arma3_scripting

[grim ravine]

Thanks!

[steel fox]

To get the diag exe just switch branch to development in steam.

[grim ravine]

Does it work with the profiling branch as well?

Seem to remember using something similar on that branch

[dreamy kestrel]

rather CONDITION not the parent statement. gotcha. thanks...

[runic spoke]

Does arma have an audio source limit? I seem to be having a crash related to audio. I disable the audio creation and it works perfectly fine no crashes, but as soon as I re-enable my audio I get crashes.

[steel fox]

Need to use the diag.exe iirc

[undone dew]

Does anyone have experience with the GRAD Persistence script that could help me figure out how to save some custom variables from the Ravage mod? I'm following this page about saving variables, and this is what's in the CfgGradPersistence customVariables class:
https://github.com/gruppe-adler/grad-persistence/wiki/Saving-Variables

   class customVariables {

        class HG_Cash {
            varName = "HG_Cash";
            varNamespace = "player";
            public = 1;
        };
        class hunger {
            varName = "hunger";
            varNamespace = "player";
            public = 1;
        };
        class thirst {
            varName = "thirst";
            varNamespace = "player";
            public = 1;
        };
        class radiation {
            varName = "radiation";
            varNamespace = "player";
            public = 1;
        };
        class rvg_array_bases {
            varName = "rvg_array_bases";
            varNamespace = "mission";
            public = 1;
        };
    };

i can see in the Ravage MP saving function that the public variables for hunger/thirst/radiation are these, so I'm not sure why these aren't working:

    player getVariable ["thirst", ""],
    player getVariable ["hunger", ""],
    player getVariable ["radiation", ""],
    player getVariable ["status", ""],
    player getVariable ["rad_status", ""]//vars to a single array would be best

[brazen lagoon]

@undone dew where is the save running

[undone dew]

it's saving to profile in the description.ext

[brazen lagoon]

Since grad-persistence only saves on server, you can only save variables that are known to the server. So if a client defines a variable locally, without making it public, you will not be able to save this variable.

are those public variables?

[undone dew]

hrm, perhaps they aren't

[brazen lagoon]

maybe I'm misunderstanding how the persistence script that you're using works

but if it's using player on the server I don't see how that would work

If you have a script that saves a variable in a unit, for example _unit setVariable ["mcd_myVariable_test",1337], this variable is saved in the unit's namespace and you need to use varNamespace = "unit";.
I think you probably want to use unit

[undone dew]

i can try it, I saw that list of varNamespace values but wasn't sure what to use - the example they gave used Player i think

[brazen lagoon]

this is a bit of a #arma3_config question but: how do I select vehicles dynamically for a faction that have no gun turrets but do have a certain number of seats

[past wagon]

does diag_log throw an error when not executed on dedicated server?

[brazen lagoon]

no

it'll log to console

[past wagon]

ah

thanks

[ruby bronze]

In as simple terms as possible, does anyone know why when I use group to return the name of the player's group, it does return it but with a capital B in front of it? I assume this is for Blufor, but how can I make it not do that lmao

[bitter jewel]

it is the string representation BI has chosen for groups

use groupId to get the callsign

    _name = groupId (group player);

[ruby bronze]

Thanks I'll keep trying to make groupId work, so far it hasn't but now that I know it's the way to go I'll stick with it instead of just group

[bitter jewel]

it is not working?

[drifting sky]

Is there any way either to check that an ai group or vehicle is able to navigate to a waypoint, or to choose a waypoint position that it definitely can navigate to? A2OA.

[ruby bronze]

@ takadoshiki, no I couldn't quite get it working with my code tonight and ended up switching projects, but I will try again tomorrow evening.

[little raptor]

No

[hoary cobalt]

Hey guys using the in game console, how would one edit what a player soldier's voice is?
Like this setSpeaker "Male01CHI";
Except I need it to change a specific player's voice and I am unsure how to call that

[boreal parcel]

heyo, I have some old custom made structures/buildings from id guess before the 3d editor or something idk, anyway every single wall/window etc has code in its init with setPos etc, is there a simple way to get rid of all the code in the init?

[little raptor]

Open the sqm file with a text editor and find and replace the inits

[boreal parcel]

gotcha seems easy enough, another quick question, if there are random ints/floats like 3873,4173.974609,8.5981 in the init, will it break anything/cause errors?

[little raptor]

Depends. But I don't see what's the point

[boreal parcel]

Largely just me hoping to be lazy and not need to delete 377 individual lines and just remove the brackets around the numbers

[little raptor]

That'll break everything

[boreal parcel]

gotcha 😦

[haughty copper]

hello im trying to get an rvmat right so i made a simple build with out doors so how do i define it as an a3 rvmat #define ARMA or #define ARMA_3 ,,, also how do i define this
class CfgPatches
{
class work_shop_new
{
units[]={};
weapons[]={};
requiredVersion=0.1;
requiredAddons[]=
{
"what i need to add here "
"whats i need to add here"
};
};
};

[last rain]

Is there a command to randomly shuffle the data in the array?
For example, from [1,2,3,4,5] make [3,1,5,4,2]

[haughty copper]

what you trying to make like a random selection?

[last rain]

I want to shuffle the array and then use it with the command {} forEach Array

[winter rose]

BIS_fnc_arrayShuffle 🙂

[winter rose]

see #arma3_config 🙂

[haughty copper]

thanks 🙂

[sand summit]

is there possibly a way to point at a secondary magazine within the primary weapon? i.e. integrated grenade launcher

[tepid hornet]

https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/202256-release-incon-undercover-a-comprehensive-undercover-incognito-simulation/

im trying to use this script, but cant get it working, ive used localexec in debug and i get an error regarding invalid expression, im no coder or scripter so ive been trying to get it worknig for a week now and still cant, someone please help or give me some advice

[winter rose]

well, it would help knowing the error (and what you tried)

[sand summit]

effectively, i have a script that swaps the gun you're currently using, with an identical gun with different texture. it also carries over any and all attachments, magazine and capacity, the whole nine yards. is there a way that i can specifically point the script to a secondary magazine in any fashion?

[little raptor]

I have no idea what you mean by "pointing"

[winter rose]

try https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/weaponsItems

[sand summit]

like

primaryWeaponMagazine

but for the primary weapon's "other" magazine

oooh thank you lou

this might be what i've needed

[little raptor]

try what Lou said. or getUnitLoadout (more reliable)

[sand summit]

now for the question i dread asking

would i just ask for _unit weaponsItems # 7 and # 8 in the variable assignment?

[tepid hornet]

all i have is a screenshot, i cant find any mention of the script in the report, and the message im getting in deubg is 'I#I/* setup options for INC_undercover und...' Error Invalid number in expression - unfortualtely i dont know what any of it means

[little raptor]

it means you can't use comments in debug console

at least not the vanilla debug console

[tepid hornet]

its the CBA one i think

[little raptor]

that's the same as vanilla

[tepid hornet]

ah ok

[little raptor]

put the script in a file and exec the script from there

using execVM

[tepid hornet]

ok ill go download it

[winter rose]

no

[tepid hornet]

i can confirm i have no idea what it is or how to use it 😂

[sand summit]

how would you recommend i draw those values as strings then?

[little raptor]

that's a command...

[sand summit]

and for reassigning them within a script, not sure how to handle that one either.

[winter rose]

using the proper syntax for one 😄

[sand summit]

i am new to scripting, sorry

[winter rose]

hi new, I'm dad!

[little raptor]

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

[little raptor]

as I told you it's better to use getUnitLoadout

weaponsItems shows the weapons in no particular order

you can't tell which one is what

[winter rose]

getUnitLoadout returns an array in this format https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Unit_Loadout_Array

[winter rose]

well, if select 0 == primaryWeapon

[sand summit]

i think i have a reliable way around the issue of primaryWeaponItems not being great

[tepid hornet]

it is in a file, and how do i use command? ive come here becuase i dont understand a thing on the wiki 😂 imma go find a new game soon cos arma is beyond me haha

[winter rose]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/execVM tells you how to use it
if your file is "myFile.sqf":```sqf
execVM "myFile.sqf"; // without arguments
[1, 2] execVM "myFile.sqf"; // with arguments

of course here "myFile.sqf" is placed at the root of your mission directory

[tepid hornet]

is it possible to open command line in editor? or only in game?

[winter rose]

in editor, try Ctrl+D if you have CBA

@tepid hornet all good?

[tepid hornet]

i already started loading mission, gimme 5, takes me a little longer than the normal person haha honestly appreciate the help, its hard to find when your a complete novice

i have it open now, so would i be typing *execVM "UCR_Setup.sqf"; * in the debug console?

[little raptor]

yes

[tepid hornet]

after pressing localexec it gave me a directory to my mission folder under the debug console box but nothing else happened

[little raptor]

then the script was executed

[tepid hornet]

does that mean im super sneaky now? imma go walk through a crowd of opfor and find out

[little raptor]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[tepid hornet]

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

my script is in a folder called INC_Undercover, should it therefor be "INC_Undercover/UCR_Setup.sqf";?

[little raptor]

yes

[tepid hornet]

ok now now my pc is doing something because its froze 😂 update pending lol

no directory this time

[still forum]

Yes Arma has a limit, but hitting a limit wouldn't crash.

USB Headest?

[runic spoke]

No, using a Xonar u5 audio driver, with audio technica headphones

Gonna do more testing, but so far if I disable my remote exec for Say3D the crashing stops.

It's a hard crash to desktop too

if (_sound == "" || {isNull _object} || {isNil "SM_SoundDistance"}) exitWith {true};

_object say3D [_sound, SM_SoundDistance];
true```

I'm not the only one that gets crashing too, everyone does, some times the server.

[still forum]

do you get crashdumps?

[acoustic abyss]

Speaking of crashdumps; I'm messing around with functions, but am not getting very good debug info, besides short temporary messages and the RPT.
I know there are several tools that help with sqf scripting; can anyone recommend a few?

[runic spoke]

Yes, I also got a ArmaReport_Log zip file, trying to login to the feedback tracker

still doing more testing to see if I can find the source of the issue.

[acoustic abyss]

Well; going to have a go with Arma.Studio (and Arma Script Profiler). But I'm all ears for other suggestions for improved debugging.

[still forum]

Any more details?

ArmaDebugEngine and its VSCode plugin exist, tho I'm not sure if they currently work.
What do you need?

[acoustic abyss]

For now, very basic: a way of compiling script files and getting runtime errors, without having to restart missions.

[still forum]

BIS_fnc_recompile will recompile all your CfgFunctions

without a mission restart

But it needs to be enabled, see the wiki page

[acoustic abyss]

Thank you! And if I wanted the game to give longer error messages that I could read in a text editor (instead of a few seconds of black-boxed text in the middle of the screen), what could I do for that?

