arma3_scripting

[little raptor]

no

[open fractal]

what is this syntax?

can you help me understand what the thing you wrote even means

"Test Hint" remoteExec ["Hint", _unit]

this will hint "Test Hint" on the owner of _unit

isn't that all you need?

[craggy wyvern]

@open fractal , thanks for reply, that def works, but it send the hint globally on a multiplayer server. What I would like to do is have the hint display only for the player I drop the "execute code" module on as Zeus. I started with just the calling Hint "test"; but that did the same thing, send the hint globally to all players.

[open fractal]

it send the hint globally on a multiplayer server
wrong

what I wrote sends the hint only to the owner of the unit

what you wrote is just weird

[craggy wyvern]

Sorry, was just giving it my best shot, not very experienced. I do really appreciate the help. I will give it a test!

[fair drum]

there a wiki page on when to use leading slashes, no leading slashes, or ..\ in their respective uses for file paths in configs and elsewhere?

[glacial jay]

"18:46:04 Can't find a mission collection / mission with template name: 'vn_zeus_master.cam_lao_nam', skipping to next mission.
" Get this error message every time I try and start my server

It is correct I do not understand why it wont work

[open fractal]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/remoteExec see example 2

and the rest of the page

the stuff that goes before remoteExec is parameters for the command

and for the command you just write, well, the command

[craggy wyvern]

Appreciate the help

[fair drum]

#arma3_scripting message

[craggy wyvern]

Thanks Hypoxic, I will start going through it!

[hushed tendon]

If you make compositions with the custom units then you technically get custom factions

[grizzled lagoon]

Hello, how to add elements in an rsctoolbox with sqf ?

[digital wasp]

trigger when player gets in a helicopter?

[hallow mortar]

player in yourVehicleNameHere

[digital wasp]

if i need a task description to change every time i capture a checkpoint ("Capture checkpoint [0/3]), i have to change a flag to capture a checkpoint and on activation it should add 1 to variable checkpoint_captured. by default it's 0, i have it set up like this:

checkpoint_captured = checkpoint_captured + 1
``` but it doesnt work. any help?

[little raptor]

what doesn't work?
obviously it won't change the description automatically

[little raptor]

leading (back)slashes typically don't make a difference, except in includes, which make the path absolute
..\ is only used with includes as well, which goes back in the pack (relatively)
there's also an exception with sounds. iirc they need the @ sign for abs addon path

[copper raven]

if it's a script command with specifics, it's usually mentioned on the wiki, if you can, you should just always use it imo(unless you are ofc navigating some relative path)

[digital wasp]

i have a "Task Description" module

[digital wasp]

it won't add to the variable

[little raptor]

by default it's 0
how'd you set up the default?

[digital wasp]

checkpoint_captured = 0

[little raptor]

where?

[digital wasp]

may sound weird, but
a trigger on spawn that fires when blufor is in area (it spawns there)

it does work tho

i put a trigger that fires (with sound) when checkpoint_captured = 0 and it fired

[little raptor]

it is weird yes

use init.sqf

you don't even need to initialize it tho

[digital wasp]

so just put checkpoint_captured = 0 in init.sqf?

[little raptor]

you can just make it use the default value if it doesn't exist, without any need to define it elsewhere

_current = missionNamespace getVariable ["checkpoint_captured", 0];
 checkpoint_captured = _current + 1;

[copper raven]

well that means what you have configured in server.cfg > missions, doesn't exist

[little raptor]

yes

[digital wasp]

what was wrong with my code tho?

can i use checkpoint_captured = _x + 1?

[little raptor]

no

[little raptor]

with that one you don't need to define the variable

[little raptor]

as I explained

[digital wasp]

okay, but what was wrong with my code?

[little raptor]

nothing

[digital wasp]

i may use yours, but i just wanna know

so why didn't it work?

[little raptor]

perhaps the trigger's functionality gets changed

and it doesn't use its statements anymore

put a systemChat "Capture point activated" in there

see if it shows it triggers

if it doesn't trigger, there are probably scripted event handlers for capture points that you can use instead

[digital wasp]

one second, i might be stupid

[glacial jay]

I have checked multiple files, I am 100% sure they are right. Unless there are other files that I do not know about.

[digital wasp]

okay, im dumb, there was a problem with a trigger that actually changes description..

[copper raven]

whats your server.cfg and what do you have in mpmissions?

(this is also wrong channel)

[glacial jay]

Do you mind if I private message you???

[winter rose]

#server_admins too plz

[copper raven]

just use ^ other people may be able to help

[glacial jay]

Okay thanks guys

[coarse dragon]

Is it possible to get a trigger to do alive check for 3 different playable units and also play music in the effect and end the game scenario

[winter rose]

yes, yes it is

[coarse dragon]

Is it !Alivecheck me1 && ect
In the triggers init?

[little raptor]

it's not "Alivecheck". it's alive

[coarse dragon]

😑 🤯

[little raptor]

!alive me1 && !alive me2 && !alive me3

means all 3 dead

to play a music, use playMusic

to end, use BIS_fnc_endMission

[coarse dragon]

I've music on the effects thing of a trigger

3eden must have added it

[little raptor]

yeah it does. I forgot

[coarse dragon]

Such a wonderful thing

Thanks

[coarse dragon]

Hm it doesn't do anything 😬

Meh doesn't matter that much

[coarse dragon]

Ughh is there any way to check on your killed when playing a mission via eden

[little raptor]

you mean besides the kill stats in multiplayer games? (key P)

[coarse dragon]

Hm

On the end screen. After you die in a scenario.

[little raptor]

idk what you mean. it already shows you that by default

[coarse dragon]

Just shows ya what killed ya

[little raptor]

oh when you DIE. right
idk where the game keeps those stats. probably internally and inaccessible

you have to write a script to keep track of the kills manually

[coarse dragon]

Dang I can't get the Endscenario to work with alive. Because it shows ya the kills on it

[tepid vigil]

Having a loop like this and alt-tabbing makes playSound3D create a new sound every 60 seconds and when you alt-tab back to the game they will all play at the same time, is there anything I can do to prevent this?

while {true} do {
        private _soundToPlay = selectRandom _radioArray;
        playSound3D [_soundToPlay, radioSpeaker, false, getPosASL radioSpeaker, 0.7, 1, 0, 0, true];
        sleep 60;
    };

[winter rose]

yes, try and use uiSleep

[tepid vigil]

Happens with uiSleep as well

[winter rose]

woops, then you're screwed here

you could check (if has focus then playsound)

isGameFocused yes 🙂

[ebon citrus]

can i use apply to discard a value from an array?

i want to remove empty strings("") from my array

[winter rose]

use select 🙂

private _myArray = ["a", "", "c"];
_myArray = _myArray select { _x != "" }; // ["a", "c"];

[ebon citrus]

oh yeah

that's reasonable

❣️

[tepid vigil]

That works nicely. Thank you

[copper raven]

_myArray = _myArray - [""] will be more efficient

[winter rose]

tru

let me flex my SQF dangit!!1!

[wet shadow]

Any tips to detect when/if chat channel is changed by the player? Haven't found any BI or CBA eventhandlers for it and having a constant check/check for every key press seems a bit overkill.

[little raptor]

maybe there are action event handlers you can use

[still forum]

Hey quick quiz question!
How do I get a -NaN in SQF

[winter rose]

-(0/0)?

[still forum]

prints error and returns -0 :sad:

[copper raven]

-1e39 ?

[still forum]

-1.#INF thats -INF not NaN. But maybe that works for what I need

[winter rose]

const float minusNaN = -NaN;
```deal with it 😄

[still forum]

it doesn't :sad:

[little raptor]

log -1

wait

nvm I think it's correct

[still forum]

-1.#IND
❤️

[copper raven]

[log -1 isEqualType -1e39, typename (log -1), typename -1e39] [true,"NaN","NaN"] 😄

[little raptor]

I have no idea what NaN is then

[still forum]

IND is NaN

or it is what I wanted atleast

[lofty rain]

Ugh. I’m trying to add (ace inter)action, to object, which is only interactable with ugv (or its turret). Ace action is not a problem… Any help?

[still forum]

I didn't know that a UAV camera can use ace interaction? can it really?

in your action condition, try diag_log'ing the user of the action and see if it returns the UGV

[bitter jewel]

does anyone know, if using ace, is it possible to script damage to an infantry unit so it guarantees that 1) the unit doesnt die or go unconscious 2) fractures its left leg and 3) makes the units face bloody

?

[lofty rain]

I don’t know if its possible, that’s why i’m asking.

[opal zephyr]

Im trying to use forceWalk on my player, and its working great. But when the player reloads it circumvents the movement restriction and the player has the full range of movement again for the duration of the reload... Is this a known issue and is there a workaround for it?

[little raptor]

I don't think it's intended, no
make a ticket on feedback tracker

[opal zephyr]

Thanks Leopard!

[fading magnet]

newUnit = group player createUnit ["USMC_Soldier", getMarkerPos "marker_1", [], 0, "FORM"]; 
addSwitchableUnit newUnit; 
SelectPlayer newUnit; 

}]; ``` 

is there anyway to delay this script by 5 seconds after the player died ? I tried putting ```sleep 5;``` but it seems like this line was skipped. I'm trying to create a respawn point in arma 2 singleplayer but it does work but I respawned instantly I just want like 5 seconds delay.

