terms of performance.

The reason for also doing the action is because arma 3 adds a vidgnette fade from black effect when switching between 3rd and 1st person, so by eliminating the action key, you eliminate the fade from balck from ever being created.

Both is important so that you get a good result and also prevent most common exploiting to bypass it

[velvet merlin]

is there no way to have multiline text with https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/drawIcon3D ?

[copper raven]

draw a dummy one? 😄

with empty texture, the text should appear below the first one pretty sure

[still forum]

practically impossible to get correct line spacing with that tho

[bright robin]

Any easy script to remove map drawings/markers at all?

[copper raven]

you can get the list of markers with https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/allMapMarkers

and run https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/deleteMarker to delete them

[spiral temple]

btw, I was working with BIS_fnc_compatibleItems some days ago and figured out, to get silencers, I have to write

_muzzles = ["rhs_weap_m92", 101] call BIS_fnc_compatibleItems;

but where do I get this magical number 101 from? I cannot find anything in the wiki about it

[ebon citrus]

Not with that, but you can world to screen the voordinates and have almost the same effect by scaling your text depending on distance

[copper raven]

private _cfgWeapons = configFile >> "CfgWeapons";
["rhs_weap_m92"] call BIS_fnc_compatibleItems select {getNumber (_cfgWeapons >> _x >> "itemInfo" >> "type") == 101}

that should work

[cobalt sorrel]

So I put these pretty simple end conditions together, but I was looking for it to count the overall alive blufor force in both two markers.

_resForce = allUnits select {side _x == west};
_resAlive = _resForce select {_x call FNC_alive};
_resArea = _resForce select {_x inArea "evac"};

if ( (count _resArea > (count _resAlive * 0.4) ) ) exitWith {

   "BLUFOR Victory!<br/>The US has managed to extract 40% of their overall forces. Well done." call FNC_EndMission;

};

40% alive extracted is the end condition, but let's say 10% was in marker 1 and 30% in marker 2.
How would I make it check from both, i.e they could win with 40% in one marker or a split between the two?

[cosmic lichen]

If you know that 10% are in Marker1 and 30% in Marker2. How much % does that make?

also allUnits select {side _x == west}; → count units west

[dreamy kestrel]

Have a particles question, trying to simulate a smoke column. I am trying to achieve a couple of things.
First, the column dimensions, depth (length, width) as a function of the bounding box.
Second, I am okay with minor changes in the column angle, but I want to keep the intensity of angular changes to a minimum if possible.
My goal there is for the column to be more of a 'beacon' that players can search for on the horizon, that sort of thing.
So far, based on the fire examples(s), the column has been fairly narrow.
Also, the angles have been pretty 'flat' and changes have been fairly intense, IMO
In general, not really sure what the options are talking about how to influence any of that.
In terms of angle, are we talking about degrees? radians? the fire example would suggest that is radians i.e. rad 30, but the primitive example suggests that is degrees i.e. 45.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setParticleParams
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setParticleRandom

[cobalt sorrel]

40%??

[cobalt sorrel]

Thing is, I dont know if they'll have 10% in one marker or not.
They could have 20% alive in one and 20% alive in the other.

[quick lagoon]

you already have the solution. But instead of counting from one area you count from however many you have and sum them up before checking.

[cosmic lichen]

Yeah. Just do what you did with the first marker, for the 2nd one and add both results

[cobalt sorrel]

_resArea = _resForce select {_x inArea "evac1"};
_resArea = _resForce select {_x inArea "evac2"};

I could just add that, and then I need to add a check for 40% from both basically?

[cosmic lichen]

no

[cobalt sorrel]

right.

[cosmic lichen]

_resArea1
_resArea2

or

[cobalt sorrel]

Oh yeah sorry

[cosmic lichen]

_resArea = count (_resForce select {_x inArea "evac1"} + _resForce select {_x inArea "evac2"});

[copper raven]

private _alive = units west select {_x call FNC_alive};
private _areas = ["evac1", "evac2", "evacblabla"];
private _ratio = 0;
private _aliveCount = count _alive;
if (_areas findIf {_ratio = _ratio + (_alive inAreaArray _x) / _aliveCount; _ratio >= 0.4} != -1) then {
  "BLUFOR Victory!<br/>The US has managed to extract 40% of their overall forces. Well done." call FNC_EndMission;
}

[cobalt sorrel]

Just exlplain like I'm five here, but with the ```sqf
private

Whats the difference between mine above, and yours sharp.

[copper raven]

depends on the context

[cobalt sorrel]

That private would make a change.

