arma3_scripting

[stray flame]

where could I possibly find the one for the sound

[hallow mortar]

I don't have the game open in front of me so I can't tell you what the structure of CfgRadio is like. Judging by the file path, if there are subcategories it might be located in one related to Dubbing or to the Tanks DLC.

[stray flame]

sounds relevant

Right so the example for CfgRadio is

{
    sounds[] = {};
    class RadioMsg1
    {
        // display name
        name    = "";

        // filename, volume, pitch
        sound[]    = { "\sound\filename1.ogg", db - 100, 1.0 };

        // radio caption
        title    = "I am ready for your orders.";
    };
    class RadioMsg2
    {
        name    = "";
        sound[]    = { "\sound\filename2", db - 100, 1.0 }; // .wss implied
        title    = $STR_RADIO_2;
    };
};

and if I take it but then do

class CfgRadio
{
    sounds[] = {};
    class RadioMsg1
    {
        // display name
        name    = "";

        // filename, volume, pitch
        sound[]    = { "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", db - 100, 1.0 };

        // radio caption
        title    = "I am ready for your orders.";
    };
    class RadioMsg2
    {
        name    = "";
        sound[]    = { "\sound\filename2", db - 100, 1.0 }; // .wss implied
        title    = $STR_RADIO_2;
    };
};

then in trigger I do

Man sideRadio "RadioMsg1";```

welp

I heard a radio noice but

no message

also got a chat message

[warm hedge]

Try the @ thing?

[hallow mortar]

I'm not sure why the example is like this, but the volume is set to -100 dB

probably change that to +0 or something

[coarse dragon]

Custom radio?

[stray flame]

{
    sounds[] = {};
    class RadioMsg1
    {
        // display name
        name    = "";

        // filename, volume, pitch
        sound[]    = { "@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", db - 2, 1.0 };

        // radio caption
        title    = "Radio Message Test 1.";
    };
    class RadioMsg2
    {
        name    = "";
        sound[]    = { "\sound\filename2", db - 100, 1.0 }; // .wss implied
        title    = $STR_RADIO_2;
    };
};

That worked

im impressed

now how do i remoteexec this

[warm hedge]

remoteExec is easy once you got the point. See the detailed explanation from Leopard20 in the pin

[stray flame]

its been a headache in the past

[hallow mortar]

Well, start with the pinned message, it is accurate

Also consider where this code is being executed, e.g. is it the result of an addAction, is it in a trigger activation statement, etc

[winter rose]

I coloured the examples recently to help understand it better 🙂
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/remoteExec#Examples

[stray flame]

so if I get the premise correctly

its basically
[Delivery] remoteExec [Command]

[winter rose]

[<leftArg>, <rightArg>] remoteExec [<commandAsString>, <destination>] yes

[stray flame]

unintuitive but I will try to work with that

[winter rose]

see Example1 and colours (hope they help and don't confuse further)

[stray flame]

yes its helpful

[winter rose]

hint "Hello";
// becomes
["Hello"] remoteExec ["hint"];
``````sqf
unit1 setFace "Miller";
// becomes
[unit1, "Miller"] remoteExec ["setFace"];
```etc

[stray flame]

its like a strange reverse crossword

[hallow mortar]

Arma 3 commands are typically parameter1 command parameter2. In the case of remoteExec, you're taking that layout and moving it inside another level of that layout. So parameter1, parameter2 are now treated together as parameter1 relative to the new command which is remoteExec, and the old command becomes parameter2 relative to remoteExec.

[stray flame]

do you use remoteExec within the script or on the command calling for the script? (in this instance)

[hallow mortar]

This is important btw. If your code is being executed in a place that only happens on the local machine, like an addAction script, you do need to remoteExec to make it happen on other machines. On the other hand, if your code is being executed in a place that happens everywhere, like the activation statement of a non-server-only trigger that has a condition that's true everywhere, you don't need remoteExec because the command is already being executed on all machines.

[stray flame]

I think the script will be called apon from another script perhaps

or no, from a trigger

its going to be a serise of multiple sound files playing in succession

[hallow mortar]

Then remoteExecing the script as a whole is probably better because it reduces the amount of network traffic. Either would work, though.

[stray flame]

which I can either make happen in series using a custom script file playing individual messages with waiting inbetween, or just multiple triggers

so what I should do add remoteExec to Man sideRadio "RadioMsg1";

[winter rose]

yep

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[stray flame]

thats a relief

I cant imagine trying to fit remoteexec onto

{
    sounds[] = {};
    class RadioMsg1
    {
        
        name    = "HQ";

        
        sound[]    = { "@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", db - 2, 1.0 };

        
        title    = "Radio Message Test 1.";
    };
};```
would be fun

[hallow mortar]

You don't ever need to remoteExec configs

[stray flame]

thank lord

Mr Incredible becomes uncanny but its with scripting remoteExec

[hallow mortar]

Configs aren't a script, they're like a reference library that's defined at the start of the mission.

[hallow mortar]

That would work, but if you're planning to do a bunch of those in a fixed sequence, it would be more optimal to put those commands in a single .sqf file and then remoteExec that.

[stray flame]

it would be optimal for my mental health

[winter rose]

usually, a server-side executed script file that broadcasts what is needed 🙂

[stray flame]

hoo ive had to do some cursed things to go around having to toutch remoteExec in the past

like having the result of a "hold Action" be to teleport an object on the other side of the map so that setts of a trigger that then do the thing I wanted the hold action to do

[hallow mortar]

Well, if the whole script is going to be exclusively commands that need to be remoteExec'd to everyone, I'd be inclined to just remoteExec the whole file from a server-only trigger, rather than doing a bunch of separate remoteExec broadcasts

[stray flame]

Life would be easy if wait worked within a trigger

[winter rose]

sure, if it's local effect only go for it and save the network 🙂
(even though, remoteExec'ing a file is not ideal, a function is better)

[stray flame]

now im conserned

[hallow mortar]

Sure, but I don't think getting into function creation for this one script is going to help the situation

[stray flame]

Correct?
[Man, "RadioMsg1"] remoteExec ["sideRadio"]

[hallow mortar]

If you have a piece of code you're going to execute a lot or in a situation where performance is critical, you can save it as a Function. Functions are predefined code that can be easily referred to as if they were script commands, and because they're pre-cached they're faster than running plain code from a script file.
They're not too hard to do once you get the hang of it, but your script is only going to be run once per mission and there's not much to it, so you don't need to worry about making it a function. You could if you wanted to, but it's not going to be a problem if you don't.

[stray flame]

the thing is, I want to combo multiple lines of dialogue without the radio on/off noice between them

[stray flame]

assuming this is correct, it would be something like

wait 5

[Man, "RadioMsg2"] remoteExec ["sideRadio"]

wait 5

[Man, "RadioMsg3"] remoteExec ["sideRadio"]```

[hallow mortar]

I don't think such a thing is possible unless you take all the lines and stitch them into one file.

[stray flame]

maybe I can somehow mute the sound for radio on/off

[stray flame]

Also ima guess I did this one right

[hallow mortar]

This isn't correct because the command in Arma is sleep, not wait, and you need ; at the end of the lines

[stray flame]

ah

[hallow mortar]

If you're putting all this in a script and then running it from a trigger, make sure the trigger is set to Server Only. If it's global, the trigger will activate on all machines, all of them will run the script, and all of them will remoteExec to each other, resulting in duplicate messages.

[stray flame]

so should I skip on remotExec if its a server only trigger?

[hallow mortar]

That's not what I said

Is this script file going to only contain these sideRadio commands, or does it also do other stuff?

[stray flame]

only radio

well its ganna call for the RadioMsg from the CfgRadio, wait, then do the same thing again

[hallow mortar]

Okay, so you can either leave all your remoteExecs in place here and run the script file as normal, or, you can remove all your remoteExecs from the script file and then remoteExec in the trigger where the script file is referenced. i.e. ["yourscriptfile.sqf"] remoteExec ["execVM",[0, -2] select isDedicated];

It will work either way but there will be a bit of saving on network traffic with the second method

[winter rose]

remoteExec 0

don't forget server-player 😉

[hallow mortar]

They mentioned way back at the start this was for a server, not local hosting

[winter rose]

I don't care, a mission should not be designed per server 😄

[hallow mortar]

Fixed :U

[winter rose]

😁

[tough abyss]

could sqf [_veh1, _veh2] remoteExecCall ["enableCollisionWith", 0, _veh1]; be used to enable vechiles to collide with attached objects?

[hallow mortar]

That's the exact example from the wiki, so I'd say yes.
Bear in mind that enableCollisionWith is only used to undo the effects of disableCollisionWith. If a vehicle is not already affected by disableCollisionWith, then enableCollisionWith will have no effect.

[tacit tartan]

Hey, quick questions what better to use to send vars over network
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/publicVariable or https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/missionNamespace

[copper raven]

if you're setting it at the same time, missionNamespace

otherwise pvar

[velvet merlin]

how does one get the formation/commanding id from units in a group?

[crude vigil]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/formLeader
If I understand your question right.

[drowsy geyser]

any help please?

[crude vigil]

You should manually calculate barrel position(or whatever position u got in ur mind) for that. There is no easy way afaik.. Depending on your exact need, you can try to use one of selections of unit as well but Id say it wont be as you hope it would be.

Although if you just want barrel position by any chance, to easily handle, I would simply create a dummy unit, add an event handler to fire event, check bullet location upon weapon fired, make it fire, record it, then delete this dummy unit and use wherever I want this laser...

[velvet merlin]

not quite unfortunately. like the number/index to use for F keys to select an unit in the group

[hallow mortar]

units _group seems like it returns in the correct order to use for that

[crude vigil]

units command should be returning that properly?

[tough abyss]

i made a script using the same position for guns this position should work for most guns except might not be scaled close enough for some but might be weird when looking at things

 drawLaser [   
  eyePos player vectorAdd [0.6, -0.2, -0.13],   
  player weaponDirection currentWeapon player,   
  [1000, 0, 0],  
  [],   
  0.05,   
  0.05,   
  -1,   
  false   
 ];   
}];```

[velvet merlin]

if you loose units in the group, the ids dont get reordered

[little raptor]

I think you have to hack it:

params ["_unit"];
private _str = "";
isNil {
    private _varName = vehicleVarName _unit;
    _unit setVehicleVarName "";
    _str = str _unit;
    _unit setVehicleVarName _varName;
};

parseNumber (_str select [(_str find ":") + 1]);

[velvet merlin]

so plain index from groups command shouldnt do

[velvet merlin]

interesting approach. ty
need to verify if that works tho with units joining a group or respawn 😬

[little raptor]

you have to get the muzzle end

needs vector math

if you don't know how I posted one in this channel once.

this

[little raptor]

afaik it works fine. I copy pasted it from my mod.
the idea itself was KK's iirc

[tough abyss]

is it possible to use enablecollisionwith on an attached object?

[little raptor]

no. attached objects have no collision

they do collide with units tho

[little raptor]

if you want collision, instead of attaching the object, move it manually every frame using setVelocityTransformation

[tough abyss]

but what about with https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/enableCollisionWith

[little raptor]

NikkoJT already explained to you

[tough abyss]

didnt see his reply my bad also comes up with a datastring error but i think i can fix that on my own

[ruby bronze]

Got a script here for paradrop that works perfectly fine in editor testing, even on client MP, but it just will not work on dedicated server. Anyone willing to help me figure this out?

[steel fox]

post the script so we can see what it is.

see #arma3_scripting message for details with postings a script.