[still forum]

Just open the RPT in a text editor

its all in there

If you start arma with the -debug start parameter, you also get calltrace for the errors

[acoustic abyss]

Fair enough. But there's no program that combines these features. OK.

[acoustic abyss]

thanks again.

[warm coral]

does anyone know a script where i can make the player get damage when they get close to a object? as in stuff like razorwires so if a player touches them they get damaged

[winter rose]

you could use (invisible) particles with a fire effect - the longer you stay, the more you take damage

[warm coral]

do you have a example by any chance? im like really new and also dumb with scripts lmao

[winter rose]

not so much, but I have a tutorial:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Particles_Tutorial

[distant oyster]

or via a trigger:

Activation: Any Player
Condition: this && (round time) % 1 > 0.5
Repeatable: Yes
On Activation: {_x setDamage (damage _x + 0.01)} forEach thisList;

[boreal parcel]

heyo, ive got this script that works fine on my local machine however once its on the dedicated server calling it like normal does nothing and I dont get any errors surprisingly. Any idea whats up?

if (!isServer) exitWith {};

// Ensure the targets do not pop up again once shot
nopop = true;

// Step 1a
_selection = _this select 3 select 0; // Gets the first element in the list (list is at index 3), should be array of targets
// Step 1b
_selectedRandom = _this select 3 select 1; // Gets the second element in the list (list is at index 3), should be an integer
// Step 1c
_offset = _this select 3 select 2; // Gets the third element in the list (list is at index 3), should be an integer
// Step 1d
_display = _this select 3 select 3; // Gets the fourth element in the list (list is at index 3), should be a boolean

// Step 2
_offset = round random _offset; // Where random returns floating point, round gets us an integer
_polarity = round random [0,0.5,1]; // [min,mid,max]
if (_polarity == 0) then {
    _offset = 0 - _offset; // Set to negative if the coin flip is zero
};
_selectedRandom = _selectedRandom + _offset;

// Initialize array of accepted targets (allows for global scope)
_targets = [];

if (_selectedRandom > 0) then
{
    // Step 3a
    _target = _selection call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;
    _targets = [_target];
    _selectedRandom = _selectedRandom - 1;
    // Step 3b
    while {_selectedRandom > 0} do
    {
        _target = _selection call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;
        while {_target in _targets} do
        {
            _target = _selection call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;
        };
        _targets append [_target];
        _selectedRandom = _selectedRandom - 1;
    };    
}
else
{
    // Step 4a
    _targets = +_selection;
};

// Step 5
{
    _x setDamage 0;
    _x animate["terc",0];
} foreach _targets;

// Step 5a
if (_display) then {
    hint format ["Targets: %1", count _targets];
};

[open fractal]

how are you calling the script?

[boreal parcel]

Sorry took a shower I'll get the exact code in just a second but I believe I'm providing the script with an array of target variables and a few strings/ints

As an addaction on a laptop prop

[boreal parcel]

this addAction["Sector Targets","popup.sqf",[[target_218,target_223,target_224,target_226,target_229,target_231,target_232,target_236,target_238,target_244,target_250,target_219,target_220,target_221,target_222,target_225,target_230,target_237,target_243,target_249],0,1,true]];this setObjectTexture [0, "readytarget.jpg"]```

This is just one of the times the script is called. Its on multiple laptop props with different targets

[open fractal]

I'm not familiar with how locality works with addAction, but I would try

if (!isServer) exitWith {["Failed"] remoteExec ["hint"]};

so it notifies you if the script is terminated at the start

[open fractal]

you might not be getting an error if it's exiting the script at line 1

[boreal parcel]

ah gotcha, ill try that and see what happens

[open fractal]

if it hits you with Failed then it's just a matter of executing your script on the server with remoteExec

afaik

[boreal parcel]

makes sense

I cant test it just yet since I already threw the server back to our public preset but when I try it later ill let you know how it turns out

[brazen lagoon]

@still forum dunno if this is the right place to ask, but.. kind of an out there request, how hard do you think a command to get texture data given a texture path would be to implement?

[still forum]

didnt we recently get one for size?

[brazen lagoon]

by this I also mean, if I do this with intercept what are the odds that I can get you or another dev to put it in the game

[still forum]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getTextureInfo here KK added this

[brazen lagoon]

how hard would it be to have that also return texture data

[still forum]

what is texture data

[brazen lagoon]

as in, an array of arrays of size x,y where each point has the rgba values of that pixel

[still forum]

usecase?

I don't think I like that

translating that stuff into script values will be hella expensive

[brazen lagoon]

I'm floating my idea again of dynamically figuring out camo values

[still forum]

I could give you average color

[brazen lagoon]

since cf bai is dead

[still forum]

that is stored directly in the paa

[brazen lagoon]

is it? avg color is probably good enough

[still forum]

yes. Make FT ticket for getting it added to getTextureInfo. I can just add more return values

[brazen lagoon]

how long would it be before that gets added? dunno what arma's release cadence is like

but yes ok will do

[still forum]

couple months

[brazen lagoon]

eh that's not bad

esp. considering that simplifies my work significantly

[still forum]

be quick. Its couple months if you get it till branch split which is gonna be next week

[brazen lagoon]

oh also. how will that work with alpha pixels

does paa avg color ignore alpha pixels?

[still forum]

avg color is RGBA, it also averages the alphas afaik

[brazen lagoon]

ok I will make the ticket once I get to my computer

hmmmm that might be a bit annoying

[still forum]

you may need to remind me tomorrow afternoon

[brazen lagoon]

but eh. probably good enough

will do

what tz are you in?

is tomorrow afternoon... 12 hours from now?

[still forum]

germany

yes 😄

well more like 15

[brazen lagoon]

👍 cool cool

will set an alarm

@still forum look good? https://feedback.bistudio.com/T162872

[graceful kelp]

does anyone know if i can grab the rotor speed or a value stating the rotor is in its blur state

[crystal lodge]

Hi I have an problem and it is very important. I have scripted a vanilla Giga Rabbit armed with a 30mm gatling gun. He is king of the skies of Altis. However, whenever he flies over the water at any altitude, the rabbit is de-spawned leaving only an invisible Xi'an in his core. I assume this is because the game was not designed for rabbits to spawn over water. This is clearly the result of poor foresight on the part of the dev team but I am wondering if anyone has a workaround I could try? Thanks in advance

[brazen lagoon]

lmao

@crystal lodge could you maybe use just the rabbit model with createSimpleObject?

Dunno if it'll animate though

also, anyone have any ideas on how to make a respawn position only visible to one unit?

[crystal lodge]

Hmm, I considered making it a simple object, but then the problem is that he will lose his animations and not be able to gallop majestically through the air. (edit, turns out he still despawns even with damage disabled as well)

As far as respawn visibility, the only way I know how to separate visibility between groups is if those groups are on different factions. Same faction, they always all see it unless there is some script I don't know about.

[flat eagle]

hey guys, so iv been playing with
[_logic,nil,true] call BIS_fnc_moduleCAS; and i somewhat understand what its doing.
_logic is
params [

"_position",["_vehicle","B_Plane_CAS_01_dynamicLoadout_F"],["_type",0],"_logic"

];

_logic = "Logic" createVehicleLocal _position;
_logic setVariable ["vehicle",_vehicle];
_logic setVariable ["type",_type];

and true is if it spawns or not but im not sure what kind of numbers you can pass in place of nil. like how high is the max number it understands? does the number variable even matter?

[flat eagle]

so i think i figured it out [_logic,nil,true] call BIS_fnc_moduleCAS;
_logic is as i stated above
nil is from 0-1 and its for probability of presence
true is either true or false and its for condition of presence

[boreal parcel]

Heyo, just tested it and I do indeed get the message Failed However even throwing a execVM into the init_server.sqf which is loaded by the init.sqf it still throws a Failed message

[open fractal]

are you familiar with remoteExec?

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

[boreal parcel]

not particularly, ill take a loot at the link

[open fractal]

if you use remoteExec you can have your script execute on just the server

[boreal parcel]

Gotcha, so something like ["popup.sqf"] remoteExec ["call", -1]; and call normally from the addaction on the laptops?

also as for -1 I see -2 is all but the server so I assume -1 is the opposite?

[open fractal]

you're missing your parameters for your script

[boreal parcel]

ahhh, I need to throw this in the init of the laptop with the parameters not in some script?

[open fractal]

i'll show you in a minute

[boreal parcel]

much appreciated, in the meantime ill fiddle with it some

[open fractal]

so the way remoteExec works is it tells another machine to execute the given command

there might be a better way to do it but in this case you could use execVM https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/execVM to execute the script

[boreal parcel]

Right, and I was doing so in another script like this
execVM "popup.sqf";

[open fractal]

exactly

so to do that on the server you write "popup.sqf" remoteExec ["execVM",2]

if you need to include parameters you can do

["script.sqf", [_targetsArray,0,1,true]] remoteExec ["execVM",2]

_targetsArray of course being that ghastly array of targets

note I may have done the syntax wrong but that's the general idea

shit

i forgot the script itself

[boreal parcel]

lol yeah the array is a bit bad, and its all good I was just about to ask about that

[open fractal]

fixed it

[boreal parcel]

yep thats what I figured it was gonna be

[open fractal]

so for big ghastly arrays you can define a local variable with it so you dont have that big block of numbers

_myArray = [1,2,3,4];

a little trick i've learned is you can create an object in the editor, let's call it myTargets, and then you can right click and synchronize it with all the pop-up targets

then you can just do ```sqf
_targetsArray = synchronizedObjects myTargets;

[boreal parcel]

ohhh that would be much better.

[boreal parcel]

also referring to this again, could I just

this addAction [["script.sqf", [_targetsArray,0,1,true]] remoteExec ["execVM",2]];

Thats probably incorrect, ill go check the documentation on addAction

[open fractal]

no

go check the documentation

if you put {curly brackets} around your code you can slap that in your addAction where it says script

if I were you i'd bookmark https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/SQF_Syntax

so that you know how to structure your stuff to fit a command's parameters

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

that explains the difference between scripting in singleplayer and multiplayer

[boreal parcel]

Ill do so, and something like this?

this addAction["Sector Targets",{["script.sqf", [_targetsArray,0,1,true]] remoteExec ["execVM",2]}];

[open fractal]

yeah that's what i'd try

[boreal parcel]

gotcha, ill give it a shot

[open fractal]

something that might happen is your _targetsArray may not be defined in the addaction scope

which an easy fix is to make it a global variable

or even better make it an argument in addAction

🧠 you can synchronize the targets with the laptop itself as well

[boreal parcel]

Alrighty, sorry for the slow responses lol im slowly writing/catching up with everything said so far in-game/script

[boreal parcel]

will _targetsArray refer to the variable in the script named _targetsArray?