[copper raven]

it makes the variable private to the current scope

it doesn't need to lookup parent scopes to see if it was defined already or not

so depending on the context, it will be more efficient, though regardless, you should always use private also see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Variables#Scopes

[cobalt sorrel]

ooooooh

So if it isn't private, I can call the variable from another func??

[copper raven]

not sure if i understood your question correctly

[cobalt sorrel]

This?

[copper raven]

yes

[cobalt sorrel]

Then that answers my question haha

No then

[copper raven]

what do you mean by "call the variable from another func"

[cobalt sorrel]

It's fine. I misunderstood.

[copper raven]

private _a = 0;
call {
  _a // ok, 0
};

if you mean't that, then no

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

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

hope that explains it better

[cobalt sorrel]

Thank you.

Oh also.
Does anyone know if ACE3 has it's own damage handlers?

Been trying to use the simple player allowDamage false, but to no avail and I imagine it's because of ACE3

[hollow thistle]

ACE3 medical uses custom damage handler but it respects the allowDamage.

[cobalt sorrel]

For real?

I've tried so many methods to get it to work, to no avail.
I also imaged the dev team would respect the command.

[hollow thistle]

Might be other mods.

[cobalt sorrel]

I've had it work before.
Odd.

[hollow thistle]

it works in ace without any other mods ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[cobalt sorrel]

That command, should totally disable ALL damage right?
Including lets say, collision into the work while in a parachute?

[cosmic lichen]

yes

[hollow thistle]

Everything but being killed via helicopter tailrotor 😂

[dreamy kestrel]

AFAIK, allowDamage does not always guard against all damage. For that you need to filter on the damage events themselves. I do that for my debugging in a GOD|MORTAL mode and it seems to work. I even throw in some damage reflection for good measure.
YMMV if ACE is also in the picture, however.

[dreamy kestrel]

I am also trying for the flames to emit orange red intense color if possible... better still if it is an actual heat soure.

[winter rose]

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

it might work for TI equipment (not confirmed)

[cobalt sorrel]

Getting a Error in expression <t (_resForce select {_x inArea "evac1"} + _resForce select {_x inArea "evac"}); > Error position: <+ _resForce select {_x inArea "evac"}); >

[dreamy kestrel]

in lieu of creating the fire/smoke PS?

[winter rose]

with doing the fire

[dreamy kestrel]

huh, well that definitely changes the fire PS itself... so I wonder.

[velvet merlin]

@dreamy kestrel are you familiar with https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1613905318 yet?

[dreamy kestrel]

interesting, but... three years ago? where is the rest of the code?

[winter rose]

it only adds fire damage afaik, and maybe TI heat effect too

[dreamy kestrel]

no, it definitely seems to change the particle effect as well.

[winter rose]

in which way? heat effect?

heat "haze" iirc?

[dreamy kestrel]

I did not notice any, at least not in thermals.

or if there was a shimmer, dunno

[winter rose]

what is the change that you noticed then?

[meager epoch]

how can i know the total amount of alive enemies in a certain radius

[willow hound]

Try with a combination of count, distance and units.

[lilac hemlock]

I'm having some trouble getting setObjectscale to work in MP. Below works, but I want my objects to either A. Be hidden/unhidden on demand or B. Get scaled on demand. The objects are static, but are in/on/submerged in water. Any ideas? And yeah I know it's not MP supported but it works for the host, just the clients don't see the effect.

if (isServer) then {
private _simpleObject = this call BIS_fnc_replaceWithSimpleObject;
_simpleObject setObjectScale 3.0;
};

[copper raven]

do count (units _side inAreaArray [_origin, _radius, _radius]) should be faster than manually checking it

(i think :D)

[meager epoch]

ok :D

[brazen lagoon]

OK. What is a good event handler to use that only fires once on death and only locally. Am I better off overriding handleDamage and firing if damage > 1?

[copper raven]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#Killed

[brazen lagoon]

yeah, I thought Killed as well. But it seems to be inconsistent for me? Or I'm finding some sort of weird edge case with selectPlayer

@copper raven for reference this is my script: https://sqfbin.com/rojusirazuvurasexawo

what I'm trying to do is use selectPlayer to swap the player into another unit, preserving rank/group/name/etc

and then once the unit dies, swap them back into the old unit and then kill the old unit

so that when they respawn, they have the right skeleton

but doing this with the Killed EH doesn't seem to work. What happens instead is on death they respawn automatically (after like 15s) and then get swapped again after 10 seconds

which makes me think that the killed EH is firing multiple times

or that selectPlayer is going onto a queue or something

[copper raven]

i think you're overcomplicating things with this and that it could be done a lot simplier

event handlers like killed are persistent, meaning that they will automatically be added to the respawned unit too

maybe that's the issue

[brazen lagoon]

@copper raven how would you suggest to do it then?

and yeah that would explain a lot

[copper raven]

im looking at that code, and i don't understand what it's supposed to do 😄

where do you run it?