[ruby bronze]

Cool here it is:

if (!isServer) exitWith {};
private ["_paras","_vehicle","_item"];
_vehicle = _this select 0;
_paras = [];
_crew = crew _vehicle;

//Get everyone except the crew.
{
    _isCrew = assignedVehicleRole _x;
        if(count _isCrew > 0) then
    {
        if((_isCrew select 0) == "Cargo") then
        {
        _paras pushback _x
        };
    };
} foreach _crew;

_chuteheight = if ( count _this > 1 ) then { _this select 1 } else { 120 };// Height to auto-open chute, ie 120 if not defined.
_item = if ( count _this > 2 ) then {_this select 2} else {nil};// Cargo to drop, or nothing if not selected.
_vehicle allowDamage false;
_dir = direction _vehicle;

ParaLandSafe =
{
    private ["_unit"];
    _unit = _this select 0;
    _chuteheight = _this select 1;
    (vehicle _unit) allowDamage false;
    [_unit,_chuteheight] spawn AddParachute;//Set AutoOpen Chute if unit is a player
    waitUntil { isTouchingGround _unit || (position _unit select 2) < 1 };
    _unit action ["eject", vehicle _unit];
    sleep 1;
    _unit setUnitLoadout (_unit getVariable ["Saved_Loadout",[]]);// Reload Saved Loadout
    _unit allowdamage true;// Now you can take damage.
};

AddParachute =
{
    private ["_paraUnit"];
    _paraUnit = _this select 0;
    _chuteheight = _this select 1;
    waitUntil {(position _paraUnit select 2) <= _chuteheight};
    _paraUnit addBackPack "B_parachute";// Add parachute
    If (vehicle _paraUnit IsEqualto _paraUnit ) then {_paraUnit action ["openParachute", _paraUnit]};//Check if players chute is open, if not open it.
};

{
    _x setVariable ["Saved_Loadout",getUnitLoadout _x];// Save Loadout
    removeBackpack _x;
    _x disableCollisionWith _vehicle;// Sometimes units take damage when being ejected.
    _x allowdamage false;// Good Old Arma, they still can take damage on Vehcile exit.
    unassignvehicle _x;
    moveout _x;
    _x setDir (_dir + 90);// Exit the chopper at right angles.
    _x setvelocity [0,0,-5];// Add a bit of gravity to move unit away from _vehicle
    sleep 0.3;//space the Para's out a bit so they're not all bunched up.
} forEach _paras;

{
    [_x,_chuteheight] spawn ParaLandSafe;
} forEach _paras;

if (!isNil ("_item")) then
{
_CargoDrop = _item createVehicle getpos _vehicle;
_CargoDrop allowDamage false;
_CargoDrop disableCollisionWith _vehicle;
_CargoDrop setPos [(position _vehicle select 0) - (sin (getdir _vehicle)* 15), (position _vehicle select 1) - (cos (getdir _vehicle) * 15), (position _vehicle select 2)];
clearMagazineCargoGlobal _CargoDrop;clearWeaponCargoGlobal _CargoDrop;clearItemCargoGlobal _CargoDrop;clearbackpackCargoGlobal _CargoDrop;
waitUntil {(position _item select 2) <= _chuteheight};
[objnull, _CargoDrop] call BIS_fnc_curatorobjectedited;
_CargoDrop addaction ["<t color = '#00FF00'>Open Virtual Arsenal</t>",{["Open",true] call BIS_fnc_arsenal;}];
};

_vehicle allowDamage true;

And to call the script I was trying this in a waypoint OnAct
0 = [dropship1, 100] execVM "eject.sqf"

I did not create this script, found it on the forums (it's old though)

[steel fox]

What effect does the code have on a dedicated? Just nothing?

[ruby bronze]

Correct. Nothing. Expected result is players all get booted out, they get a parachute, backpack is saved if they had one on. This happens just fine in testing.

[winter rose]

argh
for big chunks, please use https://sqfbin.com/ 😉

[ruby bronze]

Sorry I will do that next time

[steel fox]

Does the mission pbo you are loading on the server have the eject.sqf file?

[ruby bronze]

Yessir, the eject.sqf file is in the mission folder

[steel fox]

and I assume the dropship1 is a vehicle that you name in the editor?

[ruby bronze]

Correct, a C-130 to be exact.

[steel fox]

Can you try calling the code without using the waypoint? and what waypoint are you using the onActiviation filed from?

[ruby bronze]

Just a standard Move waypoint. I could try that, let me see if I can make it work with a trigger

Same result. Calling it with a trigger works in editor testing, did nothing in dedicated server.

[steel fox]

doing global execution via debug console on dedicated it works fine for me

I'm testing the move waypoint rn

[ruby bronze]

Okay, interesting. Will wait for your test

[steel fox]

fully works on my end

[ruby bronze]

What the heck

[steel fox]

how are you putting the mission pbo on the dedicated server?
I am assuming your eject.sqf isn't being loaded or not present

or, is it a pbo at all

[ruby bronze]

I don't PBO

[steel fox]

welp

Try pbo

[ruby bronze]

But that hasn't been a problem before, I'm confused why with this script it wouldn't work without being PBO'd?

I'm going to try it real quick

[coarse dragon]

Does !alive need to be different for a Empty cannon?

[steel fox]

What do you mean by empty cannon and what are you try to achive with !alive?

[coarse dragon]

Unmanned anti tank gun.
I'm hoping to get it to complete the task

[steel fox]

you want a condition to evalute to true when the gun becomes or is unmanned?

[coarse dragon]

Destroyed

[steel fox]

!alive will be true for a destroyed object.

make sure to check if the object counts as destroyed. It might just be damaged

you can always use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getDammage with a threshold value for objects that are disabled/dammaged but look destroyed.
I am geussing this AT gun is from a mod?

[coarse dragon]

Wait.. conditions it needs to go in 😖

[steel fox]

I am assuming it is fixed?

[winter rose]

damage > getDammage 👀

[coarse dragon]

If you assumed I was a idoit.. I would not argue lol

[steel fox]

I assume damage is prefered as its more concise? Just ctrl+f'ed to find a a command to get damage :)

or is it infact not an alias and is getDamage more inefficient?

[winter rose]

it is an alias and a typo fix

[steel fox]

ah alright. makes sense. Dammage is a classic though

[full sleet]

Hey quick question. I'm defining Loadouts in an .hpp file. I want to add specific items to a specific container, for example the Uniform, Vest or Backpack. But it seems that the only way to add items that way works with items[] = {};, which will randomly put items into the players inventory, depending on where free space is.

Is there a way to add specific items to a specific container? I tried using uniformItems[] = {}; and co, but I guess that's not implemented.

[fleet sand]

Hi guys a simple question i just want to spawn a chicken and color it yellow Script is here:

// Spawn chicken
_chicken = createAgent ["Cock_white_F", getPosATL player, [], 5, "NONE"];
_chicken allowDamage false;

_chicken setObjectMaterial [0,"\a3\data_f\default.rvmat"];
_chicken setObjectTexture [0, "#(rgb,8,8,3)color(1,1,0,1)"];

// Disable animal behaviour
_chicken setVariable ["BIS_fnc_animalBehaviour_disable", true];

