arma3_scripting

[severe ravine]

From the error log 14:03:45 Sound: Error: File: A3\sounds_f_characters\human-sfx\P02\Breath_Aiming_1.wss not found !!!

[open fractal]

you didnt do what terra said

[severe ravine]

Trying to post my screen shot

[open fractal]

you cant

the error says everything you need anyway

it's looking in sounds_f_characters not sounds_f\characters

[severe ravine]

Still getting an error: 14:08:19 Sound: Error: File: \a3\sounds_f\characters\human-sfx\P02\Breath_Aiming_1.wss not found !!!

Okay, so how do I know when to replace the folder sounds_f_characters with sounds_f\characters? That mismatches the original.

[open fractal]

this

[open fractal]

remove the \ at the beginning of the path

[severe ravine]

14:14:37 Sound: Error: File: a3\sounds_f\characters\human-sfx\P02\Breath_Aiming_1.wss not found !!!

Where do I find PBOPREFIX?

[distant oyster]

at the root of the pbo

//<'sounds_f.pbo' properties via Mikero's dos tools, dll version 8.23>
prefix=a3\sounds_f;
product=Arma 3;
version=150048;
//PboType=Arma Addon;
//</properties>

[severe ravine]

I'm using sounds_f_characters.pbo not sounds_f.pbo

[distant oyster]

this is the unpacked version of the game

[severe ravine]

This matches what I see in sounds_f.pbo, but I'm not using that, I'm using sounds_f_characters.pbo

[distant oyster]

but you dont want to, there is no sounds_f_characters folder ingame

[severe ravine]

Okay, thanks

[coarse dragon]

Epp I needs help.

I've got a area set up into its own layer and some dude I need to join me group is there.

However he keeps joining me group because the trigger for him to do so is opforce not present

[coarse dragon]

Noooo

My unit capture breaks halfway to objective

nvm AI got lucky hit

[mortal saffron]

Yes please, starting to dabble in pvp events

[fair drum]

there a getter for grabbing the current map zoom?

fooouuund it

_currentZoom = ctrlMapScale ((finddisplay 12) displayctrl 51);

[willow glade]

is it possible to disable the kill feed in the stats screen, or change the information displayed?

I'm running into a situation where I have admins controlling AI from time to time killing players which show up in the feed.
We don't want this info for what we are running.

[real epoch]

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

[real epoch]

You can also deactivate it completely, but I don't know if this is the right command.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext#respawnDialog

[tough abyss]

anyone able to help my keyhandler does not work

[still forum]

show code and explain what "does not work" means

[tough abyss]

execVM "admin\keyhandler.sqf";
execVM "admin\whitelist.sqf";

[This one is in the keyhandler sqf ] case 22: {//U key
if (_shift) then {
execVM "openessentialmenu.sqf";
};

[granite sky]

Is there anything else in the keyhandler.sqf? :P

[tough abyss]

nope

[granite sky]

I think there might be some fundamental misunderstanding here

Assuming that this is intended to be a permament keyboard handler, you would need to actually install it as an event handler.

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

[distant oyster]

the case command only works inside of a switch block

also what @granite sky said

[granite sky]

So does completion radius on move waypoints ever work, either with vehicles or infantry? Can't persuade it do anything other than move right onto the waypoint before switching to the next.

[velvet merlin]

there isnt anything engine based like setGroupIconsVisible per unit basis right?
aka you have to use addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D", + drawIcon3D

is there ever a reason to use BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler onEachFrame with drawIcon3D these days?

[fair drum]

I think it works as a sort of failsafe incase the exact waypoint location can't be reached

[fair drum]

Yes, this the only way I've found to do it and its relatively simple. This is also the way the APEX campaign does their IFF system

can you actually reference the current running return? there a magic variable or something?

[little raptor]

what the what?

[little raptor]

BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler is kinda buggy with long EH codes iirc
it probably uses format or something

it does:

_code = compile format
[
    "%1%2%3 call %4",
     _nativeParamsString,
    ["", "_this + "] select (_event in EVENTS_WITH_PARAMS),
    ["(missionNamespace getVariable format ['BIS_stackedEventHandlers_" + _event + "_%1', _thisEventHandler])", []] select (_args isEqualTo []),
    _code
];

oof

[tough abyss]

anyone knows what i am doing wrong here

_ctrl = (findDisplay 1234) displayCtrl 1500;

playerListArray = [];

{
playerListArray pushBack _x;
_name = name _x;
lbAdd [1500, _name];
} forEach allPlayers;

Hi I'm using setPos on a gamelogic in a script, and it isn't moving the logic.

Do I need to do something special for this to work?

[distant oyster]

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[tough abyss]

Nvm, solved my issue. SQF weirdness.

[fair drum]

!quote 5

[lyric schooner]

stop using 'setPos' for the love of god
Leopard20; Tuesday, 10 August 2021

[fair drum]

@tough abyss always use one of the more specific setPosX commands

[ebon citrus]

@still forum i'm sorry for the tag, but i went back to test out if the ID's were being re-issued to other people, i have found out that NO, infact, they were not. I dont know how i got to the conclusion first that they were, but on a reinspection they are not

[still forum]

People can change their mission slots though while keeping same ID

in case that matters

[ebon citrus]

no, i was just testing if someone else could be issued with your old ID

after you had logged out

[naive needle]

Is there a script command to add a local magazine with a specific ammo count to a local container? "addMagazine" acts globaly so it dosent add the magazine to a local container

[naive needle]

what happens if I use addMagazineAmmoCargo on a local object does it still gets broadcasted ?

[willow glade]

we already disable the respawn dialog via description.ext, and it looks like that event handler only handles the numeric score. Does adding my own handler also get rid of the kill feed?

[fair drum]

yes

[fair drum]

basic default kill feed is determined by mission difficulty, not anything script wise

[willow glade]

so in the server settings we have "killed by" turned off,

I'm talking about the stats screen when you abort

[sharp stag]

there could be a really simple mistake that I'm missing but Im getting error saying "missing ] on line 10". this is my code...

_randomNumber = ceil random 4;
objPos = format ["pos%1", _randomNumber];
_taskPos = getMarkerPos _objPos;

_AOTask = man_1 createSimpleTask ["AO"];
_AOTask setSimpleTaskDestination _taskPos;

if (true) then
[
_heliWreck = createVehicle ["Land_Wreck_Heli_Attack_01_F", _taskPos, [], 1000, "NONE"];
_heliGroup = createGroup west;
_heliPilot = createVehicle ["B_Pilot_F", _heliWreck];

_heliTask = man_1 createSimpleTask ["Downed Pilot", _AOTask];
_heliTask setSimpleTaskDestination _heliWreck;

];

[sudden yacht]

Question. Is it possible to enable a trigger to become true mid mission? Or do i have to create a trigger using a script?

[sharp stag]

when do you want the trigger to become true?

[open fractal]

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[sharp stag]

sorry mate, I always forget what character I need around it

[open fractal]

you can create the trigger via script or have multiple conditions

like triggerActivated otherTrigger && this

[fair drum]

oh. try adding

debriefing = 0

to your description.ext

[willow glade]

me and a buddy just tested it with no luck (via eden instead of dedicated, not sure if that matters)

[fair drum]

then no, you can't remove the menus after abort then. you can only change the values so that everything is 0

[willow glade]

thats unfortunate to hear, thanks for the help though

[velvet merlin]

is there a way to determine when game logics and agents are created? (some event one can log to rpt)

[violet gull]

Does setting a profileNamespace variable to nil properly delete the data from the profileNamespace file?