[brazen lagoon]

@copper raven runs local to the computer where you want to switch units, you pass it the old unit and the new unit

[copper raven]

what do you do in onPlayerRespawn.sqf?

does it do anything related to the code you sent?

[brazen lagoon]

is onPlayerRespawn.sqf called with selectPlayer?

[copper raven]

no

[_old_unit, _new_unit] call SWAP_WITHOUT_EH; _new_unit setDammage 1;
you swap into _new_unit, and then kill it, this will trigger the respawn event. i kinda grasp what you want to do now, but

[brazen lagoon]

like I was just calling it there because I have some code in there that players need to have running on their units

@copper raven right, but wouldn't if !(isNil "_eh_id") then { _old_unit removeEventHandler ["Killed", _eh_id]; }; delete the EH before it has a chance to run?

[outer yarrow]

Is it possible to enable helicopter rolling feature without advanced flight model ?

[undone dew]

I'm working on a script that uses selectRandom to create objectives/tasks, but I want it to be able to spawn more than one task at a time. Here's the script, I tried adding a counter but I think it's pausing the script when it waits for the task to be completed so it doesn't repeat until _counter hits its max:

private ["_mkr_array", "_ObjectiveMrk", "_ObjectiveType", "_grp1"];

_counter = 0;

while {_counter < 4} do
{

_ObjectiveMrk = ["marker_1", "marker_2", "marker_3", "marker_4", "marker_5", "marker_6", "marker_7", "marker_8", "marker_9", "marker_10", "marker_11", "marker_12", "marker_13", "marker_14", "marker_15", "marker_16", "marker_17"] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;


private _objectiveType = call selectRandom [
  {
    _counter = _counter + 1;
    [west, "task", ["We've detected a CSAT recon element in the marked area - track them down and eliminate them. Reward: $750", "($750) CSAT Patrol"], _ObjectiveMrk ,1, 2, true] call BIS_fnc_taskCreate;
    _grp = [getMarkerPos _ObjectiveMrk, EAST, (configfile >> "CfgGroups" >> "East" >> "OPF_F" >> "Infantry" >> "OIA_InfSquad_Weapons")] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
    [_grp, getMarkerPos _ObjectiveMrk, 150] call BIS_fnc_taskPatrol;

    _ObjectiveMrk setMarkerColor "ColorOPFOR";
    _ObjectiveMrk setMarkerText "CSAT";


        while {{ alive _x } count (units _grp) > 0} do
        {
            waitUntil {{ alive _x } count (units _grp) == 0};
            ["task","Succeeded"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState;
        [750,0] remoteExecCall ["HG_fnc_addOrSubCash",west,false];

        _ObjectiveMrk setMarkerColor "ColorUnknown";
        _ObjectiveMrk setMarkerText "";
        ["task"] call BIS_fnc_deleteTask;
        _counter = _counter - 1;
        };
    "PATROL"
  },
...more objectives here, I erased for space reasons
];

};```

so basically i want it to continuously spawn objectives capping at 3 total but like I said, i think the waitUntil line is stopping the script from doing that?

[willow hound]

Quite possible. Try spawning the part where you await completion, that might help.

[undone dew]

like so? ```sqf
_handle = [] spawn {
while {{ alive _x } count (units _grp) > 0} do
{
waitUntil {{ alive _x } count (units _grp) == 0};
["task","Succeeded"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState;
[500,0] remoteExecCall ["HG_fnc_addOrSubCash",west,false];

    _ObjectiveMrk setMarkerColor "ColorUnknown";
    _ObjectiveMrk setMarkerText "";
    ["task"] call BIS_fnc_deleteTask;
    _counter = _counter - 1;
       };

[willow hound]

Almost, you also need to pass the _grp and _objectiveMrk variables as parameters.
I don't know why you decrement _counter (three loop iterations should be completed long before any of the tasks is completed, so by the time tasks are completed, the script should have terminated), but if you really need that, it needs to be a global variable.