[opal zephyr]

How are you calling the script

In arma 3 sleep only works in a scheduled environment I believe

[fading magnet]

once on init field of player and the other times, it gets executed by a trigger every time that the new units to which player is going to be switched

[opal zephyr]

How is it executed? Like what is the actual line that executes it? This is the guide for environments here https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Scheduler#Scheduled_Environment

[fading magnet]

execVM is the line

[opal zephyr]

hmm, that is scheduled. Im not sure, arma 2 might work slightly differently in that regard

[little raptor]

you should use spawn

[little raptor]

the code inside the EH is always unschd

[opal zephyr]

aw damn, I completely missed that

[fading magnet]

oh I never used that before gotta read more about it :D im a noob scripter >.< thank you J3FF and Leopard20

[grizzled lagoon]

Hello, how to add elements in an rsctoolbox with sqf ?

[dreamy kestrel]

Q: been a little while, I have an elementary refresher question... when we invoke call _fn_myCallback, what happens with arguments, contextual magic variables? the magic variables are available, correct? all other things in consideration, return values and such, are the same, correct? i.e.

// _retval from callback, may also be NIL
private _retval = call _fn_myCallback;

Thanks!

[little raptor]

use the list box commands:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/CT_TOOLBOX

[little raptor]

unary call simply opens a scope and executes it. it's no different than, e.g. if then
the binary version overrides the _this variable with what you provide tho

return values and such, are the same, correct?
same as what?

[dreamy kestrel]

versus if we had arguments or an empty set, i.e. [...] call _callback

[grizzled lagoon]

Yes but in code sqf

[little raptor]

yes, it's the same.

[dreamy kestrel]

awesome thanks

[little raptor]

did you even read the page?

Related commands & functions

Commands: General
Commands: UI Eventhandlers
Commands: **Listbox**

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Command_Group:_GUI_Control_-_ListBox

[grizzled lagoon]

Yes but lbadd dosen't work in rsctoolbox

[little raptor]

then the wiki's wrong

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[little raptor]

only the return value tho. the parameters are different ofc

[grizzled lagoon]

You have any solution ?

[little raptor]

just to be sure, how did you test lbAdd?

actually I think the wiki's definitely wrong

toolboxes have rows and columns

so it's probably lnbAdd

[grizzled lagoon]

private _list = (findDisplay 2602) displayCtrl 0503;
_list lbAdd "teste 2";```

[dreamy kestrel]

that's what I am trying to clarify. if we did something like, [...] apply { call _transform; } what does the callback "see" in terms of variables? i.e. _this, it is nil? versus if we passed [...] for args, of course, then we would have args to deconstruct with params, correct? assuming also _x is visible in the context.

[little raptor]

_this, it is nil
no. it doesn't create/modify _this

it's the parent scope's _this

[dreamy kestrel]

💡 ah okay, so that's how we could chain functions on the parent scope then...

[little raptor]

yes. like I said, unary call is no different than e.g. if then

you can even write this instead of call my_fnc_blabla:

if (true) then my_fnc_blabla

[dreamy kestrel]

yup, that much I comprehend, code is code, whether it is behind a variable.

thanks so much

[little raptor]

now that I look more closely at toolboxes I doubt it's possible
a toolbox needs an array of strings, and an array of checked strings
and there's no command for the second one

also when I do lbAdd and check lbText, it's empty

so it's not using lbAdd either

you can however use lbSetText

[little raptor]

so the only solution I can think of is adding empty elements in the config ("" as text) and then using lbSetText to "add" new elements

[grizzled lagoon]

Yes I will do that thanks

[opal zephyr]

Hey Leopard20, I wont ping ya for this, but an update on that walk issue I was having. Seems to be tied to a mod thats loaded, works fine in vanilla.

[bitter jewel]

i did this stupid thing where i wrote a script with a while loop and executed it in the debug console

now i am learning that the condition is probably allways true

is my only option to kill arma?

[little raptor]

while loops only run for 10000 iterations in unschd env

it's probably stuck elsewhere

if your game is stuck, yes, you have to close it

[grim ravine]

👋 is there an equivalent to addMagazines for items, or do I have to addItem individually?

I.E If I want to add 5 hats/bananas to a players inventory

[open fractal]

for "_i" from 1 to 5 do { player addItem _banana }

[little raptor]

if addMagazines doesn't work with items already, you can just write a for loop

[grim ravine]

Thanks both, yeah magazines isn't working in this case

For Ace Bandages

[open fractal]

How can I get the position where a projectile impacts? I've tried this

player addeventhandler ["Fired", { 
    params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_magazine", "_projectile", "_gunner"];
    systemchat "Fired!"; 
    _projectile addEventHandler ["Deleted", {
        params ["_entity"];
        private _pos = getposATL _entity;
        systemChat format ["Collided: %1",_pos];
    }];
}];

but i just get "Fired!" and not "Collided"

[little raptor]

projectiles don't support scripted EHs right now

[open fractal]

[little raptor]

they'll be added in v2.10

see #community_wiki and #dev_rc_branch for what's coming

[open fractal]

[little raptor]

#community_wiki message

[open fractal]

huge

thanks

[little raptor]

if you need a workaround (since 2.10 is so far away, probably 3+ months), you have to create an each frame loop, and constantly track the projectile's position

its last position before it's dead is roughly its impact pos

[open fractal]

would that hurt performance or is it negligible if the loop only tracks position

[little raptor]

depends how many projectiles are in flight

[open fractal]

fair enough

[still forum]

it very bad for performance :3

[little raptor]

projectiles = [];
onEachFrame {
    {
        if (alive (_x#0)) then {
            _x set [1, getPosASL (_x#0)];
        } else {
            systemChat format ["Last Pos: %1", _x#1];
        };
    } forEach projectiles;
};

player addeventhandler ["Fired", { 
    params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_magazine", "_projectile", "_gunner"];
    systemchat "Fired!"; 
    projectiles pushBack [_projectile, getPosASL _projectile];
}];

[little raptor]

relatively speaking yes. but like I said, generally it depends

if you only have a few it won't "reduce your FPS" or something

[still forum]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/896493185180782662/932097603586387988/Tumblr_l_46540248590577.gif

[little raptor]

there's no better solution rn (there's no setVariable and EH support)

ammo EHs are not even on dev branch

[still forum]

https://tenor.com/view/flip-tableflip-angry-tiny-gif-5690194

[jade acorn]

when I play player switchMove "Acts_UnconsciousStandUp_part1" on the player unit, it looks like the sound attached to this animation stops in the middle of the anim and continues to play when the player moves. It doesn't happen if I press any movement key during the animation. adding switchMove "" doesn't help, it just automatically plays either the rest of the sound or the sound that should be played with part2. Is there any way to end the emitted sound with the animation?

[little raptor]

what if you do:

player switchMove "Acts_UnconsciousStandUp_part1";
player playMoveNow "Acts_UnconsciousStandUp_part1"
```?

[jade acorn]

nope, the sound still plays itself after I gain the control

even if I make sqf [] spawn { player switchMove "Acts_UnconsciousStandUp_part1"; sleep 45; player switchMove "Acts_UnconsciousStandUp_part2"; }; the sound will still be played after both animations are finished, is it just an animation bug or is there a one strict way to play both without that issue?

[hollow thistle]

I've written something like this recently to track projectiles, works nicely and you can use it for submunitions easily with nearObjects and using it again.

vet_fnc_onProjectileHit = {
    params ["_projectile", "_fnc_handler"];

    vet_tracked_projectiles pushBack [_projectile, _fnc_handler];

    if (vet_tracked_projectilesEh == -1) then {
        systemChat "adding EH";
        vet_tracked_projectilesEh = addMissionEventHandler ["EachFrame", {
            private _delete = false;
            {
                _x params ["_projectile", "_fnc_handler"];
                if (alive _projectile) then {
                    _x set [2, getPosATL _projectile]
                } else {
                    [_x select 2] call _fnc_handler;
                    vet_tracked_projectiles set [_forEachIndex, 0];
                    _delete = true;
                };
            } forEach vet_tracked_projectiles;

            if (_delete) then {
                vet_tracked_projectiles = vet_tracked_projectiles - [0];
            };

            if (vet_tracked_projectiles isEqualto []) then {
                systemChat "removing EH";
                removeMissionEventHandler ["EachFrame", _thisEventHandler];
                vet_tracked_projectilesEh = -1;
            };
        }];
    };
};

But thankfully dedmen looked into my request and is doing the ammo event handlers so I will be able to throw it in the trash

[sand mesa]

How do you remove or open a gate already placed on the map
All of these are placed in game logics:

{ Deletecollection _x } forEach (( nearestObjects [ getPos this , [], 35 ]) - (( getPos this ) nearObjects 35));6

kill everything but the gate

hideObject ([0,0,0] nearestObject 3751667);
delh = [0,0,0] nearestObject 3751667; delh hideObject true; 

3751667 is the id i got from the debug console:

do3DENAction "ToggleMapIDs";

I tried the class names and this:

nul = this spawn { 
_obj = nearestObject [ (getpos _this), "Land_Net_Fence_Gate_F" ]; 
{ 
 _obj animate [ format [ "door_%1_rot", _x ], 1 ]; 
}forEach [ 1, 2 ]; 
};

And still doesn't open or work, I'm new to this so, I have to be doing something wrong or that gate is invincible …

[little raptor]

doors aren't necessarily named "door_%1_rot"

[sand mesa]

oh that code opens gates i place in the editor but not the one already on the map

[little raptor]

is it the same object type?

[sand mesa]

im not getting an error

[little raptor]

Deletecollection
I've never seen this command, and according to wiki it's obsolete

[sand mesa]

that works perfectly except for the said gate im trying to remove

[little raptor]

you never get error for invalid anim name

[sand mesa]

thus my confusion 0.0

no errors at all

witchcraft bro

losing my mind over this all

[little raptor]

that wasn't my question. you said it works with "objects you place". is it the same type of object?

[sand mesa]

im assuming it is because it fires and gives no errors for type of object... ?

[fair drum]

I see no animation for the rot animation you are trying to do for the object Land_Net_Fence_Gate_F in the config

configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "Land_Net_Fence_Gate_F" >> "AnimationSources" >> "Door_1_locked_source"
configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "Land_Net_Fence_Gate_F" >> "AnimationSources" >> "Door_1_noSound_source"
configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "Land_Net_Fence_Gate_F" >> "AnimationSources" >> "Door_1_sound_source"
configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "Land_Net_Fence_Gate_F" >> "AnimationSources" >> "Door_2_locked_source"
configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "Land_Net_Fence_Gate_F" >> "AnimationSources" >> "Door_2_noSound_source"
configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "Land_Net_Fence_Gate_F" >> "AnimationSources" >> "Door_2_sound_source"

these are your options

now there is a simple object config entry which has the rot's in them, but they are simple objects and I don't think you'll be able to animate them.

[little raptor]

Animations are not defined in config tho

They're part of the model

Which you can get using animationNames

[fair drum]

well just doing

private _obj = (get3DENMouseOver select 1);

_obj animate ["door_1_rot", 1];

works fine for me and the animation is the same as animateSource ["Door_1_sound_source", 1] from the config

so he's probably just not grabbing the right object in the beginning

[jade acorn]

it seems it's an animation bug, I tried every method I could think of, asked a friend of mine to replicate that and he also was stuck with the sound being played after the animation ends, I made a ticket on this but I guess I'll have to live with it

[atomic crystal]

Sorry this is such a basic question, just been having some trouble wrapping my head around something. Is it possible to call a script that will run until a returned value is true/false? For example a script that checks if different tasks are completed or if triggers have been activated.. Or am I overthinking the idea and I should have the script called on a loop?

Or, should I have loops inside of the script being called?

[grizzled lagoon]

A function can return a boolean

[atomic crystal]

Ah OK, I just got up this morning ready to work on this again, will look into functions return values. Ty!

[hallow mortar]

To remove it you can just use the Hide Terrain Objects module

[hallow mortar]

A waitUntil would do it, e.g.

waitUntil {yourBooleanVariable && triggerActivated yourTrigger};```

[ebon citrus]

why are a lot of the positions returned by livonia-buildings using buildingPos commmand under the floor?

[little raptor]

are you using the correct position format?

buildingPos was AGL iirc

[ebon citrus]

that makes sense

[winter rose]

if only the wiki mentioned it :p

[ebon citrus]

if i just had the patience to read the biki... ... Lou, would you be so kind to hand me the hammer?

[little raptor]

I suggest that you just keep the hammer with you at all times 😛

[winter rose]

to defend or to self-apply 😄

[ebon citrus]

i'd need a toolbelt for that, but i accidentally forgot to transform the waist-coordinates i used to set the toolbelt position into world coordinates and now it's under the ground

[hallow mortar]

For Zeus-placed custom compositions, are the init fields of the objects executed as the objects are created, or after all objects are created? e.g.

create > init > create > init```
vs

create > create > init > init```
I ask for the purposes of referencing other objects in the same composition from an init field

[little raptor]

afaik after each one is created

create > init > create > init

[hallow mortar]

That's inconvenient

[zinc loom]

im working on a script, i tried several things, nothing works, could someone corect me please ?

how do i do this code text?

[distant oyster]

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[zinc loom]

_processClass = "true" configClasses (configFile >> "ProcessAction");
{
_test = (configFile >> "ProcessAction" >> _x >> "Text") call BIS_fnc_getCfgData;

lbAdd [3511, _test];
} forEach _processClass;

this is like the 15 try

im an idiot i think

its missionConfigFile

i hope 🙂

[ruby bronze]

Hey guys, how would I go about converting this trigger code:

{_x moveincargo heli1} foreach allPlayers;

to only move the players who are inside the trigger, instead of every player in the game?
I did try a few variations of

{_x moveincargo heli1} foreach allPlayers in thisList;

But no luck with that. I feel I'm missing something so obvious

[winter rose]

you could go forEach (thislist select { isPlayer _x })

[distant oyster]

{_x moveInCargo heli} forEach (allPlayers inAreaArray thisTrigger);

[ruby bronze]

@winter rose Sadly that one did not work for some reason (I caught the closed parenthesis don't worry lol), but I appreciate the try!

@distant oyster That however worked perfectly, thank you! Now I just need to test on my dedi, but I see no reason why it wouldn't work like the old code. =D

I've never seen inAreaArray before, that's good to remember for later as well

[crude vigil]

u could just use thisList as well but if Lou's solution didnt work, your activation target was not "Any Players". Which makes Terra's solution only valid way since thisList is unrelated than units to be affected.

[copper raven]

its missionConfigFile
if it's in missionConfigFile why are you looking up configFile?
(configFile >> "ProcessAction" >> _x >> "Text")
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/configClasses returns configs, you're trying CONFIG >> CONFIG which doesn't exist

[ruby bronze]

I'm not sure if I'm understanding what you mean

[crude vigil]

thisList is affected by your Condition (as in who can activate your trigger, it lists only people that can activate it even if there are other people in it)

[ruby bronze]

Ohhhh

[crude vigil]

thats what I mean in short

[ruby bronze]

Thank you! Makes sense

[kindred zephyr]

does

_this setMaxLoad 100;```
will make a container carry capacity 100kg? 100apples? 100 items?
Also, will it prevent overfilling of containers that are filled using code?

[winter rose]

100 storage units
it's a virtual unit that accounts for both storage & weight

[kindred zephyr]

time to test mass in items then 😄

thanks

[tepid vigil]

Is sqf bytecode only recognized when using functions library or compileScript?

[copper raven]

compileScript only, yes, and that is used by functions library

[modern root]

Does anyone know how to completely disable the zoom in feature? Where for example, you have a weapon with iron sights yet, are still able to zoom in via the arrow keys on your mouse of hold right click, etc. I’m looking to disable that feature so iron sights are truly a 1x sight and for immersion purposes.

[ebon citrus]

If im not wrong, that can be done in the weapon's config. Look around in cfgWeapons reference. Otherwise setup displayeventhandlers

[open fractal]

yo this update goes hard

brb drawing mf lasers

[open fractal]

the death star laser is nearing completion

unrelated but what does -1.#IND mean

indeterminate??

[winter rose]

NaN, Not a Number

yep

[open fractal]

thanks

i should've paid attention in algebra class, Lou

this is rough

[little raptor]

please report wiki problems in #community_wiki