@velvet merlin For agents, could do an active check if _currentAgents == ( count agents ) select { !isNull agent _x };

Game Logic maybe check allMissionObjects "GameLogic"

[velvet merlin]

well thats a general monitoring, right? i was hoping for some context what creates them

[violet gull]

AFAIK there is no EventHandler other than "Init" but that's a config EH I think.

[velvet merlin]

like we have no createAgent in our scripts but the missions end up with 300+ with

[<NULL - team member>,""]
from [agent, typeOf agent]

and

17:14:02  ➥ Context:     [] L31 (A3\functions_f\Modules\fn_initModules.sqf)
    [] L19 (A3\functions_f\Modules\fn_initModules.sqf)
    [] L22 (A3\functions_f\Modules\fn_initModules.sqf)
    [] L23 (A3\functions_f\Modules\fn_initModules.sqf)```

[violet gull]

I asked about that a couple years ago on the forum, apparently it's not a big deal. I haven't found a way to clear out the array.

That's why I added the select { !isNull agent _x }

They don't go away D:

[velvet merlin]

one should be caused by the CAS module, but it doesnt look like the root cause

[violet gull]

count allGroups, is it larger than 244 or whatever the A3 max is?

[velvet merlin]

initModules has this:

//--- Create groups for module categories
_sideLogic = sidelogic call bis_fnc_sideID;
{
    _category = configname _x;
    _side = getnumber (_x >> "side");
    if (_side == _sideLogic) then {
        _groupVar = "bis_fnc_initModules_" + _category;
        _group = grpnull;
        if (isserver) then {
            _group = creategroup sidelogic;
            missionnamespace setvariable [_groupVar,_group];
            publicvariable _groupVar;
        } else {
            _group = missionnamespace getvariable [_groupVar,grpnull]
        };
        _group setgroupid [gettext (configfile >> "cfgfactionclasses" >> _category >> "displayname")];
    };
} foreach ((configfile >> "cfgfactionclasses") call bis_fnc_returnchildren);```
so each call should create new logics for all cfgfactionclasses with sideLogic - no reuse or caching
this looks like a design problem/weakness

still question remains why this gets called so often by our functions/missions

[violet gull]

Locality issue maybe

If called in the editor, it will be called everytime someone connects.

[velvet merlin]

so more context:

fn_modulehandle.fsm is a looping system, so it could come from that

private ["_module","_logic","_function","_params"];

#define ACTIVATED_ID    3

_module = _modules select _m;
_logic = _module select 0;
if !(isnull _logic) then {
    _function = _module select 1;
    _params = _module select 2;
    _activated = _module select ACTIVATED_ID;

    //--- Check synced triggers
    _allTriggersActivated = true;
    {
        if (_x iskindof "emptydetector") then {_allTriggersActivated = _allTriggersActivated && triggerActivated _x;};
    } foreach (synchronizedobjects _logic);

    //--- Activate module
    if (_allTriggersActivated) then {
        if !(_activated) then {

            //--- Activate
            _logic setvariable ["bis_fnc_initModules_activate",false];
            _modulesActivate set [count _modulesActivate,_logic];
            _activateIndex = _m;
            [_logic,_function,_params,true] spawn bis_fnc_moduleExecute;

            //--- Mark as executed
            _module set [ACTIVATED_ID,true];
        };
    } else {
        if (_activated) then {

            //--- Deactivate
            _logic setvariable ["bis_fnc_initModules_activate",false];
            _modulesActivate set [count _modulesActivate,_logic];
            _activateIndex = _m;
            [_logic,_function,_params,false] spawn bis_fnc_moduleExecute;

        };
        _module set [ACTIVATED_ID,false];
    };
} else {
    _modules set [_m,-1];
};

_m = _m + 1;```

```count _modulesActivate > 0 && _m == (_activateIndex min (_modulesCount - 1))```

```sqf
_modulesActivate spawn bis_fnc_initmodules;
_modulesActivate = [];
_activateIndex = -1;

if I am reading this correctly, this looks for dynamically created modules (logics?) [and triggers linked to them]

[velvet merlin]

happens in Eden, SP, hosted and DS

[violet gull]

One of the reasons I never use modules lol

[velvet merlin]

😬

[violet gull]

Can almost never get them to work right, mainly in online missions. I use them if I spawn them in. Think I've only used the terrain modules lol

[velvet merlin]

the logic limit is certainly more easily reached if you have stuff like CAS or CombatPatrol uses logics as dummy for location selection

[violet gull]

Do they not auto-delete?

[velvet merlin]

we also reduced the hide modules (object and terrain)

AFAIK no

one angle i still need to check is recompile = 1; from cfgFunctions.
from what I understand it only happens at mission start, so should not trigger anything mid mission

initModules certainly has a design weakness. i think usually it doesnt matter as you have only so few factions and only few events for initModules to be re-executed

[violet gull]

Could try using the CuratorObjectPlaced EH if you have a Zeus placing this shit

[velvet merlin]

however in combination with others, it seems to push the logic number over the limit

potentially entityCreated missionEH is coming tho: https://feedback.bistudio.com/T155096

[violet gull]

That'd be awesome ❤️

Oh here's an idea

Do a forEach check (Maybe every 5 minutes?) for allGroups like this:

{
  if ( isNull ( ( units group _x ) # 0 ) ) then
{
  {
    deleteVehicle _x;
  }forEach units group _x;
};
}forEach ( allGroups select { side _x == sideLogic } );```

I dont' recommend using forEach within a forEach since it's 20x slower but you get the idea

If the module item such as CAS becomes null but the group still persists, delete it, since GameLogics are created via CreateUnit

[velvet merlin]

yeah will resort to cyclic cleanup but would be nice to actually determine the root cause and get that sorted

[violet gull]

Although I've read groups auto-delete when they are empty, that is not the case in my experience. I had a similar issue with my ambient civilians and insurgents on my insurgency mission years ago. The fix was to delete all empty groups every 5 mins.

What about GroupCreated eventHandler?

GameLogics in modules seem to create their own groups, so technically that'll do what you want in a way

That's the best I can think of 😛

Basically execute within the EH a check if the group is sideLogic, if so, you'll need to spawn a function or w/e to wait a sec for the unit be created/enter the group.

[velvet merlin]

true. will try that for now

ty 👍

[short vine]

Is anyone aware if _this allowFleeing 1 is bugged for mid mission spawned AI?
I can get the AI to flee on command if they are spawned via editor, but if they come in via script or zues the command has 0 effect.

[granite sky]

@sharp stag Not sure if anyone answered, but you're using the wrong brackets ([] instead of {}) for the code in the if statement.

[tough abyss]

I have been advised by a friend to ask here as to why this isnt functioning to limit a vics speed
vehicle player setCruiseControl [5, false];

[warm hedge]

What do you expect?

