arma3_scripting

[trim quail]

Amazing

[viral marsh]

Heya - I'm quite new to scripting, so any help would be appreciated. I'm looking for a way to display an image on the screen of all players in the game.

[grizzled lagoon]

Hey https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/214721-best-way-to-display-fullscreen-jpg-image-in-game/

[viral marsh]

Lovely. I'll give it a go. I already played around with cutRsc, but I think this should work. Cheers.

[drifting portal]

if I remote execute a command that returns a variable, how do I obtain that variable?

[winter rose]

you don't
what is your use case?

[drifting portal]

camcreate

local to a player that drives a certain vehicle

but I can't do anything with the camera without having it as a variable

[open fractal]

why not write a function instead of remote executing every command?

[drifting portal]

because remoteExec can't execute local functions

also its only the camCreate

I'm global executing

well to be precise

I'm executing to a single player on their client side

[open fractal]

I’m not following.

You can remote exec whole functions and pass args

Camera controls are entirely local as well

[winter rose]

1/ create a function that does all the camera's work
2/ declare this function in CfgFunctions
3/ remote exec that function

don't do myFnc = {}, that's the unsafe way

[drifting portal]

so it has to be global basically

[open fractal]

cameras aren’t global

[winter rose]

The function has to be declared on the client
if you publicVariable such function, you saturate network

[open fractal]

Oh my bad misread

[winter rose]

@drifting portal save yourself some time and efforts, do it the proper way ;-)

[drifting portal]

thanks

[open fractal]

I gotta say Lou the first scripting tutorials I watched used execvm exclusively rather than CfgFunctions

it really did me dirty

[drifting portal]

That's such a good idea

[ebon citrus]

You guys had acripting tutorials?

[open fractal]

they pretty much consisted of putting 'execVM' in a trigger activation

[distant oyster]

its the straightforward, easy way

[open fractal]

one of them had me make a .sqs

[distant oyster]

okay maybe dont trust that one 😄

[ebon citrus]

Long time since i oast used a trigger

Like... 6 years?

Just feels like a curse word to me

[fleet sand]

    obj = (_this select 0);
    pos = position (_this select 1);
    rotateClockWise = (_this select 2);
    rotatespeed = (_this select 3);
    object = obj createVehicle pos;
    posASL = AGLToASL pos;
    t1 = time;
    t2 = time + rotatespeed;

onEachFrame{

    if(rotateClockWise == true) then {
        object setVelocityTransformation[
            posASL, //fromPosASL
            posASL, //ToPosASL
            [0,0,0], //fromVelocity
            [0,0,10], //ToVelocity
            [0,0,1], //fromVelocityDir
            [0,0,1], //toVelocityDir
            [0,1,0], //fromVectorUP
            [1,0,0],//ToVectorUP
           linearConversion [t1, t2, time, 0, 1] // how to make this infinily loop ?
        ];
    } else{
            object setVelocityTransformation[
            posASL, //fromPosASL
            posASL, //ToPosASL
            [0,0,0], //fromVelocity
            [0,0,0], //ToVelocity
            [0,-1,0], //fromVelocityDir
            [0,1,0], //toVelocityDir
            [0,0,1], //fromVectorUP
            [0,0,1],//ToVectorUP
           linearConversion [t1, t2, time, 0, 1]
        ];
    };
};

Hi guys i am trying to make object rotate in place.
Is there a way to make this interval loop between 0 and 1 infinitly ?
I mean it goes from 0 to 1 and once it reaches 1 goes back to 0?

[open fractal]

           if {t1 < t2 } then {
            linearConversion [t1, t2, time, 0, 1]
           } else {
            t1 = time;
            t2 = time + rotatespeed;
           }

am I understanding this correctly?

can't you just reset t1 and t2 once t1 exceeds t2

like

my syntax is very wrong

hold on

        private _rotation = linearConversion [t1, t2, time, 0, 1, true] // how to make this infinily loop ?
        if (_rotation == 1) then {
            t1 = time;
            t2 = time + rotatespeed;
        }
        object setVelocityTransformation[
            posASL, //fromPosASL
            posASL, //ToPosASL
            [0,0,0], //fromVelocity
            [0,0,10], //ToVelocity
            [0,0,1], //fromVelocityDir
            [0,0,1], //toVelocityDir
            [0,1,0], //fromVectorUP
            [1,0,0],//ToVectorUP
           _rotation
        ];
    }

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Mission_Event_Handlers#EachFrame

you can also pass local arguments and stack by using EachFrame event handlers

[fleet sand]

Ty very mutch this actually works.

[open fractal]

yw

[fleet sand]

i am sorry i have a question how would i pass local variable to event handler in this example ?

[open fractal]

https://www.sqfbin.com/vebiwufejemufugequpa

there's a couple spots where I forgot underscores but you get the idea

addMissionEventHandler ["EachFrame", {
params ["_arg1","_arg2"];
},[_arg1,_arg2]];

[fleet sand]

params ["_obj","_pos","_rotateClockWise","_rotatespeed"];

    _obj = (_this select 0);
    _pos = position (_this select 1);
    _rotateClockWise = (_this select 2);
    _rotatespeed = (_this select 3);
    private _object = _obj createVehicle _pos;
    private _posASL = AGLToASL _pos;
    private _t1 = time;
    private _t2 = time + _rotatespeed;


id = addMissionEventHandler["EachFrame",{
    params ["_obj","_pos","_rotateClockwise","_rotateSpeed","_object","_posASL","_t1","_t2"];

    private _rotation = linearConversion [_t1, _t2, time, 0, 1,true]; //error type any expcted number

    if!(_rotation == 1) then {
        _t1 = time;
        _t2 = time + _rotatespeed;
    };

    if(_rotateClockwise == true) then {

        _object setVelocityTransformation[
            _posASL, //fromPosASL
            _posASL, //ToPosASL
            [0,0,0], //fromVelocity
            [0,0,10], //ToVelocity
            [0,0,1], //fromVelocityDir
            [0,0,1], //toVelocityDir
            [0,1,0], //fromVectorUP
            [1,0,0],//ToVectorUP
            _rotation
        ];

    } else{
            _object setVelocityTransformation[
            _posASL, //fromPosASL
            _posASL, //ToPosASL
            [0,0,0], //fromVelocity
            [0,0,0], //ToVelocity
            [0,-1,0], //fromVelocityDir
            [0,1,0], //toVelocityDir
            [0,0,1], //fromVectorUP
            [0,0,1],//ToVectorUP
           _rotation
        ];
    };
},(_this + [_obj,_pos,_rotateClockwise,_rotateSpeed,_object,_posASL,_t1,_t2])];``` 
now i have error type any expected number. 
How would i fix this ? error line is marked.

[warm hedge]

Mission EH's arugments are _thisArgs, not _this

[quasi rover]

around 100 MP EventHandlers("MPHit") on buildings affect on server performance?

[open fractal]

why are you writing both params and _this select #

params does all that for you

params ["_variable"]
_var = _variable; //_var = _this select 0;

[ebon citrus]

Why?

And pueely depend son what code you execute in the EH

If it's just empty, no, no performance impact what so ever

[warm hedge]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addMissionEventHandler
_thisArgs once again

[fleet sand]

ok i get that now second question so those local parameters can enter in EH parameters ? or do i have to again have params in EH? Also how _thisArgs works i am not 100 % clear on that

[warm hedge]

If you put 123 into arugments there, _thisArgs is 123

Same if is an array

[open fractal]

most arguments are passed through _this, but in the mission eventhandler it's _thisArgs

[warm hedge]

Also params takes _this by default (if you don't specify) so you need to do like _thisArgs params []

[fleet sand]

Do you have any practical example of how _thisArgs are meant to be ? i am still confued. Sry.

[warm hedge]

Check out the link I posted above

[open fractal]

i did not know this thanks

[warm hedge]

Since Mission EHs also had _this you can't just refer _thisArgs w/o specifing it

[open fractal]

oh that's right, because the passed args are separate

this is why you make the mods and i make the funny go-kart scripts

[warm hedge]

[open fractal]

@fleet sand in case you're still confused, this means it should be

addMissionEventHandler ["EachFrame", {
    _thisArgs params ["_obj","_pos","_rotateClockwise","_rotateSpeed","_object","_posASL","_t1","_t2"];

_thisArgs params ["_obj","_pos"];

does the same thing as

private _obj = _thisArgs select 0;
private _pos = _thisArgs select 1;

[fleet sand]

Yea i was still confused ty for explaning that. Also dose that mean i have to still put at the end where additional arguments are all those parameters ?

[open fractal]

yes, the additional argument array is what becomes _thisArgs

so what I wrote out for you combines your original arguments with the newly defined variables and passes it all to the event handler expression

I should clarify you can't access local variables without passing them as arguments in the event handler expression

onEachFrame, which you had previously, couldn't pass arguments at all which is why you had that mess of global variables

[warm hedge]

Also, the answer to the possible why (what he said tho): You need to specify what variables to be used in the Mission EH, because by default are undefined in it. Keep it mind that every EHs use their own scope, every local things out of them can't be used w/o decrearing it

[open fractal]

and in case you didn't catch it

params ["_obj","_pos","_rotateClockWise","_rotatespeed"];

    _obj = (_this select 0);
    _pos = position (_this select 1);
    _rotateClockWise = (_this select 2);
    _rotatespeed = (_this select 3);

is redundant. you can just write

params ["_obj","_pos","_rotateClockWise","_rotatespeed"];

except _pos since you modify that

private _pos = position _pos
``` would work

or better yet

private _posASL = getPosASL _pos;
``` considering the context

two birds with one stone

[warm hedge]

Technically pointless execution works everytime, but is just pointless

[fleet sand]

    params ["_obj","_pos","_rotateClockWise","_rotatespeed"];
    private _object = _obj createVehicle _pos;
    private _posASL = AGLToASL _pos;
    private _t1 = time;
    private _t2 = time + _rotatespeed;


_id = addMissionEventHandler["EachFrame",{
    _thisArgs params ["_rotateClockwise","_rotateSpeed","_object","_posASL","_t1","_t2"];

    private _rotation = linearConversion [_t1, _t2, time, 0, 1,true]; 

    if!(_rotation == 1) then {
        _t1 = time;
        _t2 = time + _rotatespeed;
    };

    if(_rotateClockwise == true) then {

        _object setVelocityTransformation[
            _posASL, //fromPosASL
            _posASL, //ToPosASL
            [0,0,0], //fromVelocity
            [0,0,10], //ToVelocity
            [0,0,1], //fromVelocityDir
            [0,0,1], //toVelocityDir
            [0,1,0], //fromVectorUP
            [1,0,0],//ToVectorUP
            _rotation
        ];

    } else{
            _object setVelocityTransformation[
            _posASL, //fromPosASL
            _posASL, //ToPosASL
            [0,0,0], //fromVelocity
            [0,0,0], //ToVelocity
            [0,-1,0], //fromVelocityDir
            [0,1,0], //toVelocityDir
            [0,0,1], //fromVectorUP
            [0,0,1],//ToVectorUP
           _rotation
        ];
    };
},[_rotateClockwise,_rotateSpeed,_object,_posASL,_t1,_t2]];```
Ty guys for explaning. This is what i have now and _rotation once its reaches 1 it never gets reset any tips on that ? @open fractal