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

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

    while { sleep 1; alive _chicken } do
    {
        _chicken moveTo getPosATL player;
    };
};
``` but for some reason 
```sqf
_chicken setObjectMaterial [0,"\a3\data_f\default.rvmat"];
_chicken setObjectTexture [0, "#(rgb,8,8,3)color(1,1,0,1)"];
``` this dosent take effect at all is there a reason for this how can i trouble shoot this ?

[steel fox]

Execute the Setters on the next frame atleast

@fleet sand

[] spawn {
    // Spawn chicken
    _chicken = createAgent ["Cock_white_F", getPosATL player, [], 5, "NONE"];
    _chicken allowDamage false;
    // Disable animal behaviour
    _chicken setVariable ["BIS_fnc_animalBehaviour_disable", true];

    sleep 0.1;

    _chicken setObjectMaterial [0,"\a3\data_f\default.rvmat"];
    _chicken setObjectTexture [0, "#(rgb,8,8,3)color(1,1,0,1)"];

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


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

[ruby bronze]

Sorry for the delay. Putting the mission in PBO and then trying didn't change the result for me. I don't know what we could possibly be doing differently

[little raptor]

does the object even support retextures?

[steel fox]

yes

He just needs to give it a frame

[fleet sand]

https://i.imgur.com/ptiqdCZ.png @little raptor yes it does btw ty guys for your help

[steel fox]

np

[coarse dragon]

Trigger works

The Alive one

But my trigger to start the next task is refusing to begin

[steel fox]

The script is fine and doesn't have locality issues. The server isn' running it for one reason or another

[steel fox]

Is the condition correct and if its set to the funky sync mode, make sure it is synced properly

[coarse dragon]

It is set correctly I dunno what's wrong wih it

[steel fox]

I can't help with what I can't see

Post the conditon code.

[coarse dragon]

triggerActivated task1compeleted;

[steel fox]

and the first trigger is named task1completed?

[coarse dragon]

Yea

And 2nd is all linked up correctly I've check it 5 times

[steel fox]

is the first trigger set to repeated activation?

[ruby bronze]

I tried doing what you did earlier, and just putting the code in the debug console and running it Globally, and nothing happened there either lmao. Does that help at all?

[steel fox]

the trigger named triggerActivated

[steel fox]

Vanilla debug console?

[ruby bronze]

It says Extended Debug Console at the top

[steel fox]

Yeah it doesn't work. As it has comments

You didn't get an error because those are disabeld by default outside of editor

Check your servers rtp log

it might contain some errors about the eject.sqf

[ruby bronze]

Where should I look for that on a dedicated

Wait I might have found it

rpt file (if this is even the right one) has no mention of eject

[steel fox]

send me the pbo you are using , DM is fine

The issue turned out to be down to AssignedVehicleRole being a woncky command and furture more locality issue with inventory commands.

[raw oyster]

hey looking into a script where it finds a class of a certain object, and it will place down a respawn next to it. Basically with the ace fortify script I want people to be able to build a certain object that will be a respawn. Can someone point me in the right direction?

[steel fox]

You can use the objectDeployed eventhandler like this:

["acex_fortify_objectPlaced", {
    params ["_unit", "_side", "_object"];
    private _classes = ["OBJECT CLASS NAME", "OBJECT CLASS NAME"]; 

    if ((typeOf _object) in _classes) then {
        //make object a respawn here or spawn a respawn location at objects location
    };

}] call CBA_fnc_addEventHandler;

I personally don't know rn how to make the actual respawn, but this is the fortify specific code

[raw oyster]

epic that just goes under the init?

[steel fox]

yes

[raw oyster]

ty man

[steel fox]

Hey

[raw oyster]

didn't know ace had it's own thing

[steel fox]

Its not done yet

[little raptor]

BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition

[steel fox]

Had the funtion page open and was about to ctrl+f

But thanks leopard you sniper

[raw oyster]

@steel fox is there a way to have it offset the position?

[steel fox]

So they don't spawn into the object i geuss?

[raw oyster]

ye

[steel fox]

You could do something like this:

private _modelCenterOffset = [5,0,0];
private _respawnPos = _object modelToWorldWorld [5,0,0];

and to find an offset that works you can stand at the wanted position and then run this code:

private _playerPosASL = getPosASL player;
private _modelCenterOffset = _object worldToModel _playerPosASL;
_modelCenterOffset

[raw oyster]

ty

mid op zeusing would it basically look like:
["acex_fortify_objectPlaced", {
params ["_unit", "_side", "_object"];
private _classes = ["OBJECT CLASS NAME"];

if ((typeOf _object) in _classes) then {
    //make object a respawn here or spawn a respawn location at objects location
    BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition
    private _modelCenterOffset = [5,0,0];
    private _respawnPos = _object modelToWorldWorld [5,0,0];
};

}] call CBA_fnc_addEventHandler;

[steel fox]

no

[raw oyster]

apologies still fresh to scripting

[little raptor]

worldToModel is AGL

[little raptor]

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[steel fox]

ofcourse it uses bloody AGL. So used to having everything wrapped to ASL. also blind

[raw oyster]

["acex_fortify_objectPlaced", {
    params ["_unit", "_side", "_object"];
    private _classes = ["OBJECT CLASS NAME"]; 

    if ((typeOf _object) in _classes) then {
        //make object a respawn here or spawn a respawn location at objects location
        BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition
        private _modelCenterOffset = [5,0,0];
        private _respawnPos = _object modelToWorldWorld [5,0,0];
    };

}] call CBA_fnc_addEventHandler;

neat

imma look into just keeping it simple with just a respawn for now, and using a invis helipad

[steel fox]

that also works

[raw oyster]

["acex_fortify_objectPlaced", {
    params ["_unit", "_side", "_object"];
    private _classes = ["OBJECT CLASS NAME"]; 

    if ((typeOf _object) in _classes) then {
        //make object a respawn here or spawn a respawn location at objects location
        [west, ???] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition;
    };

}] call CBA_fnc_addEventHandler;

the class name would be the invis heli, but what would I put down in ???

[steel fox]

you also need an actual classname in OBJECT CLASS NAME

[raw oyster]

ye

[steel fox]

It needs to be the classname of the object that gets placed wiht fortify

[raw oyster]

epic ty

[steel fox]

then if you want the fortify object to be the respawn point, swap the ??? with _object

else you'll need to createVehicle a different object and use that inplace of the ???

[raw oyster]

["acex_fortify_objectPlaced", {
    params ["_unit", "_side", "_object"];
    private _classes = ["Land_HelipadEmpty_F"]; 

    if ((typeOf _object) in _classes) then {
        //make object a respawn here or spawn a respawn location at objects location
        [west, _object] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition;
    };

}] call CBA_fnc_addEventHandler;

how's that?

[steel fox]

If your fortify template has Land_HelipadEmpty_F, this will work

[raw oyster]

Ye easy enough to quick add

just jumped in eden gonna test it

[steel fox]

you can do ```sqf
[west, _object, "Forfity Respawn"] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition;

or something else to give the respawn a name

see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition for more info

[raw oyster]

it's prob just ace now instead of acex

[steel fox]

nope

[raw oyster]

oh?

[steel fox]

Its acex to keep compatibilty

[raw oyster]

epic

worked like a charm

[steel fox]

cool

[raw oyster]

[west, 10000, 
    [
    ["Land_HelipadEmpty_F", 10]
    ]
] call ace_fortify_fnc_registerObjects;
["acex_fortify_objectPlaced", {
    params ["_unit", "_side", "_object"];
    private _classes = ["Land_HelipadEmpty_F"]; 

    if ((typeOf _object) in _classes) then {
        //make object a respawn here or spawn a respawn location at objects location
        [west, _object, "Forfity Respawn"] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition;
    };

}] call CBA_fnc_addEventHandler;

[winter rose]

this array indentation is killing me

[agile cargo]

Is there something that can trigger a CBA EventHandler prematurely?

I'm having an issue where the event is being triggered out of seemly out of nowhere

[granite sky]

Your own event?

[agile cargo]

yes

it started happening with 2.08

[granite sky]

Doesn't seem very likely unless you accidentally gave it the same name as another event.

[agile cargo]

maybe the event reference table is not being cleared from the last mission

[clever radish]

I have never had the error message "Error: Suspending not allowed in this context" - anyone else?

while {true} do {Tra_Swi_1 say3D "GenLoop"; sleep 1; };

[agile cargo]

you need to use a spawn to use sleeps

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

[willow hound]

Before the recent update the error message would have been Generic error in expression 😛

[clever radish]

oh lel

[spiral temple]

is there any way how I can figure out which function produces the error "tried to remoteExec a disabled function"? I clearly have no idea anymore, also set mode=2 in CfgRemoteExec.

[long sapphire]

how would you re-enable a simulation for a group with a trigger? (The trigger is activating, but its not calling the disabled group)

[little raptor]

simulation or dynamic simulation?

simulation is per object, not group

[long sapphire]

Hmm, maybe thats my problem, I'm trying to use a trigger to reenabled a disabled group

[little raptor]

you have to loop over each member of the group and enable sim for them:

{
  _x enableSimulationGlobal true;
} forEach units myGroup

if you're doing it in MP you need to use enableSimulationGlobal

and your trigger must be set as server-only

[long sapphire]

Appreciate that, looks like i was using the wrong command entirely

[little raptor]

oh nvm looks like this is changed

you can call it locally as well

Since Arma 3 2.06 the command can also be executed client-side, with a local argument.

[long sapphire]

Thank you mucho

[graceful kelp]

i need some help with MP locality, I have a script that transfers weapons between crew and it works in single player, and partially works in multiplayer
the issue is the ammo count

fza_ah64_pylonWassingpilot = { 
    params ["_wasselect","_array"]; 
    _heli = vehicle player;
    _RocketWas = 0; 
    _hellfirewas = 0;
    if (_wasselect == "rockets") then {_RocketWas = -1}; 
    if (_wasselect == "Hellfire") then {_hellfirewas = -1};
    {    
        _x params ["_Pylonindex","_PylonName","_Assignedturret","_MagazineName","_ammocount"]; 
        if ("fza_agm114" in _MagazineName) then { 
            _heli setPylonLoadout [_Pylonindex, _MagazineName, true, [_hellfirewas]]; 
            _heli setMagazineTurretAmmo [_MagazineName, _ammocount, _hellfirewas]
        }; 
        if ("fza_275" in _MagazineName) then { 
            _heli setPylonLoadout [_Pylonindex, _MagazineName, true, [_RocketWas]]; 
            _heli setMagazineTurretAmmo [_MagazineName, _ammocount, _RocketWas]
        }; 
    } foreach _array;
    
    //remove weapons
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_agm114A_wep",[_RocketWas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_agm114C_wep",[_RocketWas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_agm114k_wep",[_RocketWas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_agm114L_wep",[_RocketWas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_agm114M_wep",[_RocketWas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_agm114N_wep",[_RocketWas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_275_m151_wep",[_hellfirewas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_275_m229_wep",[_hellfirewas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_275_m261_wep",[_hellfirewas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_275_m257_wep",[_hellfirewas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_275_m255_wep",[_hellfirewas]];
};
publicVariable "fza_ah64_pylonWassingpilot"; 

if (player == driver vehicle player) then {
    _wassing = "rockets";
    _turret = -1;
    _array = getAllPylonsInfo vehicle player;
    if (vehicle player turretLocal [-1]) then {_turret = 0;};
    [_wassing,_array] remoteExec ["fza_ah64_pylonWassingpilot", vehicle player turretUnit [_turret]];
    [_wassing,_array] call fza_ah64_pylonWassingpilot;
};

[hushed tendon]

So I'm technically creating a composition from eden and this is what I've got so far but it seems like I'm running into an issue with _pos and also _objName for some reason.
Code:```sqf
_list = [];
_anchor = base;
{
private _anchorID = get3DENEntityID _anchor;
private _objType = _x get3DENAttribute "ItemClass";
private _objPos = _x get3DENAttribute "position";
private _anchorPos = _anchorID get3DENAttribute "position";
private _relX = (_objPos select 0 select 0) - (_anchorPos select 0 select 0);
private _relY = (_objPos select 0 select 1) - (_anchorPos select 0 select 1);
private _relZ = _objPos select 0 select 2;
private _relPos = [_relX,_relY,_relZ];
private _objAzi = vectorDir _x;
private _objRot = _x get3DENAttribute "rotation";
private _objName = _x get3DENAttribute "Name";
private _objInit = _x get3DENAttribute "Init";

//-- [Classname, pos[x,y,z], Azimuth, rot[x,y,z], Var Name, Init Code]
_list append [[_objType,_relPos,_objAzi,_objRot_objName,_objInit]];

}forEach (get3DENSelected "object");
copyToClipboard str _list;

**Example Output:**```sqf
[[["Land_TimberLog_01_F"],[scalar NaN,scalar NaN,-0.0430002],[0.602985,0.797752,0],any,[""]], ...]

[hushed tendon]

First of all you can't use player like that in MP. If my information is correct player only works in local environments

[crude vigil]

the line with append has missing "," between _objRot and _objName.

[graceful kelp]

what like vehicle player?

[hushed tendon]

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

[graceful kelp]

im looking at it

its returns the local player id that it was executed on

[hushed tendon]

But it could be that one of the other commands you have is local and therefor not being broadcasted to other clients but I don't have that much knowledge on commands to know which one specifically

[graceful kelp]

im executing the script on both clients simulatiously

if (player == driver vehicle player) then {
    _wassing = "rockets";
    _turret = -1;
    _array = getAllPylonsInfo vehicle player;
    if (vehicle player turretLocal [-1]) then {_turret = 0;};
    [_wassing,_array] remoteExec ["fza_ah64_pylonWassingpilot", vehicle player turretUnit [_turret]];
    [_wassing,_array] call fza_ah64_pylonWassingpilot;
};

i grab the pilot info, and remote execute the script on the gunner and local execute the pilot at the same time

[little raptor]

does fza_ah64_pylonWassingpilot even exist on the other client?

[graceful kelp]

yes

publicVariable "fza_ah64_pylonWassingpilot";

[little raptor]

I hope you're doing this stuff for testing

[graceful kelp]

the script fires and works, but is an issuie with ammo count

[little raptor]

use functions library

[graceful kelp]

turn it into a function then do it?

il give it a go

[hushed tendon]

yep that's dumb of me and fixed the any I was getting but I'm not sure what is happening with this [scalar NaN,scalar NaN,-0.0430002]

[little raptor]

well that's one thing

[hushed tendon]

Could use TAG_fnc_name = compileFinal preprocessFileLineNumbers "file.sqf"; which I find is much easier and faster

[little raptor]

but according to the wiki the command setPylonLoadout has local effect

oof

[graceful kelp]

yes but when executed in an unsheduled enviroment at the same time on both clients the pylons swithc