[willow hound]

Ah I see why you decrement _counter. The outer structure of your script is slightly flawed for that purpose, it needs to be more like this:

CPT_Counter = 0;
while {true} do {
  if (CPT_Counter < 3) then {
    //Create random objective
  } else {
    sleep 30;
  };
};

[undone dew]

hmm

[undone dew]

I think i may have gotten it working but it's getting more complicated as well

if (!isServer) exitWith {};
private ["_mkr_array", "_ObjectiveMrk", "_ObjectiveType", "_grp1"];

_counter = 0;

while {true} do {
if (_counter < 4) then {

_ObjectiveMrk = ["marker_1", "marker_2", "marker_3", "marker_4", "marker_5", "marker_6", "marker_7", "marker_8", "marker_9", "marker_10", "marker_11", "marker_12", "marker_13", "marker_14", "marker_15", "marker_16", "marker_17"] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;


private _objectiveType = call selectRandom [

  {call compileFinal preprocessFile  "TS\ts_patrol_fnc.sqf";},
  {call compileFinal preprocessFile  "TS\ts_banditcamp_fnc.sqf";}

                    ];
          } else {
            sleep 30;
        };
};```

so I need to have it check that the marker isn't already being used for another objective so it doesn't spawn objectives on the same marker twice at once

[willow hound]

Is the part where you await completion in the TS\ts_* scripts spawned?

[undone dew]

yea

here's one of them:

ts_patrol_fnc.sqf:

    _counter = _counter + 1;
    [west, "task", ["We've detected a CSAT recon element in the marked area - track them down and eliminate them. Reward: $750", "($750) CSAT Patrol"], _ObjectiveMrk ,1, 2, true] call BIS_fnc_taskCreate;
    _grp = [getMarkerPos _ObjectiveMrk, EAST, (configfile >> "CfgGroups" >> "East" >> "OPF_F" >> "Infantry" >> "OIA_InfSquad_Weapons")] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
    [_grp, getMarkerPos _ObjectiveMrk, 150] call BIS_fnc_taskPatrol;

    _ObjectiveMrk setMarkerColor "ColorOPFOR";
    _ObjectiveMrk setMarkerText "CSAT";


        while {{ alive _x } count (units _grp) > 0} do
        {
            waitUntil {{ alive _x } count (units _grp) == 0};
            ["task","Succeeded"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState;
        [750,0] remoteExecCall ["HG_fnc_addOrSubCash",west,false];

        _ObjectiveMrk setMarkerColor "ColorUnknown";
        _ObjectiveMrk setMarkerText "";
        ["task"] call BIS_fnc_deleteTask;
        _counter = _counter - 1;
        };
    "PATROL"```

[willow hound]

I don't see a spawn 🙂

(so you're back at your first problem where you create one objective and then wait for it to complete before creating more)

[undone dew]

i don't understand how exactly to use spawn here nor how to "pass variables as parameters" :\

me big dumb

do I just add spawn to the fnc scripts, like sqf [] spawn { /OBJECTIVE SPAWN HERE };

[cunning oriole]

yh that works

or

[] spawn myScript;

then for params to pass a var through

// -- myFirstScript.sqf
private _myVar = "Hi";
[ _myVar ] spawn myScript;

then in myScript.sqf

// -- myScript.sqf
params [ "_myVar" ];
diag_log _myVar; // Logs 'Hi' to RPT

@undone dew

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

private _localVariable = 1234;
[_localVariable] spawn 
{
    systemChat format ["_localVariable does not exist: %1", isNil "_localVariable"]; // _localVariable does not exist: true
    params ["_localVariable"];
    systemChat format ["My _localVariable is now: %1", _localVariable]; // My _localVariable is now: 1234
};

^ That example from spawn documentation shows it as well

[undone dew]

awesome thanks

[cunning oriole]

🙂

if you get stuck let us know

[undone dew]

will do

[little raptor]

No

[undone dew]

on the second line, would it be like:

private ["_mkr_array", "_ObjectiveMrk", "_ObjectiveType", "_grp1"];

_ObjectiveMrk = ["marker_1", "marker_2", "marker_3",...] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;

[ _ObjectiveMrk, _grp ] spawn "TS\ts_patrol_fnc.sqf";

I'm confusd about the spawn because i thought spawn was used to run code after like [] spawn {};

[vague cipher]

Files export as Code

[undone dew]

right... so is that correct? sqf [ _ObjectiveMrk, _grp ] spawn "TS\ts_patrol_fnc.sqf";

[vague cipher]

no, you'd have to import that file first, spawn accepts the type Code you're passing a String

functionToImport = [] call compileFinal preprocessFileLineNumbers "path\to\function-as-a-file";

[param1, param2, ... paramN] spawn functionToImport

Or in your file you declare the function globally instead and you can use that. i.e.

// someFile.sqf

someFunction = {
  params [param1, param2, ...paramN]
  // Do something
};

[] call compileFinal preprocessFileLineNumbers "path\to\file";

[param1, param2, ...paramN] spawn someFunction;

[cunning oriole]

there is two ways spawn can be used, inside a script or to call a script

hint "hello world";

spawn {
  // some random code to be spanwned
};

hint "hello again";

the script outside of the spawn brackets is unscheduled, you can also spawn an entire script so that the whole script is scheduled e.g.