[open fractal]

the variable will have to be passed to the script

[boreal parcel]

ah I see now, I was thinking I would have this line written in the script and pass in myTargets variable name

that makes sense

[open fractal]

refer to the addAction page to pass the variable

i cant really speak confidently to this since I don't have the game open

this addAction["Sector Targets",{
    _targetsArray = _this select 3;
    ["script.sqf", [_targetsArray,0,1,true]] remoteExec ["execVM",2]

},_targetsArray];

arguments: Anything - (Optional, default nil) arguments to pass to the script. Accessible with _this select 3 inside the script. If Array is used as an argument for example, its first element reference would be _this select 3 select 0

essentially _targetsArray cant be accessed {inside the curly brackets} unless you pass it as an argument in the addAction command

[boreal parcel]

hmm, why _this select 3 ? shouldnt I be calling something like this _targets = synchronizedObjects controlLaptop_16;?

[open fractal]

watch

_targets = synchronizedObjects this;

this addAction["Sector Targets",{
    _targetsArray = _this select 3;
    ["script.sqf", [_targetsArray,0,1,true]] remoteExec ["execVM",2]

},_targets];

you define it in line 1, then pass it as an argument

[boreal parcel]

ah ok

[open fractal]

let me edit for clarity

then _this select 3 grabs _targets from the addAction argument

and slaps it into _targetsArray localized within the {curlybrackets}

[boreal parcel]

right, it makes sense now

[open fractal]

so hypothetically pasting this in the laptop's init should activate your script for all the synchronized targets when you hit the "Sector Targets" button

even better you can do ```sqf
if (!isServer) exitWith {};

_targets = synchronizedObjects this;

this addAction["Sector Targets",{
_targetsArray = _this select 3;
["script.sqf", [_targetsArray,0,1,true]] remoteExec ["execVM",2]

},_targets];

[boreal parcel]

gotcha, I gave it a quick test locally before throwing it on the server and got some errors saying _this is undefined.

Also would It matter having the isServer exitWith in the init if its already in the script itself?

ah and errors being

0:53:46 Error in expression <hint"]};

nopop = true;

_selection = _this select 3 select 0; 

_selectedRand>
 0:53:46   Error position: <_this select 3 select 0; 

_selectedRand>
 0:53:46   Error Undefined variable in expression: _this

[open fractal]

it shouldnt be necessary since the script will only be executed on the server with remoteExec

i think i wrote the remoteexec backwards (?)

[boreal parcel]

it doesnt look like it in the documentation

[open fractal]

i think the arguments are supposed to come before the file name

[boreal parcel]

oh

hmm lemme give that a shot

[open fractal]

[[_targetsArray,0,1,true],"script.sqf"] remoteExec ["execVM",2]

my take

im ready for a sqf vet to come in and tell us we're barking up the wrong tree

[boreal parcel]

lol

actually

[open fractal]

at the very least you've learned a couple commands

[boreal parcel]

it seems weird that the error pops up as soon as the server starts rather than when I hit the Sector Targets addAction at the laptop

[open fractal]

did you leave it in the init

[boreal parcel]

oh yeah, im slowly but surely learning

[boreal parcel]

yeah

[open fractal]

SHAME!

SAD!

[boreal parcel]

oh was I not supposed to?

[open fractal]

no

[boreal parcel]

then how does this refer to the laptop? now im confused

[open fractal]

oh my bad

init.sqf

not the object init

[boreal parcel]

I still dont understand, you want me to throw that code in the init.sqf?

[open fractal]

it should be in the object init

i was asking if you put the code in an init sqf file somewhere

[boreal parcel]

oh like the popup.sqf script, your asking if I left the execVM including it in a file?

[open fractal]

if what we worked on is only in the laptop's init box then there shouldnt be an issue

i was confused when you said the error happens before you hit the button

[boreal parcel]

ah actually that makes sense, I forgot to remove the execVM from the init_server.sqf

[open fractal]

yeah that'll do it

so _this refers to arguments passed to the script

and if you execVM without arguments then it'll be confused

[boreal parcel]

hmmm

does synchronizedObjects return false?

after hitting the button I get the error

 1:10:33 Error in expression <p = true;


_selection = _this select 3 select 0; 

_selectedRandom = _this sele>
 1:10:33   Error position: <select 0; 

_selectedRandom = _this sele>
 1:10:33   Error select: Type Bool, expected Array,String,Config entry

no looks like it should only return an empty array

hmm

oh

[boreal parcel]

maybe I need to unreverse the order

[open fractal]

you can try it I think the remoteExec will just fail

i think what's happening is it's looking for an array in the fourth argument

which is true

so just swap out select 3 for select 0 to indicate the first argument

or move your _targetsArray to the end

that's probably a better plan

in hindsight it initially might've thrown Failed because it executed locally and on the server

[boreal parcel]

you were right

 1:15:20 Error in expression <(_this select 0) execvm (_this select 1)>
 1:15:20   Error position: <execvm (_this select 1)>
 1:15:20   Error execvm: Type Array, expected String

[boreal parcel]

ill give that a shot real quick

[open fractal]

i figured it out

this addAction["Sector Targets","popup.sqf",[_array,0,1,true]];this setObjectTexture [0, "readytarget.jpg"]

no i lied i didnt

[boreal parcel]

lmao

[open fractal]

it's interpreting the arguments differently because you're using execVM instead of executing the script straight from addAction

by differently i mean in a different order

[boreal parcel]

alright I tried swapping _targetsArray with true and got two errors

 1:18:33 Error in expression <f (_polarity == 0) then {
_offset = 0 - _offset; 
};
_selectedRandom = _selected>
 1:18:33   Error position: <_offset; 
};
_selectedRandom = _selected>
 1:18:33   Error Undefined variable in expression: _offset

 1:18:33 Error in expression <t 0; 

_selectedRandom = _this select 3 select 1; 

_offset = _this select 3 sel>
 1:18:33   Error position: <select 1; 

_offset = _this select 3 sel>
 1:18:33   Error Zero divisor

[open fractal]

before we do anything else

[boreal parcel]

I think your right

[open fractal]

can you go back and do the original thing you did at the very start

and check if it executes on the server

[boreal parcel]

huh?

the thing I did at the very start?

[open fractal]

just add in the sqf script if (isServer) do {"Success" remoteExec ["systemChat"];

because if it works on the server then you can just ditch all this

and it's a different issue entirely

i didnt stop to think it might be executing both locally and on the server, hence failing once and succeeding once

[boreal parcel]

hmm if that was the case wouldnt the targets have popped up?

and also my editor is saying there is something wrong with the line you sent

[open fractal]

it could just be a separate issue

[boreal parcel]

Missing if operation after condition

[open fractal]

my bad

then not do

[boreal parcel]

yeah I was just about to say it doesnt like do lol

[boreal parcel]

just checking, would adding this line make it stop working locally?

ah wait

[open fractal]

no, all that will do is write "Success" in the game chat if it executes on the server

[boreal parcel]

nvm syntax error, missing an end bracket lol

[open fractal]

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

my bad

[boreal parcel]

no all good, I shoulda noticed

[open fractal]

systemChat is a good tool for debugging

[boreal parcel]

especially with the previous pain ive gone through with those kinda errors lol

[open fractal]

shouldve started with that actually

instead i assumed the issue

[boreal parcel]

Oh wow just figured out you dont need to restart the server/local server everytime you change the script

😦

well it works locally, lemme throw it on the server

[open fractal]

if my hypothesis is correct it'll hint "Failed" and chat "Success" and i will look dumb

usually someone swoops in and corrects me by now

[warm hedge]

If you launch the server from Eden Editor, you just need to restart the mission

[boreal parcel]

alright I threw this line above the previous !isSever line

if (isServer) then {"Success" remoteExec ["systemChat"]};

starting the server now

[boreal parcel]

I think the mission scripted settings turn off restart or something, I dont usually have that option

[warm hedge]

[open fractal]

you could also login as admin and do #missions or whatever method is quickest

[warm hedge]

It's a builtin Eden Editor feature

[boreal parcel]

almost came back and told you it didnt chat success, then I remembered we disabled system chat, now I gotta restart the server again:\

disableChannels[] = {
    {0, true, true}, //--- Global Chat
    {1, false, true}, //--- Side Chat
    {2, true, true}, //--- Command Chat
    {3, false, true}, //--- Group Chat
    {4, false, true}, //--- Vehicle Chat
    {5, false, true}, //--- Direct Chat
    {6, true, true} //--- System Chat
};

[boreal parcel]

nope its not chatting success

only getting failed

[open fractal]

alright then

back to remoteExec I guess

all you need to do is make sure it's being fed the right arguments

[boreal parcel]

put the following, perhaps because its not in brackets?

if (isServer) then {"Success" remoteExec ["systemChat"]};
if (!isServer) exitWith {["Failed"] remoteExec ["hint"]};

[open fractal]

you can try it but it shouldnt be necessary for one parameter

[boreal parcel]

ok

[little raptor]

wut? aren't branches already split?

[open fractal]

also for consistency's sake you can replace hint with systemChat

[boreal parcel]

Well anyway while the server starts, I think what you were saying is correct. It said that _offset was getting a divisor by zero error, the only zero given should be provided to _selectedRandom

[little raptor]

You can go back to editor and start the mission again

[open fractal]

luckily everything is explained in the comments so you can replace the selects

[boreal parcel]

gotcha, and you were right again, brackets didnt matter

[boreal parcel]

right, so its basically backwards?

[open fractal]

by the looks of it you can just delete select 3

since your arguments are in an array rather than a subarray

[little raptor]

What command do you use to place it over water?

[little raptor]

Not possible. You can measure the time since engine start tho

[boreal parcel]

hmm, did so however im getting the following now

 1:50:03 Error in expression <tedRandom - 1;
};    
}
else
{

_targets = +_selection;
};


{
_x setDamage 0;
_x a>
 1:50:03   Error position: <+_selection;
};


{
_x setDamage 0;
_x a>
 1:50:03   Error +: Type Bool, expected Number,Array,Not a Number,HashMap

guess the order is still wrong

for the selects

[little raptor]

Wat?

[little raptor]

What's the code?
And what's the problem here?

[open fractal]

_targetsArray = synchronizedObjects this;
this addAction["Sector Targets",{
    _targetsArray = _this select 3;
    [[_targetsArray,0,1,true],"script.sqf"] remoteExec ["execVM",2]

},_targetsArray];

is this what you have?

arguments should be in the original order

[boreal parcel]

ahhhhh

I never reverted switching targetsArray and true

[open fractal]

that'd do it

[open fractal]

just adjusting a pre-made script to fit execVM arguments rather than addAction arguments

we're a little goofy so it's taking a minute

[little raptor]

This code doesn't match those args

[little raptor]

Also you're broadcasting a huge constant array over the network

It can just be embedded in the code

[open fractal]

this addAction["Sector Targets",{
    _targetsArray = synchronizedObjects _this select 3;
    [[_targetsArray,0,1,true],"script.sqf"] remoteExec ["execVM",2]

},this];

is this what you mean?