its the tracking and setting of ammo count thats the issuie

the main issuie is, the rockets ammo is okay but the hellfire doubles

[little raptor]

as far as I see neither are unschd. but anyway that wasn't my point

the command has local effect

it has to be executed globally so everyone sees the result

not just the pilot and (I'm guessing) copilot

[graceful kelp]

not sure how to global execute

[little raptor]

also this command setMagazineTurretAmmo is semi broken according to the wiki

[little raptor]

remoteExec

[little raptor]

it just means undefined variables

_objPos select 0 select 0
why are you doing 2 selects?

if it's a pos you need one

[crude vigil]

that is how 3den is

it is correct

it throws everything into an array , no matter what.

[little raptor]

right because you can select multiple stuff at the same time

[little raptor]

also if you're trying to "copy" your composition this is the wrong way to do it

[graceful kelp]

it dosent like it when there are mags with duplicate names

[little raptor]

yeah

the wiki already says that

[graceful kelp]

not just that function

[crude vigil]

how do you define "base" (2nd line)?

[hushed tendon]

Base is the var name of the object

Found the issue

[crude vigil]

is it the var name you enter on Variable name or thro debug console is the question

but well if u found the issue...

[graceful kelp]

fza_ah64_pylonWassingpilot = { 
    params ["_wasselect","_PylonInfo","_heli"];
    _RocketWas = 0; 
    _hellfirewas = 0;
    if (_wasselect == "rockets") then {_RocketWas = -1}; 
    if (_wasselect == "Hellfire") then {_hellfirewas = -1};
    {
        _x params ["_Pylonindex","_PylonName","_Assignedturret","_MagazineName","_ammocount"]; 
        _heli removeMagazinesTurret [_MagazineName,[0]];
        _heli removeMagazinesTurret [_MagazineName,[-1]];
    } foreach _PylonInfo;
    {    
        _x params ["_Pylonindex","_PylonName","_Assignedturret","_MagazineName","_ammocount"]; 
        if ("fza_agm114" in _MagazineName) then { 
            _heli setPylonLoadout [_Pylonindex, _MagazineName, true, [_hellfirewas]]; 
            _heli setammoonpylon [_Pylonindex, _ammocount]; 
        }; 
        if ("fza_275" in _MagazineName) then { 
            _heli setPylonLoadout [_Pylonindex, _MagazineName, true, [_RocketWas]];
            _heli setammoonpylon [_Pylonindex, _ammocount];
        }; 
    } foreach _PylonInfo;
    
    //remove weapons
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_agm114A_wep",[_RocketWas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_agm114C_wep",[_RocketWas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_agm114k_wep",[_RocketWas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_agm114L_wep",[_RocketWas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_agm114M_wep",[_RocketWas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_agm114N_wep",[_RocketWas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_275_m151_wep",[_hellfirewas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_275_m229_wep",[_hellfirewas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_275_m261_wep",[_hellfirewas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_275_m257_wep",[_hellfirewas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_275_m255_wep",[_hellfirewas]];
};
publicVariable "fza_ah64_pylonWassingpilot"; 

if (player == driver vehicle player) then {
    _heli = vehicle player;
    _wassing = "rockets";
    _PylonInfo = getAllPylonsInfo _heli;
    [_wassing,_PylonInfo,_heli] remoteExec ["fza_ah64_pylonWassingpilot", 0];
};

so that might work then

[hushed tendon]

I needed this instead and used 3den Enhanced to get the object ID

_anchorID = 16;
_anchor = get3DENEntity _anchorID;

Ty for the help

[graceful kelp]

The direct execution of call or spawn via remoteExec (or remoteExecCall) should be avoided to prevent issues in cases where the remote execution of call or spawn is blocked by CfgRemoteExec. It is instead recommended to create a function to be itself remote-executed.
i dont quite under stand this

[little raptor]

I don't think you should execute everything globally
just check their wiki pages, see which ones need to be executed globally (local effect), and which ones locally (local arg)
then group them into functions and remote exec them accordingly

[graceful kelp]

do i just need to make it a function then remote exec it

[graceful kelp]

i think its all local affect so local execute on those in the heli should do

[noble zealot]

This example fromVelocity and toVelocity is correct? https://community.bistudio.com/wikidata/images/d/d3/setVelocityTransformation.jpg
The plane is going from [0,0,0] to [100,100,100].
It's velocity will allways be something like [a,a,a].

[graceful kelp]

would i need to exec on all crew seperately or could i just do the heli itself you think?

[little raptor]

you're not doing this so it's not relevant to you
it means this:

[_args, {}] remoteExec ["call", ...] //or spawn

[graceful kelp]

ah okay

[little raptor]

the velocity doesn't have to be linear

so yes it can be correct

[noble zealot]

But what movement this plane will do? It will run a straight line from [0,0,0] to [100,100,100]?

[little raptor]

it doesn't run anywhere. it just interpolates the plane's new position/dir/up/velo based on the values you provided

but if you change the interval in a loop yes it'll move linearly

[noble zealot]

But if it will interpolat position, all velocities are already defined.

[little raptor]

like I said that's only true if the motion is linear

[noble zealot]

👍

[little raptor]

velocity is mainly intended for MP sync. it's not really needed in SP
tho I think it'll make the motion look smoother in SP too

[graceful kelp]

@little raptor Thanks for the help, it seems to work in Lan testing, gonna test mp asap

fza_ah64_pylonWassingpilot = { 
    params ["_wasselect","_PylonInfo","_heli"];
    _RocketWas = 0; 
    _hellfirewas = 0;
    if (_wasselect == "rockets") then {_RocketWas = -1}; 
    if (_wasselect == "Hellfire") then {_hellfirewas = -1};
    {
        _x params ["_Pylonindex","_PylonName","_Assignedturret","_MagazineName","_ammocount"]; 
        if ("fza_agm114" in _MagazineName) then { 
            _heli removeMagazinesTurret [_MagazineName,[_RocketWas]];
        }; 
        if ("fza_275" in _MagazineName) then { 
            _heli removeMagazinesTurret [_MagazineName,[_hellfirewas]];
        }; 
    } foreach _PylonInfo;
    {    
        _x params ["_Pylonindex","_PylonName","_Assignedturret","_MagazineName","_ammocount"]; 
        if ("fza_agm114" in _MagazineName) then { 
            _heli setPylonLoadout [_Pylonindex, _MagazineName, true, [_hellfirewas]]; 
            _heli setammoonpylon [_Pylonindex, _ammocount]; 
        }; 
        if ("fza_275" in _MagazineName) then { 
            _heli setPylonLoadout [_Pylonindex, _MagazineName, true, [_RocketWas]];
            _heli setammoonpylon [_Pylonindex, _ammocount];
        }; 
    } foreach _PylonInfo;
    
    //remove weapons
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_agm114A_wep",[_RocketWas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_agm114C_wep",[_RocketWas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_agm114k_wep",[_RocketWas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_agm114L_wep",[_RocketWas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_agm114M_wep",[_RocketWas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_agm114N_wep",[_RocketWas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_275_m151_wep",[_hellfirewas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_275_m229_wep",[_hellfirewas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_275_m261_wep",[_hellfirewas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_275_m257_wep",[_hellfirewas]];
    _heli removeWeaponTurret ["fza_275_m255_wep",[_hellfirewas]];
};
publicVariable "fza_ah64_pylonWassingpilot"; 

if (player == driver vehicle player) then {
    _heli = vehicle player;
    _wassing = "rockets";
    _turret = -1;
    _PylonInfo = getAllPylonsInfo vehicle player;
    if (vehicle player turretLocal [-1]) then {_turret = 0;};
    [_wassing,_PylonInfo,_heli] remoteExec ["fza_ah64_pylonWassingpilot", 0];
};

looks batshit crazy, but if it works

[undone dew]

I'm having trouble with adding items to a container. _lootCrate is already defined but how do I pass it to the do {} code so that it will actually work? It removes the weapons/items but does not add anything currently

  case "LOOTCRATE":
  {
      removeAllWeapons _lootCrate;
      removeAllItems _lootCrate;

      for "_i" from 1 to 6 do {
          _itemType = selectRandomWeighted [
              "Item_FirstAidKit",1,
              "Item_Medikit",0.25,
              "ACE_personalAidKitItem",0.1,
              "Item_rhs_mag_nspn_green",0.5,
              "Item_rhs_mag_rgd5",0.25
          ];
      _lootCrate addItemCargoGlobal [_itemType, 1];
      };
  };

[little raptor]

it's already passed as you wrote it

it's probably not defined

[undone dew]

hrm.. _lootCrate works on all lines except the for-loop

[little raptor]

what's not working?

[undone dew]

        _lootCrate addItemCargoGlobal [_itemType, 1];

that line specifically, that's inside the for-loop

it should pick 6 random items and add them to _lootCrate

[little raptor]

your list of "items" is completely wrong

they're not items

they're objects

[undone dew]

ohhhh

[little raptor]

items are defined in CfgWeapons

yours are in CfgVehicles

[undone dew]

gotcha - thanks for the fix

took the wrong classnames

[surreal peak]

how do you remove the actual weapon turret from a vehicle? I've used this:

    this removeWeaponTurret ["UK3CB_L21A1_Rarden",[0,0]];
    this removeWeaponTurret ["UK3CB_L94A1_veh",[0,0]];
    this removeMagazinesTurret  ["UK3CB_6Rnd_30mm_L21A1_APDS_red",[0]];
    this removeMagazinesTurret  ["UK3CB_6Rnd_30mm_L21A1_HE_red",[0]];

to remove the ammo, however it is showing as an empty magazine ingame

I dont want to be able to select the turret

[little raptor]

your turret paths are different

[surreal peak]

yup, just realised that 2 mins ago. Ty for answer anyway

[grim wing]

does anyone know of a Ambient animal system that uses createAgent so its global for everyone?

[mellow blaze]

I couldn't find anything on it with a good few searches, so I figured I'd ask here; Is the setUnitLoadout / Unit Loadout Array supposed to respect weapon attachments when using the "config" variant exported by 3DEN Enhanced? Example:

    {
        uniformClass = "U_O_R_Gorka_01_black_F";
        backpack = "TAC_BP_Butt_B2";
        weapons[] = {"CUP_arifle_HK417_12", "CUP_hgun_TT", "Throw", "Put"};
        magazines[] = {"ACE_M84", "CUP_8Rnd_762x25_TT", "rhs_mag_m67", "rhs_mag_m67", "rhs_mag_m67", "rhs_mag_m67", "rhs_mag_m67", "CUP_20Rnd_762x51_HK417", "CUP_20Rnd_762x51_HK417", "CUP_20Rnd_762x51_HK417", "CUP_20Rnd_762x51_HK417", "CUP_20Rnd_762x51_HK417", "CUP_20Rnd_762x51_HK417", "ACE_M84", "rhs_mag_m67", "rhs_mag_m67", "rhs_mag_m67", "CUP_20Rnd_762x51_HK417", "CUP_20Rnd_762x51_HK417", "CUP_20Rnd_762x51_HK417", "CUP_20Rnd_762x51_HK417", "ACE_M84"};
        items[] = {"ACE_Banana", "ACE_EarPlugs", "ACE_epinephrine", "ACE_Flashlight_XL50", "ACE_morphine", "ACE_splint", "ACE_tourniquet", "ACE_SpraypaintGreen", "ACE_SpraypaintRed", "ACE_packingBandage", "ACE_packingBandage", "ACE_packingBandage", "ACE_packingBandage", "ACE_CableTie", "ACE_CableTie"};
        linkedItems[] = {"TAC_V_tacv10_BK", "tcp_helmet_heavy_CAMO_HEX_URB", "G_CBRN_M50_Hood", "ItemCompass", "ItemWatch", "ItemRadio", "JAS_GPNVG18_Full_blk_TI", "rhsusf_acc_aac_762sdn6_silencer", "CUP_acc_ANPEQ_15_Flashlight_Black_L", "optic_Arco_AK_blk_F", "", "", "", "", ""};
    };```

Or will I have the joy of restructuring that to match the biki version? (Taken from the biki)
/* primary weapon */ ["arifle_MXC_Holo_pointer_F", "", "acc_pointer_IR", "optic_Holosight", ["30Rnd_65x39_caseless_mag", 30], [], ""],

...Hmm, never mind, I got it, I'm just going to use a different method instead because it jumbles up the inventories anyways. I'll share this with the 3den Enhanced devs and leave it here for those curious.

[surreal peak]

Why wont this work?

if (isServer) then { 
    clearWeaponCargo this; 
    clearItemCargo this;  
    clearMagazineCargo this;  
    clearBackpackCargo this;  
    this addBackpackCargoGlobal ["B_Parachute",4];
};

Everything is cleared, but parachutes are not added

[little raptor]

clearWeaponCargo this;
clearItemCargo this;
clearMagazineCargo this;
clearBackpackCargo this;
you should use the global versions of these

also why do you even use the init for this?

you can change the container contents in 3den

[surreal peak]

Because im lazy... which causes me to do more work

[little raptor]

if you ask me using 3den would be a lot faster
not just time wise but also perf wise

[surreal peak]

read: the mission template im using has these available for C/P

[surreal peak]

Didn't work. I'm assuming it has something to do with the template im using so gonna check with them

yup... There was a checkbox I didnt know about which clears the inventory

[noble zealot]

Thanks for your help, i found i was doing nothing wrong, the problem also happens with setVelocity.
The path have many curves and velocity is very fast. The way Arma 3 works make the remote path on other players differs a lot from the local path.

There nothing i can do about that.

I understand also that some things i called "Desync" is not Desync, it's Arma 3 wrongly predicting remote objects position.

[little raptor]

yeah. that requires syncing acceleration, which the game doesn't do/have ofc

[brazen lagoon]

@little raptor really? isn't that doable with setForce?

[little raptor]

it's not synced afaik

only calculated locally

[brazen lagoon]

well i mean.. can't you remoteexec setforce

[little raptor]

also setForce is an impluse

not an actual force

[brazen lagoon]

ah

[little raptor]

no. PhysX calculation is local

you can remoteExec it but only where obj is local

not globally

[brazen lagoon]

oh interesting

[little raptor]

actually according to the wiki what I said was only for units
but anyway, the PhysX calcs should be local (they're too expensive for network afaik)

but I could be wrong

[brazen lagoon]

right

i was thinking maybe if you set the same force everywhere it would be ok that its local.. but the frames of delay that network introduces means it'll still look different on different machines

[fleet sand]

Quick Question how would i add custom Map marker? This is what i have so far in InitPlayerLocal.sqf:

[] spawn {

waitUntil{!isNull findDisplay 12};

findDisplay 12 displayCtrl 51  ctrlAddEventHandler ["Draw",{ 
(_this select 0) drawIcon [
getMissionPath "Pictures\Ukraine_Flag.jpg",
[0,0,0,1],
getMarkerPos "flag",
0,
0,
0,
0,
0.03,
"TahomaB",
"right"];}];

};```

[little raptor]

you've set the size to 0. it won't be visible

[fleet sand]

[] spawn {

waitUntil{!isNull findDisplay 12};

findDisplay 12 displayCtrl 51  ctrlAddEventHandler ["Draw",{ 
    (_this select 0) drawIcon [
    getMissionPath "\Pictures\Ukraine_Flag.jpg",
    [0,0,0,1],
    getMarkerPos "flag",
    (sizeInMeters * 0.15) * 10^(abs log (ctrlMapScale _ctrl)),
    (sizeInMeters * 0.15) * 10^(abs log (ctrlMapScale _ctrl)),
    0,
    0,
    0.03,
    "TahomaB",
    "right"];
    }];
};``` i have it like this and also i had size set to 24 24 nothing happend also i have a error witch says 
`(_this select 0) #drawIcon[ Error Type String Expected Number`

[little raptor]

you're missing one argument

check the wiki

[fleet sand]

[] spawn {

waitUntil{!isNull findDisplay 12};

findDisplay 12 displayCtrl 51  ctrlAddEventHandler ["Draw",{ 
    (_this select 0) drawIcon [
    getMissionPath "\Pictures\Ukraine_Flag_512x512.jpg", 
    [1,1,1,1],
    getMarkerPos "flag",
    52,
    52,
    0,
    "",
    false,
    0.03,
    "TahomaB",
    "right"];
    }];