[tough abyss]

I expect it to limit a player controlled vehicles speed as it says it should here: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setCruiseControl

[warm hedge]

It does not limit, but auto-drives

[tough abyss]

If the code is set to True
However when set to false it should

limits player's vehicle speed to 5 km/h

false - Speed Limiter: the vehicle will not accelerate above set speed

[warm hedge]

Ah yeah, false

[tough abyss]

Mhm, however it does no such thing

[warm hedge]

It works pretty fine right here

Which vehicle you want to limit?

[tough abyss]

A modded vic.

[warm hedge]

I expected a info more than that...

[tough abyss]

Sure, wait one

Its a Eagle IV from a german army mod, I can find the exact name if you'd like

[warm hedge]

So it is a car

[tough abyss]

Oh thats what you mean, yeah

[warm hedge]

Make sure it is not a Mod issue

[tough abyss]

I am now

Nah, tried it on a base game vic, still not working

[warm hedge]

Vanilla vehicle doesn't mean it is completely non-modded. A Mod can mod a vanilla vehicle

[tough abyss]

I know, but at that point I feel its a larger issue than I can deal with.

Do you know of any other way to speed limit a player controlled vic?

[warm hedge]

With a very hacky way but you won't like that

[tough abyss]

I'm listening

So long as it wont kill frames on a server I'll try it

[warm hedge]

Use EachFrame Mission EH to setVelocitys players vehicle

[tough abyss]

Look, I'ma be honest, I'm kinda retarded, how does one put that into an init field?

[warm hedge]

Nobody wants to put that kind of thing into Init field. Use something else instead... Like init.sqf

[tough abyss]

I'ma refer you to my orignal point, how do?

[warm hedge]

Like, what, IDK, it's not tested but here it is sqf addMissionEventHandler ["EachFrame",{ if (vehicle player != vehicle) then { private _vehicle = vehicle player; private _velocity = velocity _vehicle; _vehicle setVelocity (vectorNormalized _velocity vectorMultiply ((vectorMagnitude _velocity) min 5)); }; }];

[tough abyss]

Okay, I shall report back with a yay or nay

Okay, how do I put it into an SQF and then call upon that on a vic?

[warm hedge]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Introduction_to_Arma_Scripting#Script_Files
You would need to take a read

[tough abyss]

this addEventHandler ["Engine", {
params ["_vehicle", "_engineState"];
_vehicle setCruiseControl [5, true/false];
}];

This worked

In the Init

Well, picking one or the other for True/False of course

[warm hedge]

Wait, you wrote the script you said, in the vehicle's init field? In Eden Editor?

[tough abyss]

Yes....?

Was that why no work?

[warm hedge]

Does the player, sit in the vehicle at the start of the mission?

[tough abyss]

no

[warm hedge]

That's why

[tough abyss]

Oh, okay. I was unaware of that, and to be fair, none of the my buds who do this shit a lot did either

Thanks for you help any who

[warm hedge]

vehicle player does mean the vehicle which player is in, if not, player himself. If the player doesn't sit into the vehicle at the very first moment of the mission, it will be considered as player, which is not a valid vehicle to apply the command

[tough abyss]

Yeah my friend just pointed that out, hes just simplified the code from what I just sent down to
this setCruiseControl [14, false];

I am idiot.

[warm hedge]

It happens when it happens. Such things can be happened to anyone

[tough abyss]

Again, thank you for your help

[lapis ivy]

Hello. We are writing our Respawn vehicle script, the question is: is it possible to make the vehicle be created with the same variable name?

The fact is that a trigger is attached to it, which should execute an event when the equipment is destroyed.

There is such a thing in the standard BIS module for revival, the attached trigger fires every time. But it doesn't suit us.

I would like that when my technique dies and respawns, its variable name is saved.

[granite sky]

Yes, because you're misunderstanding the nature of variables.

You can set variables to anything you like after the mission started.

If it's in multiplayer then you may want to use publicVariable afterwards to share the value. Depends what you're using it for.

[lapis ivy]

Ok, thanks

[granite sky]

It's not so much "this vehicle's variable name is myVehicle" but "the value of myVehicle is set to this vehicle object"

[coarse dragon]

Is there a way to get a trigger to disable a bunch of synced tracer modules?

[hallow mortar]

Have you tried naming the modules and having the trigger do deleteVehicle on them?

[coarse dragon]

Awk I have so many of them to name

[fair drum]

You are going to run into issues in multiplayer with the tracer module btw.

They never seem to work consistently

Best just open the modules function, figure out how they did it, then recreate it better

[short vine]

Is anyone aware if _this allowFleeing 1 is bugged for mid mission spawned AI?
I can get the AI to flee on command if they are spawned via editor, but if they come in via script or zues the command has 0 effect.

[coarse dragon]

Can one not get it to delete after a certain amount of time ?

Nvm just deleted em

[tough abyss]

player allowdamage true;

if (player allowdamage true) then {hint "GodMode OFF"};

dont know what i am doing wrong

[prisma wave]

Does anyone know the script to have players show up in zeus editable objects?

I forgot it

Nvm

[winter rose]

isDamageAllowed

allowDamage returns Nothing
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/allowDamage

[winter rose]

how do you use the command?

[short vine]

Nothing specia just this....

eastgroups=[];
{
    if (count units _x> 0 and side _x==east) then 
    {
        eastgroups= eastgroups + [_x];
    };
} forEach allGroups;

null=[]spawn 
{
    for "_i" from 0 to ((count eastgroups)+1) do 
    {
        effectedunit = (eastgroups select _i);
        sleep 0.1;
        skillteam = leader effectedunit;
        sleep 0.1;
        if(faction skillteam == "OPF_F") then
        {
            {_x setSkill ["courage", 0.05] } forEach units group skillteam;
            sleep 0.1;
            {_x allowFleeing 1 } forEach units group skillteam;
        }
        else 
        {
            {_x setDammage 1 } forEach units group skillteam;
        };
    };
};

It checks all units, makes an array, converts them to a variable, runs a skill set and forces everyone to flee if they are from OPF_F

[open fractal]

Are the units spawned by Zeus?

[winter rose]

yes, but where are the later-spawned groups added to this list?

[short vine]

Units are spawned via zeus or with a script that uses create sqf commands

Currently all in SP, not MP

I can show a simple gif, one second

[winter rose]

regarding details:

• null = is not needed for spawn
• you can use eastGroups = allGroups select { side _x == east };
• you can replace the use of eastGroups by the above code

[short vine]

Ill look into those, I need to re-review my code as now no one wants to flee 😄 so im probably mucking things up

[short vine]

Sorry for delay, was being a bit of a lemon. AI squad on the left is eden spawned. Squad on the Right is zues. Both are put in "Combat" mode so fleeing takes into effect https://gyazo.com/9ae427d2eba81e225b9af9f2ec905b62

[winter rose]

yep
your script throws an error, so it stops running

also what is this abomination

for "_i" from 0 to ((count eastgroups)+1) do  

[short vine]

Terrible coding:D and yes the variable runs out, which is fine for current testing. It still runs the {_x allowFleeing 1 } forEach units group skillteam; however

[winter rose]

[] spawn {
  private _allEastGroups = allGroups select { side _x == east };
  {
    private _group = _x;
    private _leader = leader _group;
    if (faction _leader == "OPF_F") then
    {
      {
        _x setSkill ["courage", 0.05];
        _x allowFleeing 1;
      } forEach units _group;
    }
    else
    {
      { _x setDamage 1 } forEach units _group;
    };
  } forEach _allEastGroups;
};

[short vine]

Thank you 🙂 Sadly its still the same behavior. https://gyazo.com/b74af3d75f060299ae5418bf5a652a63

Eden (left) flees. Zeus spawned (Right) just chills

[winter rose]

do you happen to use perf branch?