[quasi rover]

not coded yet, but try to:

{
    _x addMPEventHandler ["MPHit", {
        params ["", "", "_damage", "_instigator"];
        if (_damage > 0.1) then {
            _x setVariable ["attacker", _instigator];
        };
    }];        
} forEach _buildings //arond 100 buildings

[open fractal]

if!(_rotation == 1)

is the ! intentional?

also, use https://www.sqfbin.com/ if you're going to share the whole script so you don't take up the whole chat

otherwise you might get moderated

[fleet sand]

yea no and i removed that as well still dosent work

[open fractal]

I think I know what happened. It's probably pulling the original _t1 and _t2 values from params

so just move the if then above _rotation i think

so that the variables actually properly update before they're used

wait

that won't work

I'd remove _t1 and _t2 from params and just define them on the first iteration

_id = addMissionEventHandler["EachFrame",{
    _thisArgs params ["_rotateClockwise","_rotateSpeed","_object","_posASL"];
    if (isNil {_t1}) then {
        _t1 = time;
        _t2 = _t1 + _rotatespeed;
    }

    private _rotation = linearConversion [_t1, _t2, time, 0, 1,true]; 

    if (_rotation == 1) then {
        _t1 = time;
        _t2 = _t1 + _rotatespeed;
    };

edited that one ^ accidentally made the variables private

will clean up the code in a minute

[fleet sand]

its still not reseting.
this is the code now: https://www.sqfbin.com/latuwidocudafaqusini

[open fractal]

you did not remove _t1 and _t2 from params

I did it wrong anyway

im not smart enough to tell you if you can store the local _t1 and _t2 between iterations

mm yeah there's the issue

until someone more experienced can chime in I'd say just settle for a global variable or setVariable for your t1 and t2

[fleet sand]

I just put t1 and t2 as global variables and it works but as soon they are local it dosent

[open fractal]

yeah those specifically can't be local variables because they have to carry over between iterations

my bad

if you want to create multiple objects you can assign it to the object itself with setVariable

[fleet sand]

Bro dont worry you help more then you know Ty.

[fleet sand]

now how would i do that sry if am asking to mutch still learning.

[open fractal]

i'll show you

https://www.sqfbin.com/lujerayumojuwofezeno @fleet sand peep this

probably won't work perfectly but

_object setVariable ["t1",serverTime];

this basically attaches the t1 variable to _object and stores serverTime in it

private _t1 = _object getVariable ["t1",0];

this grabs that stored value, and if it isn't found it substitutes 0

hence ```sqf
if (_t1 == 0)

i think t1 is the only variable that needs to work like this since everything else is a constant

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

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

[fleet sand]

Ty very mutch it works only thing is you had 1 more argument in EH _reset witch wasnt in EH in the code. but it works ty i will need to play more with EH setVariable and GetVariable.

[open fractal]

my bad, that's from me writing a function and then changing my mind

but yes setVariable and getVariable are great to fall back on if you need to work outside of the local scope

here it can be even more efficient

wait i lied i dont know what i was going to do

[winter rose]

I learnt code logic with OFP… and goto 😄

[open fractal]

i remembered what I was going to do

@fleet sand you can put ```sqf
_object setVariable ["t1",serverTime];

before the event handler

and cut out ```sqf
if (_t1 == 0) then {
_object setVariable ["t1",serverTime];
_t2 = _t1 + _rotateSpeed;
};

that way it won't run that check on every frame

[open fractal]

i tried to learn to code when I was like 11 years old but the python book my dad got me was for the wrong version so here I am learning from arma

[little raptor]

have you guys been trying to make an object rotate for 6 hours?

[open fractal]

yeah

off and on

times are tough when you aren't around leopard

[fleet sand]

i was trying to make object rotate around but this is good learning curve about EH, Variables, variables scopes.

[open fractal]

tbf the object worked a while ago we've just been mashing brain cells together to make it cleaner

[little raptor]

well first of all you don't need a whole new EH for every object you want to rotate

you can just make 1

[open fractal]

you know that colony collapse thing that happens with bees

that's what my neurons are doing

[open fractal]

do you mean passing an array of objects to the EH or something else

[little raptor]

yes

[fleet sand]

well that is good to know and how would i make multiple objects rotate around

ah well i was trying so i can dinamicly create the object to rotate around so mission would be running and i can on flip of a switch make object rotate around.

[little raptor]

objectsToRotate = [];

if (missionNamespace getVariable ["rotationLoop", -1] < 0) then {
  _EH = addMissionEventHandler ["EachFrame",{
    {
      ....
    } forEach objectsToRotate;
  }];
  rotationLoop = _EH;
};

//then add objects to the loop

objectsToRotate pushBack [obj1, _from, _to, ...];

[open fractal]

damn

that'll do it

[little raptor]

to stop rotating you can just remove the object from the array:

_deleted = false;
{
  ....
  if (_rotationDone) then {
    objectsToRotate set [_forEachIndex, 0];
    _deleted = true;
  };
} forEach objectsToRotate;
if (_deleted) then {objectsToRotate = objectsToRotate - [0]};

there's really no need to remove the EH

[open fractal]

that check if the eventhandler already exists is a large cranium maneuver in my eyes

it's almost like you've done this a while

[little raptor]

I have

[little raptor]

also never use server time for local stuff

use time

[fleet sand]

i was running this in server enviormente at least i hope.

[little raptor]

you should still use time

[open fractal]

is time more efficient?

[little raptor]

no

same

[fleet sand]

dosent that mean that diffrent players would see in diffrent position the object that is rotating ?

[little raptor]

no

[fleet sand]

"Returns time elapsed since mission started (in seconds). The value is different on each client. If you need unified time, use serverTime." This is form wiki on the time.

[little raptor]

well they always do see it differently from each other, due to ping

but using serverTime won't fix it

it's just inherent to the MP environment

[fleet sand]

What is the benefic then of using time instead of serverTime ?

[little raptor]

no jitter when serverTime syncs

[open fractal]

this script should only be run on the server (or object owner's machine) anyway as far as I can tell

[little raptor]

no

it should run where the object is local

[open fractal]

object owner's machine

that's what I meant, just phrased weirdly

[little raptor]

just because the time is "unified" doesn't mean they all see the same thing
it purely depends on the local machine's perspective, since you're dealing with a "relative" event. the start and end time are set for the local machine, so everything should be relative to this machine

server has a different FPS than the local machine (and others)

the only thing that matters is the local machine's time

[fleet sand]

All of this would be nice edition to wiki for others to learn as well.

Also ty for your input learned a lot today still a lot to learn.

[vague geode]

Is there a way to make Portable Helipad Lights IR only?

[little raptor]

you can make it emit your own lights...

[ebon citrus]

is there a method to creating an object with createvehicle so that is shows up in 3den?

create3DENEntity?

[distant oyster]

yes

[ebon citrus]

cheers

[magic sundial]

I have an ai unit ordered to target another unit, but it completely ignores the order and proceeds to shoot anything else, i have no clue as to why. When i do it in like an isolated environment it works fine, but if the target is on a roof still completely visible to the shooter, it just ignores the target and shoots the player next to it. Anyone have a clue as to whats going on?

[little raptor]

disable its "autotarget". maybe "target" too

[magic sundial]

tried that

[little raptor]

does it have a leader?

[magic sundial]

its a solo unit in its own group

Its almost like diasbling its autotarget has no effect

like it will just do whatever it want, im so confused hahaha

[little raptor]

what about doFire?

[magic sundial]

Still ignores target

had it on its init

[little raptor]

init?

don't use it in init

if that's what you're doing no wonder it doesn't work

[magic sundial]

Nah was just trying to quickly test it

[little raptor]

for now just try in debug console

[magic sundial]

I "think" it works

Idk if theres a delay between exec or not

ok yea it works

Cheers man, idk why orders arent working tho, first time ive experienced it

[quasi rover]

"message" remoteExec ["hint", -2]; ```
if I play as a hosted server, the message is displayed to me or not?

[little raptor]

no

why not just try?

[quasi rover]

I tried. as you said. it's not. but I just thought me as a hosted server and player as well, the message will be displayed.

[little raptor]

-2 skips the server, it doesn't matter hosted by who

[quasi rover]

thx

[winter rose]

this is why one should usually use 0

[trim quail]

Use 0 or whatever the fuckin limit is. The servers standard for what I've seen on purchased dedicated servers, is -2 or -1. You should always set it to 0 or it messes it up.

[winter rose]

see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/remoteExec#Example_6

[open fractal]

documentation? What’s that?

[wet geode]

Is there a way to make a Mk82 bomb to fall out of the sky with out a air craft?

[open fractal]

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

createVehicle ["Bo_Mk82",_posATL];

[wet geode]

Thanks mate

[fathom monolith]

Hi I wanna increase the gunner camera shake when firing with the rhs bmp2 I need help pls

[hallow mortar]

That sounds like something that would be best done with a config mod, not a script

[open fractal]

I can't tell you how well it would work but you could try running a camera shake function with a fired event handler https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#Fired

[fathom monolith]

Ye I just realized that

[fathom monolith]

Thx

[fathom monolith]

Do you know how to make one or a site on how to make one?

[hallow mortar]

No

[errant swan]

hey all: I am trying to dynamically create some little side credits.

[["STARRING", 0.2, 1],
[format ["%1, %2, %3, %4", name (units group a1 select 0), name (units group a1 select 1), (units group a1 select 2), (units group a1 select 3)], 0.2, 4],
[format ["%1, %2, %3, %4", name (units group a1 select 4), name (units group a1 select 5), (units group a1 select 6), (units group a1 select 7)], 0.2, 4],
[format ["%1, %2, %3, %4", name (units group b2 select 0), name (units group b2 select 1), (units group b2 select 2), (units group b2 select 3)], 0.2, 4],
[format ["%1, %2, %3, %4", name (units group b2 select 4), name (units group b2 select 5), (units group b2 select 6), (units group b2 select 7)], 0.2, 4, 1]
] spawn BIS_fnc_EXP_camp_SITREP;

This method poses a problem in mutliplayer if the units are dead or empty because nobody joined. Does anybody have any ideas on how can I approach this dynamically so i dont run into that issue?

[open fractal]

fear

where are the variables

you can construct the arrays first with forEach loops first instead of writing out arguments for each unit individually

[little raptor]

private _lines = [["STARRING", 0.2, 1]];
private _fnc_unitNames = {
  params ["_group"];
  private _units = units _group;
  for "_i" from 0 to count _units - 1 step 4 do {
    _lines pushBack [
      _units select [4*_i, 4] apply {name _x} joinString ", ",
      0.2, 4
    ];
  };
};
a1 call _fnc_unitNames;
b2 call _fnc_unitNames;
_lines spawn BIS_fnc_EXP_camp_SITREP;

not nested

[errant swan]

ill give it a try thanks @little raptor u are and continue to be the goat

[distant oyster]

but there is no check if the unit is valid?