};``` I did fix it this is the working version. ty very mutch for your help.

[chilly bronze]

I'm trying to spawn a composition of ammo crates/trucks in a building. I used BIS_fnc_objectsGrabber to get all the props, then put the composition into an SQF file. Then, I simply use _objs = [position _depotBuilding, 0, call (compile (preprocessFileLineNumbers "compositions\ammoDepotHigh.sqf"))] call BIS_fnc_ObjectsMapper to spawn the composition. This works flawlessly in the debug console, but as soon as I put it into a script, everything explodes. I figured out everything is exploding because the objects are being spawned THEN rotated when executed via script which causes stuff to clip into walls and explode, but from the debug console this doesn't happen (everything spawns at the correct orientation.) How do I fix this?

[chilly bronze]

well i fixed it by just making my own spawning script, but i would still like to know the reason for the different results between executing using debug monitor vs. sqf

[little raptor]

you're probably calling it in scheduled environment

[stray flame]

Is there any way to set a vehicle damage limit?

So that a vehicle can be disabled but not destroyed

[granite sky]

You can use the handleDamage event handler and cap the return value.

[stray flame]

Alright

[granite sky]

Might not strictly prevent destruction, because some mods may call setDamage 1 conditionally. HandleDamage only interrupts conventional damage.

[stray flame]

Hmmm, considering the vehicle in question is probably RHS i can imagine that would come up

Tho even they have a system that's a lil like this but instead of preventing destruction it just delays it

[open fractal]

Ace is the common culprit there

[kindred zephyr]

The moment you declare a handleDammage EH ace doesnt like it.

you can always set a limit to the damage a unit/vehicle can take using that EH, however, you have to consider if any other mod is using their own EH for custom damages to vehicles in your case. If RHS is already doing it, its probably not a good idea to stack handlers if you dont know what are they being used for.

[ebon citrus]

startLoadingScreen seems to have some issues if used before the player is fully loaded into the character. isNull player isnt enough to check for it. Any ideas?

[granite sky]

@ebon citrus I've seen some mods also check player == player. I'm not sure on the logic.

[winter rose]

it is because if player is null, objNull == objNull returns false

of course, isNull player is the way to go

[granite sky]

Apparently player objects are initially created on the server and then transferred, so for some things you may need to check local player

[ebon citrus]

i'll give it a shot

currently my setup

waitUntil {!(isNull player) and {time > 0 and {local player}}};```

typo

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[ebon citrus]

doesnt make a difference here, but meh

that did it

[granite sky]

Adding local player?

Or fixing the brackets? :P

[ebon citrus]

the brackets werent in the code

adding local player

[fair drum]

so from my understanding, when you create a scripted event handler, you have to call it later when you want to execute it? why would I ever use these over just using a function and calling that?

[hollow thistle]

Extensibility

You can hook multiple handlers into same event.

Somebody else can do it too.

[fair drum]

so its more like, i call the scripted event handler, and in that handler I can execute 25 different functions that I put it in it at once?

[granite sky]

Nah, consider that you have a huge project and several parts of it want to react to a specific event.

[graceful kelp]

@little raptor That stuff you helped with yesterday works, i could successfully transferee the turret pylons in mp, thank you very much

[hollow thistle]

You have multiple handlers

Having one gargantuan one is kinda against the principle

[fair drum]

oh so its more like normal event handlers where you stack different functions under the same EH "name" and when you invoke that event, it will execute all of the stack?

[hollow thistle]

Yes

[naive needle]

Does someone know how to check if the player goes into his scope ?

[winter rose]

yes, check https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/cameraView 🙂

[naive needle]

Yea it does change when the camera view changed, but I would like to get the information when the player goes into his scope

There is no eventhandler out there and I dont want to have a loop running and checking all the time

[winter rose]

then you're stuck

no EH = loop, no loop = nothing

[naive needle]

yea 😦

[hollow thistle]

If you're using CBA you can use its playerEventHandlers

https://github.com/CBATeam/CBA_A3/blob/master/addons/events/fnc_addPlayerEventHandler.sqf

these are loops too but at least it's single loop, so every mod that uses it shares the same loop, minimal performance impact.

[naive needle]

ah thanks ,but it will not solve this small problem

[hallow mortar]

addUserActionEventHandler "optics" / "opticsTemp" / "personView"

[hollow thistle]

ah yes, the new stuff. Is it reliable tho? 😄

[hallow mortar]

Well, I hope it is, otherwise what's the point

[crude vigil]

Probably not because of the same issue with inputAction etc not working for right click actions. Talking for optics/opticsTemp at least...

[limpid charm]

hi guys, i have circular trigger with radius 5m, but inArea returning true when player within 50m. is this command limited to minimum 50m raduis?

even if i call it like this player inArea [centerOfMyTrigger, 5, 5, 0, false, 10] its not working correctly

[granite sky]

@limpid charm You're messing up the test somehow then, because inArea definitely works on small areas.

[limpid charm]

yeah looks like you are right, issue somewhere else

[limpid charm]

Well i found the issue. Trigger area will be different for player who runs this code and for everyone else

TestMe = {
  params ["_obj"];
  _trg = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", getPos _obj];
  _trg setTriggerArea [5, 5, 0, false, 10];
  systemChat format ["triggerArea for player who executed script: %1", triggerArea _trg];

  [[_trg], {
    params ["_trg"];
    systemChat format ["triggerArea for everyone else: %1", triggerArea _trg];
  }] remoteExec ["spawn", -2, "qwe"]
};

is it a bug or something wrong with my code?

[ebon citrus]

setTriggerArea has a local effect

you need to set it on every machine

[limpid charm]

got it, thanks

for some reason thought that it's global

didnt even check it

[winter rose]

see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setTriggerArea
Global Argument, Local Effect 😉

[willow hound]

I agree with Local Effect, but Global Argument seems questionable to me

[little raptor]

I think every client gets its own local copy of the trigger

[granite sky]

Nope. I just created one on a client and it's local to the client and not the server.

According to createTrigger they're objects, so I guess they're strictly local on one machine.

[little raptor]

maybe you forced it to be local
as far as I've seen in 3den, all clients execute the trigger activation code, so that means they get a local copy

[cursive tundra]

Hey, does anyone know how to use a global variable together with setGroupIdGlobal? Ive got a shop set up where players can buy squads and crewed vehicles, however they all get the standard callsigns like Alpha 1-1, would be much better if it could actually show what kind of unit it is, together with an index count, like first one bought gets the callsign: BRDM-2 (1) second one: BRDM-2 (2) etc. Is that possible?

[granite sky]

Well, the commands all seem to be GA/LE, so it's mostly an academic distinction.

But if you setpos a trigger on one machine it'll move it on all.

[little raptor]

well yes, setPos has global effect

so it moves the trigger object for all

but each client executes their own version of trigger statements

so it's local

[little raptor]

and by local copy I mean the trigger activation

the trigger itself is obviously an object and global (unless you force it to be local)

[little raptor]

yes that's possible

[granite sky]

I'd have thought that the hardest part would be converting the vehicle type into a name that's unique and is short enough to be usable as a group name prefix.

Otherwise a relatively clean way of storing the indices would be a hashmap.

But you could also just search for the first available number.

Depends if you want to make a new BRDM-2 (1) after that group died.

[cursive tundra]

No, if its dead the number can stay "used up", next one could be called BRDM-2 (3) or whatever - its just meant to give a player a quick overview in high command mode on what units he actually controls, and it needs to avoid duplicating current callsigns so they dont get overwritten to Alpha 1-2 or whatever when u buy a new one

[little raptor]

so did you figure out what to do or you still need help?

[cursive tundra]

I'm struggeling with the index part - i can't figure out how to get a variable displayed in the callsign

[little raptor]

format

[granite sky]

Ignore the fancy stuff in setGroupIDGlobal and just do something like this:

private _str = format ["%1 (%2)", _typePrefix, _index];
_group setGroupIDGlobal [_str];

Store the last index in a hashmap (with _typePrefix as the key) and you're good.

[cursive tundra]

i got it to work now with your script, although i have no experience with hashmaps so i used a global variable that i add +1 to before the callsign is set - is just using a global variable a problem or would that work too?

[little raptor]

the reason he suggested hashmap was to keep track of how many groups you created per type

if the index is shared between all groups there's no need

[echo sky]

I'm playing around with Dynamic Combat Ops, Zeus and High Command.
I want to make a few groups with Zeus and make one of them High Command commander.
Trying to use this hcSetGroup [B Alpha 1-1,"some group","teamMain"] fails, because of the spaces in the group I guess. How can I get around that?

Using this hcSetGroup ["B Alpha 1-1","some group","teamMain"] also fails, because that's a string

what's the syntax for "this is a single name, ignore the spaces. it's not a string"

[copper raven]

you can't reference groups with their string representation like that

just give that group a variable

[echo sky]

private _alpha11 = group this?

that doesn't work. I have to use a global variable

alright. this works 🙂

if only setPlayable worked, things would be so much easier

[little raptor]

what did you want to do with it?

[echo sky]

create a soldier with Zeus and make it accessible via the switch unit menu

with Achiles I can switch to different units, but I prefer a more "vanilla" method

[little raptor]

addSwitchableUnit

[echo sky]

❤️

in MP it doesn't matter much, because you can respawn. but in SP games, when the last playable unit dies, it's game over

[open fractal]

you can respawn
maybe in your missions :)

[fleet sand]

Hi. Question: How can i make players wear custom insignia. I allready have in Description.ext:

class CfgUnitInsignia {
    class Ukraine_Ins {
        displayName = "Ukraine";
        author = "Legion";
        texture = "Pictures\Ukraine_Flag_128x128_paa.paa";
        material = "\A3\Ui_f\data\GUI\Cfg\UnitInsignia\default_insignia.rvmat";
        textureVehicle = "";
    };
}```

[fair drum]

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

[fleet sand]

Ok so i have this script in InitPlayerLocal.sqf:

params ["_player"];
_player addMPEventHandler ["MPRespawn", {
    params ["_unit"];
    private _insignia = "Ukraine_Ins";
    [_unit, _insignia] spawn {
        params ["_unit", "_insignia"];
        sleep 1;
        isNil {
            _unit setVariable ["BIS_fnc_setUnitInsignia_class", nil]; // you can also do [_unit, ""] call BIS_fnc_setUnitInsignia, but this way is faster (plus no network traffic)
            [_unit, _insignia] call BIS_fnc_setUnitInsignia;
        };
    };
}];``` 
Witch when i respawn myself works but. 
I have `respawnOnStart = -1; // Default: 0`  in Description.ext so when i start the scenario my insignia patch is just Green Square. How would i fix that ?

[little raptor]

this code only sets the insignia after respawn

[fleet sand]

Yea i know how would i set insignia for players when they are not respawning ?

[little raptor]

did you simply try [player, "Ukraine_Ins"] call BIS_fnc_setUnitInsignia; in initPlayerLocal.sqf?

[fleet sand]

i did try this in InitPlayerLocal.sqf and its the same resoult:
[player,"Ukraine_Ins"] call BIS_fnc_setUnitInsignia;

[little raptor]

did you also put this: _unit setVariable ["BIS_fnc_setUnitInsignia_class", nil]; like I said on the wiki?

[fleet sand]

i did yea and its the same Green Square.

[little raptor]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[little raptor]

try it in debug console:

player setVariable ["BIS_fnc_setUnitInsignia_class", nil];
[player,"Ukraine_Ins"] call BIS_fnc_setUnitInsignia;

if it still doesn't work something's wrong with your insignia

[fleet sand]

This works

[little raptor]

only in debug console?

[fleet sand]

yea

[little raptor]

put a sleep before it too

[fleet sand]

ok so i did this and this fixed it in InitPlayerLocal:

[]spawn{
sleep 1;
player setVariable ["BIS_fnc_setUnitInsignia_class", nil];
[player,"Ukraine_Ins"] call BIS_fnc_setUnitInsignia;
};``` Ty for your help BTW

[ember sand]

Hi, im trying to help a friend to do a mission and we wanted to give the player an item when a task is completed, the problem is that the task's are generated with a module so we think in a code like this in the init of the player:

_idTask = this call BIS_fnc_taskCurrent;

and the next in a trigger

condition:
 _idTask call BIS_fnc_taskCompleted
On activation:
 do others things

And didn't work, we tried put the name of the task ("deliver" call BIS_fnc_taskCompleted) it didn't work either. Can you guys give us an advice, i know that it can work in a sql file but i want to know what i'm doing wrong when i put the name of the task and don't work (i'm new with the code of arma)

[little raptor]

it can work in a sql
it's sqf not sql
_idTask = this call BIS_fnc_taskCurrent;
that's a local variable and it's not visible outside the current script/scope

the task's are generated with a module
we tried put the name of the task ("deliver" call BIS_fnc_taskCompleted)
how do you know the name of the task if it was generated using a module?

[ember sand]

its generated using the drongos map population mod and it can set the probability of generate a mision for ex
deliver = 0,10
and it set the title of the task "Deliver", the only random stuff is the ID and where is located the task. And because i tried the code in the eden with a static task with the title of "Test"

[little raptor]

title of the task "Deliver"
title is not the task ID

[ember sand]

i know, im setting the title of the task because the wiki put this

Syntax:
taskID call BIS_fnc_taskCompleted
Parameters:
taskID: String - ID or name of the task

[little raptor]

ID and name are the name thing

and it's not the task title

[little raptor]

try this for the trigger condition instead:

(player call BIS_fnc_taskCurrent) call BIS_fnc_taskCompleted

[ember sand]

oh alright, ty for the help

[lofty rain]

What is wrong with this? _wheeledVeh1 = "B_Truck_01_covered_F"; _wheeledVeh1 createVehicle getPos wheeledSpot; No errors, no typos, hint works, but no vehicle.

[little raptor]

what hint?
as for the problems:

1. you're using getPos, which might give you incorrect coordinates from what you expect. read the wiki for why
2. maybe wheeledSpot is not defined

[lofty rain]

Yeah, there is no hint. wheeledSpot is defined. It's invisible helipad. When using "B_Truck_01_covered_F" createVehicle getPos wheeledSpot; it works just fine. I don't get it.

[little raptor]

if this is all you have it's exactly the same as "B_Truck_01_covered_F" createVehicle getPos wheeledSpot; so that's not the problem