[night grove]

gotcha,

[winter rose]

some division by zero?

[little raptor]

no that should throw an error

probably invalid/out of bounds math

e.g log -1 that I mentioned before

[warm hedge]

It is possible to get NaN if you do like 10e100 or smth AFAIK

[little raptor]

or acos 2

or maybe sqrt -1

[open fractal]

i just messed up the parentheses and put abs on a number that was supposed to be negative

i am a math expert actually

[open fractal]

bingo

[woeful sundial]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setMaxLoad does someone wants to talk about the yomama joke in the example 😂 😂 😂 😂

[hallow shard]

anyone know how to detonate all mines in front of a vehicle? I'm working on a mineclearing vehicle composition, and want all mines in the area of the "plow" to go boom

[still forum]

allMines + inAreaArray + triggerAmmo

But now...

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/triggerAmmo Yes mines don't work with triggerAmmo 🤣

you can setDamage 1 them to kill them maybe

[ebon citrus]

is there an EH to handle message being sent? I only see one for message being received

[copper raven]

it should work for both

[ebon citrus]

ok

i just want to catch it before it's sent

on the client-side or server-side

preferably server-side, but that doesnt seem to be a possibility, so i had to resort to client

[still forum]

chat you mean?

chat handlers might fire on server, and you can then drop it? not sure 🤔
But if you want to stop from showing after sending you can do that.

But before sending no

[ebon citrus]

alright

[coarse dragon]

Is there anyway to make a tank just drive in a straight fucking line without them seeking out roads to drive on 👺 👺

[winter rose]

language

yes, there is

[ebon citrus]

actions maybe?

[little raptor]

didn't I already tell you that? setDriveOnPath

[coarse dragon]

No?

[little raptor]

yes

[coarse dragon]

Oh. Is that a code? Or a option

[winter rose]

it was said already ↑

[little raptor]

it's a command

[granite sky]

Does it ignore all obstacles, including other units and vehicles?

[little raptor]

kinda. but no

the driver freaks out a bit near obstacles

near units at least

last I tried it kept going left and right when there was a unit in front of it

[granite sky]

Hmm. I'm ok with unit avoidance, I just want something to drive across bridges.

[little raptor]

unit avoidance
oh no it still ran them over 🤣

just didn't want to 🤣

[granite sky]

this is fine :P

I have that one firmly in "normal for Arma" category

[crude vigil]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/sendSimpleCommand
For literally going straight with "FORWARD". I would hope at least.

[little raptor]

also you can just set their combat mode to Combat

they won't go on roads anymore

and avoid obstacles properly (well in Arma terms...)

[coarse dragon]

That's exactly what I've set it too and they still seek out the roads

[noble zealot]

I created a light at day with_light setLightDayLight true;but at night the light was not there.

[little raptor]

you can put this in the tank's init and add a waypoint for the group:

this spawn {
  _veh = _this;
  _dr = driver _veh;
  _gr = group _dr;
  _dest = waypointPosition [_gr, currentWaypoint _gr];
  doStop _veh;
  sleep 0.01;
  _veh setDriveOnPath [ASLtoAGL getPosASL _veh, _dest]; 
}

[coarse dragon]

ill go it a go, thanks

They won't even move now 😬 😂

[little raptor]

this spawn { 
    _veh = _this; 
    _dr = driver _veh; 
    _gr = group _dr; 
    _dest = waypointPosition [_gr, currentWaypoint _gr];
    _start = ASLtoAGL getPosASL _veh;
    _gr selectLeader _dr;
    doStop _veh; 
    sleep 1;
    _veh setDriveOnPath [_start, _dest];  
}

this works for me

[ebon citrus]

what's up with networkID and owner ID not being the same thing?

[little raptor]

networkID is kept unique

for tracking

[ebon citrus]

ok

[coarse dragon]

Omg it's beautiful

Well it was

Now they are spinning on the spot while engaging

[little raptor]

set the group on careless maybe

[ebon citrus]

owner ID and network ID had me pulling my hair for a bit because i presumed they were the same

🔨

[coarse dragon]

Then they won't fight 😬

[little raptor]

they do

[granite sky]

In some vehicles they'll happily shoot you from the turret hatches on careless, but won't button down.

We're currently using some horrible group-splitting scam because nothing else worked.

[coarse dragon]

Them stone walls are annoying. Had to hide em all

I give up. They get to a certain point and just start spinning on the spot

[little raptor]

try the new code

I'd made a mistake

[coarse dragon]

I did xD

[little raptor]

this one

I just updated it

[coarse dragon]

oh my

[coarse dragon]

Mixed results

[little raptor]

why?

[coarse dragon]

When they engage one just spins and the other doesn't want to move anymore

[little raptor]

and you updated both scripts?

[coarse dragon]

Both?

[little raptor]

one just spins and the other doesn't want

didn't you mean you have 2 tanks?

[coarse dragon]

3. Please just stops and engages long rang. Like very very long range

[little raptor]

you have to add that code to every tank
and they must not be in the same group

[coarse dragon]

Further testing

[little raptor]

and again, make sure you're using this code:
#arma3_scripting message

[coarse dragon]

4 separate tanks.. 1 Spins then rest stop and engage at long range

[little raptor]

are they in different groups?

[coarse dragon]

Yep

And all have the code

[little raptor]

DM me the mission.sqm file. save it as unbinarized

[coarse dragon]

Found the problem

Doesn't seem to work well with the mod tanks

Even still. They stop and never move again after they kill everything

[little raptor]

well yeah with that code they're only supposed to move to a certain point and stop

they don't follow waypoints or anything

[winter rose]

as the wiki and your note there state

[coarse dragon]

Aka they stop very short of thier way points

[little raptor]

like how far?

[coarse dragon]

halfway

[little raptor]

I mean distance in meters or something

if it's only a few it's normal

[coarse dragon]

way way too short of the desired waypoint.

also doesnt explain why 1 spins and now another turns around and runs away

[little raptor]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

based on what I tested it seemed to work

like I said, DM me the mission.sqm

[little raptor]

@coarse dragon
try this code instead:

this spawn { 
    _veh = _this; 
    _dr = driver _veh; 
    _gr = group _dr; 
    _dest = waypointPosition [_gr, currentWaypoint _gr];
    _start = ASLtoAGL getPosASL _veh;
    _gr selectLeader _dr;
    {
        _dr disableAI _x;
    } forEach ["FSM", "TARGET", "AUTOTARGET", "AUTOCOMBAT", "COVER"];
    _veh setEffectiveCommander _dr;
    doStop _veh; 
    sleep 1;
    _veh setDriveOnPath [_start, _dest];  
}

[coarse dragon]

I love you

[drifting portal]

AplayableUnit remoteExec ["selectPlayer",PlayerObject];

I want the player who is playing as PlayerObject to be switched to AplayableUnit, but I playing as AnotherPlayableUnit is being switched instead?

[still forum]

Are you testing that in MP with multiple players?

or in singleplayer or without a player in the PlayerObject slot?

[drifting portal]

MP but with no multiple players

but the unit PlayerObject is still there

[still forum]

the remoteExec target executes the code where that unit is local

[drifting portal]

ah

[still forum]

if there is no other player in it, it is local to the server

[drifting portal]

makes sense

[drifting portal]

isn't there a way to avoid this side effect?

I think I should just add an If statement to check if the current player is actually that unit?

[still forum]

you could remoteExec a script function that does additional check

Leopard is here, he will help you

[drifting portal]

with the function having an if statement in its code?

[drifting portal]

he has been summoned

[little raptor]

you can for example use clientOwner and remoteExecutedOwner

if you want the command to take effect for someone else you can compare those 2

[AplayableUnit, {
  if (remoteExecutedOwner == clientOwner) exitWith {}; //being applied to the same client, so skip
  selectPlayer _this;
}] remoteExec ["call",PlayerObject];

[drifting portal]

alright, say 4 players are connected, will this avoid any problems?

if PlayerObject is not occupied by a player yet

[little raptor]

not really no

it just makes sure the command is not being applied to YOU (the one who called it)

[still forum]

I guess you can just chcek if (player!=playerobject) exit

[drifting portal]

thats what I wanted to do

thank you, both of you

[leaden scaffold]

any collide EH or script that will work with drawLaser with addMissionEventHandler? wanna test stuff like booby trap

[little raptor]

no EH

you can use lineIntersectsSurfaces tho

[leaden scaffold]

hmm smart

[ebon citrus]

does anyone know why doMove works in singleplayer/hosted environment, but moveTo works in dedicated environment?

[winter rose]

implying doMove doesn't work in dedi & moveTo doesn't work in SP/hosted?

[ebon citrus]

yep

this is what i found

i have the same FSM running with execFSM, but doing doMove works in SP/hosted, where as it wont work in Dedi

[little raptor]

most likely locality issue

[ebon citrus]

if i call both doMove and MoveTo in that order, then the units take commands

[little raptor]

AI calcs are local

[ebon citrus]

i have moved the AI ownership to the client

they are agents

and i call setOwner on them

checking in-game, i get 0 if i check locally owner on the units, which should imply clientside

but just calling both works in both environments

[little raptor]

owner only works on the server

[ebon citrus]

im just wondering why

[little raptor]

everywhere else is 0

[ebon citrus]

ah, right

so i guess local works on clients too

[little raptor]

you should move agents using setDestination

[errant fiber]

Leopard 😄

[little raptor]

yes?

[errant fiber]

hi c:

love your work c:

sorry dont mind me

[winter rose]

yeah how can you!!

[coarse dragon]

jim sideChat "NATO Command.....Warsaw has Fallen..Germany has recived bombardment.Mederation is mayjor battle ground..German reinforments are arriving. NATO Command out":

why wont this work?

[winter rose]

it works

[open fractal]

why is there a regular colon at the end

[coarse dragon]

oh shit

[winter rose]

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

unit sideChat chatText; // ← semicolon indeed

[coarse dragon]

@open fractal you sir are awesome

[open fractal]

[coarse dragon]

woman/uni/ect...

btw. my words for this are really bad.. i dont know how to word nato stuff correctly

[hallow mortar]

Useful words:

received
Mediterranean
major