[] spawn myScript;

// myScript.sqf
hint "hello again";

uiSleep 5;

hint "bye";

[vague cipher]

With the latter method you can 'hot reload' it if you're just tinkering stuff while the mission is loaded so you don't need to keep restarting your mission

And by that I mean just literally copy and pasting the function code into the debug console and hitting exec

faster to iterate on than reloading your entire mission

[cunning oriole]

using private rn to the var e.g.

private _myVar;

is faster than doing it in the array btw 🙂

[undone dew]

if myScript is in a folder, does it still work? Like if it's [] spawn scripts\Myscript.sqf

[cunning oriole]

#arma3_scripting message

so

myFunction = [] call compileFinal preprocessFileLineNumbers "scripts\Myscript.sqf";

[] spawn myFunction 

[undone dew]

i think i see

if (!isServer) exitWith {};
private ["_mkr_array", "_ObjectiveMrk", "_ObjectiveType", "_grp1"];

_counter = 0;

ts_patrol_fnc = [] call compileFinal preprocessFileLineNumbers "TS\ts_patrol_fnc.sqf";
ts_banditcamp_fnc = [] call compileFinal preprocessFileLineNumbers "TS\ts_banditcamp_fnc.sqf";

while {true} do {
if (_counter < 4) then {

_ObjectiveMrk = ["marker_1", "marker_2", "marker_3", "marker_4", "marker_5", "marker_6", "marker_7", "marker_8", "marker_9", "marker_10", "marker_11", "marker_12", "marker_13", "marker_14", "marker_15", "marker_16", "marker_17"] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;

private _objectiveType = call selectRandom [

  {[ _ObjectiveMrk, _grp ] spawn ts_patrol_fnc},
  {[ _ObjectiveMrk, _grp ] spawn ts_banditcamp_fnc}

                    ];
          } else {
            sleep 30;
        };
};

[cunning oriole]

or you can define your scripts in cfgFunctions (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Functions_Library)

and call scripts thats name is fn_myScript.sqf like call tag_fnc_myScript

[cunning oriole]

you dont need to call select random

[undone dew]

i don't? wouldn't it use the same marker every time?

or you mean i just don't need "call"

[cunning oriole]

        private _objectiveType = (selectRandom [
            {[ _ObjectiveMrk, _grp ] spawn _ts_patrol_fnc},
            {[ _ObjectiveMrk, _grp ] spawn _ts_banditcamp_fnc}
        ]);

[undone dew]

oh i see

[cunning oriole]

if that works then nice, if it dont (i cant remember if it will then you can do this)

if (!isServer) exitWith {};

private _counter = 0;

ts_patrol_fnc = [] call compileFinal preprocessFileLineNumbers "TS\ts_patrol_fnc.sqf";
ts_banditcamp_fnc = [] call compileFinal preprocessFileLineNumbers "TS\ts_banditcamp_fnc.sqf";

while { true } do {
    if ( _counter < 4 ) then {
        private _ObjectiveMrk = ["marker_1", "marker_2", "marker_3", "marker_4", "marker_5", "marker_6", "marker_7", "marker_8", "marker_9", "marker_10", "marker_11", "marker_12", "marker_13", "marker_14", "marker_15", "marker_16", "marker_17"] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;

        private _objectiveType = selectRandom [ "A", "B" ];
        switch ( _objectiveType ) do {
            case "A": {
                [ _ObjectiveMrk, _grp ] spawn ts_patrol_fnc;
            };

            case "B": {
                [ _ObjectiveMrk, _grp ] spawn ts_banditcamp_fnc;
            };
        };
    } else {
        sleep 30;
    };
};

[undone dew]

it seems to work

[cunning oriole]

ok sound

does the spawning of the scripts work? because otherwise you might need to call _objectiveType

[undone dew]

it seems to because I'm getting an error in the scripts that are spawned lmao, I edited it to pass _counter but it's still saying it's undefined ```sqf
private _objectiveType = (selectRandom [
{[ _ObjectiveMrk, _grp, _counter] spawn _ts_patrol_fnc},
{[ _ObjectiveMrk, _grp, _counter ] spawn _ts_banditcamp_fnc}
]);

[cunning oriole]

whats the error

[undone dew]

in ts_banditcamp_fnc.sqf:

Error undefined variable in expression: _counter```

[cunning oriole]

oh right ig its running then

make sure u add _counter to params

[undone dew]

it's in there 😦

        private _objectiveType = (selectRandom [
            {[ _ObjectiveMrk, _grp, _counter] spawn _ts_patrol_fnc},
            {[ _ObjectiveMrk, _grp, _counter ] spawn _ts_banditcamp_fnc}
        ]);

[cunning oriole]

nono look at this example agani #arma3_scripting message

see how i have the params in the new script

otherwise the var does not exist in the new script until we do params

[undone dew]

oh right, right

hrm, I added them as params but I'm still getting the same error:

params [ "_ObjectiveMrk", "_grp", "_counter" ];

    _counter = _counter + 1;

Still saying _counter is undefined

this is pain

[vague cipher]

if (!isServer) exitWith {};

private _counter = [];

ts_patrol_fnc = [] call compileFinal preprocessFileLineNumbers "TS\ts_patrol_fnc.sqf";
ts_banditcamp_fnc = [] call compileFinal preprocessFileLineNumbers "TS\ts_banditcamp_fnc.sqf";


private _taskTypes = [ts_patrol_fnc, ts_banditcamp_fnc];
while { true } do {
    if ( count _counter < 4 ) then {
        private _ObjectiveMrk = ["marker_1", "marker_2", "marker_3", "marker_4", "marker_5", "marker_6", "marker_7", "marker_8", "marker_9", "marker_10", "marker_11", "marker_12", "marker_13", "marker_14", "marker_15", "marker_16", "marker_17"] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;

        [ _ObjectiveMrk, _grp, _counter ] spawn ( selectRandom _taskTypes );
        
    } else {
        sleep 30;
    };
};

ts_patrol_fnc.sqf

params ["_objectiveMrk", "_grp", "_counter"];

private _id = groupID _grp;
 _counter pushBack _id;

// When task is finished
{
  if(_x == _id) exitWith { _counter deleteAt _forEachIndex };
} forEach _counter;

if you're relying on your inner task code to update a value in its parent scope you either make counter global or you make it something that passes by reference and not pass by value

no i updated i mispoke

_counter does not need to be global but for your purposes it should maybe be global

or you can use an array and pass by reference instead

either way you need to realize it has to sync the value back to its parent scope as params passed in are typically not pass by reference but a pass by value

meaning changes inside the child scope does not reflect in the parent scope

at least afaik they are not pass by reference

[undone dew]

gotcha, thanks for the explanation

yeah that makes sense now

[undone dew]

hrm I've changed the code quite a bit through trial and error. I've got this now, it no longer gives me any errors BUT it will only spawn one objective. It spawns the patrol script first, then the banditcamp script second, but when it goes to ts_banditcamp_fnc.sqf it gives an error saying ts_banditcamp_fnc is undefined... I hate this "undefined" crap so much lol, it's clearly defined in the first script but is somehow breaking on the second iteration of the loop

TaskSpawner.sqf:
if (!isServer) exitWith {};

taskCounter = 0;
publicVariable "taskCounter";

ts_patrol_fnc = [] call compileFinal preprocessFileLineNumbers "TS\ts_patrol_fnc.sqf";
ts_banditcamp_fnc = [] call compileFinal preprocessFileLineNumbers "TS\ts_banditcamp_fnc.sqf";

private _taskTypes = [ts_patrol_fnc, ts_banditcamp_fnc];
while { true } do {
    if ( count taskCounter < 4 ) then {

        [] spawn ( selectRandom _taskTypes );
        
    } else {
        sleep 30;
    };
};```

ts_patrol_fnc.sqf:
 
 private _ObjectiveMrk = ["marker_1", "marker_2", "marker_3", "marker_4", "marker_5", "marker_6", "marker_7", "marker_8", "marker_9", "marker_10", "marker_11", "marker_12", "marker_13", "marker_14", "marker_15", "marker_16", "marker_17"] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;

    [west, "task", ["We've detected a CSAT recon element in the marked area - track them down and eliminate them. Reward: $750", "($750) CSAT Patrol"], _ObjectiveMrk ,1, 2, true] call BIS_fnc_taskCreate;
    _grp = [getMarkerPos _ObjectiveMrk, EAST, (configfile >> "CfgGroups" >> "East" >> "OPF_F" >> "Infantry" >> "OIA_InfSquad_Weapons")] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
    [_grp, getMarkerPos _ObjectiveMrk, 150] call BIS_fnc_taskPatrol;

    _ObjectiveMrk setMarkerColor "ColorOPFOR";
    _ObjectiveMrk setMarkerText "CSAT";

    taskCounter = taskCounter + 1;
    publicVariable "taskCounter";

        while {{ alive _x } count (units _grp) > 0} do
        {
        waitUntil {{ alive _x } count (units _grp) == 0};
        ["task","Succeeded"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState;
        [750,0] remoteExecCall ["HG_fnc_addOrSubCash",west,false];