[little raptor]

No

[boreal parcel]

no more errors, code seems to execute successfully locally however the is getting 0 targets, so I think synchronizedObjects is coming back empty

[open fractal]

edited

[boreal parcel]

also not sure what you mean, are you talking about the double selects?

[little raptor]

Yes

[boreal parcel]

Yes to artisan?

[little raptor]

To you

[boreal parcel]

oh, we removed a set of the selects, the original code had the arguments in a subarray

[open fractal]

thats what we just fixed

[little raptor]

You're still sending the whole array using remoteExec

[boreal parcel]

are you saying just create the array of pre-placed targets variablenames in the sqf file itself?

[open fractal]

do you mean the object should be passed to the sqf file to create the array there?

the script rather

[little raptor]

no. like I said it should be embedded. altho I'm not sure how many times it's gonna be called. but anyway:

//some_file.sqf
_array = [target_1, .... , target_100];
[_array] call some_code

remoteExec ["some_file.sqf", ...];

[little raptor]

yes

[little raptor]

also iirc synchronizedObjects doesn't work on normal objects

[open fractal]

why not do this?

//some_file.sqf
_array = synchronizedObjects _this;
[_array] call some_code

[little raptor]

also iirc synchronizedObjects doesn't work on normal objects

[boreal parcel]

hmm, ok manually writing down each targets variable is doable, however im curious how would I reference that variable from the objects inits?

For instance I would create a variable for each building with targets, would I just do

// some_file.sqf
_targBuilding1 = [target_1, etc];
_targBuilding2 = [target_5, etc];


// obj init
this addAction["Sector Targets",{ 
    [[_targBuilding2,0,1,true], "popup.sqf"] remoteExec ["execVM",2] 
 
},_targBuilding2];

[little raptor]

that's not what I meant

[boreal parcel]

ah sorry hang on

[little raptor]

anually writing down each targets

you don't have to

[boreal parcel]

oh

[little raptor]

_array = [];
for "_i" from 1 to 100 do {
  _array pushBack (missionNamespace getVariable ["target_" + str _i, objNull])
}

[open fractal]

i have a mission file where I use ```sqf
{deleteVehicle _x} forEach synchronizedObjects _object

it lets me just point and click on what i want gone once the script is executed

convenient for me at least

[little raptor]

perhaps it works in eden then. but I'm pretty sure it didn't work when you did it the scripted way (using synchronizedObjectsAdd)
e.g. when I synced two units the array was always empty

[little raptor]

didn't you confirm it here?

[boreal parcel]

hmm, that could work, I guess I could rename each target to have a prefix for its house and do

_house1 = [];
_house2 = [];
for "_i" from 1 to 25 do {
  _house1 pushBack (missionNamespace getVariable ["target_house1_" + str _i, objNull])
  _house2 pushBack (missionNamespace getVariable ["target_house2_" + str _i, objNull])
}

However they dont all have the same number of targets so if it doesnt find the variable will it simply not add anything?

[little raptor]

that synchObjs was empty?

[boreal parcel]

I didnt, I can though. How do I turn an int to a string in sqf? couldnt print the number of items in the array because of that lol

[open fractal]

dont forget you can always ```sqf
systemChat str _array;

[boreal parcel]

ah there we go

[open fractal]

oh what a coincidence

str

be sure to remoteExec if it's executed on the server

[little raptor]

they will be null objs. but not sure what this has to do with that code

also you can write two separate loops

[boreal parcel]

does this not work in the init? its not giving an error but there was no chat message, maybe it was sent before I was fully loaded in and could see it?

_targetsArray = synchronizedObjects this; 

systemChat str count _targetsArray;

[open fractal]

has anything come through systemChat on that server

[boreal parcel]

as for this, the loop was in the scenario that I manually write down each variableName for the targets

[boreal parcel]

yeah whenever I execute the code it chats Success

the sector target I mean

add Action

locally

[little raptor]

no

[open fractal]

maybe because it's running unscheduled

[little raptor]

it must run with some delay

[boreal parcel]

ok

[little raptor]

_targetsArray spawn {
  sleep 1;
  systemChat str _this
}

[boreal parcel]

should be fine to throw a sleep before the systemChat then right

oh

[little raptor]

no. it's unscheduled

[open fractal]

leopard you write those code blocks damn fast

[boreal parcel]

huh, I know your helping me with the code atm but whats the _targetsArray spawn {} for?

[little raptor]

I'm passing it to the spawn

[open fractal]

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

[little raptor]

spawn has its own scope

it doesn't inherit the current scope. so you must pass the variables to it

[boreal parcel]

huh ok

[little raptor]

or better said, it just executes "somewhere else" (not in the current script)

[boreal parcel]

I cant seem to send images here but it looks like its outputting an empty array

[] is what it looks like basically, except no space inbetween because of the font

[open fractal]

[]

[little raptor]

yeah like I guessed sync objs was gonna be empty. so use the other method (loop)

[open fractal]

why is synchronized objects so finicky

[little raptor]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[open fractal]

i love arma 3

[little raptor]

I've only found it to work with modules

[open fractal]

it works spot-on for me for whatever reason

{deleteVehicle _x} forEach (synchronizedObjects hideShit);
{_x hideObjectGlobal false} forEach (synchronizedObjects showShit);

[little raptor]

I manually write down each variableName for the targets
you don't have to

just name one, then copy paste it

their names will be like name_1 name_2, etc.

[open fractal]

my caveman method of getting already-named objects would be ```sqf
_targetsArray = nearestObjects [_reference, _targetClassname, _radius]

[boreal parcel]

gotcha, yeah im gonna replace all of them now, I have this in my init, anything else I need to change?

_targetArray = []; 
for "_i" from 1 to 20 do { 
  _targetArray pushBack (missionNamespace getVariable ["target_house5_" + str _i, objNull]) 
};

this addAction["Sector Targets",{ 
    _targetsArray = _this select 3; 
    [[_targetsArray,0,1,true], "popup.sqf"] remoteExec ["execVM",2] 
 
},_targetsArray]; 

[boreal parcel]

yeah but I have multiple houses with the same target classes all pretty close to each other

[open fractal]

understandable

[boreal parcel]

so unless I could define a rectangular radius

its probably best to do it this way lol

[open fractal]

im actually distraught over synchronizedObjects

that was just too perfect

[boreal parcel]

lol yeah that would have been so much easier

[little raptor]

I don't see anything wrong

[boreal parcel]

oh ok lmao

I was confused

mmm 2:30am

[open fractal]

shit

adios

[boreal parcel]

how does it always get this late when I do arma stuff

[open fractal]

wont be the first time

[boreal parcel]

im trying to get this mission working for my little group before saturday lol, and every time something works, another thing decides thats too much happiness

and then the firing range has me worried because the first round idk if the guy testing it was blind or what but he said he didnt see the first few pop up lol, but then it ran smoothly

so, hopefully all works out

[open fractal]

I’ve been sitting on a SOG PF mission since SOG PF came out

[boreal parcel]

lmao

[open fractal]

I got so burnt out making it because I decided I absolutely had to have the players insert on a helicopter with a cutscene and now all that’s left is the briefing

I’ll run it one day

[little raptor]

but since it's a constant array you might want to do what I said earlier

instead of passing the whole array over the network

[boreal parcel]

do what? put the array of classes in the file itself?

[little raptor]

classes? you mean objects? yes

[boreal parcel]

yeah sorry, the variableNames I guess

hmm

I could do that actually, and instead have the laptop send back the house number instead of an array, then just do a simple if-else-if statement or something to assign the array to _selection based on the house

[little raptor]

if your array is not large it's not that important.

[boreal parcel]

so far the biggest house has 20 targets, so each time the script is activated its 20 targets or less

[little raptor]

just wanted to point out that sending arrays over the network is not good (unless you have no choice)

[boreal parcel]

it used to be 200+, but got rid of a bunch

[little raptor]

I guess it's fine then

[boreal parcel]

nah, there might be bigger houses in the future so ill just attempt that. if it doesnt work out before saturday ill go with the original way.
Just curious but is this the correct way to go about it? instead of the array I tried sending back 5 in its place

if (_this select 0 == 5) then {
    _selection = _house5; // Gets the first element in the list (list is at index 3), should be array of targets    
};

_house5 is created a few lines above

_house5 = [target_218,target_223,target_224,target_226,target_229,target_231,target_232,target_236,target_238,target_244,target_250,target_219,target_220,target_221,target_222,target_225,target_230,target_237,target_243,target_249];

[little raptor]

if you name them like target_house1_1, etc.:

_targetArray = []; 
for "_i" from 1 to 20 do { 
  _targetArray pushBack (missionNamespace getVariable [format ["target_house%1_%2", _houseIdx, _i], objNull]) 
};

[tardy oriole]

hey so im having an issue with removing an object from being editable from zeus

_group = createGroup [west, true];

_AI = _group createUnit ["B_Soldier_F", _pos, [], 0, "FORM"];
_Jug = createVehicle ["3as_Jug", _pos];

_AI hideObjectGlobal true;
_AI setUnitPos "Down";

_Jug attachTo [_AI, [0,0.5,0]];
_Jug setObjectScale 0.5;
_Jug removeCuratorEditableObjects [[_x],true];``` this is what I have right now everything but the remove curator works

[little raptor]

_Jug removeCuratorEditableObjects [[_x],true];
this is wrong

[tardy oriole]

I was assuming it was wrong google wasnt doing me justice

what should I be using instead?

[little raptor]

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

curator obj is the first arg

also _x is undefined in your code

[tardy oriole]

I tried _Jug instead of _x and that didnt work

Also I know im probably not seeing the obvious answer, coffee isnt helping me much right now

[little raptor]

there is no curator module in your code

there is no answer rn

[tardy oriole]

Ah

so assuming I would just need to put "myCurator" in front

[little raptor]

if that's your curator, maybe

but still it depends when the object is added to the curator

you have to remove it after it's been added

[tardy oriole]

would that be the variable name of the 3den module?

[stuck rivet]

how can i get the impact position of the bullet when a gun is fired?

even if it has missed entirely

[little raptor]

yes

[tardy oriole]

then I know the name thanks

[little raptor]

the only way is looping rn

[stuck rivet]

what does that mean?

[little raptor]

add a Fired/FiredMan event handler
get the projectile
launch a loop to find out when the projectile dies

the last position before its death is roughly the impact pos

[stuck rivet]

what about ricochets?