reinforcements```

[coarse dragon]

[coarse dragon]

Epps anyway to keep AI inside a mission area

[coarse dragon]

APC doesn't seem to work

[cerulean moth]

do someone know the class names of the Art of War presentation?

[winter rose]

the classname of… what? the frames, the mission, the building, etc?

[cerulean moth]

mission

[winter rose]

try checking CfgMissions' config

(I don't know it)

[hushed tendon]

So any reason why getObjectScale returns exactly scalar when it should return "Number - Scale relative to the original model"

Example: ```sqf
["Land_TimberLog_01_F",[[0.599995,-2.62e-008,0.00239828],[0.599995,-2.62e-008,0.00239828]],[0,0.000481017,-0.031517],scalar]

[little raptor]

the variable you used it on was probably not defined

[hushed tendon]

That makes sense and I'm blind. Ty for helping my small brain work once again

[winter rose]

don't code when tired 😄

[hushed tendon]

Nah not tired this time

just being dumb

[winter rose]

still applies 😆

[hushed tendon]

I should stop copy/pasting everything cause it makes me do stuff like that

[ebon citrus]

How do i get object network ID from machine network ID?

I have the machine network ID (number) and i need the object network ID (string)

netId takes only objects as parameter

so can i get an object somehow with machine network ID

it seems no such method exists

now isnt this backwards

i can get machine network ID from object network ID but not the other way around

i guess i'll do it myself

[still forum]

"creator id" its called, or ownerID

"but not the other way around" well a machine might have tons of objects

or am I confused as to what you're talking about

[ebon citrus]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Multiplayer_Scripting#Machine_network_ID

machine network ID is the number

[still forum]

networkId is creatorId:objectId
and I think there is a seperate just objectID

[ebon citrus]

Object network ID is the string

[still forum]

"machine network id" is the creatorId

the first number in the netId

the second part in netId is the objectid

[ebon citrus]

yes, but i cant get netID with machine ID

[still forum]

There might be hundreds or thousands of netId's belonging to one creator

[ebon citrus]

the netID given by OnUserConnected

the first parameter is a netID

same for OnUserDisconnected

[still forum]

oh dpId

thats not a netId nor a creator/machine ID

thats the engine internal handle for that user

Do you want to get that id for a specific player?

[ebon citrus]

(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

how many ID's do you need?

[still forum]

:poutcat:

[ebon citrus]

i want to get that ID from a machine ID

remoteExecutedOwner returns the machine ID

but i need the dpId since i keep track of players with that

[still forum]

why don't you keep track using the machine ID?

[ebon citrus]

BECAUSE onUserConnected doesnt return that

and machine ID isnt unique

[still forum]

ah uh oki yes

one sec

There is a solution, I just need to find it

[ebon citrus]

((getUserInfo _networkId)#1);

that, but it's a hacky way

and machineID is not unique

[still forum]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getPlayerID here

[ebon citrus]

so when another player connects, they might be assigned the same machineid

[still forum]

that returns the dpid

[ebon citrus]

but i dont have an object

[still forum]

thats the only solution :poutcat:

[ebon citrus]

i have the machine ID

[still forum]

Where do you get the machineid from?

[ebon citrus]

remoteExecutedOwner

returns a machine ID

[granite sky]

you could search allPlayers, I guess

[still forum]

If someone remoteExec's a thing, they should have a unit

search through allplayers yeah, find that machineID's unit

[ebon citrus]

my soul cries

[still forum]

but then you can also just use getUserInfo

creatorID IS unique per game

so on the remoteExec you can use it to convert to dpid

[ebon citrus]

i'll rather keep a hashmap of all machine ID's and update it on connection with value as the dpID

that way, when a machine ID gets swapped for another user, the data from the other user doesnt carry over

since i associate the data with the dpID

[still forum]

"when a machine ID gets swapped for another user"
that should never happen

new player connects, player gets new creatorId. Atleast thats how I think it should work

[ebon citrus]

i log into server, check my machine ID, log out, log back in, i still have the same machine ID

i log out, my friend logs in, he now has my machine ID

[still forum]

:u

Pretty sure that shouldn't happen

If you want unique per player, just use their steamid?

[ebon citrus]

this doesnt always happen, but happens on random

i cant get steamID from machine ID

so i need to anyways keep the hashmap

ok, i had my answer already

i wasnt looking for a solution, since i have one, i was looking for a yes/no

can you get dpID from machine ID? answer is no, from what i gather

Thank you for your help Dedmen ❤️

i'll continue with my hacky solution that does not involve iterating over an entire playerbase

made a fn_machineIDdpID

[still forum]

Why not?

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getUserInfo
Try to iterate through all of... oh thats serverscript? is that serverconfig script only or does it run in sqf too

[ebon citrus]

which converts machine ID to dpID by using a hashmap updated on user connection

[still forum]

Yes :U :bigsadcry:
getUserInfo :bigsadcry:

[ebon citrus]

problem solved

[ebon citrus]

getUserInfo takes an object ID

not a machine ID

[still forum]

omg getUserInfo takes dpid as input

ahhh

[ebon citrus]

[still forum]

direct play ID, creatorId, objectId

Ahhh

Why is wiki using wrong names

annoying

[winter rose]

no u

[ebon citrus]

done

i made a machine ID to dpID conversion function

works only on server-side

problem solved

[still forum]

😢

[ebon citrus]

awwww...

dont be sad

you helped

[still forum]

I now finally looked it up because you confused me

[ebon citrus]

i confused you?

[still forum]

int NextPlayerId() {return _nextPlayerID++;}
OwnerId is UNIQUE! it starts at 3 for the first player that connects, and from then on only increments when a new player connects

[ebon citrus]

what is ownerID?

[still forum]

what you call machineId

[ebon citrus]

it's what biki calls machineID

[still forum]

ownerId script command, clientOwner command, netId command (first half)

[ebon citrus]

ok, but i already use getPlayerID elsewhere, so im stuck with this

and there still isnt a conversion from dpID to machine ID

so im going to stick to my guns

and it still doesnt explain that somehow sometimes other players get the same machine ID as i had when i logged out

[light stirrup]

can anybody help me out with BIS_fnc_spawnGroup? I'm trying to spawn vehicle groups on roads but they always come in facing north and I have no idea how to rotate them via script

by which I mean the entire convoy of like four vehicles are arrayed north so south, which means if the road isn't also north-south, then three vehicles will just be like 50 meters off the road

and most likely will explode when they spawn inside a tree, cause I'm doing this on a jungle map

Is the only solution to spawn each vehicle individually? Please ping me if you respond

[winter rose]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_spawnGroup tells you it returns the Group value

from this, you can find the vehicles and setPosATL/setDir them all 🙂

though there is an azimuth parameter 👀

[light stirrup]

the azimuth parameter changes the rotation of each vehicle individually but doesn't move them

so they all end up facing west for example but strung out north/south

I think I'll just spawn them each individually; if I have to change their pos and dir individually anyways then it'd probably be easier

thanks for the help though

[winter rose]

what about the relPosition then?

[light stirrup]

I have absolutely no clue how the relPosition works

I've tried putting in an array of [0,5,0], [0,10,0]... and so on

but it throws me an error in the function itself

at the point where I had to find a3\functions\spawning\whatever and start debugging vanilla functions I decided to see if someone else had done it already lol

iirc it was complaining about the data type

said it expected an array and was getting a bool

which makes no sense cause I definitely wasn't giving it a bool

[little raptor]

it doesn't matter how you spawn them
you have to set their position and dir individually
the problem isn't just road not facing "north-south". road isn't a flat line. it's a curve

if you want them to spawn on a road, you have to first find a road, use it as basis for the first object, then put the rest of the objects on other road segments connected to the previous one (making a chain)

you can use setVectorDir to align each vehicle with the road (you can get the road beg and end pos using getRoadInfo and then doing vectorFromTo to get the road dir)

[light stirrup]

that sounds like I need to spawn them each individually

[little raptor]

no not necessarily. as Lou said you have the group

you can get each vehicle in the group

[light stirrup]

yeah but it's easier for me to spawn each vehicle individually at the correct pos and dir, than it is for me to spawn a group, then iterate through that group and change their pos and dir individually

it's a little extra up front work since I have to say define an array of three vehicles instead of just using the group

[little raptor]

if you ask me a loop is easier but meh

[little raptor]

the real question here is why do you even need them?

[ebon citrus]

problem already solved

[open fractal]

yeah but it's easier for me to spawn each vehicle individually at the correct pos and dir
i disagree with this

[mental prairie]

how do i get an array of players in a vehicle?

[open fractal]

private _dir = 0;
private _pos = [0,0,0];
private _spacing = -20;
private _vehicles = [];
{
    _vehicles pushbackUnique (vehicle _x);
} forEach units _group;

_group setFormDir _dir;

{
    _x setDir _dir;
    if (_forEachIndex == 0) then {_x setPosATL _pos} else {
        private _pos = (_vehicles # (_forEachIndex - 1)) getRelPos [_spacing, _dir];
        _x setPosATL _pos;
    }
} forEach _vehicles;

Do you think this would work for spacing out vehicles of _group 20m apart in a column?

not my mission but I wanted to see if I could figure it out in one go

[little raptor]

I think your spacing is backwards (first vehicle should be at front, but instead the last one is)

also no need to do it like this:

if (_forEachIndex == 0) then {_x setPosATL _pos} else {
private _pos = (_vehicles # (_forEachIndex - 1)) getRelPos [_spacing, _dir];
_x setPosATL _pos;
}

[little raptor]

also according to the wiki dir is relative