        _ObjectiveMrk setMarkerColor "ColorUnknown";
        _ObjectiveMrk setMarkerText "";
        ["task"] call BIS_fnc_deleteTask;
        taskCounter = taskCounter - 1;
    publicVariable "taskCounter";
 
    "PATROL"
};

ts_banditcamp_fnc.sqf:
 private _ObjectiveMrk = ["marker_1", "marker_2", "marker_3", "marker_4", "marker_5", "marker_6", "marker_7", "marker_8", "marker_9", "marker_10", "marker_11", "marker_12", "marker_13", "marker_14", "marker_15", "marker_16", "marker_17"] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;

    [west, "task", ["A group of bandits have set up camp in the target area - clear the area of these pests.", "($500) Bandit Camp"], _ObjectiveMrk ,1, 2, true] call BIS_fnc_taskCreate;
    _grp = [getMarkerPos _ObjectiveMrk, EAST, (configfile >> "CfgGroups" >> "East" >> "OPF_G_F" >> "Infantry" >> "IRG_InfSquad")] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
    [_grp, getMarkerPos _ObjectiveMrk, 150] call BIS_fnc_taskPatrol;

    _ObjectiveMrk setMarkerColor "colorIndependent";
    _ObjectiveMrk setMarkerText "Bandit";

    taskCounter = taskCounter + 1;
    publicVariable "taskCounter";

        while {{ alive _x } count (units _grp) > 0} do
        {
            waitUntil {{ alive _x } count (units _grp) == 0};
            ["task","Succeeded"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState;
        [500,0] remoteExecCall ["HG_fnc_addOrSubCash",west,false];

        _ObjectiveMrk setMarkerColor "ColorUnknown";
        _ObjectiveMrk setMarkerText "";
        ["task"] call BIS_fnc_deleteTask;
        taskCounter = taskCounter - 1;
        publicVariable "taskCounter";

    "BANDITCAMP"
};

[torn beacon]

I'm trying to make a script to notify admins when a blue on blue incident occurs. I've tested this in the editor and appears to work but when I put it on a dedi it no longer works. I'm using initPlayerLocal and initServer for this script as I loosely based it off this video: https://youtu.be/VFTH3tVt6hY Would anyone be able to help me out?

[little raptor]

post the script

[torn beacon]

//InitPlayerLocal
{
    if (side _x == West) then {
        _x addEventHandler ["Hit", {
        
        _unitName = (_this select 0);
        _source = (_this select 1);
        
        unitHit = [_unitName, _source];
        
        publicVariableServer "unitHit";

        }];
    };
} forEach allUnits;


player addEventHandler ["Hit", {
        
    _unitName = (_this select 0);
    _source = (_this select 1);

    unitHit = [_unitName, _source];

    publicVariableServer "unitHit";

}];

//initServer
"unitHit" addPublicVariableEventHandler
{
    private ["_data"];
    
    _notify = [
        "maj",
        "capt",
        "lt"
    ];

    _data = (_this select 1);
        _unit = (_data select 0);
    _source = (_data select 1);

    _split = (name player) splitString " ";
    _rank = toLower (_split select 0);
    
    _unitName = name _unit;
    _sourceName = name _source;
    
    if (_rank in _notify) then {
        systemChat format ["%1 hit %2", _sourceName, _unitname];
    };
    
};

[little raptor]

oof. what on earth...

[torn beacon]

hahaha have I over complicated it?

[little raptor]

first of all, do you only care about player-player or AIs too?

[torn beacon]

player-player and player-AI if possible

[little raptor]

well first of all, "Hit" should be added where a unit is local, and it only triggers on that machine.
second of all, publicVariableServer is outdated and useless now
third of all, you're only printing the message on the server

[torn beacon]

🤦‍♂️

[little raptor]

for starters, you can try this:
initPlayerLocal.sqf

params ["_player"];
_player addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {
  params ["_unit", "", "_damage", "", "", "", "_instigator"];
  [format ["%1 hit %2", name _unit, name _instigator]] remoteExec ["systemChat", 0];
  _damage;
}];

it shows player-player messages

if you want AI too you either have to use an EH to detect when a new AI is added (needs CBA) or use a loop

[torn beacon]

roger I'll give that a go. I've got a CuratorObjectPlaced event handler on my gamemaster module would that work?

[little raptor]

well if you place all your AIs like that maybe

[ebon citrus]

Dont forget vehicles

😀

I presume you dont want to do this in a mod?