the problem is elsewhere in your script

[exotic yarrow]

Is there any way to detect that the unit is being fired at?

[warm hedge]

Perhaps with suppressed EH

[exotic yarrow]

ty

[lofty rain]

Must be. Need to take a look somewhere else.

[warm coral]

this addEventHandler["Fired",
 {
  _this spawn
  {
   params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_magazine", "_projectile", "_vehicle"];
   waitUntil{speed _projectile > 10};
   _velocity = velocity _projectile;
   _direction = getDir _projectile;
   _b = "B_MBT_01_TUSK_F" createVehicle (getPosATL _projectile); 
   _b setPos (getPos _projectile); 
    deleteVehicle _projectile; 
   _b setDir _direction;
   _b setVelocity (_velocity vectorMultiply 0.5);
  };
 }];```

defintly not some cursed line of code

just a anti tank script

[winter rose]

see below for syntax highlight 😉

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[warm coral]

my bad. fixed it now ^^

[leaden ibex]

Hey there!
Is there a list of all the attributes the player object has?
I am not able to find it on the wiki.
Thanks for any info!

[opal zephyr]

Im currently trying to get the count of ammunition in a players inventory. Right now I have an array of all magazines and their details (this includes things like frags, he rounds, etc) the array is a bunch of strings with this info. The strings look something like this "100rnd M249 Softpack M200(100/100)[id/cr:10000538/0]" with the (100/100) being what I want. Across every mag the starting words are different but that ammo counter is always in the format (#/#). Ive tried regexFind to get it, but that seems to just give me the whole string thats its present in. Ive also tried splitString, but since the strings are different I cant rely on it splitting the same number of times... Maybe I could use a combination of them? Any ideas are appreciated!

[granite sky]

Might want to use magazinesAmmo instead

[still forum]

but that seems to just give me the whole string
What was your regex that you used?

show me and I'll fix it

[opal zephyr]

I used

regexFind ["(.+/.+)"]

But I think John's solution will work for me and will be much much cleaner to use. Thankyou for the offer though

[spark turret]

how do i end the script im running from any scope? exitWith only exists the scope, i want to abort the whole thing, for error detection

someting like System.exit()

hm maybe throw does what i want

[granite sky]

breakTo

oh, actual abort. Yeah, throw.

[still forum]

"100rnd M249 Softpack M200(100/100)[id/cr:10000538/0]" regexFind ["\(\d+/\d+\)"]
-> [[["(100/100)",25]]]
or better

"100rnd M249 Softpack M200(50/100)[id/cr:10000538/0]" regexFind ["\((\d+)/(\d+)\)"]
-> [[["(50/100)",25],["50",26],["100",29]]]

[spark turret]

where the catch? surely try catch is super unperformant or sth...

nothing in SQF is ever easy

[winter rose]

there might be a code structure issue first — can you post the snippet here, or the code on https://sqfbin.com ?

[opal zephyr]

Thanks! Ill look into this as a solution as well

[spark turret]

im looking for a generic way to throw an error/abort a script, its not a specific code snippet

[still forum]

Only thing I can think of is that throw might just do nothing if a catch doesn't exist.
I don't know if it actually exits everything I don't remember anyone ever doing that

[opal zephyr]

Another thing I need, is there a way to reference a parent forEach? Example:

{
  {
    blah blah blah
  }forEach test1;
}forEach test2;

can I reference test2 with something similar to _x inside of test1?

[winter rose]

temp var

[opal zephyr]

with _forEachIndex?

[winter rose]

private _xParent = _x;
{
  //
} forEach _array;```

[opal zephyr]

ah ok

thanks!

Ive gotten this error twice now with this script and I have no idea what causes it. https://imgur.com/a/g7Kfx90
The top 4 lines scroll repeatedly

[still forum]

What Arma version are you running

[opal zephyr]

The latest

[still forum]

#perf_prof_branch or just normal non-special branch?

[opal zephyr]

sorry, perf prof

[spark turret]

pp_buring... recommend you go see a doctor

[still forum]

I had that issue a couple times too, I was able to solve it by simply restarting.
Its some basegame issue

I thought I was the only one having it

[opal zephyr]

ill give that a try

it persists even after restart 😩

Commenting out this section fixes it...

totalAmmo = 0;
_mags = magazinesAmmoFull _x;
                
//_tempPlayer = _x;
{
    _mags1 = _mags select _forEachIndex;
    _ammoName = _mags 1 select 0;
    _ammoType = _mags1 select 3;
                    
    if (_ammoType == -1) then {
        _ammoCount = _mags1 select 1;
        totalAmmo = totalAmmo + _ammoCount;
    };                
                
} forEach _mags;

[little raptor]

Since when?

[granite sky]

Syntax screwup: _ammoName = _mags 1 select 0;

[winter rose]

@opal zephyr ↑ ↑

[opal zephyr]

[little raptor]

And use _x...

[opal zephyr]

^this didnt work for some reason, will reinvestigate

Thanks John!

Having such a responsive and helpful community here is so helpful, thankyou all for all the help you've offered over the months

[granite sky]

this is a pretty good syntax highlight. Maybe I should switch to dark background in VSCode :P

[still forum]

Maybe about 2.06 v9?

About a month at most

nope exactly 05.03.2022
But thats only when I saw it first, I think there were issues with zeus not working before that too, and it would just spam that stuff

[little raptor]

Why not use breakOut?

[still forum]

Some other bug for my future, but for now I have no clue why it happens and its very rare

[winter rose]

bugs are attracted to Light

[little raptor]

What attributes?

[leaden ibex]

name, uid, pos etc.

[little raptor]

Wat? Is that a question?
Also your code has many common "newbie" mistakes

[warm coral]

i am just showing off a in my opinion funny script

it makes the gunner shoot tanks ofcourse its not a good script lmao

however if you have tips on how to make it less wonky ill gladly take tips

[little raptor]

I don't think there's a list of all those "attributes"
For starters you can see:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Command_Group:_Object_Manipulation

[little raptor]

Using setPos and getPos is the worst part...
And setDir is inappropriate for this case too

[warm coral]

oh boy you would not like my other scripts lmfao

[leaden ibex]

Thanks for the link, unfortunately it isn't very helpful.
What I was aiming for was getting as much information about the player as possible.
So getPlayerUID, side, name.
The thing I was struggling with was getting the player "squad name". Googled a little and found the solution, but having something like "player object" doc would be really helpful.

groupId (group _playerUnit);

[little raptor]

There is none

[leaden ibex]

Unfortunate, thanks for the try though
I'll battle my way through it! Google is my friend

[opal zephyr]

Does createVehicle not work with a magazine? I know the line of code works because I tested it with a baseball, but when I swap in the class name of the weapon magazine it does nothin

Ah I think I figured it out with GroundWeaponHolder

[hallow mortar]

Magazines are inventory items, not "real" objects. You can create the model as a non-interactive simple object, otherwise you have to create a groundWeaponHolder first

[opal zephyr]

^thanks

@hallow mortar Im using weapon holder now, but the item isnt being added to it, instead a empty item is inside of it

im using addWeaponCargo to add it

ah I see whats wrong I think

[jade acorn]

how am I supposed to force AI not to take the driver seat when in vehicle? I have a group that are already in passenger seats with driver seat available for player, but no matter what I do, their leader will always tell one guy to take the driver seat. disabling AI features, careless behaviour, allowcrewinmobile etc does not work

[hallow mortar]

Well, to add a magazine you should use addMagazineCargo :P

[clever radish]

Is there any way to find the closest vehicle with a turrent, or would i have to write every vehicle class?

[granite sky]

@jade acorn Have you tried assignAsCargo explicitly?

seems to work here, although I'm not sure exactly what you're doing with them.

[lapis ivy]

Hello. Tell me how can I change the fog in the mission correctly, and what would it be on the server, since the mission is multiplayer. I need the fog to change within one hour.
I read the setFog command, but I don't understand how I can apply it correctly.

[winter rose]

you could set the future fog directly from within the editor
otherwise, what is the code you use?

[lapis ivy]

And one more thing, I would do it just through 3den, BUT I use a script module for snow, and for some reason it turns on fog in the game itself with the settings "fog forecast", and not "initial intensity".

[winter rose]

the snow module most likely interferes with the fog state
so if you set it, it might reset it later

[lapis ivy]

I would still try, since the module is loaded at the beginning of the game.

I use the module "TF Snow Storm Menu"

[lapis ivy]

I removed the fog in the "fog forecast", and the mission with the module loaded without fog at all. As I understand it, the script does not load first, but the forecast.

[winter rose]

not sure I get what you mean

anyway the code is```sqf
timeInSeconds setFog fogValueFrom0to1

[lapis ivy]

See. In the settings there is what fog will be at the beginning of the mission, and what will be, for example, after an hour of the game. Thus, it can be increased or decreased. And with the script, the fog that should be at the beginning of the game is ignored, and the one that should be in an hour is loaded.

[winter rose]

so don't use the snow script?
I don't know what to say

[lapis ivy]

I need a snow script, winter mission 😄

Okay thank you.

[lapis ivy]

I figured out how to turn it on and off. Tell me, how can I set the % fog with a script?

[winter rose]

see this message

[lapis ivy]

setFog [fogValue, FogDecay, FogBase];

fogValue - i can choose not only 0-1, i can do 0.1 or 0.2, will that be equal to 20%?

[winter rose]

Yes

[lapis ivy]

Thx

[fleet sand]

Hi. Question how would i craete briefing in multiplayer. So i have Briefing.sqf witch is executed in init.sqf.
That all works when the mission is running in the map on top left corner but is there a way to have that executed before the mission is running. Like in the Brifing screen where you have to press continue to launch the mission ?

[winter rose]

the way you do it, but before any sleep/waitUntil yes

[fleet sand]

its on the top of the init.sqf : null = []execVM "Briefing.sqf";

[fleet sand]

Nvm i had waituntil in briefing i am stupid. Ty for help.

[little raptor]

Try the lock and allowGetIn commands

[fair drum]

whats the mod that allows you to test script load on performance?

[little raptor]

mod?

vanilla can do it too

[fair drum]

i thought there was a mod that runs externally that will graph the performance and lifetimes of different scripts. i don't remember where I saw it though.

[little raptor]

ah. Arma Script Profiler

[fair drum]

yeah thats it

[errant swan]

in terms of fullCrew command: Are FFV slots on the chinook considered cargo or turret

because it doesnt seem to recognize players sitting in those slots as cargo when doing sqf count (fullCrew [rescue_heli_1, "cargo"])

[little raptor]

turret

FFV is always turret

[errant swan]

okay so next part of that question specifically related to the chinook: are the chinook door gunners considered gunners or turrets as well

just want to make sure so i can get the math right

[little raptor]

turrets

they can be gunners too

[errant swan]

basically im trying to compare the vehicle cargo including the FFV slots to a list of alive players in two groups

[little raptor]

gunner is a turret
commander/copilot is a turret too

[errant swan]

but the door gunners are AI so I need to have them not be part of that list

damn

ah okay i see there is a way to check with personTurret thanks @little raptor

[fair drum]

have you used this before? I get a lot of <unknown>s. does it name from scriptName?

[little raptor]

idk. ask in:
https://discord.com/invite/vbFje5B

[chilly bronze]

the vehicle pathfinding for armored vehicles is different than regular cars like trucks (they like to go offroad and take "shortcuts", which mostly lead to them getting stuck), anyway to change their pathfinding mode to be like regular cars? i've messed around with changing behaviour to safe/careless with no good results.

[tired delta]

hey guys, i dont know if the problem is on my side but when i try to get the pistol my player carrys with "secondaryWeapon player;" it gives back ""

what could be the cause

?

[copper raven]

secondaryWeapon is launchers, etc

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

[tired delta]

ahhh

thank you 😄

didnt see that

[copper raven]

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

[chilly bronze]

@copper raven i've tried that, however, it does more harm than good. AI gets stuck on turns really easily since they usually overshoot and go offroad, so you get vehicles reversing back and forth multiple times just to get through an intersection

[warm coral]

maybe some ai mod could fix that issue?

unless you can/want to do only vanilla

[quasi rover]

wiki says:

From Arma 3 v2.08:
_name = keyName "-1660944350"; // result is """Right Ctrl+G"""

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/keyName
where does the string "-1660944350" come from? Not found on dikCode.

[warm hedge]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Modded_Keybinding
Guess it is familiar with this

[little raptor]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/actionKeys (new syntax)

[quasi rover]

Aha, thx @little raptor -1660944384+34 = -1660944350

[little raptor]

yes you can't sum like that, since numbers in SQF are floats

any integer greater than ~16.7M is meaningless

[winter rose]

@lavish ocean may it be added to #channel_invites_list?

[spark turret]

is "count array" an actual loop that bruteforce counts the array, or a saved variable?
O(n) or O(1)?

[little raptor]

O(1)

you can just measure its performance

stuff that are fast (~10us) and their performance is invariable are O(1) (mostly "internal variables")

[winter rose]

hi,
can anyone quickly check if such numbers are OK in RV?

.5 + -.5 + .5e5 + .5e.5

[little raptor]

last one isnt afaik

will check

yeah

5. is ok too btw

[winter rose]

good - thanks for checking

[winter rose]

what

5. • 5 = 10?

[little raptor]

yeah

[winter rose]

Dedmen gotta fix this asap!!1! 🤣

my parser

[little raptor]

why?
it's valid

[little raptor]

this is the regex I use in my mod btw:

[0-9]+|[0-9]*?(?:(?:(?<=[0-9])\.|\.(?=[0-9]))[0-9]*?(?:e[-+]{0,1}[0-9]+|$)|e[-+]{0,1}[0-9]+)|(?:\$|0x)[0-9a-f]+

it catches all valid numbers in sqf

(the prefix +- sign is not accounted for tho)

[winter rose]

oh thanks!

I used```php
'/\b(-?(?:[0-9].?[0-9]+e)?(?:[0-9].?[0-9]+))\b(?=(?:[^"]"[^"]")[^"]\Z)/'

[little raptor]

btw 0x and $ are valid in sqf too (hex)

[little raptor]

(?:\$|0x)[0-9a-f]+

[ebon citrus]

Your mod is Advanced develoepr tools?

[little raptor]

yes

[ebon citrus]

I love it

❤️

[little raptor]

thanks 👍

[winter rose]

I forgot about them
thanks for the reminder

[ebon citrus]

But jsut so you know, when i enter a right bracket in the in-game sqf editor, i get 2 right brackets instead.

[little raptor]

yeah I know. it's an issue with non-English keyboards
I assume you use German?

[ebon citrus]

Nordic

Yeah, that makes sense. It's not unbearable and everything else is so much better than the vanilla that i cant complain

[little raptor]

disable bracket autocompletion in settings for now.

[ebon citrus]

👍

[winter rose]

for info it seems not to catch e.g 0x123ABC or $FFFFFF

5.197
0.47
16.0
.8314
12345
0xa5
$5C
$FFFFFF
0x123ABC

1.23E4 ⇔ 1.23 ⋅ 10^4  ⇔ 12300
5e-2   ⇔    5 ⋅ 10-2 ⇔  0.05
```(my test cases)