so it's completely wrong now 😅

[open fractal]

classic

so it'd just be 0

[little raptor]

if you want to do this 180

but like I said no need to do it like that

[open fractal]

or arbitrarily make spacing negative

as in there's a better way to line up objects like that or that the AI can just do it themselves?

[little raptor]

I mean no need to use getRelPos (since it needs an object, and you had to work around it by wrapping your code in if )

_newPos = _pos getPos [_dir + 180, _spacing * _forEachIndex];

[open fractal]

oh my goodness

[little raptor]

also this made me notice another thing:

private _pos =
your pos was private in its own scope 😛

[open fractal]

are you telling me that 0-based index has a use? 🧠

it's special.

[little raptor]

0 always has a use 😍

[open fractal]

🤯

[open fractal]

I assumed that was how you would set a new _pos for each iteration, which obviously isn't necessary in this case but do I have the wrong idea about scopes?

[little raptor]

I guess so yeah.
private always defines a new variable local to its scope
scopes above it will neither see this nor will be affected (the only exception is if you use a command that modifies a value by reference, e.g. pushBack)

[open fractal]

alright thanks

[little raptor]

actually your code was correct. I didn't read it correctly
I thought you were using _pos outside its scope

it's in its own scope

[open fractal]

i felt insecure about my privates for a minute there

[winter rose]

private _parts = objNull;

[little raptor]

private _parts = "o==>"

[hollow thistle]

[mental prairie]

hey, I'm having some issues with my script ```sqf
_inVic = vehicle player;

unrelated code here

[_inVic] spawn {
if (_inVic == v1) then {
posAE = [v1trig] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;
player setPos posAE;
} else {
if (_inVic == v2) then {
posAE = [v2trig] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;
player setPos posAE;
} else {
if (_inVic == v3) then {
posAE = [v3trig] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;
player setPos posAE;
} else {
posAE = [v4trig] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;
player setPos posAE;
};
};
};
};

I'm getting an undefined variable in expression error

[hallow mortar]

Does it say which variable is undefined

[little raptor]

it's obvious which one tho 😅

unless you're asking to make him notice...

[hallow mortar]

I'm on mobile and walking, no syntax highlighting and bad line wrap. I can't see it

Or "yes" if you'd prefer to think of me as smarter

[little raptor]

yes it is then 😛

[little raptor]

anyway, the error you're getting is from the _inVic variable. spawn doesn't execute in the current code (obviously, since it creates a new script handle which executes later), so it doesn't see any of the local variables you defined before

[open fractal]

wouldn't switch be a neater way of accomplishing the same thing?

switch _inVic do {
    case v1: {
        posAE = [v1trig] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;
    };
    case v2: {
        posAE = [v2trig] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;
    };
    case v3: {
        posAE = [v3trig] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;
    };
    case v4: {            
        posAE = [v4trig] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;
    };
}
player setPos posAE;

[little raptor]

yes

[open fractal]

it can probably be condensed even more than that

[little raptor]

it can

[mental prairie]

that

that's a good idea

[open fractal]

thanks i have those about once a week

[hallow mortar]

also if those v*trig references are triggers, not arrays, then the BIS_fnc_randomPos argument probably needs to be an array e.g. [[v4trig]] call ...

[mental prairie]

ahh, that's why i'm getting those errors

was about to ask that

ty

[stark scaffold]

good evening everyone,
To improve the Airwolf mode, I would like to add an afterburner turbo type to my helicopter.
Is that even possible?
Could you help me create such a script?
Thank you in advance

[open fractal]

private _inVic = vehicle player;
//private _vehicles = [v1,v2,v3,v4];
private _triggers = [v1trig,v2trig,v3trig,v4trig];
private _trg = _triggers # (_triggers findIf {(str _inVic) in str _x});
posAE = [[_trg]] call BIS_fnc_randomPos; 
player setPos posAE;

just doing this as a personal exercise but I wonder if there's an even shorter way

particularly if there is a shortcut for this
_triggers # (_triggers findIf {(str _inVic) in str _x})

[little raptor]

I have no idea what Airwolf mode is
but what you ask might be possible using addForce or setVelocityModelSpace

[stark scaffold]

thank'u for your help.

[mental prairie]

there's a zero division error

however it works

[hallow mortar]

This still applies since _trg is not an array <#arma3_scripting message>

[little raptor]

findIf is slow...

[open fractal]

switch _inVic do {
    case v1: {_trig = v1trig};
    case v2: {_trig = v2trig};
    case v3: {_trig = v3trig};
    case v4: {_trig = v4trig};
};
player setPos ([[_trig]] call BIS_fnc_randomPos);

take it or leave it

[little raptor]

_id = ([v1, v2, v3, v4] find _inVic) + 1;
_trig = missionNamespace getVariable [format ["v%1trig", _id], objNull];

[open fractal]

https://tenor.com/view/yakuza-kazuma-kiryu-pissed-off-gif-14586175

he can't keep getting away with it

i keep forgetting getVariable takes a string

[mental prairie]

Got teleported to the debug corner for some reason

[little raptor]

_inVic wasn't any of them then

it defaults to objNull when it's not found (which is at [0,0,0], aka corner of the map as you said)

[mental prairie]

ok

[trim tree]

hi, is there a way without creating a mod to change the max capacity a helicopter can lift via vanilla slingload? at least from the scripting commands it doesnt appear that way ):

[little raptor]

no but afaik you can use setMass to make the cargo lighter

[trim tree]

tried that, but it wont let me sling load them ):

probably because it looks in the config of the vehicles

[little raptor]

another idea is attaching them to a temporary lighter object and sling load that obj instead

[little raptor]

can they even be sling loaded?

[trim tree]

well i dont know

officially not

its regarding the merkava and hemmt support trucks

[little raptor]

not sure but I think vehicles can always be sling loaded

[little raptor]

anyway you can try this

[trim tree]

yeah, ill give it a shot in the weekend 🙂 thanks

[jade acorn]

How can I detect if player uses car horn, if possible? I'm trying to make AI get into vehicle when player is within area and uses the horn. I couldn't find any EH for this and BI Forums only shows some old topic from 2007.

[winter rose]

I take that vehicle's Fired EH does not work?

[jade acorn]

I think I tried it in every way with CarHorn but it didn't even detect it.

does it work the same way as if trying to fire with no ammo/magazine in your weapon?

[hollow thistle]

Fired does not work with horns

[winter rose]

so, maybe out of luck
or on soundController perhaps

[jade acorn]

[hallow mortar]

What about detecting the primary fire input action

[hollow thistle]

something like this yeah.

https://github.com/Sparker95/Vindicta/blob/e5d74cedb3ba784bbb1b0f4bb9f9a7dfcece66dd/src/UI/initPlayerUI.sqf#L96

[jade acorn]

is SportCarHorn a derivative of CarHorn or would I have to include both there?

[hollow thistle]

The first line I've linked literally gathers all horn weapon classes...

[jade acorn]

right..

okay I'll try to work with that, thank you

[little raptor]

you can use user action event handlers now...

in case someone doesn't use the mouse for firing

[still forum]

https://tenor.com/view/flip-tableflip-angry-tiny-gif-5690194

[little raptor]

I see why you reacted with this now 😅
yeah it should use the weapon's simulation, not inheritsFrom
or not?

it doesn't have a special simulation

yeah it's just using the drySound of the weapon 🤣

so it never fires to begin with

that's why Fired doesn't work 🤯

[winter rose]

unplayable!!1!1!!ONE!

[brazen lagoon]

is there a function that will add an item to a unit's inventory? Like will see if there's space in their uniform and add there, or will add to their vest, or will add to their backpack?

[winter rose]

addItem?

[quasi rover]

Is there a classified type or way that identify a LandVehicle which have driver + gunner's seat only and driver + gunner + commander's seat?

[little raptor]

depends. if you already have the vehicle as object you can simply use the fullCrew command
alternatively, or if you have the class name only, you can check the config to see if it has driver and gunner

and for detecting whether it's a land vehicle you can check its simulation (from config)

[brazen lagoon]

@winter rose does that work recursively like that?

i thought it only added to uniform

[quasi rover]

@little raptor thx, I'll check it out.

[open fractal]

_commands = [
    [" addHeadGear "," headgear "],
    [" forceAddUniform "," uniform "],
    [" addGoggles "," goggles "],
    [" setFace "," face "]
]; 
removeGoggles _unit;
{[_unit, _player] call compile format (["(_this#0) %1 (%2 (_this#1))"] + _x)} forEach _commands

someone save me from my own code

is there better way to iterate through commands like this

literally just copying the appearance of the player onto a unit

it works but it feels jank

[little raptor]

setUnitLoadout

and I see no reason why you just don't write them out normally

[open fractal]

because pasting my wack code in here and getting the is the extent of my computer science education

also i forgot

setUnitLoadout
existed thanks

[coarse dragon]

🤔

[lethal mortar]

can you guys help out with some helpful resources for beginners?

[warm hedge]

Depends on the context

[lethal mortar]

POLPOX i want to script ineractions

[warm hedge]

If you want to continue what in #arma3_editor do it there. Not here

[lethal mortar]

but here is what i need

[warm hedge]

Swear to Eden, I don't know what Interactions you mean

[lethal mortar]

you can preform conditions with triggers right? , I'm looking for resources to start doing so

[warm hedge]

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

[lethal mortar]

there are no examples there for conditions and triggers I already looked into that

I want to start get my hands dirty so I can better practice this

[warm hedge]

A trigger's condition can be anything that returns a boolean

[lethal mortar]

how do you know what you call return bool

?

[warm hedge]

A command's article

[lethal mortar]

everything here return bool ?https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Arma_3:_Scripting_Commands

[warm hedge]

No. Some do, some don't

[lethal mortar]

so for every command you look for , you use documentation? or you got some editor snippets?, how do you work?