[torn beacon]

Yeah we spawn all out AI through zeus so I assume it would be something along the lines of:

this addEventHandler ['CuratorObjectPlaced', { 
 if (side _x == West) then { 
  _x addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {
  params ["_unit", "", "_damage", "", "", "", "_instigator"];
  [format ["%1 hit %2", name _unit, name _instigator]] remoteExec ["systemChat", 0];
  _damage;
 }; 
} forEach allUnits;}]

A mod would work too just unsure of how to go about it

[ebon citrus]

Of you can, you could add a script to the baseclass Man init that checks if the target is local and if so, adds the EH to it. That would be a pretty good solve it all, in my opinion. Very drastoc and potentially not 100% compatible bit everything

The init runs every time a new instance of that class is created

No matter on what machine

It runs on all machines

So check for locality, and if true, add EH

[torn beacon]

And this would be done through a mod?

[ebon citrus]

Yes

You cant edit classes from missionnamespace

@little raptor do you see something wrong with that solution i've overlooked?

[little raptor]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[ebon citrus]

Well, i guess it cant be super bad, then

I've been doing it this way until now

[torn beacon]

I'll do some more testing based on what you guys said, thanks for the help

[ebon citrus]

No problemo, i just dropped in to give my 2 cents

[vague cipher]

Add HandleDamage EH to all the units that need this logic and the EH has logic to determine if its worthy of broadcasting a notification.

As per the wiki

Triggers when the unit is damaged and fires for each damaged selection separately Note: Currently, in Arma 3 v1.70 it triggers for every selection of a vehicle, no matter if the section was damaged or not). Works with all vehicles. This EH can accept a remote unit as argument however it will only fire when the unit is local to the PC this event handler was added on. For example, you can add this event handler to one particular vehicle on every PC. When this vehicle gets hit, only EH on PC where the vehicle is currently local will fire.

So just have the EHs be added globally, the client that its local will handle it.

If its determine blue on blue, loop through all curators for valid curators that have units attached to them that is not null (would be online players only afaik)

Remoteexec the notification to each of these valid curators

[torn beacon]

hahaha ahh I'll have to look into how to implement that more as I am pretty new to scripting

[torn beacon]

I'm having some difficulty with making it so that only the admins can see this message 😕 I'm trying:

params ["_player"];
  
_player addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {
  params ["_unit", "", "_damage", "", "", "", "_instigator"];
  
  _notify = [
    "maj",
    "capt",
    "lt"
  ];

  _split = (name player) splitString " ";
  _rank = toLower (_split select 0);

  if (_rank in _notify) then {
    [format ["%1 hit %2", name _instigator, name _unit]] remoteExec ["systemChat", 0];
  };
  
  _damage;
}];

[little raptor]

wat?

["systemChat", 0];

that means remoteExec to everyone

if (_rank in _notify) then {
and your logic is flawed

[torn beacon]

hahaha I think I see what you mean, so how would I make it only appear in the system chat of those in _notify? (Again apologies I've got only a rough idea of scripting mainly from outdated youtube videos)

[vague cipher]

private _notify = ["maj", "capt", "lt"];
{
  private _player = _x;
  private _rank = toLower (((name _player) splitString " ") select 0);
  {

    if(_rank find _x > -1) exitWith {
      [format ["%1 hit %2", name _instigator, name _unit]] remoteExec ["systemChat", _player];
    };
  } forEach _notify;
} forEach (allPlayers - entities "HeadlessClient_F");

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/remoteExec 2nd param after the function name is the target environment to remoteExec to

Loop through all players DO:
Loop through all ranks considered admin DO:
if player rank is contained in the ranks that should be considered admin THEN:
remoteExec a notification to the player
END
END
END

However this is easily abusable as anyone can change their name

As previous, if you want to send it to only actual legit admins with a zeus module that they are assigned to, you have to use allCurators and getCuratorAssignedUnit

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

Or alternatively you can loop through allPlayers and get if they have an assigned curator logic

Either method works and will work more foolproof than substring matching which is also abusable as anyone can change their name

[torn beacon]

Wow thanks for explaining this, definitely helpful for understanding this all! I do have a question for

    if(_rank find _x > -1) exitWith {
      [format ["%1 hit %2", name _instigator, name _unit]] remoteExec ["systemChat", _player];
    };```
what is does the > -1 means?

[vague cipher]

_string find _substr

find means to find the instance of the right hand side (the substring) with the left side (the source string)

If it's found inside the left-side then it will return the index of the string that the substr starts in.

Strings are an array of characters, so String[0] represents the very first character of the string

So

"capt" find "cap" // Outputs 0
"acapt" find "cap" // Outputs 1

[little raptor]

you could just put in