[little raptor]

[errant swan]

i can most likely add that myself i just needed an idea on how to do it

[open fractal]

units won't return units that don't exist

[distant oyster]

The returned array on MP clients is not updated when team members die (only when they are deleted). (Tested on VBS2)

according to biki

[open fractal]

I'm confused as to what that means. units will return dead units rather than respawned players?

[coarse dragon]

Is there a way to disable squads Pathing but not target alignment. Then have thier pathing enabled again

[little raptor]

_AI disableAI "PATH"

[coarse dragon]

Is it possible that a trigger could reactivate it?

[little raptor]

yes

[coarse dragon]

Interesting

How would one do that for squads

[little raptor]

forEach loop

[coarse dragon]

😬

[distant oyster]

no that refers to ai units i guess. players are brought back to life after respawn

[drifting portal]

My question is about this

how does the game detect a weapon switch when the player switches?, don't want to use a loop for obvious reasons

check the attachment I replied to

[open fractal]

I don't believe you can use an event handler for that. You can detect if the key is pressed withinputAction "nextWeapon"

[drifting portal]

hmmm good idea

[steel fox]

Doesn't that just catch switching between weapons on a weapon? Like a underbarrel GL. As it is mapped to the F key

[drifting portal]

now

I need to figure out how to check always

correct?

or does it work like an EH?

[open fractal]

can't tell ya

no idea what you're doing

[drifting portal]

gui for a vehicle

gui shows the weapon name, so when the player switch I just want it to detect the switch so I can change the gui text to currentWeapon vehicle

[open fractal]

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

you can try this actually

[drifting portal]

how did I not notice that

bruh

I need to find the dikcode

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/User_Interface_Event_Handlers#onKeyDown

this will help I think

[open fractal]

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

[drifting portal]

got a workaround

deleting an EH will delete its children EHs too?

[open fractal]

elaborate?

[winter rose]

What is a "parent EH"?

[drifting portal]

getin eh has a bunch of ehs in it

such as ui eh

if I delete getin, will the ui eh get disabled too?

well

I will just post the script

to save you the headache

this addEventHandler ["GetIn", {
    params ["_vehicle", "_role", "_unit", "_turret"];
    
    disableSerialization;

"someLayer" cutRsc ["RscTitleDisplayEmpty", "PLAIN"];
private _display =  uiNamespace getVariable "RscTitleDisplayEmpty";
uiNamespace setVariable ["thecurrentdis", _display];
uiNamespace setVariable ["vehiclelol", _vehicle];
_veh = _vehicle;
_ammocount = _veh ammo (currentWeapon _veh);
_ammocount = str(_ammocount);
_RscFrame_1800 = _display ctrlCreate ["RscFrame", 1800];
_RscFrame_1800 ctrlSetText "Weapons system";
_RscFrame_1800 ctrlSetPosition [0.768125 * safezoneW + safezoneX, 0.027 * safezoneH + safezoneY, 0.237187 * safezoneW, 0.11 * safezoneH];
_RscFrame_1800 ctrlCommit 0;

_RscPicture_1200 = _display ctrlCreate ["RscPicture", 1200];
_RscPicture_1200 ctrlSetText "#(argb,8,8,3)color(1,1,1,1)";
_RscPicture_1200 ctrlSetPosition [0.938281 * safezoneW + safezoneX, 0.027 * safezoneH + safezoneY, 0.0670312 * safezoneW, 0.11 * safezoneH];
_RscPicture_1200 ctrlCommit 0;

_RscText_1000 = _display ctrlCreate ["RscText", 1000];
_RscText_1000 ctrlSetText ([configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> (currentWeapon _veh)] call BIS_fnc_displayName);
_RscText_1000 ctrlSetPosition [0.773281 * safezoneW + safezoneX, 0.038 * safezoneH + safezoneY, 0.159844 * safezoneW, 0.044 * safezoneH];
_RscText_1000 ctrlCommit 0;

_RscText_1001 = _display ctrlCreate ["RscText", 1001];
_RscText_1001 ctrlSetText _ammocount;
_RscText_1001 ctrlSetPosition [0.783594 * safezoneW + safezoneX, 0.082 * safezoneH + safezoneY, 0.128906 * safezoneW, 0.044 * safezoneH];
_RscText_1001 ctrlCommit 0;


this addEventHandler ["Fired", {
    params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_magazine", "_projectile", "_gunner"];
    _veh = uiNamespace getVariable 'vehiclelol';
    _dis = uiNamespace getVariable 'thecurrentdis';
    _ammocount = _veh ammo (currentWeapon _veh);
    _ammocount = str(_ammocount);
    systemChat _ammocount;
    (_dis displayCtrl 1001) ctrlSetText _ammocount;}];

[drifting portal]

If I remove GetIn, will Fired event handler at the bottom get removed too?

[open fractal]

this doesn't make sense

where does your getIn expression end

[drifting portal]

the code is too long

assume it ends at

(_dis displayCtrl 1001) ctrlSetText _ammocount;}];

[open fractal]

this addEventHandler ["Fired",

this is not defined here

you're also trying to modify local variables within the "Fired" event handler

oh my bad

you got a system

[drifting portal]

yep

its too long to send

can't send files here too

[open fractal]

sqfbin.com

[drifting portal]

https://sqfbin.com/edarofofofeyuberonoj

go to line 107

[open fractal]

_vehicle addEventHandler ["Fired", {

[kindred zephyr]

for the sake of sanity, i would suggest to have everything inside the eventhandlers to be a different script/function, but answering your question, no, every event handler has to be removed manually as they do not follow any kind of hierarchy. afaik, only displays do and they are removed if the display get deleted/destroyed The EH will be removed unless persistent if something is destroyed.

[drifting portal]

Sanity is long gone since I started to code lol

[open fractal]

I think there's some redundancy with adding the "Fired" event handler when someone gets in

since that event handler isn't going to fire unless someone is in the vehicle

[drifting portal]

yeah

which is what I exactly need

[open fractal]

?

[drifting portal]

since I'm making a weapon system

for a Casear

[open fractal]

a new eventhandler will be added every time someone gets in

[kindred zephyr]

^

[little raptor]

they do not follow parent hierarchy, afaik, only displays do and they are removed if the display get deleted/destroyed
it has nothing to do with "parent hierarchy". when something doesn't exist ofc its event handlers don't trigger either. this applies to objects, displays, controls, etc.
and there's no such thing as "parent hierarchy" in the first place. event handlers of a certain type are stacked

[drifting portal]

yep

I didn't finish the code yet

[drifting portal]

thats why I asked this

[open fractal]

but why put it there in the first place

there's no such thing as parent EHs

[drifting portal]

I want

to delete them

with getout eh

[little raptor]

use a setVariable to store the EH ids

[drifting portal]

yes

[drifting portal]

my bad

i meant children

ouch

[little raptor]

same difference

[open fractal]

you aren't adding an event handler to the event handler, you're adding both to the vehicle

[drifting portal]

yes

at the very end of the code

[open fractal]

if 3 people get in the vehicle you will have 3 fired event handlers

[kindred zephyr]

the point being, no, deleting orignal eh wont delete the lastly added eh

[open fractal]

attached to the vehicle

[drifting portal]

I will add a getOut EH

that will remove

the stacked EHs

[open fractal]

why does it need to be removed?

why not just set the ammo count to a variable and call it a day?

[drifting portal]

how would I go about updating it on the gui?

[open fractal]

you can just do that the exact same way

it doesn't help you that the eventhandler is added by getIn, it's a separate scope

[drifting portal]

we can go on vc if you want to

show you what I mean

[open fractal]

sure

i have to make a phone call first

[tough abyss]

How can I make a bullpup rocket? It should be controlled by the principle of an airplane, not by a laser. I have already made a blank for it and there is a camera in it.

[drifting portal]

I will be waiting in creativity lounge

[tough abyss]

(Remote control)

[drifting portal]

what, a cruise missile?

[tough abyss]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS4B87JROUc

[drifting portal]

umm, radio controlled rocket?

[tough abyss]

Yes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-12_Bullpup

[drifting portal]

I think that involves vectors, Leopard20 can help better than me in this case

[little raptor]

do you mean to script it? or a config?

[tough abyss]

I don't even know, apparently a separate script is needed.

[little raptor]

idk what that is or what it does. ask in #arma3_config first

the game already has several missile flight modes

[kindred zephyr]

to have a manually flown missile (if i got this right?) you probably have to create a new missile type that allows for control. #arma3_config might be better.

Probably looking for

cameraViewAvailable
and
manualControl

[tough abyss]

Thanks

[outer fjord]

How can I determine if a map building is "dead"?

or is there even a dead state for buildings

[open fractal]

Yes. You can detect if buildings are damaged or destroyed

I believe you can use “alive” condition and “killed” eventhandlers on buildings

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Mission_Event_Handlers#BuildingChanged

If not you can fall back on this

You can store the building object to a variable during init by placing a game logic entity in the building and using nearestTerrainObjects

Mightve gotten the command wrong

[outer fjord]

Thank you!

[hallow mortar]

How do I get the camera direction of a player who's using a vehicle's commander's optics? getCameraViewDirection and eyeDirection don't seem to work properly in this case

[hallow mortar]

It seems like it might be possible to use animationPhase with "obsturret" and "obsgun" to get the camera direction in degrees, but I'm really struggling with the process of converting that to a usable vector

[granite sky]

Looks like it's a vehicle-relative angle in radians, and counter-clockwise for some reason.

Not sure if it's possible to get the pitch angle or just the yaw.

[hallow mortar]

obsturret is yaw, obsgun is pitch

I found a thing describing a yaw relative-to-world conversion, but I'm not sure how it could be done for pitch since there's no vertical getDir

For now I'm settling for cursorObject, which is adequate if imperfect. It would have been mighty convenient if getCameraViewDirection worked here, but oh well

[granite sky]

pitch is possible but you'd need to work from vectorDir

kinda surprised that eyeDirection and getCameraViewDirection are busted.

[hallow mortar]

It seems like they "work" but don't take into account the turret, like they're returning a fixed forward view

[granite sky]

Yeah, just returning vehicle direction I think.

[drifting portal]

how to attach an object to a player model selection so that when I attach it to their head for example, when they go prone the object will follow the head and not just float above the model?

[warm hedge]

thing attachTo [player,[0,0,0],"head"]```

[winter rose]

• true to follow rotation I believe

[warm hedge]

B-but he didn't asked that

[winter rose]

Thou art forgiven, son

[coarse dragon]

So I want to make a 2 stage attack in different areas. I'm curious is it possible to hide everyone and everything at the 2nd location and have them reappear with a trigger?