[warm hedge]

The link you posted is the greatest source to script

[lethal mortar]

what is the type of file read in eden editor where you can place conditions and On activations and On deactivation?

[warm hedge]

Type of file.......? You can just use SQF there

[lethal mortar]

so i need to install it first right?

[warm hedge]

What?

Install...what?

[lethal mortar]

sqf

[warm hedge]

Why? SQF is always there, with Arma 3. What you see is SQF already

[lethal mortar]

I want to open it in visual studio code

in a code editor

[warm hedge]

I don't know VSCode does have it. It's just your call

[hallow mortar]

sqf files are pretty much text files and can be opened without any special software. There is a syntax highlighting/linting plugin for VSCode on the wiki somewhere.

[lethal mortar]

that's what i look for:D

[hallow mortar]

Activation statements and conditions are related to triggers. They are written in sqf, but are typically placed in the appropriate fields in the trigger's Editor attributes. You can change them with commands in an sqf script, which could be saved in a non-Editor .sqf file, but that's not necessary to use them for basic stuff.

[lethal mortar]

I found it its a plugin called SQF Language

with 33k downloads

[tender fossil]

Isn't it deprecated nowadays?

I had a weak moment and thought about developing my project for fun (instead of CDLC) and making BI management fatter, then I remembered that we don't have a working/up-to-date linter for SQF 😄

[tender fossil]

Someone please tell me that I'm wrong

[ebon citrus]

Sqf syntax editors are for pansies

Real sqf magicians write sqf in hex ascii

If you doubt me, ask Lou

[winter rose]

php*

cf SQF highlighter/linker in #community_wiki on which I am working right now 😄

[digital wasp]

where do i create sqf file?

*which folder

[little raptor]

if making a mission anywhere in the mission folder (including subfolders)

[digital wasp]

thankss!

[mental prairie]

How do I move an array of players to a random position in a trigger area using a global script?

[little raptor]

what's a global script?

[mental prairie]

I mean a script that's executed on the server

sorry

[little raptor]

_pos = _trigger call BIS_fnc_randomPosTrigger;
{
    _x setVehiclePosition [_pos, [], 0, "NONE"];
} forEach _players;

[mental prairie]

okay ty

[digital wasp]

is there a way to make a specific way for a bot to drive? i have a bot that needs to pass a checkpoint but it cant find a path

[mental prairie]

If you really want the Exact way, you can use unitcapture

however that requires a lot of space, and might be buggy at times

You can use it as a last resort tho

[little raptor]

setDriveOnPath

[digital wasp]

how would a complete script look?

[little raptor]

this is one example

[mental prairie]

It places everyone in roughly the same position

Is there a way to make the placement randomized for each player within a single trigger

[little raptor]

call that function multiple times

[mental prairie]

How so?

[little raptor]

put it in the loop

{
    _pos = _trigger call BIS_fnc_randomPosTrigger;
    _x setVehiclePosition [_pos, [], 0, "NONE"];
} forEach _players;

[mental prairie]

ah kk

I'm getting some missing "{" errors but it works

nvm

[little raptor]

it has nothing to do with what I wrote

[mental prairie]

ye it was on my part

[queen cargo]

Still hoping for someone with Lil bit of time to continue the sqf-vm language server...

[native slate]

Hey. I'm stumbling across a very strange problem, where some custom uniform retextures that I've made appear to work correctly in SP and when running a local MP server - but simply do not show up (i.e. any unit with them equipped when the mission is loaded in will simply spawn in underwear) when used on a dedicated server. It works fine when a unit wearing them is spawned in using zeus on a dedicated server, but if someone leaves and rejoins the game, they'll see said unit in their underwear while everyone else sees the uniform correctly.

I've been bashing my head against this problem for a couple days now, and it's extremely strange to me. Has anyone seen anything like this before, or has any suspicions what could be happening based on that behaviour?

A friend advised me to post this here rather than in the config channel, since my configs look correct to them

All the uniforms this happens with inherit classes/use textures and materials from other mods; they're CWR retextures. Here's an example of the config entries for one where this occurs:

https://imgur.com/a/vL6CknF

I've tried comparing how I've done this with other retexture mods from the workshop, but I haven't found anything significantly different.

[ebon citrus]

@native slate are the uniforms of a side of the units theyre on?

[native slate]

do uniforms have a faction per se?

[ebon citrus]

@native slate isUniformAllowed gives you more information

[native slate]

right

I'm not sure, actually - I'm inheriting from CWR quite a bit

[ebon citrus]

[native slate]

I'll have to go dig through their configs

but this seems like a promising thing to look into tbh - thanks

[native slate]

okay, so, this doesn't seem to be the problem

the issue still occurs even with items that don't really inherit any classes from CWR, like this helmet:
https://i.imgur.com/MwyZfN1.png

maybe in some way the server might have issues loading the external textures it points to, or something like that?

[winter rose]

I'm afraid to say that it might not be #arma3_scripting related; maybe more #arma3_troubleshooting

[native slate]

makes sense, tbh - I'll post it there

[winter rose]

thx! hope you find the quirk

[jolly dune]

Hi guys I need help putting together a code for a infantry unit using Ace medical. Basicly I need specifically a code which goes like this:
if alive > full heal > sleep 0.1 > repeat
Im bad at this could anyone please put this together for me? I would be very grateful.

[hallow mortar]

[_unit] spawn {
  params ["_unit"];
  while {alive _unit} do {
    [_unit] call ace_medical_treatment_fnc_fullHealLocal;
    sleep 0.1;
  };
};```

[fleet sand]

Hi guys i have a question is there a way to make agent follow at ceartan speed.(contex) so i have a script where chicken is following a player but run of the chicken is a bit to slow is there a way to make it follow faster ? This is the code:```c
// Spawn chicken
_chicken = createAgent ["Cock_white_F", getPosATL player, [], 5, "NONE"];
_chicken allowDamage false;
// Disable animal behaviour
_chicken setVariable ["BIS_fnc_animalBehaviour_disable", true];

// Following loop
[_chicken] spawn {
params ["_chicken"];

// Force dog to sprint
_chicken playMove "Cock_Run";

while { sleep 1; alive _chicken } do
{
    _chicken moveTo getPosATL player;
};

};```

[errant fiber]

@little raptor Could you help me with the settings.txt file we were discussing in the Comments of your Command Menu mod?

[little raptor]

I don't think an action for running fast is defined for chickens...

[little raptor]

make a settings.txt file in your mission root and paste the exported settings in it
create a file called initPlayerLocal.sqf too, and put [loadFile "settings.txt"] call cba_settings_fnc_import; in there

I'm not 100% sure whether it should be initPlayerLocal or initServer or init but I think that's fine

[fleet sand]

yea i have try to make it go faster with this command but no effect 😭 ```c
_chicken forceSpeed(_chicken getSpeed "FAST");

[errant fiber]

You are doing God's work. I'll try "initServer" first, then the other, I'll lyk when I got it worked out. Thanks again

I'll do dedicated server testing with it too

[little raptor]

ok but I think initPlayerLocal is more likely to be the one

since some settings are local

[errant fiber]

okay, i just figured the "initServer" would be the one I need, since its running on a server. Thanks again dude 🙏

[little raptor]

well yeah when there's no action they can't go any faster.
if you really want to make them move fast you have 2 options:
use setVelocityModelSpace to "push" them (they might lose their path tho)
use setVelocityTransformationto manually move them along the path

you can get the agent's path using PathCalculated event handler

[little raptor]

also just a fair warning: my mod is not really MP compatible...

[errant fiber]

My unit has been using it for about a year now with pretty much no issues, I just recently discovered the settings for it which is why Im experimenting around. I think it's a fantastic mod, I got no complaints whatsoever. Thanks again for everything

[little raptor]

btw if initPlayerLocal.sqf doesn't work try init.sqf next

[fleet sand]

Yea that is way to mutch to calculate for just a little bit of fun with chicken. Also a Qustion is there a way to make chicken follow a specific player. Do i give player a variable name and make it follow variable name player or what do i do ?

[errant fiber]

ight, I'll have all the info in about an hour

[little raptor]

Do i give player a variable name and make it follow variable name player or what do i do ?
yeah

[errant fiber]

just to be sure, the "settings.txt" file in the mission folder is simply named "settings", and the file type is a Text Document?

[little raptor]

I guess. enable file extensions in Explorer to be sure

[errant fiber]

awesome, looks like im doing it right. Just double checkin

[little raptor]

well you need the file extensions for the .sqf file...

[errant fiber]

yeah i got em

@little raptor Tests complete. init did not work, initServer did not work, and initPlayerLocal did not work. I could have done something wrong, i wouldn't put it past myself, but I did:

create a settings.txt file containing the exported settings.
Tried the init.sqf file containing "[loadFile "settings.txt"] call cba_settings_fnc_import;"
Uploaded and tested on the server, checked the AIO stuff to see if it changed and it did not.
Tried the initServer.sqf file, doing the same as the other.
and tried the initPlayerLocal.sqf file, doing the same as the other.

Unfortunately, it didn't work for me but like I said I may have done something wrong. It was worth the try and I really appreciate the help. The settings I wanted for AIO are not game-breaking or anything, it still runs as my unit needs, I just wanted to see if I could prevent the possibility of a player using the "high command" and "cheats" features along with enabling ACE medical for the medic AI. Regardless, I've experienced no unfixible issues with the mod in my unit's lifespan of a year. Thanks again for the help and for the awesome mods you provide!

[little raptor]

put this in the init.sqf file:

[loadFile "settings.txt"] call cba_settings_fnc_import;
[] spawn {waitUntil {alive player}; sleep 5; hint "Init executed"}