[short vine]

This is mainline branch

https://i.gyazo.com/7f307d43c2656a0234d2a520a3a473e5.png

Main branch, nothing special. Testing this with and without mods to ensure no conflicts

[winter rose]

can you try a systemChat format ["Groups: %1", count _allEastGroups]; in the spawn please?

[short vine]

Will do

Groups: 2

https://gyazo.com/75d94de99dfee3f20dfa1204e3ae1cc7

[winter rose]

yep, so it seems there is an issue 😐

[short vine]

At least I know I'm not crazy. Should I submit something to the tracker?

[winter rose]

if the ticket does not already exist, gladly! otherwise bump the existing one 😉

and don't hesitate to ping Dedmen daily about it, he loves AI issues

[short vine]

Will hunt for it! And ehhh let's not anger the arma prophets :D as a workaround I'll look into somehow calculating the units morale or their casualties for the group and force a fleeing thing.

[coarse dragon]

Hmm anyone used fading to black?

[winter rose]

you

[coarse dragon]

🤔 🧐

[hallow mortar]

You'll need to describe the problem you're having

If you're using bis_fnc_fadeEffect, don't forget that the colour string is case-sensitive

[wind flax]

What's the best way to forcibly close a control?

[winter rose]

a display/dialog?

[wind flax]

Yeah, so I'm using the HTML Load call, and want to forcibly close it

What's the best way to do that?

[winter rose]

huh, code please?

[wind flax]

[] [[spawn]] {
    [[disableSerialization]];
    _html = [[findDisplay]] 46 [[createDisplay]] "RscCredits" [[ctrlCreate]] ["RscHTML", -1];
    _html [[ctrlSetBackgroundColor]] [0,0,0,0.8];
    _html [[ctrlSetPosition]] [<nowiki/>[[safeZoneX]], [[safeZoneY]], [[safeZoneW]], [[safeZoneH]]];
    _html [[ctrlCommit]] 0;
    _html [[htmlLoad]] <nowiki>"http://www.bistudio.com/newsfeed/arma3_news.php?build=main&language=English"</nowiki>;
};

From the wiki^

Not sure why everything is double encapsulated lol

[winter rose]

where did you get this example?

[wind flax]

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

[winter rose]

also see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/closeDisplay

[winter rose]

thanks, fixed

[wind flax]

👍 thanks for the help

[pliant stream]

example 2 is still broken

[winter rose]

no, press F5

:p

[coarse dragon]

I have no idea where to start. Haven't done anything with it

[coarse dragon]

[0, "BLACK", 5, 1] spawn BIS_fnc_fadeEffect;

hmm that was easy

[coarse dragon]

[
[
["3 Hours later, ", "align = 'center' shadow = '0.2' size = '04.0' font='PuristaBold'"]
]
] spawn BIS_fnc_typeText2;

how would i get that TXT to the Middle of my screen?

[distant oyster]

with the posx and posy parameters. maybe 0.5 for both might work

[humble harbor]

are there some kind of semaphores to sync scheduled jobs?

[granite sky]

isNil { } is somewhat handy there.

All scripts on a machine run on a single thread (there's no concurrency), so you just need isNil {} occasionally to ensure there won't be a task switch in the middle of scheduler-critical code.

[tough parrot]

is text script still in same scope as command, e.g.:

_wp setWaypointStatements[true,"[_gunHeli,_anim] spawn BIS_fnc_unitPlay"];

[willow hound]

No.

[tough parrot]

Then how do I pass the variables to unitPlay in a wp statement?

[willow hound]

I'd probably use global variables.

[distant oyster]

for strings and numbers you could use format

[distant oyster]

I just read the BIKI again, the code contains the special variables this (group's leader) and thisList (group's units)

[granite sky]

You could setVariable on the group to pass data, but note that setWaypointStatements runs globally.

[gloomy aspen]

Hey guys, could I please ask for some help understanding the BI Page on 'BIS_fnc_typeText'

I would like to make the text stay up after typing for 15 seconds, but I cant quite figure out if blinkCount is tantamount to time on screen, I cant seem to get it to stay up

Currently using

[   
 [   
  ["RAF Hereford", "<t valign='bottom' shadow = '1' color = '#ffffffff' size = '1' font='PuristaSemibold'>%1</t><br/>"],   
  ["Credenhill, England, UK", "<t valign='bottom' shadow = '1' color = '#ffffffff' size = '0.7'>%1</t><br/>"],   
  ["Thursday 31st March, 2022", "<t valign='bottom' shadow = '1' color = '#ffffffff' size = '0.7'>%1</t>", 15]   
 ]   
] spawn BIS_fnc_typeText;

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

[granite sky]

It's cursor blinks rather than seconds. Not sure if those are fixed-rate or proportional to frame rate.

[gloomy aspen]

Ah OK, yeah it seems I can elongate the text on screen time per line i.e.

[   
 [   
  ["RAF Hereford", "<t valign='bottom' shadow = '1' color = '#ffffffff' size = '1' font='PuristaSemibold'>%1</t><br/>", 15],   
  ["Credenhill, England, UK", "<t valign='bottom' shadow = '1' color = '#ffffffff' size = '0.7'>%1</t><br/>", 15],   
  ["Thursday 31st March, 2022", "<t valign='bottom' shadow = '1' color = '#ffffffff' size = '0.7'>%1</t>", 15]   
 ]   
] spawn BIS_fnc_typeText;

[quasi rover]

Question about maxLoad or setMaxLoad. If there's a Hummingbird and default maxLoad is 1,000. that means load limit is 1,000 and no more loading allowed? But I can load over 1,000, esp. loaded weapons such as magazine or missile, just double clicking right mouse button when inventory is opened .
https://imgur.com/a/1ptWwpd

[floral beacon]

Does anyone know how to fix this?
The code works just fine but instead of saying welcome, private. whatever
it says welcome, PRIVATE whatever.

There's most likely a way to make it "Private" instead of all caps but after an hour, Im at a loss.

hint format ["Access Granted. Welcome to the armory, %1 %2.", rank player, name player],

[warm hedge]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_rankParams
Use this

[quasi rover]

toLower rank player <-- is that you want?