Other than syncing everything to the two hide show modules

[little raptor]

I suppose you can use layers

[coarse dragon]

[tough abyss]

is there a way to find different body part names? im loking for back

[warm hedge]

Use selectionNames

[winter rose]

(it might be spine1, spine2, spine3)

[tough abyss]

_RscButtonMenu_2400 buttonSetAction 'remoteExec [uiNamespace getVariable "www32",(uiNamespace getVariable "zeusplayerarray") select (lbCurSel ((uiNamespace getVariable "displayforzeus") displayCtrl 1603))]';
 ```remoteExec expects a string, not a code, problem is, how do I string the script???

[little raptor]

buttonSetAction
I recommend a button click EH instead
remoteExec [uiNamespace getVariable "www32"
what is www32?

(uiNamespace getVariable "zeusplayerarray") select (lbCurSel ((uiNamespace getVariable "displayforzeus") displayCtrl 1603))
you can store text and values into list box items

[drifting portal]

used to addaction

[little raptor]

what?

[tough abyss]

was asking this question for troalnism talk to him about other questions

[winter rose]

who are you calling idiots here? 🤨

[tough abyss]

wait autocorrect or im too tired to type

[winter rose]

better 👀 👀 👀

[drifting portal]

lol

he took the plunge for me

[little raptor]

so what is your question again?

[tough abyss]

been VERY tired with helping a guy make a script work and school

[drifting portal]

so

I have made a variable

with a code value

using setVariable

how can I run that code through remotexec?

since orders is string

[little raptor]

remoteExec ["variableName",...]

assuming it also exists on the target machine

see this pinned message:
#arma3_scripting message

[velvet merlin]

is there a projectile tracing for 2d map?

[warm hedge]

You mean is there any way to do, or ready-to-use function?

Guess that's possible though, using drawLine or some commands

[drifting portal]

https://sqfbin.com/womiladozijisuciqono

[drifting portal]

on comment, why is the action not being added to the player?

[winter rose]

I told you: use CfgFunctions
here you are locally declaring a camsetup1 function and trying to ask others (who don't know it) to execute it

[little raptor]

remoteExec ['addAction',(lbCurSel (_display displayCtrl 1500))]
also what guarantee is there that the lb selection is the correct target?

[drifting portal]

hmm

how can I make it accurate ?

[little raptor]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[drifting portal]

you are real silly

[little raptor]

what does your list box contain anyway?

[little raptor]

go ask someone else for help then

[drifting portal]

man I'm joking chill

[drifting portal]

allplayers

[copper raven]

use netids + lbSetData or set var the players array onto the control, then retrieve the correct one by index

[real epoch]

I am currently running this code on an empty mission file with 1 player placed in the debug menu.

    private ["_display", "_mapCtrl"];
    disableSerialization;
    
    waitUntil {_display = uiNamespace getVariable ["RscCustomInfoMiniMap", displayNull]; !isNull _display};
    _mapCtrl = _display displayCtrl 101;
  
    _mapCtrl ctrlAddEventHandler ["Draw", {
    (_this select 0) drawIcon [
        "iconStaticMG",
        [1,0,0,1],
        getPos player,
        24,
        24,
        getDir player,
        "Player Vehicle",
        1,
        0.03,
        "TahomaB",
        "right"
        ]
    }];
};```

It works until I spawn a helicopter or jet in the debug menu.

```createVehicle ["B_Heli_Transport_01_F", position player, [], 0, "NONE"];```

When I get in as a (co)pilot nothing is shown on the minimap, when I get out it is shown again.

If I spawn a flight object first and then execute the code for the minimap it is the other way round, when I am in the plane it is shown and when I get out it is no longer shown.

Can someone explain to me why this is the case and how it can be fixed?

[winter rose]

getPosATL vehicle player

[real epoch]

Hi, I have adjusted it but still the same problem, what I forgot to mention is that land vehicles (MBT or other) work. Only not for flying objects.

[winter rose]

shouldn't matter

[little raptor]

if it still doesn't work set the position manually after creation

createVehicle ["B_Heli_Transport_01_F", getPosATL vehicle player, [], 0, "NONE"] setPosATL getPosATL vehicle player;

it'll probably explode tho

[drifting portal]

https://sqfbin.com/kijozuxupavivevuwole

I commented on the issue inside the code

problem being I'm getting a zero divisor (aka the game can't get the variable) but It doesn't make much sense to me?

can someone explain it lightly? I have placed two comments where I made the variable in question and where its throwing the error

Lines 21 and 60

[ebon citrus]

playMoveNow, despite being global effect, doesnt seem to work if executed server-side

[little raptor]

is the unit local to the server?

[ebon citrus]

hmmm, something else

[ebon citrus]

nope

it seems some animations do work and some dont

[little raptor]

well it should be local arg

[ebon citrus]

the plot thickens

[ebon citrus]

(allplayers#0) playMoveNow should be enough

[little raptor]

it was

[ebon citrus]

it works with some animations but some not

[little raptor]

as the wiki says it's local arg. effect is irrelevant (ofc it's global...)

[ebon citrus]

this doesnt matter

well, i'll jsut remoteExec it

flatout some animations work server-side executed, some dont

but everything seems to work if executed where the unit is local

[real epoch]

Still the same problem.

[little raptor]

that makes zero sense

you're probably doing something wrong elsewhere

[devout surge]

hello, i'm having a problem, I deleted my Diary records in favor of a diary.sqf, but i can't see the briefing in the game(not in the briefing state or in the map), can someone point to where to learn how to do this right?

[little raptor]

what's a diary.sqf?
it's not a thing afaik

[devout surge]

I was fallowing a video tutorial. can i paste here the link?

[little raptor]

yeah

[devout surge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJlCAEYs2uo&ab_channel=DriftingNitro

[little raptor]

what have you done so far?

[devout surge]

I have a diary.sqf with the briefing background and all the information about the mission, a initLocalPlayer.sqf calling diary.sqf in all connected players

[little raptor]

it's not initLocalPlayer

it's initPlayerLocal

[devout surge]

hahaha damn, im bumb

[little raptor]

also make sure Explorer file extensions are on

or else you might end up with a .txt file

[devout surge]

yup, those are ok, im actualy using VSC to code

[ebon citrus]

BIS_fnc_typeText is being really slow

and i mean like, 0.5 digits per second

any ideas?

[still forum]

its scheduled

[ebon citrus]

it shouldnt be?

[hollow thistle]

But it is?

[little raptor]

scheduler has a 3 ms per frame limit
when there are too many scripts in the queue the queue takes longer to loop back to a script

[hollow thistle]

Most of the BI stuff is scheduled.

[ebon citrus]

yeah, so how can i fix it being slow?

my scheduler is hardly used

[hollow thistle]

Bad mods?

[little raptor]

try diag_activeScripts

[hollow thistle]

In clean game it should work okay.

[little raptor]

see how many active scripts you have

[ebon citrus]

40-42 active scripts

ok, something weird:

while {!isNil {_this}} do {
_this ctrlSetFade random [0.4,0.5,0.6] ;
_this ctrlCommit random [2,3,4","PLP_AnimFuncs\Functions\fn_disabling.sqf",true,39],["<spawn>```

[little raptor]

what's your FPS?

[ebon citrus]

this repeats like.. 36 times

[ebon citrus]

capped at 60

[little raptor]

while {!isNil {_this}} do {
wat?

[little raptor]

it's not that low
doesn't fully explain the "0.5 second per digit" thing

[ebon citrus]

it looks like it might be caused by polpox art supporter tool

let me load without it and see

[little raptor]

actually it does 😅

40/60 = 0.6

if all those 40 scripts are active every iteration of the scheduler

[hollow thistle]

if it's basically a while true loop without any sleep in it will exhaust the 3ms all the time.

[ebon citrus]

yep, that fixes it

Polpox animation support tool nibbles away at the scheduler

[little raptor]

@warm hedge 👆

[hollow thistle]

bad code

[hallow mortar]

I'm pretty sure it's specifically not intended to be used in actual missions, so performance probably wasn't a major concern

[hollow thistle]

still does not make sense to do the thing multiple times a frame

like...

_this ctrlSetFade random [0.4,0.5,0.6] ;
_this ctrlCommit random 

this won't be visible until next frame anyway

if it absolutely needs to try to execute every frame, something like

waitUntil {
  // do the stuff

  isNil {_this}
};

would be 1e10 times better.

or simple sleep 0.01 at the end.

[little raptor]

how can _this become nil all of a sudden?

[hollow thistle]

while {<some form of TRUE>} is 90% of times a BIG code smell.

[hollow thistle]

_this = nil

[little raptor]

I don't see that anywhere

[hollow thistle]

we don't see whole code here so maybe it happens, eventualy.

[winter rose]

sure, but not in this script 😄

[hollow thistle]

oh wait, ,["<spawn>

this is next code.

So it does not happen. 💩

[winter rose]

isNull perhaps, isNil nay

[hollow thistle]

BTW do we have someting about this in code perf article?

I've seen while {true} being badly used by inexperienced scripters quite a few times.

[little raptor]

for now I'll add a warning to the while page

[winter rose]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Code_Optimisation something here too perhaps if it is not there already

[little raptor]

nope

it's not

[devout surge]

open question... the briefing supports some basic css... <br/> <font color='' size='' face=''> what else is supported? I'm trying to "redact" some text so it apears like this

[winter rose]

<br/> is not CSS 😛

[open fractal]

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

[winter rose]

see also https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Briefing

[open fractal]

I don't think there's a way to strikethrough, but it supports hex color so you can gray out text and stuff

[winter rose]

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

[real epoch]

If you have time, you can take a look at it and see if you can think of anything else, no mods active, new mission file, all settings should be reset to default.

https://youtu.be/dZwG39p8PaQ

[little raptor]

for now added this:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/while

[little raptor]

oh sorry I didn't even read your problem 😅
I saw Lou replying with getPosATL vehicle player and I thought that was the question

yeah that has nothing to do with your problem at all

actually Lou's answer was about the draw part, not the createVehicle

I should really read the conversation more carefully...

[] spawn {
    private ["_display", "_mapCtrl"];
    disableSerialization;
    
    waitUntil {_display = uiNamespace getVariable ["RscCustomInfoMiniMap", displayNull]; !isNull _display};
    _mapCtrl = _display displayCtrl 101;
  
    _mapCtrl ctrlAddEventHandler ["Draw", {
    (_this select 0) drawIcon [
        "iconStaticMG",
        [1,0,0,1],
        getPosWorldVisual vehicle player,
        24,
        24,
        getDirVisual vehicle player,
        "Player Vehicle",
        1,
        0.03,
        "TahomaB",
        "right"
        ]
    }];
};

so does this not solve your problem?

also:

disableSerialization;
this is not needed as far as I see

you're not doing any UI serialization

[hollow thistle]

I would suggest to use sleep

uiSleep is specialized and most of the begginers script stuff that's related to objects/simulation etc. and their scripts should pause when game is paused.

But I guess it won't work in this example.

[little raptor]

I tested this myself. seems like a game issue
don't know what's wrong exactly

[hollow thistle]

The counter will break

[little raptor]

yeah that's why I used uiSleep

[coarse dragon]

How does one. Hide a layer then get it to pop up with a trigger?