[little raptor]

it does in Arma

(the regexMatch command)

"$FFFFFF" regexMatch "[0-9]+|[0-9]*?(?:(?:(?<=[0-9])\.|\.(?=[0-9]))[0-9]*?(?:e[-+]{0,1}[0-9]+|$)|e[-+]{0,1}[0-9]+)|(?:\$|0x)[0-9a-f]+" //true

[little raptor]

I guess you're searching. rn it exits early because of [0-9]+. use this instead:

(?:\$|0x)[0-9a-f]+|[0-9]*?(?:(?:(?<=[0-9])\.|\.(?=[0-9]))[0-9]*?(?:e[-+]{0,1}[0-9]+|$)|e[-+]{0,1}[0-9]+)|[0-9]+

[winter rose]

aaah it's insensitive search I did not tick

I'll stop cluttering this channel :3

[little raptor]

yeah that too. but it's also exiting early

what I wrote was for match not search

[winter rose]

yes, the latest works all fine 👍

although…

[little raptor]

yeah the order has to be changed so it doesn't exit early...

[winter rose]

I'll dig one out and tell you ^^ that or I'll make multiple passes, that can do too

[little raptor]

I made one more change. I guess it works now?

[winter rose]

this one? negative
see https://regex101.com/r/9z6VTt/2

[little raptor]

(?:\$|0x)[0-9a-f]+|[0-9]+?\.{0,1}[0-9]*?e[-+]{0,1}[0-9]+|[0-9]+?\.[0-9]*|[0-9]*?\.[0-9]+|[0-9]+

wrote it the dirty way 😅

[winter rose]

if the stupid way works, it's not stupid!

[little raptor]

wait that misses one case 😅
.5e1
this fixes it:

(?:\$|0x)[0-9a-f]+|(?:[0-9]+?\.[0-9]*|[0-9]*?\.[0-9]+|[0-9]+)(?:e[-+]{0,1}[0-9]+){0,1}

[little raptor]

btw you can also add this your test:

.254e-1

+- after e should be detected too (which they are with that)

[crimson lichen]

hi

guys i got a problem

i want spawn things on my server arma 3

i use command but when i press exec nothing spawn on me

[copper raven]

what command are you talking about?

[crimson lichen]

// Run via debug console and execute local

// Crate with 100 supplies spawn at player position.
[] call F_createCrate;

// Crate with 100 ammo spawn at player position.
[KP_liberation_ammo_crate] call F_createCrate;

// Crate with 100 fuel spawn at player position.
[KP_liberation_fuel_crate] call F_createCrate;

this ones

[copper raven]

maybe it's undefined?

isNil "F_createCrate" put this into console

[crimson lichen]

is say true

[copper raven]

so it's undefined

[crimson lichen]

How do I define it?

[copper raven]

how am i supposed to know? 😄 you have to write it! 😄

[crimson lichen]

ah men i dont know this things a much xD

like write it where?

on my vps?

[copper raven]

https://github.com/KillahPotatoes/KP-Liberation/blob/696c395f68987762d34928371c2cf8ec3a5b50d8/Missionframework/functions/fn_createCrate.sqf

i found this

but why is it undefined in your case? maybe you broke something

[crimson lichen]

mmm idk thanks for helping me i will tell that guy turn on my server and do config

[copper raven]

i don't think there is any other way, maybe limit their speed?

[winter rose]

(nitpicking: {0,1} → ?)

[little raptor]

true 😅

actually no

[winter rose]

wat

[distant oyster]

instead of F_createCrate try KPLIB_fnc_createCrate

[little raptor]

can you show what you meant?! 😅

[winter rose]

(?:\$|0x)[0-9a-f]+|(?:[0-9]+?\.[0-9]*|[0-9]*?\.[0-9]+|[0-9]+)(?:e[-+]{0,1}[0-9]+){0,1}
↓
(?:\$|0x)[0-9a-f]+|(?:[0-9]+?\.[0-9]*|[0-9]*?\.[0-9]+|[0-9]+)(?:e[-+]?[0-9]+)?

? is {0,1} afaik

[winter rose]

and so far it works well
https://regex101.com/r/zPzbhq/1

[copper raven]

it is that yes

[little raptor]

oh I'd forgotten this

[spark turret]

can i put code in a hashmap to simulate methods?

rather, how do i use and call this code then? [input] call (map get "myCode"); ?

[copper raven]

yes and yes

[mental wren]

why not use functions?

[spark turret]

bc i want objects

[hushed tendon]

Like passing objects as parameters?

[ivory lake]

Does anyone know if there's an eventhandler or other means to detect when dragging a vehicle over another vehicle in 3den?

IE: for ViV

I know there's Dragged3DEN but that only returns the object being dragged

[ivory lake]

well if anyone else wants this for some reason you can combined dragged3den and get3denmouseover

[spark turret]

simulating objects with fields and methods, for having more organized and reusable
code

im using the BIs_fnc_taskDefend to make a group of AI hang around and patrol, how do i have them snap out of it and return to normal behaviour?

huh wierd, the taskDefend is not even a loop, it runs once.
hm hm

[granite sky]

Definitely a read-the-source case :P

[spark turret]

okay: the dudes that sit down get a "doStop" order, to get them back to normal use "doFollow"

[ebon citrus]

Functions can be used in the same way. Lose code just makes your mission more vulnerable and less organized

[fair drum]

does __has_include require the full mission path? or can I use your typical local path?

[opal zephyr]

Does anyone know how to use the 3rd party Script Profiler? I cant seem to get it to connect

[little raptor]

it's exactly like include

[fair drum]

#arma3_scripting message

[opal zephyr]

thanks ill check it out

[noble zealot]

There is any way to get all submunitions of a ammo when the ammo is triggered?

For example for some Arty ammo like mines.

[little raptor]

not right now

in dev branch yes

or Arma 3 v2.10

[spark turret]

im struggling to tell AI to disembark if they are cargo, and then properly test if any are still sittin gas cargo.
=> waituntil all units are not cargo anymore.
any help?

this fires immediatly

    _loaded = ((_unit get "units") select {-1 != ((vehicle _x) getCargoIndex _x)});
    diag_log ["disembark units: ",_loaded];
    _loaded orderGetIn false;
    //send smallest group on patrol
    [_unit,_marker] spawn { //delayed idle to give enough time for disembark
        params ["_unit","_marker"];
        _counter = 0;
        _loaded = [];
        waitUntil {
            sleep 3;
            _loaded = ((_unit get "units") select {-1 != ((vehicle _x) getCargoIndex _x)});
            _counter > 30 || (count _loaded) <= 0;
        };
        diag_log ["loaded",_loaded];
        assert ((count _loaded) == 0);

they do disembark, but the waitUntil fires early

[fair drum]

are you working with individual units in their own groups? or one large group of units?

[spark turret]

the latter. i have whole groups loaded onto trucks that are driven by another group

[little raptor]

are you even sure your "units" array is correct?