it should show a message that init executed (when a player joins the server he should see the message). if you don't see the message you didn't do it right

[errant fiber]

k I'll give it a try. Want me to try that code with other sqfs like initPlayerLocal?

[little raptor]

no. init.sqf executes for everybody

[errant fiber]

awesome, thanks

[errant fiber]

Made the edits, threw it on the server, and the message did show. Unfortunately the settings still did not transfer. It's all good, thanks for the help

[little raptor]

so I just did some reading on CBA settings. looks like there are other ways too if you really want to make it work:
https://github.com/CBATeam/CBA_A3/wiki/CBA-Settings-System#add-settings-file-to-mission-without-cba
so I guess rename the settings.txt file to cba_settings.sqf and add cba_settings_hasSettingsFile = 1; to description.ext (if you don't have this file create it)

there's no need for init.sqf anymore

[errant fiber]

cool, i got nothing better to do so ill try it out

i really hope youre getting paid for this shit lol

[errant fiber]

holy toenails

it worked

you sir

are literally jesus

[coarse dragon]

Anyone know if you can get the AIspawn module to work with POG?

[exotic yarrow]

How do I delete the Orbat module so that the group is no longer visible on the map? DeleteVehicle does not work

[copper raven]

probably https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_ORBATRemoveGroupOverlay

[exotic yarrow]

thx

[stray flame]

Hey, how can I make this play over radio?

playSound3D ['a3\dubbing_f_tank\ta_tanks_m02\019_eve_support_inf01_casualties_heavy\ta_tanks_m02_019_eve_support_inf01_casualties_heavy_ARINFANTRYA_0.ogg', player];

I want it to play for each player (on a mulitplayer server) as if it was in side chat

[hallow mortar]

sideRadio command and remoteExec. sideRadio requires the message to be described in CfgRadio; that message looks like it might have an existing CfgRadio entry you can find (good luck), otherwise you'll need to make a CfgRadio in description.ext

[stray flame]

the message is pulled from arma itself

nothing custom

[hallow mortar]

That doesn't change anything I said

What does potentially change things is the bottom-most comment on the wiki page for sideRadio, which suggests you can use # to use a direct file path rather than a config reference, so you might not need to bother with CfgRadio

[stray flame]

that would be good

would this file need to be in the same folder as my mission.sqf?

[warm hedge]

description.ext must be located in the same folder with mission.sqm yes

[stray flame]

yes ik

I meant the sound file

[warm hedge]

Every sound/script/whatever files that needs to be loaded in the mission can be located anywhere in the mission folder or its sub, subsub, subsubsub... folder

[stray flame]

so i will need to extract this sound file from arma and then repost it in my mission folder for it to be done easily or, how many I do this with a file already in the arma files?

[warm hedge]

Oh wait, I misread the context, as long as it's a vanilla or integrated file, you can reuse it

[stray flame]

good, then how would I in this instance?

cuz it plays fine, I just want to change the source

[warm hedge]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext#CfgRadio
As NikkoJT suggests this could be it

[hallow mortar]

According to https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/sideRadio (very bottom) you might not need to use CfgRadio. Best to test that first, doesn't cost anything to try it

[warm hedge]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext#CfgSounds
Also the bottom note of this one, IDK if CfgRadio can use this trick

Oh, didn't know that trick somehow

...Wait, that trick is not something related to this one isn't it

[hallow mortar]

I don't know, I think you pasted the wrong link in your second message

[warm hedge]

Yes I did, I meant the @ trick

[stray flame]

[warm hedge]

Okay, sounds my brain slips some context sorry :>

[hallow mortar]

Oh the one in CfgSounds not CfgRadio :P
It seems like a similar function and it might work in CfgRadio too. But I don't think it helps in this case

[stray flame]

what should I try first.

[warm hedge]

Uh oh I get it

[hallow mortar]

Use sideRadio with the # trick described on its wiki page and the file path you already have

When (if) you have that working, look at the remoteExec page to see how to make it happen on all clients

[stray flame]

playSound3D #['a3\dubbing_f_tank\ta_tanks_m02\019_eve_support_inf01_casualties_heavy\ta_tanks_m02_019_eve_support_inf01_casualties_heavy_ARINFANTRYA_0.ogg', player];
?

[hallow mortar]

That's still using playSound3D. You'll notice I said to use sideRadio

[stray flame]

sideRadio #['a3\dubbing_f_tank\ta_tanks_m02\019_eve_support_inf01_casualties_heavy\ta_tanks_m02_019_eve_support_inf01_casualties_heavy_ARINFANTRYA_0.ogg', player];

[hallow mortar]

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

You need to read it

[stray flame]

all of it or the bottom part?

[hallow mortar]

Yes all of it, you are using the command and you need to do it properly or it won't work

[stray flame]

Jesus Christ okay

I hope it's easy to replicate once done

[hallow mortar]

Through the magic of copy and paste, all scripts are easy to replicate

[coarse dragon]

I found how to get the AI spawner to potentially work with SOG units.

But it's beyond my understanding 😖

[trim tree]

does someone know what the hitpoint or name selection the turret of a HMG MATV (Hunter) is called? I want to disable it but neither "turret" or "vez" (apperantly the translation of turret) work with sethit

[warm hedge]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getAllHitPointsDamage
This to fetch the name

[stray flame]

wait okay so im reading through the SideRadio wiki page

I am confused on just how I may skip on cfgRadio

cuz its all described in the context of cfgRadio

[hallow mortar]

Scroll down right to the very bottom and read KK's comment

[stray flame]

I have

[hallow mortar]

So where the comment says to use the file path of the file you want to use, prefixed with #, and gives an example of how that looks...have you tried that?

[stray flame]

player sideradio #"a3\dubbing_f_tank\ta_tanks_m02\019_eve_support_inf01_casualties_heavy\ta_tanks_m02_019_eve_support_inf01_casualties_heavy_ARINFANTRYA_0.ogg";

or is it

player sideradio "#a3\dubbing_f_tank\ta_tanks_m02\019_eve_support_inf01_casualties_heavy\ta_tanks_m02_019_eve_support_inf01_casualties_heavy_ARINFANTRYA_0.ogg";

[hallow mortar]

The second one as described in the comment

[stray flame]

neither of them seems to have worked

[hallow mortar]

This will cause the player to be the transmitting unit, as the wiki says. If you want the player to receive a transmission from a different unit, you need to replace player with a reference to that unit

[stray flame]

ah

so like another unit on the same side?

[hallow mortar]

It is the side radio channel so yes

[drowsy geyser]

hi, is there a way to start the laser from the gun and not from the "eyePos" ?

addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D", {  
 drawLaser [  
  eyePos player vectorAdd [0, 0, 0.1],  
  player weaponDirection currentWeapon player,  
  [1000, 0, 0], // Bright red  
  [],  
  0.05,  
  0.05,  
  -1,  
  false  
 ];  
}];

[stray flame]

hmm nothing happend

[trim tree]

thanks, found it (hitturret duh)

[stray flame]

I tried it but no luck it seems

nothing played

idk if its the wrong sort of file path or what

Man sideradio "#a3\dubbing_f_tank\ta_tanks_m02\019_eve_support_inf01_casualties_heavy\ta_tanks_m02_019_eve_support_inf01_casualties_heavy_ARINFANTRYA_0.ogg";

[hallow mortar]

You better have tested it with what you edited it to, not what you had before the edit

[stray flame]

hu?

I tested it with both for safe mesure

one said the command was wrong, the other just, nothing

[hallow mortar]

Right.
It's possible this trick just doesn't work without sounds outside the mission folder, so you might need to dig into CfgRadio after all. Here are some things to try first:

• try playing a sound file from your mission folder using the same technique. Must be .ogg format. This will help narrow down what's wrong.
• try adding a \ before a3 in the file path. No promises but in some cases this matters.

[stray flame]

Man sideradio "#\a3\dubbing_f_tank\ta_tanks_m02\019_eve_support_inf01_casualties_heavy\ta_tanks_m02_019_eve_support_inf01_casualties_heavy_ARINFANTRYA_0.ogg";```

nothing

[warm hedge]

Highly doubt this syntax works for it, I'm guessing that KK's note is only for the sounds that stored in profile

[stray flame]

well

I could try that

[hallow mortar]

Just for fun, let's try that thing POLPOX spotted and replace # with @.

[stray flame]

just gadda convert some sounds I have to the format

aight

[hallow mortar]

(also try it both with and without the leading \)

[stray flame]

Man sideradio "@\a3\dubbing_f_tank\ta_tanks_m02\019_eve_support_inf01_casualties_heavy\ta_tanks_m02_019_eve_support_inf01_casualties_heavy_ARINFANTRYA_0.ogg";

Man sideradio "@a3\dubbing_f_tank\ta_tanks_m02\019_eve_support_inf01_casualties_heavy\ta_tanks_m02_019_eve_support_inf01_casualties_heavy_ARINFANTRYA_0.ogg";

Nothing

didnt say wrong syntax tho

[hallow mortar]

Also, just to be absolutely sure, make sure the transmitting unit does have a radio item. Not all unit types have one by default.

[stray flame]

yep thats coverd

both me and them to

[hallow mortar]

Then you will probably have to either extract the file or go find its entry in CfgRadio, if it has one.

[stray flame]

I can try my own file

for testing sake

Could be usefull too

ogg is the format right?

[hallow mortar]

Or .wss but you'll probably find it easier to convert things to .ogg. Actually I think .wav might work too but .ogg is the better choice

[stray flame]

Man sideradio "#ANGRY_SCAV.ogg"

weird, nothing

I can try to change it to player just for testing

I tried changing it to say3D just to make the sound play at all

and on player

(i have 2 triggers, one is say 3D the other one is radio form the other unit)

and neither worked

trigger 1:
player say3d "#ANGRY_SCAV.ogg"
trigger 2:
Man sideradio "#ANGRY_SCAV.ogg"

[hallow mortar]

Well, perhaps like POLPOX said, this is only for profile custom user sounds, not mission user sounds. say3D is a different command and I wouldn't expect this to work with that anyway, it requires a CfgSounds entry.

[stray flame]

ah

Where should I put the sound?

[hallow mortar]

If it's only for profile custom sounds then this method is not going to work for you in this context.

So now your choices are to search through CfgRadio to try to find the entry for this sound, if it has one, or write a CfgRadio in description.ext for this sound.