[little raptor]

you can't hide a layer afaik
you can only hide its entities...
you can use something like this:

{
  _x hideObjectGlobal false;
} forEach getMissionLayerEntities "myLayer"#0

this should be executed on the server

if you use it in a trigger, use a server-only trigger

[coarse dragon]

There's a way to sync mass amounts of units to the modules?

😟

[little raptor]

can't you just select multiple and sync?

should be possible afaik

[coarse dragon]

No as units don't have a sync too thing

[little raptor]

also why do you want to use modules? I just showed you how to use layers

[coarse dragon]

Because.. I've no actual idea how to actually do that 😫

[little raptor]

they do

and I just tried and could sync multiple ones as well

[coarse dragon]

Eh I don't have that option

[little raptor]

just create a layer, then select the units/groups from the left panel and drag and drop them into the layer

[coarse dragon]

Then wheres the code go?

[little raptor]

in 2 places
one in initServer.sqf which hides them:

{
  _x hideObjectGlobal true;
  _x enableSimulationGlobal false;
  _x allowDamage false;
} forEach (getMissionLayerEntities "myLayer"#0)

and one in your trigger which unhides them:

{
  _x hideObjectGlobal false;
  _x enableSimulationGlobal true;
  _x allowDamage true;
} forEach (getMissionLayerEntities "myLayer"#0)

change myLayer to the name of your layer

[hollow thistle]

if you're doing this for units you need to disable their simulation too

[little raptor]

right good point

[hollow thistle]

and could disable their damage as explosions in the area can still affect hidden units.

[coarse dragon]

Anyway to do it without a server?

Oi u said sorry

[little raptor]

initServer.sqf executes in single player too

you'll be the "server"

[open fractal]

"server" just means whatever machine is hosting the mission

[coarse dragon]

Here's your chance to do another video 😂

[open fractal]

aha

i wish

currently procrastinating something

[coarse dragon]

@little raptor thank you kind sir for the help

[little raptor]

np

@coarse dragon see this GIF for layers:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Eden_Editor:_Layer

seems like you can just select the units and click on New Layer 😅

no need to drag and drop

[little raptor]

I think when they're hidden they don't take damage anymore tho
except maybe explosion dmg

oh you already said that 🤣

I don't know why I read stuff halfway today... 😅

[copper raven]

    waitUntil {_display = uiNamespace getVariable ["RscCustomInfoMiniMap", displayNull]; !isNull _display};
    _mapCtrl = _display displayCtrl 101

_mapCtrl here will be the minimap when inside the vehicle, to get the minimap when outside the vehicle, you have to do some uiNamespace looking up:

private _displays = uiNameSpace getVariable "igui_displays";
private _ctrlGPS = _displays select (_displays findIf {!isNull (_x displayCtrl 101)}) displayCtrl 101;

[coarse dragon]

Ever use unit capture Leopard?

The script to record your movements and stuff

[little raptor]

yes. why?

[coarse dragon]

I was in an attack chopper but it never recorded me firing my missles. Just the gunner and his machine gun. Any idea why

[hollow thistle]

it records it but the playback function only works for gunner when it comes to firing.

You can assign the pylons you've used to the gunner and it should work.

[coarse dragon]

Odd it records me dropping bombs and not that

In a jet

[kindred zephyr]

^ super useful

[wind hedge]

Will this work for JIP too?

[little raptor]

it should
tho there's a locality problem

allowDamage is arg local

[_x, true] remoteExec ["allowDamage", _x];

with that it should work

[wind hedge]

👏

[copper raven]

if the object changes locality again, you'll have to rerun allowDamage where the object is local, fyi

[little raptor]

really?

[copper raven]

yeah

[little raptor]

then why is it "Global Effect"?

[copper raven]

well, it is in a way

it's global effect if executed on a local machine and locality never changes, i think that's the correct phrase

[winter rose]

I think remoteExec 0 would not need to reapply it

[copper raven]

that needs testing

i'd imagine it wouldn't

otherwise this issue wouldn't even be a thing

[idle jungle]

Can someone help me with this script?

["Start Training", _start = (getMissionLayerEntities "Layer 1") select 0;
{
allowDamage true;
} forEach _start ];```

On phone sorry for format

It's saying its missing a ]

[little raptor]

you should wrap this part in {}:

_start = (getMissionLayerEntities "Layer 1") select 0; { allowDamage true; } forEach _start
also it should be _x allowDamage true

[idle jungle]

Perfect thank you mate

[somber radish]

Anyone got an idea on how to get Location-names?
I have tried:

name nearestLocation [getPos player, "NameCity"];

What I am trying to achieve is to get a string with the name of the nearest city

Using this command I only get ```sqf
""

[ebon citrus]

Use nearestlocations instead

Namecity, namevillage, namecapitalcity

It will return an array, pick the first one for closest

If you want to be sure, loop the locations till one has a name

private _ret = "Wilderness";
private _allLocationTypes = ["NameCity", "NameVillage", "NameLocal", "NameCityCapital"];
{
    if ((text _x) isNotEqualTo "") exitWith {_ret = text _x; _ret};
} forEach nearestLocations [player, _allLocationTypes, 1500];
_ret;```

it's not optimal, but it's what i use

slap that into a function and call it

takes no arguments, returns the name of the nearest named city, including airports

doesnt work for airports on tanoa

remove "NameLocal" if you dont want airports

increase the radius if you need to

you know how it works

[ruby bronze]

Howdy all, could someone take a peek at this code: https://sqfbin.com/ikotahenurogivupinay that I made and help me figure out why only the first section out of three is working?

(Expected result: when combined with area markers in-game called pulse_1, pulse_2, and pulse_3 as well as objects called pulseObject_1, pulseObject_2, and pulseObject_3 there should be a pulsing marker on the map over each of these objects.

Actual result: only the first marker "pulse_1" pulses, nothing happens with the others.)

Do I need a different sqf file for each of them or is there a way to get all of them working within a single sqf?

Any help is appreciated =)

[somber radish]

Beautiful! Thanks it is exactly what I needed!

[crude vigil]

Well your first while never finishes soo it gets no opportunity to jump to 2nd or 3rd... Just move everything in 1 while loop like ...
sleep 2;
"pulse_1" setMarkerPos position pulseObject_1;
"pulse_2" setMarkerPos position pulseObject_2;
"pulse_3" setMarkerPos position pulseObject_3;
sleep2;
...
Since I believe that is your intention...

[ruby bronze]

Oh, I suppose it would be just that simple wouldn't it lmao

Thank you 😅 facepalm

[ebon citrus]

dont sweat it. Arma 3 is about sharing, not hoarding.

[open fractal]

You can make a function and pass the marker names as arguments, that way you don’t have to rewrite it if you change the markers

But if you have what you need already then it isn’t strictly necessary

[ruby bronze]

That would be pretty good, but it's above my current skill at the moment. I think this way will be fine for now at least

[coarse dragon]

Isn't there a module to skip time?

[hallow mortar]

There is one for Zeus, might not be in the Editor. Fortunately you can use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/skipTime

[coarse dragon]

Does 3eden have one ?

Not on atm

[hallow mortar]

I don't know, I'm not in game either. But...either there is, and you use it, or there isn't, and you use skipTime for exactly the same effect and a similar amount of effort.

[open fractal]

scripting is easier than trying to manhandle modules to make things like that work

[coarse dragon]

When one skips time. Will fires and smoke still be burning from bombings?

[open fractal]

should be. skipTime just changes the in-game time

[coarse dragon]

Happy days thanks

[warm hedge]

You know that's why I'm making a new one

[ebon citrus]

right on, then

what do the different modes for BIS_fnc_camera do?

[winter rose]

for internal use

[ebon citrus]

right

so it wont have any effect on simulation being disabled in my intro-scene?

because this is being a real bumber

[winter rose]

check the code, but I don't think so

[ebon citrus]

im sort of cross-posting here, but i cant really say im getting anywhere

simply put, simulation wont work in my intro-scene

and music wont play

[winter rose]

« the issue is out there » I would say

[ebon citrus]

that's nearly not helping 😅

[winter rose]

"almost"

Copy the mission, remove elements, see when it works

but "no simulation", it looks like setAccTime 0 or all objects enableSimulation(Global) false

[ebon citrus]

tried to do setAccTime 1 in the initIntro.sqf to no avail

[ebon citrus]

rpt doesnt give any script errors

[leaden ibex]

Hey there, I am new to this, so I have no idea if it's even possible... BUT.
What I need:

I'd love to add two (RHS) "RHS_weap_gau19" to A-10, preferably at pylons position. And one to the main turrets position (easily done with addWeapon).
Is there a way to add the gaus at pylons and make them all shoot at once?
I hate that I want to do this, but the group I play with just hates vehicles with bug guns that can hurt something...

[hollow laurel]

How were the animated intros in the TacOps DLC missions achieved? They looked very nice but I have a slight gut feeling they were just .OGV files

[warm hedge]

They aren't OGVs. The same tech with Old Man so you can check it out

[fair drum]

not without some modding and config work I'm afraid

[leaden ibex]

Damn, so I won't be able to do this with the mission file itself. Unfortunate.
One Gau has to be enough then. Thanks for the info!

[hollow laurel]

Thanks, before I go to bed Old Man's files are not in .EBOs, right?

[warm hedge]

OM files are PBO

[hollow laurel]

👍

[stark scaffold]

Hello everyone,
I need your help, please, to create a script for my attack helicopter, I would like a "turbo" action that allows to increase the speed very quickly and that a flame animation comes out of the reactors. The animation already exists, it starts with the user action "Turbo on" and closes with the user action "Turbo off".
Thank you in advance for your help

[open fractal]

heads up you'll get moderated if you crosspost like that

and that seems familiar

#arma3_scripting message

[little raptor]

it doesn't count as crossposting in this case

it's more like a "bump"

[little raptor]

did you try what I mentioned before?

[stark scaffold]

Yes, thank you, but I can’t create the turbo user action with the reactor animation

[little raptor]

didn't you say the animation already exists?

animation already exists

[stark scaffold]

Yes indeed, I already created it, but I would like that when the animation is done with the user action "turbo on" the speed increases, sorry I start in the script.

[winter rose]

Go to the wiki and look for "animated briefing" 🙂

[little raptor]

I don't think there's any event handler for vehicle animations...
so I guess you'll have to use some delay or something.
example turbo on:

_veh animate ["reactor_or_whatever", ....];
sleep 3;
_endTime = time + 10; //boost up to 10 seconds
_acc = [0,10,0]; //acceleration vector
while {alive _veh && time < _endTime} do {
  _vel = velocity _veh;
  _vel = _vel vectorAdd (_veh vectorModelToWorld (_acc vectorMultiply diag_deltaTime));
  _veh setVelocity _vel;
  sleep 0.001;
};

[pliant stream]

what's diag_deltaTime

[little raptor]

1 / diag_FPS

basically last frame time

[pliant stream]

seems pretty sus

better to track yourself. the script is not guaranteed to execute each frame

[little raptor]

and yeah yeah I know that doesn't run every frame 😐

[stark scaffold]

Thanks, I’ll try this script, should I put it in the mission file in the "init"?