[floral beacon]

Oop. this is why I shouldnt code at 4:30 am. The answer was right in front of me the whole time

Much appreciated

[gloomy aspen]

Hey guys, me again! 😬

Sorry to be a pain, but could anybody take a look at this script and let me know why it might not be working on a dedicated server? Aim of the script is to cut the lights within 1.5km, it works perfectly in SP & MP but not on dedi 😦

[ 
 this, 
 "Disable Power", 
 "\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\holdAction_Search_ca.paa",  "\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\holdAction_hack_ca.paa", 
"_this distance _target < 3", 
"_caller distance _target < 3", 
 {}, 
 {}, 
 { private _lamps = nearestObjects [EMP, ["Land_Lampa_ind_b", "Land_Lampa_ind", "Land_Lampa_ind_zebr", "Land_Lampa_cut", "Land_Lampa_sidl_3", "Land_Lampa_sidl_2", "Land_Lampadrevo", "Land_Lampa_sidl", "Land_Lampazel", "Land_Vo_seda", "Land_Tlampac_vo_seda", "Land_Vo_zlut", "Land_Lampa_valec", "Land_Lampa_vysoka", "Land_Lamp_Street1_EP1", "Land_Lamp_Street2_EP1", "Land_Lampa_Ind_EP1", "Land_Lamp_Small_EP1","Land_House_C_10_EP1", "Land_House_C_10_dam_EP1", 
"Land_House_C_11_EP1", "Land_House_C_11_dam_EP1"], 1500];  
     
   {  
    for "_i" from 0 to count getAllHitPointsDamage _x -1 do  
    {  
     _x setHitIndex [_i, 0.99];  
    };  
   } forEach _lamps; }, 
 {}, 
 [], 
 10, 
 0, 
 true, 
 false 
] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd", 0, this];

This is entered into the init of a powerbox .. Do I need to use this as an execVM to have it work on Dedi?

[granite sky]

What's EMP here?

[gloomy aspen]

Its the name of the electricity box item the player interacts with to call the script

[granite sky]

Antistasi has a similar blackout function which just uses setDamage, although I can't be absolutely sure that it works

setHitIndex is local argument, global effect, but I believe map objects are considered local everywhere.

These are map object lamps, not stuff you've added dynamically, right?

[gloomy aspen]

Some are, some are not ... In SP and MP it works perfectly so long as the lit object is inside the array :/

Just when it comes to dedi it doesnt work properly, placed objects seem to be affected for a moment but then come back on and map objects arent affected at all

[granite sky]

Curious, just tested the blackout part with my local DS and it seems to work fine on map objects.

Not sure why you wouldn't use setDamage, but it seems to work.

[vague geode]

Does someone know what the following log-entry means? I found it in my logs a couple of times but everything is seemingly still working just fine. Does anyone have an idea what this log-entry could mean and how I could avoid whatever is causing it?

2022/04/03,  8:27:26  ➥ Context: Trigger "OnActivate" name "1708452: <no shape>" at [12350.000000,43.319786,4550.000000]

Thanks in advance.

[pliant mountain]

does anyone know how to add custom models to vests?

[gloomy aspen]

@granite sky Not sure pal, its not my script im afraid. I have given up on that one now, no idea why its not working!

In case anybody is looking for a script in the future that works perfectly in SP, MP & Dedi to turn off all lights within a radius, this one by Roque_THE_GAMER is the one you want! Simply enter this script into any item (in this script its the

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1886747292

DistanceToReach = 1300; 
this addAction 
[   
    "Turn Off",   
    {   
        params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"];   
 { 
   private _ticket = format ["LSS%1", _forEachIndex]; 
  [_x, "OFF"] remoteExec ["switchLight", 0, _ticket];   
 } forEach nearestObjects [_caller, [], DistanceToReach]; 
  _target animateSource ["switchposition",1];   
  _target animateSource ["light",0];   
  _target setDamage 1;   
    },   
    [],   
    1.5,   
    true,   
    true,   
    "",   
    "alive _target",   
    3,   
    false,   
    "",   
    ""   
]; 
  
this addAction   
[   
    "Turn On",   
    {   
        params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"];   
 { 
    private _ticket = format ["LSS%1", _forEachIndex]; 
    [_x, "On"] remoteExec ["switchLight", 0, _ticket];   
 } forEach nearestObjects [_caller, [], DistanceToReach]; 
  _target animateSource ["switchposition",-1];   
  _target animateSource ["light",1];   
  _target setDamage 0;   
    },   
    [],   
    1.5,   
    true,   
    true,   
    "",   
    "!alive _target",   
    3,   
    false,   
    "",   
    ""   
];

[pliant mountain]

class m22_tnk: rhsusf_spcs_ocp_crewman
{
_generalMacro="m22_tnk";
author="Mus";
model = "\MUN_SAF\saf_tnk.p3d";
picture="MUN_SAF\data\saf.paa";
scope=2;
displayName="[VS] M12 (M10/Tenkisti)";
hiddenSelections[]=
{
"camo",
"camo1",
"camo2",
"camo3",
"camo4"

    };
    hiddenSelectionsTextures[]=
    {
        "MUN_SAF\data\vests\vest_m22.paa",
        "MUN_SAF\data\vests\m22_g.paa",
        "MUN_SAF\data\vests\m22_g_2.paa",
        "rhsusf\addons\rhsusf_infantry2\gear\vests\mbav\data\mbav_gear_co.paa",
        "rhsusf\addons\rhsusf_weapons\mag_proxies\data\pmag_black_co.paa"
    };
};

this is the script I am currently using

for some reason i managed to change the texture but the model is still the same one from rhs

[willow hound]

Try asking in #arma3_config 🤷‍♂️

[pliant mountain]

alright thanks

[drifting portal]

when we do

(allPlayers select 3) switchcamera "INTERNAL";

We will be switched to the fourth player's POV, but my question is, if I wanted to get the camera object that we are switching to in this case, how will I get it?
so that instead of having to switch to the player's POV using switchcamera, I can get the camera object of the player's POV and broadcast it into a texture

[little raptor]

that doesn't mean anything. the real error is above that line. that line simply tells you where the error is happening (which is in some trigger)

[winter rose]

you don't "get" a camera object this way, this is just object-reference

you would have to create a camera and attach it

[vague geode]

Are you sure?

2022/04/03, 16:33:00 soldier[B_T_Soldier_AR_F]:Some of magazines weren't stored in soldier Vest or Uniform?
2022/04/03, 16:33:00  ➥ Context: Trigger "OnActivate" name "1928320: <no shape>" at [5700.000000,6.376676,12550.000000]

2022/04/02, 18:11:06 soldier[O_Soldier_TL_F]:Some of magazines weren't stored in soldier Vest or Uniform?
2022/04/02, 18:11:06  ➥ Context: Trigger "OnActivate" name "1821851: <no shape>" at [19250.000000,34.180000,17550.000000]
2022/04/02, 18:11:06 soldier[O_Soldier_AR_F]:Some of magazines weren't stored in soldier Vest or Uniform?
2022/04/02, 18:11:06  ➥ Context: Trigger "OnActivate" name "1821851: <no shape>" at [19250.000000,34.180000,17550.000000]

[drifting portal]

so all switchCamera does is create a camera on the players head?

[winter rose]

it "selects" the "player camera" on this unit

[drifting portal]

say I wanted to broadcast player camera, is that possible?

[boreal gust]

Does anyone know a script or mod where i can setup a wepon locker room where everyone can get his weapons

[winter rose]

no

[drifting portal]

sadness

[winter rose]

you would have to create a camera and attach it

[drifting portal]

done that already

but I thought I can get something better than the player's world model view

[winter rose]

negative

that's the best you can get

[drifting portal]

thank you

[little raptor]

do you create any unit in a trigger? or use a module that does that?