[spark turret]

im using a 30 seconds delay now 🤷‍♂️ im not in a hurry and all other checks just fail.

yeah am positive. it seems that immediatly after the "disembark" order was given, the unit is considedern "not cargo" anymore

[little raptor]

why don't you just check !(_x in _vehicle)?

[fair drum]

curious, why are you using hashmaps in this instead of grabbing the units through the object itself with other commands?

[spark turret]

bc the hashmap represents a bigger, military "unit" made of multiple groups

im trying to get the whole unit to embark troops, transport to target, disembark cargo.

to reinforce a checkpoint f.e.

its kinda working, but not as easy as i hoped

qrf_unit_disembarkCargo = {
    params ["_unit","_eject","_onlyCargo"];
    _loaded = ((_unit get "units") select {!_onlyCargo || "cargo" in assignedVehicleRole _x});
    //diag_log ["disembark units: ",_loaded];
    _loaded orderGetIn false;
    if (_eject) then {
        {_x action ["eject",vehicle _x]} forEach _loaded;
    };
    count _loaded;
};

this seems to work nicely. very nice: ai remembers what role they had in the vehicle, if you call "orderGetIn true" it goes back to the same spot.

[fading magnet]

When a mission starts, do all the other SQF files in root will be compiled too? or I have to do it manually?
I have one file for all Global variables to be using on other SQF files, but I want to know if that file automatically will be compiled in start of mission

[hushed tendon]

No they won’t be compiled automatically. You can either use the functions library or use ‘compile preprocessfilelineNumbers’ as an alternative. ExecVM can also be used but it’s best for one time uses

Check these out on the wiki for more info

[fading magnet]

much obliged :))

[patent lava]

can i access the values in mission.sqm from sqf?

like getting the author, briefingname

[fair drum]

grab these from the description.ext file by using missionConfigFile in your mission

[patent lava]

but that means i have to enter the author and briefingname in the description.ext too right?

[fair drum]

Yes

[patent lava]

im trying to prevent having to enter that information twice

[fair drum]

Which you should be doing anyways

[still forum]

in 2.10 there is a way, currently there is none

[patent lava]

your suggestion is how i have it implemented now, but if you want to change the mission name you'll have to change it in two places

[still forum]

you can save your mission.sqm unbinarized, and #include it into your description.ext, then you can read stuff inside mission, via description.ext because description.ext has a copy of it all

[patent lava]

oh that's awesome

[fair drum]

Linky?

[still forum]

not yet on wiki

[hallow mortar]

Some of them you can.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/briefingName
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/missionName
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getMissionConfigValue

[clever radish]

Have anyone tried making a script which detects if the player shoots without a suppresor, selects nearEntities and creating a waypoint to players location where shots were fired?

or know any posts anywhere / discussions? Tried searching Google, found nothing really

[patent lava]

yeah, i just did some testing and it seems to only work for description.ext, even though it says 3den attributes should also work

for example i set the title under attributes -> general -> presentation, which should be IntelBriefingName

but then getMissionConfigValue "IntelBriefingName" returns nothing

[open fractal]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#FiredNear
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/weaponAccessories
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addWaypoint

[open fractal]

actually firedNear is fairly limiting in distance, you might want to run a check if the player is using a suppressor with a "Fired" EH

[ebon citrus]

yes

[brazen lagoon]

any suggestions on how to get a picture of a unit? for a shop UI.

is editorPreview the best choice?

(in the config)

[ebon citrus]

What kind of object?

@brazen lagoon hey, did you just bail?

No, seriously

I am EAGER to help

But i need you here

There is a better way if youre interested

Ok, if it helps you at all, you could take a look here for previewing models of objects:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/DialogControls-Objects

For list icons, i recommend simplified icons instead of screenshots/editorpreviews

[brazen lagoon]

yeah this is just a unit

type CAManBase

[ebon citrus]

What kind of unit?

Right

[brazen lagoon]

like just a guy

[ebon citrus]

A man

[brazen lagoon]

CT_OBJECT is cool, will look at this

[ebon citrus]

Dont

Waste of your time

Create the unit locally and preview it in a separate space

You can probably use a camera to pip to a texture you use in your itnerface

[brazen lagoon]

that's what this shop script does for vehicles

[ebon citrus]

Or set the player to the camera

[brazen lagoon]

so maybe ill do that yeah

im prob gonna just use the editor preview for a quick hack if that works it works if not ill bother with something more complex later

[ebon citrus]

Not everyone bothers making editor oreviews

[brazen lagoon]

yeah if it doesnt exist thats whatever

[ebon citrus]

And theyre not always super accurate

I routinely set my unit editor oreviews to batman on a bicycle just because the scope doesnt cover the editor

But yeah, let me know if you find some invwntive cool way

And best of luck to you

❤️

I hope i was of help

[zealous marlin]

hello, Im trying to add some weapons to the caesar btt, but it isn't working. I'm useing the "this addWeapon" command but it doesn't seem to work. It does work with already armed vehicles such as the pawnee though.

nevermind, i managed to add the weapons, but the weapon info box at the top right of the screen isnt showing up. how do I add it?

[keen trout]

if i concatenate a string and variable would it be something like this:```sqf
money = 0;
hint "You gained" + str money + "money";

[fair drum]

//My way
money = 0;
hint format ["You gained %1 money", money];

//Your way correctly
money = 0;
hint ("You gained " + str money + " money");

[little raptor]

loadConfig command
Available in dev branch

#dev_rc_branch message

[craggy lagoon]

schadler17 has a very nice script posted up on the forums to restrict weapons to a player classname posted back in 2016.
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/186196-restrict-weapons-and-gear-to-certain-units/
I'm wondering if someone could help me change it a bit so that it's not using the classname but rather a getvariable true or false check along with the defined weapons? I just don't know how the getvariable would or could be added to it.

[fair drum]

are your units grabbing things from containers?

cause you can skip most of this and just make a "take" event handler

[craggy lagoon]

Does that work with the Ace Arsenal?

[fair drum]

no. for ace arsenal, its better to restrict items to the arsenal itself

[craggy lagoon]

But I need to be able to allow some players access to items.

[fair drum]

okay? you can do that

let me look up an old mission i have, sec

[craggy lagoon]

Ok thanks!!

[fair drum]

@craggy lagoon this is an example of something I did last year with ace arsenal. it has to do with using the locality argument with their functions

the snippet (its part of a larger file):
https://sqfbin.com/ijayojegaxiziniciqab

[craggy lagoon]

Thank you very much, I will check this out now.

[fair drum]

basically you can have a different array of available items in the arsenal for each client

[keen trout]

oh okay thats sweet thank you, learnt something new!

[keen trout]

whats the ```sqf
%1

[fair drum]

format ["%1 %2 %3", thing1, thing2, thing3]

etc

[keen trout]

oh sweet

its kinda like an selecting an element in array?

[dusk sage]

Why would you use format for that though

[fair drum]

not saying you should, simply saying it exists

[keen trout]

also another question

xp=xp+random 3;

how would i random it into an int?

because i get float values for the random

0-3

for example xp = 0.3423532

[fair drum]

floor or ceil

[keen trout]

floor is rounding?>

[fair drum]

not quite, it selects the next lowest integer. so 4.1 = 4, 4.8 = 4

[keen trout]

oh okay

[fair drum]

ceil is the opposite

[keen trout]

so into that statement i've made would it be something like

damn it im thinking of java way

but ill write it anyway

veil(xp)=xp+random 3;

hmmmm no probably not lol

xp=xp+random 3;
floor xp;

[fair drum]

xp = xp + (floor (random 3))

[keen trout]

ahh

thanks 😄

[fair drum]

you can also use round if you need

[keen trout]

oh lol

okay

round is cooler

[dusk sage]

depends on your use case

[keen trout]

is there a way i can do new line for hints?

[fair drum]

\n i believe

[keen trout]

okay

[fair drum]

you can also just use structured text instead too

[keen trout]

it wouldn't matter to much i'm just looking at random numbers

[keen trout]

oh?

[keen trout]

yeah thats right

[keen trout]

with structured text are you able to change the format of the lines? for example left to right or middle ?

[fair drum]

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

[fair drum]

expvar = 10;
hint parseText format ["<t align='center'>Current EXP</t><br/><t align='center'>%1</t>", expVar];

[keen trout]

oh thanks alot i was also researching it :DDD thats very helpful

[keen trout]

this ones a difficult one and more of a general question

addMissionEventHandler ["EntityKilled",{

params ["_killed", "_killer", "_instigator"];

if (isPlayer _instigator AND side group _killed isEqualTo east AND _killed isEqualTo man1) then {

xp=xp+(round (random 3));
gold=gold+(round(random 5));
// hint message
hintSilent format ["Loot obtained!\n You gained %1 xp \n You gained %2 gold", xp,gold];
};

}];

because i'm using a modded weapon it wont register that i've killed him

if i use a vanilla gun it'll register it and work fine

is there a way around it?

[fair drum]

does this modded weapon use bullets and the games standard simulation?

or is it something weird like a laser gun

[keen trout]

nah its a melee pack

[fair drum]

the one by webknight?

[keen trout]

i'm sure it works really weird

Improved melee system?

let me double check author

[fair drum]

yeah that's his

[keen trout]

yeah that mod is pretty funky

[fair drum]

he has a custom handler for his melee system. you can reach him here for that question...
https://discord.gg/8cuR34GY

[keen trout]

allg if u can't think of anything :-> i'm gonna make a sandwhich

oh

okay ty

[open fractal]

_tank addEventHandler ["GetOut", {
    _this spawn ART_fnc_gotOut;
}];

systemChat "gotOut";
params ["_vehicle", "_role", "_unit", "_turret"];
if (crew _vehicle != []) exitWith {};
private _countDown = (side _unit) spawn {
    private _side = _this;
    for "_i" from 20 to 0 do {
        private _message = format ["Abandoning Tank: %1", _i]; 
        _message remoteExec ["hint",_side];
        sleep 1;
        if _i < 6 then {
            "beep_strobe" remoteExec ["playSound"]; 
        };
    };
    if (crew _vehicle == []) then {
        _side call ART_fnc_tankLost;
    };
};
waitUntil {crew _vehicle != []};
terminate _countDown;
hintSilent "";

I'm a bit confused why this function isn't working. The eventhandler fires but nothing happens with the gotOut function. I feel like I'm missing something important

no systemchat

[fair drum]

where are you defining this function? and are you sure it exists?

[open fractal]

description.ext

class CfgFunctions
{
    class ART
    {
        class TANKvTANK
        {
            class gotOut{};
            class resetTanks{};
            class revealTank{};
            class spawnTank{};
            class startBattle{};
            class tankLost{};
        };
    };
};

fn_gotOut.sqf

[fair drum]

in the root folder?

[open fractal]

it's set up the same way as the functions that work

Functions\TANKvTANK\fn_gotOut.sqf

[fair drum]

can you type in game
isNil "ART_fnc_gotOut"

[open fractal]

huh

true

[fair drum]

bingo

make sure that was during your mission preview, not just sitting in editor

[open fractal]

yeah i got false for another function

[fair drum]

well there's your problem 😉

[open fractal]

I think the mission just never saved

thanks

I forgot you could isNil test a function like that

working now btw

[keen trout]

so say i've got variable a and b in 1.sqf and i've got a MissionEventHandler that uses variable a and b in 2.sqf how do i get the variables to communicate

oh if variable a and b are private variables i mean

[fair drum]

you feed the variables from 1 to 2 when you call 2

[keen trout]

yeah so how do i feed it

😋

[fair drum]

//First file
[_var1, _var2] execVM "file2.sqf"
//  ^arguments

//Second file
params ["_var1", "_var2"];  //can be named whatever you want, its going to grab the first argument and second argument from above
//         ^parameters

[keen trout]

okay

so thats bringing 1 to 2

[fair drum]

thats what params is doing, its looking for the arguments from the call

[keen trout]

yeah i did similar

// file 1
null = [var] execVM "file2.sqf"
// file 2
_myArguements = (this select 0);

would this work too?

or just don't worry about that

idk that was off youtube video

your one makes heaps more sense for me because i'm new to sqf

[fair drum]

//file1.sqf
["apple", "pear", "nut"] execVM "file2.sqf"

//file2.sqf
params ["_breakfast", "_lunch", "_dinner"];
hint _breakfast; //returns "apple"
hint _lunch; //returns "pear"
hint _dinner; //returns "nut"

[keen trout]

oh

wait

so its not