[little raptor]

it's not a complete script

[open fractal]

#arma3_config

[little raptor]

didn't you say you already made the "turbo on action"?

[stark scaffold]

Yes in the helicopter config

[little raptor]

good. then change the first line (animate thing) and define the _veh variable and use that for the action code

you can also try it in debug console first to make sure it works the way you want

just put your vehicle in eden, change _veh to the var name of your vehicle and execute the code

you should also wrap it in [] spawn {} if you use the vanilla debug console:

[] spawn {
    _veh = myHeli;
    _veh animate ["reactor_or_whatever", ....];
    sleep 3;
    _endTime = time + 10; //boost up to 10 seconds
    _acc = [0,10,0]; //acceleration vector
    while {alive _veh && time < _endTime} do {
      _vel = velocity _veh;
      _vel = _vel vectorAdd (_veh vectorModelToWorld (_acc vectorMultiply diag_deltaTime));
      _veh setVelocity _vel;
      sleep 0.001;
    };
}

[stark scaffold]

thank's you very much, i try this, You are very friendly

[finite imp]

has somebody made some experience with the setMaxLoad command? Im trying to increase vestLoad but im not quite sure how to go about it. the wiki says

container setMaxLoad load

and container is an object. do I just insert the classname of the vest?

[little raptor]

classname = name = string

so ofc no

[finite imp]

yeah thats what i thought. so what else then?

[little raptor]

there are commands to get the container

e.g. backpackContainer

[finite imp]

ahhh

yeah gimme a second, i saw this earlier

hint str vestContainer player;

This command should return the container ID. executing this in the console returns

22f644b2b00# 1174189: dummyweapon.p3d

in my example. I guess dummyweapon is just a placeholder. the numbers belong together or are they separate things?

[little raptor]

wat? why would they matter anyway?

vestContainer player setMaxLoad _load

that's it

[finite imp]

oh okay. i thought i had to define the maxload for the item itself

thank you

[pine saddle]

Hey !
quick question: I added this in an init: this disableAI "Move"; I would like to addthis setUnitpos "UP" . Can i do like: this disableAI "Move", setUnitpos "UP"; Or how do i write it ? Cause it's not working for me :/

[little raptor]

no

you can only write it the first way you wrote it. there's no other way

[winter rose]

this disableAI "Move"; this setUnitpos "UP";

// better
this disableAI "Move";
this setUnitpos "UP";

[pliant stream]

this disableAI "Move", this setUnitPos "UP"; is valid

[pine saddle]

okay so i need to use the "this" always noted thanks a lot mate

[winter rose]

yep, but was missing a second this

[pliant stream]

yeah

[pine saddle]

Okay so the really important part is the this that was missing i'm stupid

[winter rose]

and we also try to discourage people from using , as ; 🤣

[pliant stream]

sure, don't do it. but you can do it. but don't.

[winter rose]

https://tenor.com/view/the-interview-james-franco-david-skylark-same-but-different-but-still-same-gif-4956158

https://tenor.com/view/ian-malcom-jurassic-park-science-could-should-gif-5197847

[pine saddle]

You are not gonna believe me but i have another problem 😄
I try to use this in multiplayer: this addAction["Sector Targets","popup.sqf",[[target_1,target_2,target_3,target_4,target_5,target_6,target_7,target_8,target_9,target_10,target_11,target_12,target_13,target_14,target_15,target_16,target_17,target_18,target_19,target_20,target_21,target_22,target_23,target_24,target_25,target_26,target_27,target_28,target_29,target_30,target_31,target_32,target_33,target_34,target_35,target_36,target_37,target_38,target_39,target_40,target_41,target_42,target_43,target_44,target_45,target_46,target_47,target_48,target_49,target_50,target_51,target_52,target_53,target_54,target_55,target_56,target_57,target_58,target_59,target_60,target_61,target_62,target_63,target_64,target_65,target_66,target_67,target_68,target_69],0,1,true]];
It's in a laptop and this should pop up targets that have the numbers as variable cause they are down with an init. But in server it just doesn't work.
Is there something important i should know ? I wanna rip off my hairs that i don't have...

[winter rose]

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[winter rose]

+ indent plz

this addAction ["Sector Targets", "popup.sqf", [TheBigTargetsArray, 0, 1, true]];
```basically

@pine saddle "popup.sqf" is the important part here - what's in there?

[pine saddle]

well a lot of things that i took of a free compo for CQB things. It works fine so i don't know if i need to change things

[winter rose]

please use https://sqfbin.com 🙂

[pine saddle]

ofc sorry forgot about it

[pine saddle]

https://sqfbin.com/itaharusowetahekawer

Wel i have to remove all the comments but everything is working nice in SP so i don't know what to modify for working in MP

[winter rose]

// Check to make sure this script is executed on the server ONLY
if (!isServer) exitWith {};

sooo yeah, here's why

addAction is local, so the client is not the server
according to what I see, if you comment this line out, it should still work globally

that or remoteExec it on the server from the client

(but they will pop up again if not remoteExec'd)

[pine saddle]

Okay so it works perfectly now 😄

So what do this line do ? Cause i don't really understand the website https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/isServer

[winter rose]

it says "if this machine is not the server, then exit the script"

[pine saddle]

okay it makes much more sense now !
Code is really tricky damn

Tanks a lot again for the time taken to explain my dumbass brain ^^

[winter rose]

no worries and with pleasure, the channel is here for that - also not knowing things is not being stupid 😉

[ebon citrus]

Like Lou said, not knowing things isnt stupid, it's having an opportunity to learn. Not askign things is stupid, because you refuse to learn. This channel is for smart people

[stark scaffold]

Hello Leopard20, thanks again for your help, I tested your script, I can not make it work,
There’s probably something I didn’t understand, if my model has one as not h2, should I replace _veh by h2 in the whole script?

[little raptor]

_veh is the variable name for the object you created in the game

it has nothing to do with your model

[stark scaffold]

yes, h2 is the my variable name.

[little raptor]

you can just define _veh yourself then. I already showed you how

_veh = myHeli

or in your case: _veh = h2

[little raptor]

also you should fix the first line, as I said before:

_veh animate ["reactor_or_whatever", ....];

that line does not work and you must fix it yourself

[stark scaffold]

That’s good!! it works, with the Debug console, could you tell me what to do with the script now? Thank you again you are very good!

[little raptor]

did everything work the way you wanted? I think the acceleration and its duration are too big?

[stark scaffold]

acceleration works as soon as I validate the command, not with the animation, I increased the time a little

[little raptor]

ok. there are a couple of problems with that code tho. the main one being that it doesn't run every frame as it should
do you use CBA in your mod?

[stark scaffold]

Or I installed CBA. In fact the helicopter leaves all alone, the animation is done well, I have no control on the turbo

[little raptor]

how do you want to control the turbo?

[stark scaffold]

with menu action if possible

[stark scaffold]

this is a script : []spawn {
_veh = h2;
_veh addaction [ "Turbos Go",
_veh animate ["Turbos",3]];
sleep 3;
_endTime = time + 30;
_acc = [0,10,0];
while {alive _veh && time < _endTime} do {
_vel = velocity _veh;
_vel = _vel vectorAdd (_veh vectorModelToWorld (_acc vectorMultiply diag_deltaTime));
_veh setVelocity _vel;
sleep 0.001;
};
}

[winter rose]

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[little raptor]

you can do:

h2 addAction ["Turbo On", {
    params ["_veh"];
    _veh animate ["Turbos",3];
    _veh setVariable ["disable_turbo", false];
    [
        {
            params ["_veh", "_endTime"];
            if (!alive _veh || time > _endTime || {_veh getVariable ["disable_turbo", false]}) exitWith {true};
            if (_endTime - time > 27) exitWith {false};
            _vel = velocity _veh;
            _vel = _vel vectorAdd (_veh vectorModelToWorld [0, 10 * diag_deltaTime, 0]);
            _veh setVelocity _vel;
            false;
        },
        {_this#0 animate ["Turbos",0];},
        [_veh, time + 30]
    ] call CBA_fnc_waitUntilAndExecute;
}];

h2 addAction ["Turbo Off", {
    params ["_veh"];
    _veh setVariable ["disable_turbo", true];
    _veh animate ["Turbos",0];
}];

needs CBA

[stark scaffold]

YES YES thank's You !!! the script is very good, the helicopter is more difficult to fly, especially to right it tends to go down, but what satisfaction!! Thank you again, thank you.

[hollow laurel]

I found what is was looking for, animated opening https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Animated_Opening

It should work in MP too, right?

[winter rose]

it is local effect so I expect it to yes

[hollow laurel]

thank you

[pulsar vigil]

https://gyazo.com/aea685070eda731267e44c58f113e565
Someone knows why the RPK mags are the only ones that have a lowercase R at the Rnd?

[ivory lake]

because whoever wrote the classname wrote rnd instead of Rnd

[pulsar vigil]

So there is no real reason for it?

[little raptor]

no. it's just a class name. they could've named it awesome_mag_haha

[pulsar vigil]

Yeah but i would have thought that they would have followed the trend that they used before with the 75Rnd

[ivory lake]

it's a mistake

casing of classnames generally does not matter as good practice is to toLower them anyway for string comparisons

[pulsar vigil]

true tho, i just forgot it, and was wondering why the RPK mags where the only ones to make problems

[little raptor]

mag class names you get from the vanilla commands are consistent with their config names tho

so you can just ignore the case

[pulsar vigil]

This one came from magazinesDetail

[winter rose]

don't crosspost - I deleted your post in #arma3_feedback_tracker for you.

[little raptor]

magazinesDetail doesn't even have class names

[pulsar vigil]

Sorry i meant the normal magazines command

[little raptor]

the case is the same the one in config for magaiznes too

[pulsar vigil]

And another bug i found, is that the Ifrit HMG windshield doesnt have a hitbox

[opaque grail]

Hey, how do I use this script thingy to fix a bug in HETMAN Warstories in which the AI keeps getting in and out of vehicles constantly? https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setUnloadInCombat

[pulsar vigil]

you can just one hit though it with any weapon

[stark scaffold]

Is it possible to put this script in the vehicle config?

[little raptor]

not like this. no

[stark scaffold]

Ha OK thank's

[opaque grail]

How do I exactly do what the hetman warstories dev told me to do to fix the problem I got with the AI? https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/873621415142756365/956922591824736337/unknown.png

[little raptor]

you can do something like this:

[] spawn {
  while {true} do {
    {
      _x setUnloadInCombat [false, false];
    } forEach vehicles;
    sleep 5;
  };
};

[opaque grail]

Ok, but where do I put it?

[little raptor]

use a debug console and run in during the mission

what I wrote only works in SP

[opaque grail]

It works

[finite imp]

I have a question regarding Unit Insignias. I've been running into a brick wall in the past few weeks.

AFAIK if you want to apply unit insignias (doesnt matter if its the ones from vanilla or custom ones), you have to remove and reapply them (if you have applied an insignia before).

What I'm trying to achieve is set unit insignias for different squads on mission start and if players JIP (because, afaik, players who join AFTER a patch has been applied, its invisible for the JIP).

In my initPlayerLocal.sqf:

[player, ""] call bis_fnc_setUnitInsignia;
[player, "CombatPatrol"] call bis_fnc_setUnitInsignia;

This does not work at all. The insignia is invisible for me and other players. If I try to remoteExec the function globally, it works 40% of the time, but it appears entirely random if it does or not. Anyone got maybe some pointers in the right direction?

[little raptor]

use some delay

If I try to remoteExec the function globally,
the function already does that

don't

[finite imp]

I know, but if I use call, it does not work at all

[little raptor]

like I said, use delay

[finite imp]

like what, sleep 1?

[little raptor]

yeah

[finite imp]

alright, brb

[little raptor]

also instead of using "" use what I wrote here:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki?title=BIS_fnc_setUnitInsignia

what you wrote is inefficient

[finite imp]

the respawn thing?

[little raptor]

no. this thing:

_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;

[finite imp]

alright, ill try this

[opaque grail]

Hey, so after using the script, everybody has pretty much gone into their vehicles and stopped moving

[finite imp]

alright, this works consistent now. thank you. currently I'm using this in a loadout script via AddAction. but I have a follow up question.

If players JIP now, they wont be able to see the insignia I'm guessing, because they were not present when it was applied. correct? so I added this in my initPlayerLocal.sqf, because different squads are supposed to have different insignias. meaning:

{
    player setVariable ["BIS_fnc_setUnitInsignia_class", nil];
    sleep 1;
    [player, "CombatPatrol"] call BIS_fnc_setUnitInsignia;
}
forEach [s_45,s_46,s_47,s_48,s_49,s_50,s_51,s_52,s_53,s_54,s_55,s_56];

Will this work aswell? I guess its way to overcomplicated, but I'm unsure how to go about this

[little raptor]

maybe game bug
try this too. if it doesn't work then idk

[] spawn {
  while {true} do {
    {
      if (_x getVariable ["disabledUnloading", false]) then {continue};
      _x setUnloadInCombat [false, false];
      _x setVariable ["disabledUnloading", true];
    } forEach vehicles;
    sleep 5;
  };
};

[little raptor]

they wont be able to see the insignia I'm guessing, because they were not present when it was applied. correct?
the game uses setObjectTextureGlobal for that

afaik that already supports JIP

[finite imp]

So there is no need to reapply Insignias if someone JIPs, right?

[little raptor]

no

[finite imp]

alright. Meaning I can define this in my loadout script, which is working already, and in my initPlayerLocal for when they spawn with
forEach [_unit];
(we use a persistent loadout so not every mission everyone gets to pull their loadout out of a box). right?

[opaque grail]

There's now a seek and destroy marker up 1.5 km, but nobody is going for it. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/873621415142756365/956929212592304148/unknown.png

[little raptor]

it's a game bug then

[opaque grail]

Oh hey, it started moving

[little raptor]

maybe it can't find a path

put it in a better place

[opaque grail]

The HETMAN Warstories mod does not allow me to become zeus

[little raptor]

if you're playing in SP you can try my mod and make yourself Zeus at any time:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1893300731

[granite sky]

That RHS RPK magazine issue that @pulsar vigil mentioned is a case mismatch between the magazine well entry and the magazine classname, IIRC. I don't know if that technically counts as a bug but it tripped me up once. RHS would probably fix it eventually if someone reported it.

So currently you can't reliably use in to compare the magazine classname with magazine well lists.

[winter rose]

in toLowerANSI

[crisp turtle]

So since the bohemia interactive UGV "Follow" command doesn't work, i'm trying to script it in as an addaction that creates a waypoint on the UGV operator's position. I haven't figured how to turn it off just yet, but right now the follow script looks like this:

_grp2 = group UGV2;
_unit2 = DROP2;

while {true} do {

if (!alive (leader _grp2)) exitWith {};

_wp = _grp2 addWaypoint [position _unit2, 0];
_wp setWaypointType "MOVE";


sleep 35;
};```

So it creates a waypoint on the operator's position every 35 seconds and moves the UGV over, great. If the UGV manages to get to the player's position, the waypoint deletes itself and the next waypoint will be the one the UGV goes to. 

The issue i'm having right now is that if the player moves and the drone isn't able to reach the waypoint in time, a new one gets created and added to the waypoint queue. Does anyone know of a good way of deleting the previous waypoints and make every new waypoint the one the UGV goes to?

[radiant siren]

Maybe waitUntil getPos player and deleteVehicle could work

[finite imp]

apparently this does only work in SP or for the host, but not in MP for other players or JIP. any idea why?

[tranquil cradle]

If you prefer to allow AIs in certain combat situations to disembark, this put into HWS advanced setup window may work (unless I did some mistake while writing this, not tested):

https://sqfbin.com/olumesanitofuxetojel

[winter rose]

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[winter rose]

also please don't post that big of code here, use https://sqfbin.com/

[tranquil cradle]

"sqf" code

Seems not working for me. It used to in the past... Weird.

[winter rose]