[vague geode]

In a trigger?!

[little raptor]

in the OnActivation code

[vague geode]

Nope, but I am calling a function that does that. That might explain it...

[little raptor]

you can do:

[19250.000000,34.180000,17550.000000] nearestObject 1928320;
//or
[5700.000000,6.376676,12550.000000] nearestObject 1821851;

to find the trigger responsible for that error

[little raptor]

well it seems like you're using some mod that modifies unit loadouts (e.g. item weight, maximum unit load, etc.)

and the game cannot add the items defined for the unit in its config (because it's full)

[vague geode]

I am not using any mods whatsoever. That function actually used the BIS_fnc_spawnGroup-function to spawn a group and doesn't touch the loadouts at all afterwards...

[granite sky]

I thought this was common. Some loadouts just throw the warning.

[little raptor]

it could be that the vanilla config is overloading the unit

[drifting portal]

I don't know if this is the correct place to say this but

this wiki page has a problem

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

Description is worng

[winter rose]

#community_wiki 🙂

[coarse dragon]

hey is this code correct for !alive two differnt objects?

!Alive t1 && t2;

[fair drum]

no

how that reads is (not alive t1) and t2

[coarse dragon]

!Alive, t1 && t2; that it?

[fair drum]

nope

what you want is

[coarse dragon]

!Alive, t1, && t2,;

[fair drum]

!alive t1 && !alive t2

or

[t1, t2] findIf {alive _x} == -1

or

{alive _x} count [t1,t2] == 0

[coarse dragon]

ah thank you very much

[willow hound]

Uh-oh

[little raptor]

!(alive t1 && alive t2)
this is wrong

it means either is dead

not both

[fair drum]

goes to show how often I use it that way. I almost exclusively use findIf for that check

[little raptor]

findIf is slower (in that case)

[fair drum]

I'm usually not comparing only two objects either. its typically large arrays.

[coarse dragon]

ughh could of tagged me. ive finsihed for the day and will likely forgot to chnage it tomarrow

[open fractal]

if only there was some way to record information for the future 🤔

[plush belfry]

Hello, I am trying to create a script where a trigger condition is true when a player is not the leader of a defined group. How can I achieve this?

[winter rose]

for singleplayer, leader player != player

[plush belfry]

alright ty

[calm charm]

anyone an idea why spawn is not working in the main menu? like onLoad="[] spawn {XYZ};" (in a control)

[copper raven]

you can't do anything scheduled in onLoad in main menu iirc

try maybe a frame after

[calm charm]

but how do I start a request a frame later if there is no scheduled environment?

[copper raven]

on each frame event

[calm charm]

you mean execute the onEachFrame { blablabla }; in the onLoad?

[copper raven]

yes, preferably execNextFrame though if you use CBA

[calm charm]

nice idea, I will try soon

[wind flax]

Is there anyway to force a roll over of a vehicle? In multiplayer, preferably without triggers?

[copper raven]

eh https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVelocityTransformation https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVelocityModelSpace ?

[hallow mortar]

This one's my favourite https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addTorque

[quasi rover]

any response for this issue plz?

[hollow lantern]

this doesn't seem to work, is there a better way instead of writing multiple isKindOf ifs?

!({_wep isKindOf [_x, configFile >> "CfgWeapons"]} forEach ["autocannon_Base_F","autocannon_35mm","rhs_weap_azp23","rhs_weap_2a42"]))```

[granite sky]

findIf is usually cleanest.

[hollow lantern]

hmm yeah good idea, thanks

[tough parrot]

What is the question? You kinda just made a statement.

[quasi rover]

maxLoad or setMaxLoad is not working I guess, I can load weapons on vehicle cargo without any limit.

[open fractal]

does anyone know where I can find the vanilla vehicle fire particle effects?

[quaint oyster]

What's the way to play a sound in the game that will ignore the thickness of vehicle armor and helicopter armor without losing the volume?

[open fractal]

playSound?

I don't know if that's possible with 3D sound

[quaint oyster]

brb gonna try it, currently i'm using say3D but the vehicle armor and heli armor muffles it to the verge of silence

ahh does playsound need synced on every client?

[open fractal]

yeah

you can just remoteexec

[twilit scarab]

Has anyone scripted the VLS turret to lock and fire on to laser targets

[tough parrot]

Carry capacity works when you try to add items as person, not when editing.

[quasi rover]

Sorry, don't understand. plz explain more detail.

[tough parrot]

You can only overload cargo weight limit in edit dialogs & script, including virtual arsenal.

[quasi rover]

You mean, is it normal ? I overloaded weapons on vehicle cargo on eden editor, no any script.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcCuZZ9KpvI&t=110s

[tough parrot]

Oh, that. There are a few known inventory exploits. I also had a bug where I could get unlimited magazines in backpack. Forgot how, but I remember doing it with virtual arsenal.

[still forum]

no (also why make that repro video so long. Literally the first 1:50 could've been cut off and saved me about a minute of lifetime)

[quasi rover]

sorry for wasting your lifetime. 😅 edited, haha. But I spent a couple of days to figure this out with my poor knowledge and English.

[calm charm]

execNextFrame and onEachFrame are both not working. There are no error messages in my RPT, it just does nothing

[copper raven]

if you spawn, and then print diag_activeScripts or something similar, what happens?

[calm charm]

you mean diag_activeScripts in the spawn or behind?

[copper raven]

behind

but not in the same frame

[calm charm]

10:04:55 "[1,0,0,0]"

[copper raven]

🤔 so i guess the scheduler just never runs in the menu

what if you keep printing it(eachframe), does it change at all?

[calm charm]

[] spawn {}; diag_log str diag_activeScripts; onEachFrame { diag_log str diag_activeScripts; }; just prints it out once

[copper raven]

im guessing that onLoad is simply too early to do anything like that

(in the menu)

[calm charm]

any idea for calling it later on?

i thought about maybe an mouse event handler when the player is hovering over the item, but it's not the best solution I think

[copper raven]

can you add a button in the menu, that prints active scripts, spawn like a sleep 10 in the displayload or whatever you are currently doing, spam the button and see what happens?

[calm charm]

you mean like onLoad = "[] spawn { sleep 10; diag_log "FINISHED"; };" and the ButtonAction diag_log str diag_activeScripts;

[copper raven]

yes

[pulsar bluff]

anyone here has used the new "awake" command? not sure what it's good for @unique sundial

compared to just "enableSimulation"

[calm charm]

it was all time the same

[copper raven]

i guess it just never runs then

i thought maybe it empties it's scripts during some init phase and thus you would be spawning too early, doesn't seem to be the case

[calm charm]

maybe I found a solution, but I need more tests. It goes with a "help control" which has an mouseMove and deletes it self after script init

[copper raven]

have you tried https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Mission_Event_Handlers#Draw3D maybe? though probably won't do anything just like other ehs

[calm charm]

there is no mission in the main menu, I think that is the problem. And concerning some people using -skipIntro (which disables main menu mission loading) it makes things worse

[copper raven]

it is technically a mission

just very limited probably

the engine doesn't execute many things from what it looks like

[calm charm]

yeah the mission in the background returns e.g. a nullObject when calling player

and there is no missionNamespace like all Variables have to be stored in uiNamespace

problem solved as mentioned above

[last rain]

Arma 3 have script command "Date Converter to Timestamp"?
I need find Timestamp or something same.