[little raptor]

use vectorCos or something

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[stuck rivet]

idk what that is but i suppose i could end the loop when the z value starts getting higher

[little raptor]

ricochet doesn't always cause the projectile to go higher

it simply changes its direction

[stuck rivet]

most of the time it would

at least over a flat plane

[tardy oriole]

apologies I am back, neither the variable name nor the owner name work as the curatorModule

[little raptor]

like I said, it has to be removed after it was added

[tardy oriole]

so it being the last thing on the list would not be that would I need to add a delay for it?

[little raptor]

even a delay may not be enough

[tardy oriole]

so im better off using the "remove from Zeus" module then trying to get it to do it for me automatically

[little raptor]

what I mean is, use an event handler or something

[tardy oriole]

oh

[little raptor]

like this:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#CuratorObjectRegistered

[tardy oriole]

gotcha

[stuck rivet]

are there any way to have an invisible object that works with a HitPart eventhandler?

[hallow mortar]

Depending on the object you may be able to make all its textures invisible using setObjectTexture. It will still have collision etc though

[stuck rivet]

why isn't this working? In theory it should only show the hint once teh while loop is done, instead it shows up immediately with the muzzle position

this addEventHandler ["FiredMan", { 
 params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_magazine", "_projectile", "_vehicle"];

projectilepos;
while {alive _projectile} do 
{
projectilepos = _projectile;
};
hint str position projectilepos;
}];```

[copper raven]

event handlers are unscheduled

[winter rose]

this addEventHandler ["FiredMan", { 
  params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_magazine", "_projectile", "_vehicle"];

  projectilepos; // useless
  while { alive _projectile } do // in an unscheduled environment, this does max 10000 iterations then stops
  {
    projectilepos = _projectile;
  };
  hint str position projectilepos;
}];

[stuck rivet]

what does it being unscheduled mean?

[winter rose]

this addEventHandler ["FiredMan", { 
  params ["", "", "", "", "", "", "_projectile"];
  [_projectile] spawn {
    params ["_projectile"];
    private _projectilePos = 0;
    while { sleep 0.01; alive _projectile } do // scheduled
    {
      _projectilePos = getPosASL _projectile;
    };
    hint format ["final position: %1", _projectilePos];
  };
}];

[winter rose]

see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Scheduler 🙂

basically, unscheduled is "run everything at once now (therefore no sleep or waitUntil) whereas the scheduler is a pile of scripts where each gets 3ms runtime per loop then it goes to the next

[stuck rivet]

i notice you use sleep, does that not require [] spawn to work?

[copper raven]

it does

[winter rose]

there is a spawn

line 3

[stuck rivet]

oh i see it now

anyway thanks

i always get [0,0,0] though

also an error if the impact is close: Error getposasl : Type number expected Object

[brazen lagoon]

@still forum oops meant to ping a few hrs ago https://feedback.bistudio.com/T162872

[winter rose]

oh yep, my mistake - I fixed the code

[stuck rivet]

thanks, what was the mistake?

[winter rose]

I did _pos = projectile then getPosASL _pos which obviously did not work

[still forum]

was busy with other stuff today anyway :u

[stuck rivet]

oh i see

[brazen lagoon]

;__;

@still forum when's branch cutting date?

[still forum]

some time next week

[little raptor]

what on earth is branch cutting?

[still forum]

I call it branch split. When we split off a release

[little raptor]

so you mean next week you go from 2.07 to 2.09?

[still forum]

yeah

And after the split everything that goes into the "stable" branch needs to be manually checked and approved, and usually only bugfixes and critical stuff goes through

[brazen lagoon]

yeah

ok I will try to remember to ping you monday

[little raptor]

yeah I know the process 😄
I just didn't know what @brazen lagoon meant by branch cutting 😄

[brazen lagoon]

hopefully you get time for it before branch cut but oh well

yes @little raptor some places call it splitting some place call it cutting ive heard a lot of different phrases for the same thing

I'm thinking of making an addon similar to CF_BAI but in reverse, so I'm hoping to get an addition to getTextureInfo that gets you the avg color of a texture so that I can generate how good a uniform/vest/helmet/etc should be, camo-wise, in relation to the ground texture

[little raptor]

I once had the same idea. but since it wasn't possible I didn't persue

[brazen lagoon]

worst case scenario I can do this manually for the stuff in EBOs and write something in Intercept to pull the data externally for stuff in pbos.

but having it in the command would make it much easier

actually both you and @still forum might have some input on this - this script would likely need to do a nearObjects call on all units to get trees nearby - is this going to be a performance nightmare?

should I write that using intercept w/ C++?

[little raptor]

if it's just a small radius and for player only no

otherwise could be

[little raptor]

the performance of nearObjects is the same in intercept

[brazen lagoon]

ok

[still forum]

nearObjects is now multithreaded. so larger distances work quite a bit better than before

[brazen lagoon]

neat

so as long as the individual thing I'm doing on each object is simple, it should be fine

[boreal parcel]

heyo leapard, I got that script from last night working locally however whenever I throw it on the dedicated server it doesnt work, however im sure its not exiting due to the server anymore as it chats success but doesnt hint Failed. Any Idea what could be the issue?

// Check to make sure this script is executed on the server ONLY
if (isServer) then {"Success" remoteExec ["systemChat"]};
if (!isServer) exitWith {["Failed"] remoteExec ["hint"]};

[little raptor]

there is no issue

[boreal parcel]

referring to this script that we modified last night (for me )

[little raptor]

you're always executing it on the server

[boreal parcel]

yeah, but im confused why its working on my local machine, pops the targets up fine but doesnt work when I throw it on a dedicated server

[little raptor]

how did you execute it again?

im confused why its working on my local machine, pops the targets up fine but doesnt work when I throw it on a dedicated server
could be a locality issue

but as far as I can see that script doesn't have one

all commands have global effect/args

[boreal parcel]

Throw this in the init of a laptop

_targetArray = [];
for "_i" from 1 to 20 do {  
  _targetArray pushBack (missionNamespace getVariable [format ["target_house%1_%2", 5, _i], objNull])  
};

this addAction["Sector Targets",{ 
    _targetArray = _this select 3; 
    [[_targetArray,0,1,true], "popup.sqf"] remoteExec ["execVM",2] 
 
},_targetArray]; 

and trigger the addAction, sends a chat in systemChat Success so the script runs, and it works just fine locally

I even got it to print the array showing it has all of the targets

but when I do so on the server, it doesnt hint saying 0 targets or do anything at all besides chat Success

[little raptor]

I'm guessing the only remaining thing is the global variable

according to the wiki animate is global effect

I'm gonna take its word for it for now

this addAction["Sector Targets",{ 
    _targetArray = _this select 3; 
    nopop = true;
    [[_targetArray,0,1,true], "popup.sqf"] remoteExec ["execVM",2] 
 
},_targetArray]; 

what about this?

[little raptor]

locally?

or on the server?

[boreal parcel]

isnt nopop a local variable to the script? and no just locally, ill try doing so on the server.

And one more thing, I have a firing range script that instead of animate uses animateSource, would that make any difference?

[little raptor]

isnt nopop a local variable to the script
no

instead of animate uses animateSource
maybe

if your script is too old maybe the object animations have changed

I don't know what those target objs use

[boreal parcel]

hmm, ill just try doing all of the above real quick, and I dont know how old the script is to be honest. However my firing range script, which works for the most part, uses event handlers such as this

//Target is in line, initalize it
_x setVariable ["RQR_controller", _laneController];
_x animateSource ["terc", 1];
_x addEventHandler [
  "HandleDamage", 
  { 
    params ["_target", "_selection", "_damage", "_source", "_projectile", "_hitPartIndex", "_instigator"];
    if(_target animationPhase "terc" == 0) then {                
      if(_projectile isKindOf ["BulletBase", configFile >> "CfgAmmo"]) then {                
        playSound3D [SOUND_POPDOWN, _target, false, getPosASL _target, 1, 1, 300];
        _target spawn {
          waitUntil {(_this animationPhase "terc" == 1)};
          waitUntil {(_this animationPhase "terc" < 1)};
          _this animateSource ["terc", 1];
        };
      } else {
        _target animateSource ["terc", 0];
      };
    };
    0
  }
];

[little raptor]

waitUntil {(_this animationPhase "terc" == 1)};
waitUntil {(_this animationPhase "terc" < 1)};

wut? do these targets move back up automatically?

[boreal parcel]

yeah, its a firing range with multiple rounds

its code thats way to complicated for me to replicate/modify lol

[little raptor]

well looks like whoever wrote this script didn't know about the nopop thing

[boreal parcel]

uh

changing animate to animateSource worked, the targets popup now

I assume the reason there is no hint Targets: 20 message is because the script is only executed on the server

hmm the targets do keep poping back up though

So that was a lie

// Ensure the targets do not pop up again once shot
nopop = true;

hmmm

the targets stay down locally though

[little raptor]

yes. you should've remoteExeced that

[boreal parcel]

Ah I just decided to use systemChat instead

[warm coral]

does anyone know a script where when the trigger is activated it ONLY damages the nearest player to the trigger?
currently my issue is that it damages all players

[little raptor]

sort them by dist and damage the nearest player only

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

[warm coral]

do you have a example by any chance? im kinda dumb when it comes to that

[little raptor]

_sortedList = [thisList, [], {_x distance thisTrigger}, "ASCEND"] call BIS_fnc_sortyBy;
_nearest = _sortedList#0;

_nearest setDamage damage _nearest + 0.1;

[warm coral]

thank you very much

[limber rune]

Not sure where to post this since there isn't a mod help channel - I'm having a problem here. I have all my pbos signed in my mod and they are all binarized but when I export one pbo and edit something and repack it with pbo and try and join the server with the same updated mod it says its not signed with the key in the server and if I use addon builder the server says a list of mods require it the pbo but its in there. what is a fix for this?

[warm coral]

anyone know why when i use this script

    while {alive barb1} do {
     sleep 1;    
      _distance = player distance _this;
        if (_distance < 2) then {
        sleep 0.5;  
          [player, 1, "leg_l", "stab"] call ace_medical_fnc_addDamageToUnit;
              [player, 1, "leg_r", "stab"] call ace_medical_fnc_addDamageToUnit;

          };   
    };

just breaks when in multiplayer?

[brazen lagoon]

@warm coral where is it running

if that's not running local to the player that's why

[warm coral]

how can i make it run local to the player?