```sqf <line return> <sqf code> ```

and thank you for editing 🙇‍♂️

[finite imp]

okay follow up to this, apparently the command has to be executed on the server for it to work (as far as the wiki goes). so this command should not work anyway if I pull a loadout via script since its completely local? Unless if I execute this via execVM or am I mistaken?

[winter rose]

this is what the documentation says indeed, server-side execution 🙂
it should not have a local if run by a client, but it actually may

[finite imp]

so how do I go about setting a maxLoad for vestContainer if I equip a player with a new vest (via script, that is)? Do i execute the command via execVM (or remoteExec, i dunno the difference) inside the loadoutscript or does this not work aswell?

[winter rose]

remoteExecute it on the server

[finite imp]

meaning target for remoteExec is 2 and not 0 (meaning server and not global)?

[winter rose]

correct

[finite imp]

I will report back! 😎

[finite imp]

Okay so I implemented this into my loadout script after removing all gear and before implementing the new stuff.

[...]
player addWeapon "Rangefinder";

//setMaxLoad Vest
[] remoteExec ["scripts\maxLoadVest.sqf",2,true];

comment "Add items to containers";
[...]

and its not working 🥲
maxLoadVest.sqf

{
  uniformContainer player setMaxLoad 60;
  vestContainer player setMaxLoad 350;
} forEach [s_49,s_50,s_51,s_52,s_53,s_54,s_55,s_56];

[hallow mortar]

player doesn't work on the server

pass the player unit to the script like this:
[player] remoteExec ["scripts\maxLoadVest.sqf",2]
then access the passed unit at the start of the script like this:
params ["_unit"];
(to make the unit available as the variable _unit to use in the rest of the script)

your forEach is kinda weird, you're just repeating those two setMaxLoad commands once for each of...whatever s_49 etc. is, but that just means you're repeating the same commands on the player like 7 times in rapid succession. Technically functional but seems pointless

[finite imp]

will try this.

s_49 til s_56 are player variables, since I only want certain players to increase vestContainer space //instead of// for each and everyone on the server.

Problem is, since we're using a persistent loadout mod, I have to think about two things:

1. increase vestSize everytime a player pulls out a new loadout from spawn
2. player does not pull a new loadout and gets the new one from a database init

[hallow mortar]

s_49 til s_56 are player variables, since I only want certain players to increase vestContainer space for each and everyone.
Okay, so you want s_49 etc to be the units affected by your setMaxLoad commands. In that case, you don't need to pass the player unit to the script; just replace player with _x inside your forEach.

[finite imp]

yes exactly

[hallow mortar]

A forEach means "do this one time per item in the array". It doesn't automatically mean "do this one time to each of the items in the array", although that is one of its primary uses. To reference the current item that the forEach is operating on (each time it does the operation) you need to use the magic variable _x.

[tepid vigil]

Which namespace does CBA put the settings values into, missionNamespace?

[finite imp]

okay, so i guess the params ["_unit"]; is obsolete then? I will try it with _x like you said. the init of the remoteExec function stays the same?

[hallow mortar]

Yes, you don't need params now your forEach is set up properly, and you can remove player from the remoteExec argument.
Note that while I understand what you mean here, init and function have specific meanings in Arma scripting. remoteExec is a command, not a function, and writing a command is not an init.

[finite imp]

im sorry thank you for the small lesson, i learned a lot. i will try this and report back, gimme a sec

update: it did not work. the loadout applies correctly but the containersize does not change unfortunately

[copper raven]

you can't remoteExec script path

make a function or use execVM (not recommended)

[finite imp]

i will try reading the wiki, but i think this is a little too much for me. im not good with this kind of stuff. thanks for the help anyway so far

[finite imp]

alright. I think I was able to create a function, because the function viewer says the function I created exists and is correct like @hallow mortar stated (sorry for ping). But, still, no dice on remoteExecuting the function. 😞

[copper raven]

how are you doing it?

[finite imp]

description.ext

class CfgFunctions
{
    class RNG
    {
        class loadouts
        {
            class maxLoadVest {};
        };
    };
};

mylocalboxloadout.sqf

remoteExec ["TEST_fnc_maxLoadVest",2];
sleep 0.5;

fn_maxLoadVest.sqf

{
  uniformContainer _x setMaxLoad 60;
  vestContainer _x setMaxLoad 350;
} forEach [s_49,s_50,s_51,s_52,s_53,s_54,s_55,s_56];

this seems to work now

[granite sky]

RNG/TEST mismatch?

If it works then it's probably not mismatched in what you're running :P

[finite imp]

yes, rewrote it mid-posting

was initially test

[open flume]

How would i make an object play an MP3 or whatever i need for arma, like 4 meters or so.

[little raptor]

say3D

[open flume]

ty!
how would i make an add action disappear for a set time?

[granite sky]

Time dependent on what? You could add a time check in the addAction's condition statement.

[open flume]

so basically im trying to make a radio toggleable but i dont wanna keep the action there once enabled because if pressed again it overlays the sound.

[sharp grotto]

set a variable to the object and use it for the condition ^^

[distant oyster]

what sound command are you using?

[open flume]

uhh

c1 say3D [ "3Dsound", 5, 1];

(idk how to script so i used google XD)

[fair drum]

say3d allows the object that is "saying" to only "say" one sound at a time already

[twin fog]

i'd like a scale of 1 - 10 how blind i'm being here, attempting to do an oldie of putting some custom .ogg tracks into a mission file and i'm getting some errors on line 8 asking for a }

{
sounds[] = {01,02};
    class 01
{
name = "01";
    sound[] = {"Music\Chroniko.ogg", db+10, 1.0};
    titles[] = {0,""};
};
class 02
{
name = "02";
    sound[] = {"music\warhorn.ogg", db+10, 1.0};
    titles[] = {0,""};
};


};

if this is the wrong spot to ask i'll delete and repost elsewhere

[willow hound]

Try using a letter as the first character for each classname, numbers as classnames are usually a nono 🙂

[twin fog]

i'll give that a shot

{
sounds[] = {01,02};
    class chroniko
{
name = "Chroniko";
    sound[] = {"Music\Chroniko.ogg", db+10, 1.0};
    titles[] = {0,""};
};
class warhornspook
{
name = "warhornspook";
    sound[] = {"music\warhorn.ogg", db+10, 1.0};
    titles[] = {0,""};
};


};

something more to this effect yes?