[warm hedge]

Date to UNIX you mean?

Your current system date, yes. Otherwise (in-game date) you need to write a script I guess

[last rain]

I find
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_calculateDateTime

[half moon]

Is it possible to set azimuth and elevation for an AI artillery unit?

I'd like to calculate artillery for an AI battery.

[warm hedge]

doWatch might work for it, but why? I think there is doArtilleryFire already

[ivory lake]

can kinda use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/lockCameraTo for it

[coarse dragon]

Abit complex.

But I have 8 member squad in a Hide module. From the start of the game.

I have a fade to black setup and a teleport near them.

The show module is on a trigger for 8 secs.

But each time I get teleported there. They are dead.

[distant oyster]

how are they dying?

[coarse dragon]

No clue they are dead but no bodies are around

I don't have bombardments in the area. But they are hidden. Because I've also a truck there and it's fine when it is shown

[distant oyster]

are you sure they are dead?

[coarse dragon]

2 are still hidden but they are replying to my commands the rest are report as KIA

[distant oyster]

have you checked with alive and isNull?

[coarse dragon]

Well they are reported as dead. But invisible and 2 guys are invisible

Move things around abit. And now everyone else is dead who are supposed to be hidden... hmmm

[distant oyster]

sounds weird. add a killed eventhandler to the units and see why they are dying

[coarse dragon]

The bombardments wouldn't affect them if they are hidden?

[distant oyster]

actually they do. they are invisible not invincible

[coarse dragon]

😩

[tepid vigil]

Does the slash at the end cause issues and if it does, what kind? It doesn't cause an error.
while {!(isNil "_group") && count (units _group) > 0} do {\

[copper raven]

that should result in a parse error

unless it's within a macro

[granite sky]

I suppose it's possible that the preprocessor doesn't care if it's inside a macro or not. Haven't checked though.

[tepid vigil]

It isn't in a macro, and I don't think i've ever seen it throw an error. My game just sometimes crashes when this file is used, and I am wondering if this line could be the culprit

[granite sky]

All it'd do is eat whitespace anyway. Unlikely to be crash-related.

[copper raven]

if you don't preprocess it,e.g using just compile it should very certainly throw an error, as for preprocessing, it might just strip it i guess, as said above

arma's preproc is full of weird stuff

[distant oyster]

the preprocessor is actually notorious for crashing the game, at least used to be when including a non-existent file

[granite sky]

It should at least be harmless removing it, so feel free to test.

[copper raven]

it doesn't crash with -noLogs, also i think that was fixed not long ago

but losing rpt for not crashing is not so good

[distant oyster]

i had a corrupted 3den.pbo where the include files were missing and it crashed on startup because some mods tried to include them

[copper raven]

or actually i think it was fixed for mission stuff only, i.e description.ext

[distant oyster]

yeah i followed that development but iirc it still does when I mess up my UI includes in description.ext. will report back when I actually have evidence 😄

[coarse dragon]

Ffs my two Alive T1 && T2 will not work 😩 😩

[warm hedge]

No it won't...

[coarse dragon]

Expected bool code

[warm hedge]

alive T1 && alive T2```

[coarse dragon]

Dang it. Thanks

[winter rose]

explanation by breaking it down:sqf alive T1 && T2 becomessqf (alive T1) && T2 becomes```sqf
[boolean] && [object]

and `&&` only takes boolean && boolean, or boolean && code

[coarse dragon]

Works xD

[coarse dragon]

Yea you may aswell type that in Japanese

[winter rose]

boolean is "true or false"
alive <object> returns "true or false" (let's say "true")

so true && object is absolutely wrong for the machine

[coarse dragon]

Ah

[winter rose]

(and I don't speak Japanese… maybe POLPOX can help here)

[coarse dragon]

[hallow mortar]

The thing is that and doesn't mean "this thing and that thing", it means "check if this returns true and that returns true". You're trying to phrase it as "do an alive check on this and that" but the command actually interprets it as Lou said - "check if this alive check returns true...and check if that object is true", which doesn't make sense to the computer because objects aren't a true or false value.

tl;dr you're trying to use it like you would in conversation, but the computer doesn't know that

[twilit scarab]

Has anyone scripted the VLS turret to lock and fire on to laser targets

[fair drum]

そして私は日本語を話せません…多分POLPOXはここで助けることができます

fixed

[fair drum]

yes

[twilit scarab]

Is it simple

[fair drum]

relatively, let me link something

[fair drum]

https://github.com/hypoxia125/CarrierStrike64/blob/main/CarrierStrikeMalden64.Malden/functions/server/fn_siloFire.sqf

so you'll have to create a target using
createVehicle ["laserTargetW", position];

then attach that to your actual target

and you feed that virtual target to the fireAtTarget command

[twilit scarab]

Hmm okay ill give it a shot

Thanks

[fair drum]

snippet from elsewhere in my mission

// Create target
target_n = createvehicle ["laserTargetW", [0,0,0], [], 0, "NONE"];
target_n attachTo [carrier_n_targetPos, [0,0,0]];
target_n setVariable ["owner", _northOwner];
independent ReportRemoteTarget [target_n, 99999999];

that reportRemoteTarget is important to doing this

[twilit scarab]

Carrier_n is like moving target or what

[coarse dragon]

hey i have this code in the. description.ext

class CfgSounds
{
class radio1
{
name = "radio1"; // Name for custom sound 1
sound[] = {\sound\radio1.ogg, 5, 1.0};
titles[] = {};
};