[warm coral]

i honestly have no idea how to check

[brazen lagoon]

@warm coral where is it being called from

[warm coral]

this might be a facepalm moment but i dont know how to check that either. im like extremly new to scripting i can only do surface level with like lots of help lol

nvm for some reason it just works now

[limber rune]

any help for me 🙂

[brazen lagoon]

are you re-signing after update

[limber rune]

yep

[brazen lagoon]

then idk

I haven't actually figured out pbo signing yet so I'm sorry I can't be more helpful

[trim solstice]

Ok dumb, abstract idea I need help with because I can't script for the life of me. So I've got this thing, where I'm planning on having an "Ice Mage", I'm just planning on using the VR Arrows, and just calling them "Ice". I would like them to "throw" these ice arrows at the players, with two different types of attacks, one directly from them, and one from above that descends down. Any ideas for the scripting?

[ruby bronze]

Should marker manipulations like resize or hide be in init.sqf or initPlayerLocal.sqf ?

I'm trying to get a pulsing or "ripple effect" from a marker but

while {true} do {
  sleep 4;
    "marker_81" setMarkerAlpha 1;
      ["marker_81",[50,50],3] spawn BIS_fnc_resizeMarker;
    ["marker_81",3] spawn BIS_fnc_hideMarker;
    ["marker_81",[0,0],0.0001] spawn BIS_fnc_resizeMarker;
  };

Is flickering on dedicated server, and even when editor testing it flickers back on one time after fully fading out

[fair drum]

so you need to add a delay after each of the resize functions because right now, all 3 of the resize commands are being called almost instantly causing your flicker

[ruby bronze]

Thanks, would sleep x be sufficient in between each or is there another delay I'm not aware of

Edit: Adding a sleep in between each has done the trick, going to dial in the exact numbers a bit but this is quite promising, thank you again

Edit 2: Still flickering on dedicated, even though editor testing is now perfect.
Could this have anything to do with where I'm running it?
I've got an [] execVM "markerPulse.sqf"; inside my init.sqf
Or is sleep not reliable enough on dedicated server, hence why it's only flickering there?

Edit 3: Moving the execVM to initPlayerLocal did the trick on the dedicated server. Everything is good now =D

[acoustic abyss]

My mission objective requires that a terrain object be destroyed. After some lazy searching I came upon a script executed on a game logic:

0 = [this] spawn  
{  
waitUntil{!alive (nearestObjects [_this select 0, ["Land_TTowerBig_1_F"], 3] select 0)};  
boomradio1 = true;
publicVariable "boomradio1"; 
};

But I'm rethinking this for two reasons: 1) the waitUntil and nearestObjects is spamming the RPT. 2) A publicvariable is a bit inefficient networkwise.

Is there a more efficient way of detecting the destroyed object, then synchronizing a change in player objectives for everyone?

First thing I could do would be to hide the terrain "Land_TTowerBig_1_F" and replace it with a variable named one. But I rather liked this set up for not needing to replace objects.

[little raptor]

The key you signed the pbo with must be uploaded to the server as well

[little raptor]

Is that why you think it's inefficient?
No.

1. It's using a waitUntil and no sleep
2. It's using nearestObjects
3. It doesn't even check if the list is empty and just does select 0
4. It uses a loop for something that doesn't even need a loop -> waste of performance
   And publicVariable is not inefficient per se. But doing it for no reason, in bursts and more importantly sending large data is.
   Anyway, there are event handlers for something like that. See BuildingChanged or something like that

[acoustic abyss]

Thanks for replying 🙂. Not sure why you start with a "No". As (implicitly) stated, I'm aware that waitUntil and nearestObjects are repeatedly flooding the program with errors; by definition inefficient. Wasn't aware of the list checking aspect 🤠; interesting! Didn't think of "BuildingChanged", will check it out.

Yes, publicVariable isn't automatically inefficient. But in this looping check, with a long variable name, it of course is in terms of network bandwidth. I suppose I was asking a second question: how to efficiently synchronize a task state across clients on dedicated.

With thanks for your patience to my programming naivety.

I have a lot to learn

[little raptor]

looping check
public var is outside the loop
long variable name
that var name is not long
in terms of network bandwidth
it's just sending a simple boolean variable.

Not sure why you start with a "No".
because the publicVar is not the reason it's inefficient

waitUntil and nearestObjects are repeatedly flooding the program with errors
neither waitUntil nor nearestObjects have errors

the error is probably because of what I said in my 3rd note

[distant oyster]

have you considered using https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/236310-project-psykers/ ?

[distant oyster]

init.sqf executes for the server and all clients. since those functions have global effect they will overwrite each other. try to use it in initServer instead

[haughty copper]

im trying to make animals spawn on players if they go to certain parts of the map but i like it to be random amount and times when it dose so this what i can think of tbh _unit = group player createUnit ["RaptorAIM1", position player, [], 10, "FORM"]; // is there a little script laying around i can adapt to what i need

[distant oyster]

for random times:

if (random 1 > 0.5) then {
  // spawn
};
``` for random amounts:
```sqf
for "_i" from 0 to (ceil random 5) do {
  // spawn
};

[haughty copper]

thanks you so random time anything from 1 sec to 0.5 and the amounts is anything from 0 to 5 ?

[distant oyster]

the if would only spawn in 50% of the cases, the for loop will spawn between 1 and 6 units

[haughty copper]

ok kinda follow i'll make something up see if works i'll drop in again if i broke my server lol 🙂

[haughty copper]

if (random 1 > 0.5) then {

for "_R" from 0 to (ceil random 5) do {
_spawn = ["R1","R2","R3","R4","R5","R6","R7","R8","R9","R10","R11","R12"] call bRs_fnc_selectRandom
spawnmodule = [["RaptorF1_ID1","RaptorF1_ID2","RaptorF1_ID3","RaptorF1_ID4" ["createVehicleLocal", "getMarkerPos _spawn"]];

removeallweapons _x; // not sure this is needed
removeallmagazines _x; // not sure this is needed

spawnmodule setvariable ["LifeR_Spawn_move","MOVER",true];
spawnmodule setvariable ["LifeR_Spawn_pos",position player,true];

};

};
};

hmm this kinda s**t but can think of a way lol

[willow hound]

Yes, conditions can be combined using logical AND and logical OR: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Introduction_to_Arma_Scripting#Booleans

[distant oyster]

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[trim solstice]

Wow this is actually so much more then I was hoping for, I'm so surprised I didn't find this! Thank you so much!

[faint oasis]

hi, i'm creating a gui and i want to know if we can have a "Listbox" with a text automatically resized or the text move left to right until the text reach the end ?

[tidal ferry]

Hey, question

Why is BIS_fnc_replacewithsimpleobject not recommended for use in MP or for use with large numbers of objects?

[winter rose]

it might be performance-expensive

[tidal ferry]

Hmmm

Like, in what way? Just while things are converting, or long-term after everything has been converted to simple objects?

Currently, a method our unit uses for optimization is converting compositions with large numbers of static objects to simpleobjects at the start of the mission, using a script we used that forces excecution in the scheduled environment to keep the unscheduled queue from overloading

In our experience it's laggy at the start of missions, but in missions it levels out

Of course since I'm still learning things, I'm looking to review whether that's the best option or not

[winter rose]

one thread, all the config reading the network deletion-creation, etc all for only one object I would tend to believe

[tidal ferry]

Hmm okay

[opal sand]

@little raptor hey bro, what was that link you sent before on converting image formats please? didnt save it to my favorite
Nvrm - found it
#arma3_model message

and, do you know the dimensions of the weapon picturs for loadout screen please?

[faint oasis]

someone have an idea ?

[cosmic lichen]

You can get the text's width and resize the listbox

You could also cut the text and display the full text in a tooltip

[faint oasis]

yeah but i want to resize only the text line

not the listbox

i don't know if you see what i mean

[cosmic lichen]

The text line's width is almost the full width of the listbox

minus some margin left and right

so not sure how you would resize the the row without the listbox

[faint oasis]

oh yeah so i mean the "row"

ok interesting

no problem

[cosmic lichen]

Don't randomly ping devs. Also #arma3_gui

[faint oasis]

interesting i will post my message there then

[little raptor]

no. find a vanilla one and see what dimensions it has

[little raptor]

put it in a controls group

[faint oasis]

oh you mean create a custom listbox. This is interesting i will check thx

[little raptor]

no

just put the listbox in a controls group

[faint oasis]

but what is the difference ?

[little raptor]

when you resize the listbox in a controls group the visual size will be that of the controls group

[faint oasis]

ok but it will resize what ? just the row i want ?

[little raptor]

do you even know what a controls group is?

[faint oasis]

yeah you can put a lot of controls in

it's like a listbox for controls

i already used a controls group

[hollow plaza]

Hey there, this script is returning "error undefined variable _tokensWithdrawable" and I can't find any issues with it.

addAction itself pops up and a systemChat before it is able to show the value of _ctokens (0)```
_atmID addAction
[
"Withdraw 5 Tokens",
{
[(_this select 0), _atmInv, 5, _ctokens] execVM "WithdrawTokens.sqf";
},
nil,
1.5,
true,
false,
"",
"true",
3,
false,
"",
""
];

In ``WithdrawTokens.sqf``:

_tokensWithdrawable = (_this select 3);
systemChat str _tokensWithdrawable;

[little raptor]

no. a controls group is like a "window"

that's the point of it

not "putting a lot of controls in it"

[faint oasis]

yeah a window and you can put control on or in

it's the same

and when you move the control groups

all controls on will move

without moving all controls one by one

but i haven't tried to resize a control groups

i just tried a control groups with a lot of combo box in

[little raptor]

I didn't say resize the controls group

I said resize the listbox

[faint oasis]

ok

then i will try

but i will get what after ? because i haven't really understand sorry

[bitter jewel]

a systemChat before it
before what?

[hollow plaza]

Before the addAction is created

systemChat str _ctokens;

_atmID addAction
[
    "Withdraw 5 Tokens",
    {
        [(_this select 0), _atmInv, 5, _ctokens] execVM "WithdrawTokens.sqf";
    },
    nil,        
    1.5,        
    true,        
    false,        
    "",            
    "true",     
    3,            
    false,        
    "",            
    ""            
];

[little raptor]

what happens when you cut a rectangular hole in a sheet and look through it? (or just put it on something)
the same thing will happen here

[hollow plaza]

Here it it is with the systemChat included

[bitter jewel]

the code block you give inside the addaction creation has a different context which does not have the _ctokens variable

it is undefined in that context

you can try to systemchat the value of _ctokens inside that codeblock before your execVM and it will tell you the same

[faint oasis]

ok so if i understand i need to put my listbox in a control group and resize the listbox

i will tell you what i get thx for your help

[hollow plaza]

That's certainly what it is pointing towards, I'm guessing that _atmInv doesn't work either and that may have been what was previously causing unknown errors.

[tidal ferry]

Hey question- so for the titles config entry in CfgSounds

Got a voice line sound where I have subtitles configured

How do I play the voice line with the subtitles on screen? Is there a way to do that?

Checked https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_EXP_camp_playSubtitles but it doesn't mesh perfectly IIRC

Ah nvm I'm a fool, it's baked into playSound XD

Thanks!