[willow hound]

Yes, but also adjust the sounds[] entries.

[fair drum]

class CfgMusic
{
    tracks[] = {};
    
    class chroniko
    {
        name = "Chroniko";
        sound[] = {"music\chroniko.ogg", db+10, 1.0};
    };
    class warhornspook
    {
        name = "warhornspook";
        sound[] = {"music\warhorn.ogg", db+10, 1.0};
    };
};

[willow hound]

Actually, https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext#CfgMusic uses tracks[] instead of sounds[], so that might also be a problem. I've never used CfgMusic, only CfgSounds (which uses sounds[]).

[twin fog]

{
    sounds[] = {};
    
    class chroniko
    {
        name = "Chroniko";
        tracks[] = {"music\chroniko.ogg", db+10, 1.0};

    };
    class warhornspook
    {
        name = "warhornspook";
        tracks[] = {"music\warhorn.ogg", db+10, 1.0};
    };
};

[fair drum]

#arma3_scripting message

[twin fog]

i think i catch the meaning there hypoxic. i'll throw that in and see what it throws back

That works

Thank you @fair drum.

[twin fog]

Ill read more into this as well

[grim wing]

how do you add an addAction to where the player has to hold Enter key

like the launch from the carrier

[willow hound]

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

[weak pagoda]

I am tryin got add a intro video to my mission

yet it will only play after the briefing, and players are able to walk around and shoot during the video.

I would like the video to play before the briefing--is this possible?

[fair drum]

no, but you can play it after briefing while locking down players and keeping their screens black until its done

[weak pagoda]

how do i do that?

locking down players

[fair drum]

enableSimulation

cutText

[weak pagoda]

do i put that in init.sqf

[fair drum]

no, those are the commands you will end up using. i'm assuming now that you've asked that that you have no scripting knowledge so far?

[weak pagoda]

i have limited scripting knowledge with sqf, i use python and java

[weak pagoda]

right now i am trying to put in _video = ["ira_video.ogv"] call BIS_fnc_playVideo; in init.sqf

[fair drum]

do you want something written for you? or do you want to learn it yourself?

either is fine

[weak pagoda]

if you wrote it for me that would be amazing

i will learn by analyzing it

[fair drum]

i actually happen to be working on something similar right now

[weak pagoda]

i just dont know how to disable the players from fucking around during the video

[weak pagoda]

what i was trying to do was disableUserInput true; _video = ["ira_video.ogv"] call BIS_fnc_playVideo; disableUserInput false;

but what happens is that it executes before the briefing preventing anyone from being able to user input during the briefing

[fair drum]

correct, it also kills the ability to leave and use the esc menu

you can simply run on the server:

if (isServer) then {
  allPlayers apply {
    _x enableSimulationGlobal false;
  };
};

then reverse it when you are done with the video.

[weak pagoda]

then where would i put the video script? How do i reverse it?

sorry for noob questions

[fair drum]

wait one

i'll just show you what i'm doing when i'm done

pm'd

[quaint oyster]

When storing information using profilenamespace, is there a limit to what can be stored? I'm concerned about it possibly bugging peoples accounts.

[steel fox]

The more data you save to a profile the longer it takes to load. Besides that you would have to try and store quite some data to actually start messing with things.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/saveProfileNamespace

Only real limits are that variable names in profileNamespace cannot be commands besides that every data type could be stored to the profileNamespace.
although some aren't useful, like references to objects or group e.g. https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVariable

[quaint oyster]

Would you still need to use the third variable in setvariable to make something public while using profilenamespace? For example;

profileNamespace setVariable ["randomvar",1,true];

[open fractal]

the third argument is for which machines you want to set the variable on

I've never used profileNamespace but I presume that would set the variable for every player

in their profiles

[ebon citrus]

removeItemFromUniform causing desync issues if run where the unit is not local

i open my inventory and an item is still there that was previously removed with removeItemFromUniform

if i remoteExecute on the server magazineCargo uniformContainer (allPlayers#0), the item is not listen in there

dropping the item and picking it up again makes the item appear serverside aswell

if i drop the item, pick it up, then run removeItemFromUniform, the result is updated to both the client and the server

hmmm, the plot thickens

it seems to be a related to items the unit spawns with

if the unit spawns with the items, removeItemFromUniform wont work as intended

if the item is picked up, the command works as intended

[ebon citrus]

How can i check if the mission is in intro?

[ebon citrus]

i figured out the issue...

BIS_fnc_camera forces a pause on simulation

[devout surge]

hey, is someone online? im trying to rotate a prop to attach to another prop, but setVectorDir[0,0,0]; rotates it and resets to initial position... someone knows anything about this?

[tender fossil]

Have you checked the BIKI documentation for the command? https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVectorDir + you might also need this https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVectorDirAndUp

[crude vigil]

Use setDir and setVectorUp

[ebon citrus]

Ease up there satan, he could just use setVectorDirAndUp like the rest of us normal people

Please dont take it too rough, just a bit of humour

[crude vigil]

iirc, setVectorDirAndUp also resets it. But I am not sure as I might be simply confusing due a logic like "anything that has setVectorDir causes that"

[ebon citrus]

resets in what way?

[crude vigil]

I had a weird experience that setVectorDir was exclusively causing some positional issue when used on attached objects, although my case was with following bone rotation. Could not recreate it now though and I dont even remember what it actually was. It is actually probably unrelated to this issue actually thinking now.

[ebon citrus]

setVectorDir when used alone would

that's why setVectorDirAndUp

[crude vigil]

hence I wrote the message above comparing setVectorDirAndUp / setVectorDir, but yeah couldnt recreate what I meant now anyways.

Wrote setVectorUp + setDir solution additional to setVectordirAndUp as someone else mentioned it already, in case he faces an issue with it too like I did before...

[ebon citrus]

is there a scripted command to get the IP of the currently joined server?

[violet gull]

Which WeaponHolder classname is created when you place/spawn a 3D item, such as "Headgear_H_Bandanna_blu"? Can't seem to find it. The holder appears to be local though -- can't loot on a dedicated server if server spawned the item.

[ebon citrus]

player nearEntities 5 and see

[violet gull]

nearEntities only returns living characters I think

[fair pilot]

Maybe you can try configName configOf cursorObject

While looking at WeaponHolder

[ebon citrus]

typeOf cursorObject is enough

[coarse dragon]

Is it possible.
That when the player crosses a trigger it in turns delete everything units and objects?

Doing a intro sort of thing at a airport then want to fly off and delete all the clutter

[fair pilot]

Yes it is possible

[coarse dragon]

Interesting

Hmm wonder if putting em in thier own layer and deleting that would be better

[ebon citrus]

camCommitPrepared stutters when i give it a long time

[coarse dragon]

Any reason why a Hide module tied to a trigger isn't working?

I did synce everything to it. Vehicles objects blueforce civilian

[coarse dragon]

Well only some of em work

Yaaay fixed it

[real epoch]

Thank you, everything now works as it should.

[cursive tundra]

/* */ private _OBJ1_PEL2 = getMarkerPos "Bat1_OBJ1_PEL2, true";
private _vanguardart = "rhs_D30_msv";
private _vanguardartammo = "rhs_mag_3of56_10";

artstrike = {
    params ["_gun","_targetarea","_ammotype"];
    private ["_gun", "_targetarea", "_ammotype"];
    _gun = _this select 0;
    _targetarea = _this select 1;
    _ammotype = _this select 2;
    _gun doArtilleryFire [[_targetarea], _ammotype, 3];
    TRUE
};

private _vanguardartgrp1 = createGroup east; 
private _vanguardart1 = createVehicle [_vanguardart,  _VangArtPos, [], 0, "NONE"]; 
_crew2a = _vanguardartgrp1 createUnit [_vanguardcrew,  _VangArtPos, [], 0, "FORM"];
_crew2a moveInGunner _vanguardart1;

["_vanguardart1","_OBJ1_PEL2","_vanguardartammo"] call artstrike;

Hey, this is my second attempt at writing a function for my MP-Mission thats supposed to call in an artillery strike on a predefined possible enemy position, however i keep getting the error message "Error: doArtilleryFire: Type string, expected Array,Object". I dont know exactlyl where the error is supposed to be in the script and my attempts to fix it have so far been not successfull. Can someone help me out with this maybe?

[coarse dragon]

There's a easier way to do it

Place arty down with a hold waypoint and forced hold fire. Then a fire mission

Then a trigger to skip waypoint. And it will shoot. And be random

Then skip waypoint Sync to the Hold waypoint

[fair drum]

that might be "easier" per say but you get a lot more control with scripting it yourself

[cursive tundra]

but fire mission wp always shoots HE-rounds doesnt it? id like to maybe shoot some smokescreens etc. too.. i ideally wanted to keep everything in a modular script that can easily be copied and modified for future missions, so i'd prefer to get it working with a script, but im not that experienced with them

[fair drum]

your error is with _targetarea in the doArtilleryFire

right now, after the variable imports it, its going to look like....

_gun doArtilleryFire [["_OBJ1_PEL2"], "rhs_mag_3of56_10", 3];

do you see the issue?

[cursive tundra]

ìs it with the ""?

[fair drum]

aye, you don't put "" around arguments when you go to call something

secondly, what does getMarkerPos return? an array doesn't it? so you now have...
doArtilleryFire [[[5,5,5]], "magclass", 3]

when it wants
doArtilleryFire [[5,5,5], "magclass", 3]

[cursive tundra]

so remove both the [] from the function and also the "" from the parameters i feed into the function (in front of the call artstrike)?

well the _OBJ1_PEL2

[fair drum]

your calls should look like

[_var1,_var2,_var3] call HYP_fnc_something

and

_gun doArtilleryFire [_target, _mag, 3];

also, something wrong here

getMarkerPos "Bat1_OBJ1_PEL2, true";

see it?

you also don't need this nonsense

private ["_gun", "_targetarea", "_ammotype"];
_gun = _this select 0;
_targetarea = _this select 1;
_ammotype = _this select 2;

params takes care of that for you

[cursive tundra]

okay, then i'll remove that part

getMarkerPos "Bat1_OBJ1_PEL2, true"; and yeah, i messed that up, should be getMarkerPos ["Bat1_OBJ1_PEL2"; true]; right?

[fair drum]

params already imports the arguments and assigns them to private variables you put there

[fair drum]

you:

getMarkerPos "Bat1_OBJ1_PEL2"; true;

should:

getMarkerPos ["Bat1_OBJ1_PEL2", true];

i think discord highlighting should use a different color for bools than the string color 😤

[willow hound]

That is a valid marker name though.

[winter rose]

yet most likely sign of a user error, worth checking at least 😆

[cursive tundra]

I fixed all the issues you told me and its working very well now, thanks a lot! This is going to make a lot of things a lot easier for me now