[limber rune]

Anyone good with Main Page buttons that instantly connect to your server? I have it all setup and everything but when clicking it won't connect before I changed the IP to new one it used to bring me to server browser since it wasn't the updated one

[stone coral]

Okay thx. I just made a new line with getroadinfo where it filters out bridges. Performance wise would there be any benefits in running it in a single line with “and,“or” ?

[willow hound]

Quite possibly yes. You can measure the code execution time in the Debug Console and compare the results 🤷‍♂️

[limber rune]

anyone?

[limber panther]

hello everyone!
I need a little help. I would like to spawn a vehicle using a script and i need the vehicle to be a medical vehicle - i'm referencing to ace3 mod where (in attributes) you can check a checkbox of each vehicle whether the vehicle will or won't be a medical vehicle, this is the script i use and works: ```sqf
this addAction ["Means CV EMS", {
private _vehicle = createVehicle ["M_CVPI_EMS", [14909,13771]];
_vehicle addAction ["Last 112 call", {
[caller_position] spawn gps_fnc_main;
}];
_vehicle addAction ["Last 911 call", {
[caller_position2] spawn gps_fnc_main;
}];
_vehicle addBackpackCargoGlobal ["B_Bergen_hex_F", 1];
_vehicle addBackpackCargoGlobal ["TFAR_rt1523g", 1];
_vehicle addBackpackCargoGlobal ["CUP_B_SearchLight_Gun_Bag", 1];
_vehicle addBackpackCargoGlobal ["CUP_B_SearchLight_Tripod_Bag", 1];
_vehicle addBackpackCargoGlobal ["ACE_TacticalLadder_Pack", 1];
_vehicle addItemCargoGlobal ["TDD_Talon_Mag", 6];
[_vehicle, true] remoteExec ["enableDynamicSimulation", 0];
}];

[distant oyster]

hmm i found different scripts to make a vehicle a medical one. first one seems to be used in other scripts:

_vehicle setVariable ["ace_medical_medicClass", 1]
``` https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/issues/5545
second one is from the moduleSetMedicalVehicle:
```sqf
_unit setVariable [QEGVAR(medical,isMedicalVehicle), true, true]

[calm yarrow]

while {alive BEE} do {
 sleep 1;
  if (BEE distance (getPosASL player) < 50) then 
    {
      player switchmove "AmovPercMstpSrasWrflDnon_AinvPercMstpSrasWrflDnon";
};
};```

Having looping problems

Trying to make it repeatedly check the distance from the player and if it is inside of its distance, it will run the script

[limber panther]

i'll give it a try, thank you

[limber panther]

the first one doesn't work and the second one returns error

[distant oyster]

the second one requires the macro to be defined

[limber panther]

well i have no idea what it is

anyways, have you any other suggestion, how to make a vehicle medical vehicle using a script?

[calm yarrow]

What are you attempting?

[distant oyster]

maybe

_vehicle setVariable ["ace_medical_isMedicalVehicle", true, true]

[limber panther]

nice, this one works ✅ thank you very much 🙂

[calm yarrow]

while {alive BEE} do {
 sleep 1;
  if (BEE distance (getPosASL player) < 50) then 
    {
      player switchmove "AmovPercMstpSrasWrflDnon_AinvPercMstpSrasWrflDnon";
};
};```

needa help looping

[graceful kelp]

what is the issuie whats not happening

[still knoll]

BEE distance (getPosASL player)

you are supplying an ASL position as an ATL
it's best to use either 2 objects or 2 positions ATL

I personally perfer to use vectordistance e.g.

(getPosWorld BEE) vectordistance (getPosWorld player) 

Also make sure you are running your script in a scheduled environment

[hushed tendon]

Is it possible to use structured text in systemChat?

[winter rose]

no

[hushed tendon]

dang

[winter rose]

the wiki says it all

[hushed tendon]

I'm blind I guess

[winter rose]

"String" 😉

[hushed tendon]

Yeah I kept searching for ways to make it a string but couldn't find any so that's why I asked

[fair drum]

if you want funny colors in chat, you can create other custom chat channels with colors, but its just the channel title that will be a different color

[hushed tendon]

I managed to get it working with some RscStructuredText

[real tartan]

addEventHandler, which event handlers are persistent (i.e. they stay attached to the unit, even after it dies and respawns) ?

[willow hound]

If it's not on the wiki, then you'll have to test it yourself.

[tall dock]

So I could need some help here. I'm trying to execute code when a variable is equal to DisplayNull . I did this with if (someThing && {isNull (uiNamespace getVariable "my_var")}) then { , but it never executes. When I check the comparison via systemchat, it does not provide the expected false, but it returns bool instead. I also tried this with (uiNamespace getVariable "my_var") isEqualTo displayNull and (uiNamespace getVariable "my_var") == displayNull. Everything returns bool instead of false.
What am I missing here?

[distant oyster]

isNull (uiNamespace getVariable ["my_var", displayNull])

[little raptor]

it returns bool
it means the variable is not defined. use what Terra said to give it a default value if it doesn't exist

[tall dock]

Nice, thank you! I guess that'll fix it.

Yup, totally fixed it. Thanks a ton!

[slim spire]

how do I configure what to whitelist or blacklist for BIS_fnc_3DENExportSQF?

[tough parrot]

How would this generate zero divisor error?

        _pointerY = (matrixMdlSpc select 1) select 0;

[winter rose]

if matrixMdlSpc is empty

[dapper cairn]

Sorry if this is the wrong channel and #arma3_scenario Would be better but I need help, this mission needs to be ready in 2 hours.

I am looking to put the MW2 Radio Chatter into a mission but I cant find the page that says how to. I want it to start when the players enter a trigger that way it doesnt all play before they get there

[winter rose]

this is the channel, I deleted in #arma3_scenario to avoid crossposting

[dapper cairn]

okay ty

i get confused between which would be the right one

[real tartan]

if I define function in initServer.sqf can I use it already in initPlayerLocal.sqf or should I re-define it in initPlayerLocal.sqf again ?

// initServer.sqf
MY_fnc_somethingToDo = compile preprocessFile "fn_somethingToDo.sqf";

// initPlayerLocal.sqf
[player] call MY_fnc_somethingToDo;

[distant oyster]

the player wouldn't even know about the function in the first place (unless it is a hosted mp)

[real tartan]

so I need to redefine it in initPlayerLocal.sqf again, or do it via cfgFunctions

[distant oyster]

CfgFunctions is the best option anyway

[real tartan]

could it work with initServer.sqf and then publicVariable function ?

[distant oyster]

technically: yes. but that only makes sense in certain situations

otherwise you are wasting performance and bandwidth

[dusk gust]

Does anyone know if backpackSpaceFor still works? Tried to run it and it just returns a generic error in expression.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/backpackSpaceFor

Edit: Nevermind, the example using (backpack player) seems to be wrong and should be (backpackContainer player)

[pale glacier]

Hello! I have a public variable in my init.sqf

ma = _nearestMarker;
   publicVariable "ma";

I tried using the variable itself in my initServer.sqf but it seems to not recognize it

How do I make sure the publicVariable is useable ALSO in other SQF files?

Thanks in advance

[winter rose]

you are using it in init.sqf which is run on every machine

also, initServer.sqf is executed before init.sqf in MP, see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Initialization_Order

[pale glacier]

So if I use publicVariable in initServer.sqf..It would be recognized in init.sqf?
Of course make sure it's a server thing running there..

Thanks for the link, very useful!

[copper raven]

publicVariable broadcasts to other machines

it has nothing to do with files

[pale glacier]

Ok, learning all the time 🙂

Thanks again!

[copper raven]

a global variable is available anywhere on a machine as long as it's defined before it's used(obviously)

[pale glacier]

Roger that. Solves my question about why it's not recognized in other SQF but it IS ingame
😁👌

[winter rose]

see also https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Multiplayer_Scripting#PublicVariable_commands and https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Variables#Scopes 🙂

[pale glacier]

Much Appreciated!

[slim spire]

how do I configure what to whitelist or blacklist for BIS_fnc_3DENExportSQF?

[cosmic lichen]

Probably via the 4th parameter @slim spire

[slim spire]

But how would I blacklist an object?

[cosmic lichen]

I believe via it's Eden Entity ID

[slim spire]

Where would I use that number to blacklist it?

Sorry if I'm not understanding, but say for example, I want to grab only a specific amount of AI. I'm not sure how to whitelist that group or blacklist every other object before calling that command

[white kite]

How do you attachTo with automatic offset but without it changing the rotation of the attached obj?

[white kite]

Found it -> BIS_fnc_attachToRelative

[languid tundra]

Am I correct to assume that the effect of setTriggerStatements gets synchronized to all machines if applied to a trigger created with the makeGlobal true?

Apparently I'm wrong

[copper raven]

wiki says effect local

[eager prawn]

I have a script in initPlayerLocal that executes when a player joins the server. It references an array and sets a local variable on the player so that we can reference it later (i.e, player rank = private). It's annoying to this do on every mission.

Is there a way to do player JIP scripting from a mod?

Anything like an event handler for a player connecting?

found onPlayerConnected actually, that'll work I think

[distant oyster]

not sure about mods but any function with the preInit or postInit attribute will run on mission start

[warm coral]

anyone know a easy way to make a vehicle follow a object like train tracks?

[brazen lagoon]

@still forum did you happen to take a look at https://feedback.bistudio.com/T162872 btw?

[winter rose]

that's… not #arma3_scripting 🙃
besides, give him time

[brazen lagoon]

well he did tell me to ping him about it

[winter rose]

fair enough

[brazen lagoon]

I wouldn't bug him if he didn't! promise

his time's valuable

[round scroll]

hi, anyone aware of a way to get a telling name for a keybind defined via custom keybinds, https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Modded_Keybinding ?

CBA_A3 keybindings offer something like that, for example sqf private _keys = ((_keybinds # 8) apply {_x call CBA_fnc_localizeKey}) joinString ",";

[sonic sleet]

Is there a Command to check how strong a object is? Or some way to Measure its Resistance/Bullet Pen Value? Basically the Armor of an Object

[languid tundra]

Yeah, but local effect doesn't automatically mean that a state can't be propagated by synchronization later.

[winter rose]

what example do you have in mind?

weather-related commands perhaps?

[languid tundra]

Maybe, I remember there were some discussion about such cases recently, but I can't find it 😅

[limber panther]

hello, i've got a problem and i would like to try to fix it with a script but i have no idea what should i do, the things is, that no matter how hard i try, players still get marked as team killers by game (tried adding huge score, disabling negative points, ...) for example when they survive a plane crash. So since there is no way to prevent this from happening, at least i want to let players know they got marked as teamkillers and force them to relog. My idea is to have a script, that checks for teamkillers and once someone is a teamkiller, he gets a hint saing to relog and an annoying sound in a loop 🤷‍♂️ in terms of identifying teamkillers, i found this https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/sideEnemy does anyone have any idea how to solve this issue? thank you

[hushed tendon]

So I uh overwrote the BIS_fnc_endMission with my own code cause I wanted to run something before the mission ended (Mission ends when tickets are 0) and now no matter what end mission command I use the mission doesn't end anymore... anyone know what to do?

[supple cove]

I have a question... I can't test because my potato laptop will burn down if I open 2 armas

Are joining players considered to be in the group?

With joining I mean people who were on the briefing section, now loading the game but still not in the actual game.

I'm trying to wait to start the mission when everyone is ready, so i've made a trigger set to wait for the whole group and another to wait for no blufor units in the area, something like this:

A * B, where the first trigger will register a variable when the group is ready and then the second will register when they are gone, so only true when 1 and 1, = 1

But i suspect people join the group as they spawn, so the first person is considered to be a full group.

Maybe i should check if allPlayers are currently alive and then register that trigger, but testing is hard here

[supple cove]

Now I don't know if allPlayers return people loading the mission

[fair drum]

You should be fine to check a players rating, and if negative, add the difference to equal 0 in the end

[fair drum]

no, players are only considered in the group after they get through briefing and start inits

i got something in the think tank for you but it won't be tonight

[fair drum]

how about you not overwrite game functions as a starter...

[fair lava]

would it be possible to make a mod that shows you your own sensor targets on the map?

not spotted targets, i mean the actual sensor info

possibly even display stuff like the radar cone and other sensor radius's

[ivory lake]

with https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getSensorTargets

[paper fulcrum]

hey does anyone know hot to make setObjectScale work in MP? I've seen some youtube videos featuring it but I couldn't find a script or make it on my own

[warm hedge]

It says Global Effect. So there's no problem

[paper fulcrum]

hmm I tried using it when it first came out but couldnt get it to work. I'll try again xD

[warm hedge]

“It didn't work xD” won't help you. Write what's wrong and what's the code

[paper fulcrum]

trying to find it

[] spawn {
    while {alive dude} do {
    dude setObjectScale 1.5;
    };
};```

had this which partially worked

[warm hedge]

What does partially you mean

[paper fulcrum]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/801363353368789042/872404750992302131/unknown.png

the "dude" went back and forth to normal scale

like twitching

[warm hedge]

It's normal

[paper fulcrum]

can I get over it?

[warm hedge]

Better not to

[paper fulcrum]

/=

[warm hedge]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setObjectScale
Literally BIKI says

Setting the scale of actively simulated objects (vehicles with players/AI in them) is possible, but not officially supported, you may encounter issues.

[paper fulcrum]

🤔

sad

wanted to make a toy soldiers op 😛

anyway thanks for your time mate

[crude vigil]

Make everything else bigger instead of making soldiers small.

[paper fulcrum]

yeah that's my idea rn

[crude vigil]

You ll face some other issues depending on scenes but, well up to a point it can be handled I believe.

[paper fulcrum]

I'll try and see. the issue I saw was that only the texture gets scaled not the hitbox, units could walk thru a scaled building's walls

[crude vigil]

Yep thats one of those issues right there.

[paper fulcrum]

maybe I can put invisible walls to prevent it

I have heard a myth that AI can phase thru objects with disabled sim. Is it true ?

[warm hedge]

If the AI didn't recognize the wall/object, yes

It doesn't matter if the simulation is enabled or not

[paper fulcrum]

I see

how to be sure that AI recognizes the object?

[warm hedge]

Nothing. If you place an object in Eden Editor (aka not as a terrain object), it won't be recognized AFAIK

[paper fulcrum]

😯

that's interesting

[open fractal]

I still have to test it out myself, but I believe in MP it either has to be an attached or simple object. If there isnt a checkbox in the eden editor to make it a simple object then you can use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createSimpleObject

or (presumably) attachTo

[paper fulcrum]

👍🏿

[last rain]

Arma 3: Dynamic Simulation
Limit by View Distance Limits all activation distances to player's object view distance (default: true). Dynamically simulated entities beyond the object view distance will be disabled.
I can off option Limit by View Distance in game with script?

[little raptor]

no

you can just write a script that adjusts dyn sim dist based on view distance tho

[restive slate]

Hi there. Anyone knows how 3den gets info for surface snapping on buildings? Tried all available LOD's in LineIntersectSurfaces and I can't get to the real intersect point

[little raptor]

probably roadway
you can try getPos

[restive slate]

I have the interesect positions, they just don't match the surface snapping point on some buildings

[little raptor]

sadly that doesn't give the surface normal

[little raptor]

I told you. it uses the roadway LOD

[restive slate]

ah

but that is not an option LOD in lineintersectssurfaces is it?

[little raptor]

no

[restive slate]

anyway to get it by script?

[winter rose]

beware I could quote you on that 👀 😄

[little raptor]

again I told you. getPos

[little raptor]

this is one of getPos exceptions 😛

[restive slate]

Sorry, getpos seemed such a weird answer that I thought you didn't understand my question. Iim going to see how it works. Thanks!!

[distant oyster]

have you tried the handlerating eventhandler?

[still forum]

You mean getting the keys assigned to a bind?
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/actionKeysNames
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/actionKeysNamesArray
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/actionKeys

[round scroll]

thanks! Awesome

[little raptor]

btw you wouldn't happen to be interested in implementing a command that gives all triangles in a lod right?
I'm working on something right now to use lineIntersectsSurfaces to "dump" the LOD and its animations (for path finding, using its convex hull)
but if I could simply get all the triangles it would save me a lot of effort (and performance )

[still forum]

correct, I wouldn't very much

[little raptor]

I'm talking about VIEW/GEOM/FIRE LODs, not the high quality res LODs

[hushed tendon]

I guess I should change my question then. Is there any way to run code and delay the mission end when a sides tickets get to 0?

[still forum]

Geom I would potentially.. but.... not.. no
FTon of data to export :u

[little raptor]

well I only want the triangles, in one array of 3D positions (e.g. [[1,2,3], [4,5,6], [7,8,9], ...])

if the game also stores indices that can reduce the number of vertices (so you'd return two arrays: one array of vertices, and one array of indices)

[still forum]

possible... but eh

[little raptor]

maybe you'd be more interested in the final product 😅
I'll show it to you when it's done

[still forum]

I can smell burned cheese from my baguette. Thats not good

[restive slate]

it worked!!! It fits the snapping position exactly. But I have to create an object to use getpos, there is no other way that doesn't involve creating an object and getposing it?

[little raptor]

no

at least not as of now

I've asked in #arma3_feedback_tracker again just in case

[restive slate]

so I'll be creating a bunch of them, I'm using 10cm balls

[little raptor]

I personally need it a lot too

[restive slate]

and deleting them

[little raptor]

wat no

that's super slow

just use one

[restive slate]

and setposasl it, right!

so i create my helper objects in the beginning of the script and move them around as needed. It's amazing that it never crossed my mind before

[winter rose]

if that's a code for something else I worry for your health & safety 😄

[still forum]

It was a good baguette, it has now been eaten

[winter rose]

uwu

[fair lava]

does sqf have a ternary operator

[little raptor]

no

[copper raven]

you can recreate similar behaviour with other commands, like this:
_something = ["Player is dead", "Player is alive"] select alive player
though, with the select both of the values will be evaluated(i won't explain how it works), so in cases where you have constant literals, or very cheap computations, it's fine, otherwise you can use if:
_something = if alive player then {something expensive to compute} else {blablabla}

[brazen lagoon]

@still forum I love you <3

how do I buy you a drink lmao

[still forum]

Become a big modder and community figure and be invited to bohemias next big anniversary party and meet me there at the bar

[brazen lagoon]

damn

[still forum]

Trust me, thats the best for all of us

[little raptor]

or just support him on Patreon

[still forum]

:pout_kitty:

[brazen lagoon]

oh right you have a patreon

[tired delta]

Hey guys, i ran into a problem while scripting a small script. My problem is im trying to make a unit come close up to the player like this:
_npc domove getposATL _player
But the unit stops 20m away of the player and i dont seem to get it working. I hope someone of you guys got a clue 😄

[little raptor]

if by "20m" you mean 5m, that's natural

[tired delta]

yeh that could be sorry 😄

[tired delta]

can i make it work that they dont stay 5m away?

[little raptor]

not really. they always stay outside the bounding box of objects.
you can try moveTo too. that one usually gives better results than doMove

[hollow thistle]

also setDestination could help, no?

[little raptor]

it only works on agents

another method is using animations directly
that one will definitely work but needs a lot more work compared to a simple doMove, etc.

[tired delta]

ahh nice. I will try it

[tired delta]

I want to replicate a behaviour like the zombies in the Ryen Zombies & Demons mod

[little raptor]

idk what it uses

¯_(ツ)_/¯

could be animation

[tired delta]

i tryed to look up like how the zombies behaviour was build and they did it just like this _zombie domove getposATL _target;

but i will give it a shoot

thx @little raptor ❤️

[sharp grotto]

arma is weird and ryan zombies & demons is a bad example since the boundingbox of a heli can already stop them from moving torwards a person. ^^

[hushed tendon]

I know it’s a little weird but you could have an invisible unit (The AI/Brain of unit) and attach another unit (What you see) and just animate the visible unit. Seeing as the unit is invisible I think it will move closer to the targeted unit from what I’ve experienced before

I’ve done this before when I made some rabid rabbits and they would literally run and sit on the feet of the unit

[little raptor]

that'll look weird

animating the unit will do the job

[brazen lagoon]

yeah this is a tough one

just to be clear @tired delta what do you want to happen? You want AI units to walk up to players and attack them, correct?

[oblique summit]

Hi guys, how could generate a random number?

[brazen lagoon]

bis_fnc_randomint

or bis_fnc_randomnum iirc

[little raptor]

random

[winter rose]

ooor… this ^

[brazen lagoon]

both of those work, random is faster

the bis functions are useful if you want random numbers between a range

[oblique summit]

thanks guys 😄

[little raptor]

random can do that too

[brazen lagoon]

oh can it that's nice

oh right but it has to be weighted

[winter rose]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/random
second syntax 😉 [min, mid, max]

otherwise (10 + random 80)

[oblique summit]

YEah, right now I'm reading this

[brazen lagoon]

right right. I think the only real reason to use the bis fnc is for a random int simply

but you can achieve the same yourself ofc

[winter rose]

yep, the functions are shortcuts

[oblique summit]

I need an Script that generate a random number tu desactivate a bomb, but in each game play I want the number could generated randomly

I reading the function how do this

[winter rose]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T162925 created :3