but i cant get the code for the trigger to work

[winter rose]

```cpp please (it is config, not code)
also, I do not see your code

and you need to close the }; too

[coarse dragon]

call(playsound "radio1";) code in trigger on activation

[winter rose]

you can remove the call usage

also call takes code {}, not parentheses

you should run the game with the "show script errors" launcher advanced parameter

[coarse dragon]

call{playsound "radio1";} that?

[winter rose]

normally
but remove call and the brackets, not needed here

[coarse dragon]

oh ok

// Name for custom sound 1

is that part ok?

[winter rose]

how so?

it's a comment, it does not matter

[coarse dragon]

//means coments?

[winter rose]

yes

/* */ too

[coarse dragon]

" means strings "

< thank you

hmm still not workie

[hallow mortar]

The file path in sound[] needs to be a string

[coarse dragon]

Oh

sound[] = [\sound\radio1.ogg, 5, 1.0];

no?

[hallow mortar]

<#arma3_scripting message>

[coarse dragon]

sound[] = {"sound\radio1.ogg", 5, 1.0};

either silent because correct. or has quit the internet

[hallow mortar]

Do you really need me to tell you whether you have correctly put "" at each end of a file path? I feel like that may be an easy one

[coarse dragon]

{} correct? is the / correct? is the ogg", correct

[hallow mortar]

Assuming it is actually a .ogg file, yes.

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext#CfgSounds

[coarse dragon]

ok me test now

this code for the trigger is being annoying

... 😦 sound radio1 not found

bear with me. im very stupid

[hallow mortar]

You may need to reload the mission in the Editor to get it to detect the description.ext change

Also note as per https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext#CfgSounds, you should have a sounds[] = {}; before your class radio1 - this isn't in the config you posted

[winter rose]

although I believe it became optional at some point, but it never hurts to have it

[hallow mortar]

If something is used in all the examples and doesn't explicitly say "optional" I always assume it's required :U

[coarse dragon]

All this for a 30 second sound effect

[hallow mortar]

Yes, that's how things work in Arma

[winter rose]

wiki's retrocompatibility 😋

it was mandatory in OFP at least

[coarse dragon]

And now I'm getting a error @hallow mortar I sent you pic

[hallow mortar]

As Lou mentioned here <#arma3_scripting message> you need to close the outermost {}; - in your posted code you have the class CfgSounds { but no matching }; at the end

[winter rose]

if you only have that, you must have an error while saving the mission

{} numbers mismatch

I'm on mobile!

[hallow mortar]

Yes, the error he sent me was "missing } in CfgSounds" :P

[coarse dragon]

remember i said, im very stupid

[winter rose]

being ignorant is a thing, being stupid is another

[coarse dragon]

i have no idea what your on about

[winter rose]

but a least please read our replies, for they are not written in vain

[coarse dragon]

this is my 1st time working with this. also my thing looks similar to

[hallow mortar]

Missing } is a pretty common error that happens to people all the time, it's a mistake that's easy to overlook.
...but the error message does straight up tell you that's what the problem is :U

[winter rose]

hence why proper indentation saves (keyboards) lives 😉

[coarse dragon]

ok. as per that example from Bistudio

there doesnt seem to be nothing missing

[hallow mortar]

What do you actually have at this moment?

[coarse dragon]

class CfgSounds
{
class radio1
{
name = "radio1"; // Name for custom sound 1
sound[] = {"sound\radio1.ogg", 5, 1.0};
titles[] = {};
};

[winter rose]

every { needs a closing };
this is just it

[hallow mortar]

Yep. Still missing that last };.

[coarse dragon]

class CfgSounds
{}: ??

[hallow mortar]

You've closed your sound[] = {};. You've closed your titles[] = {};. You've closed your class radio1 {};. You're just missing....class CfgSounds {

[coarse dragon]

class CfgSounds
{};

is that correct?

[hallow mortar]

No, the }; goes right at the end, after everything that is contained in class CfgSounds.

[coarse dragon]

class CfgSounds}:

[hallow mortar]

Your final }; at the moment is the closing brace for class radio. You need another one outside of that to close CfgSounds, which contains class radio1.

Here. Let me do it.

class CfgSounds
{
    class radio1
    {
        name = "radio1"; // Name for custom sound 1
        sound[] = {"sound\radio1.ogg", 5, 1.0};
        titles[] = {};
    };
};

[coarse dragon]

wtf

[hallow mortar]

See how the opening and closing { and }; of each class layer are vertically aligned? That helps keep track of what layer you're at.

[coarse dragon]

all i needed was one extra }; below the one above it

titles[] = {};
};
};

That

[winter rose]

it's better if you understand the fix, rather than the how 🙂

{} are pairs designed to define "blocks"

so here, you have CfgSounds, with radio1 inside, and name, sounds, titles into radio1

and all this has to be properly closed, hence why indentation (line-start spacing) is important, to see if you missed something

[coarse dragon]

but

if closed

i thought one would start with {CfgSounds

[winter rose]

not how you write things

[hallow mortar]

No, it's class CfgSounds { and that's the opening brace

https://i.imgur.com/WjE2DaU.png?1

[coarse dragon]

seems.. abit complex

[winter rose]

it is not a lot of knowledge, but it needs to be known to understand the whole thing

be happy the game doesn't crash for a missing ;, as it did in OFP :-p

[hallow mortar]

It's a way of defining a hierarchy. CfgSounds can contain many classes, and they all need to be properly contained, otherwise the engine doesn't know where CfgSounds actually ends and gets confused.

[coarse dragon]

good news

its still broken

[winter rose]

but with a different error, so there is progress!

[coarse dragon]

nope

same stuff

[hallow mortar]

Did you apply the changes to description.ext and save the file?

[coarse dragon]

yessir

[winter rose]

[X]

did you Ctrl+S the mission in the editor?

[granite sky]

You can check whether your CfgSounds entry was actually applied in the config viewer.

[coarse dragon]

i think so

[hallow mortar]

If you're not sure, do it again. Can't hurt.

[little raptor]

when you make changes to description.ext you must go back to eden and start the mission again. restarting won't have any effect

[coarse dragon]

.....

still same error message

[little raptor]

what's your config and error again?

[granite sky]

I thought you had to actually reload the mission for config changes to stick, but maybe I was overdoing that.

[little raptor]

I wasn't following the conversation

[hallow mortar]

This was the previous error which this is allegedly the same as: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/960625557253550101/960625588396245032/20220404_204249.jpg

Is it actually the same error, word for word, or simply a similar-looking error?

[coarse dragon]

2 errors now

[little raptor]

paste the config

[coarse dragon]

erm

[tough abyss]

hey guys not sure where to ask this but im trying to key a server mod ive made for a private server, however having problems with it.

All it includes is a config and a few paa files for retextures in one pbo and a custom faction config in another pbo.
Ive signed both and keys are in server key folder but when trying to connect, says the pbos are not keyed

any help would be appreciated.

[coarse dragon]

what do you mean?

[little raptor]

description.ext

it's a config

[hallow mortar]

Hopefully it looks similar to the bit I posted a few minutes ago, since that's what they should be using

[coarse dragon]

class CfgSounds
{
class radio1
{
name = "radio1"; // Name for custom sound 1
sound[] = {"sound\radio1.ogg", 5, 1.0};
titles[] = {};
};
};

[coarse dragon]

i copy pasta you'rs btw

[little raptor]

that's all of it?

[coarse dragon]

yes sir

[little raptor]

I don't see any errors

[coarse dragon]

yep

the file is... ogg

its in a sounds folder in the mission file

[little raptor]

did you exit the mission or just restart?

[coarse dragon]

went bk to main menu

[little raptor]

that should give a different error

[hallow mortar]

Maybe this really isn't optional <#arma3_scripting message>

[little raptor]

maybe.
also make sure you're not editing another mission...

and if the error is different give us the new error

[coarse dragon]

pics inbound

[hallow mortar]

Interesting fact: if you press the Print Screen or PrtScr key on your keyboard, you'll get a direct screenshot in your clipboard ready to be pasted into Discord

[little raptor]

you can't paste anything here tho

anyway, why does it say /cfgSounds:/?

[hallow mortar]

Well yes, but into DMs or whatever. Better than having to pull out your phone and take a photo of the screen

[little raptor]

I don't get that part

does the game always show it like that? in /.../?

[hallow mortar]

I think the : is just part of the error message

[little raptor]

no I mean the two / wrapped around cfgSounds

iirc that shouldn't be there

[coarse dragon]

what the hell have i done

[hallow mortar]

I can't say that I remember whether that's normally there, but I also don't see where it would be coming from if it's wrong

[coarse dragon]

i copied this from a youtube vid

[hallow mortar]

If your description.ext file contains exactly and only the code you posted most recently, I don't know where this is broken. If it contains literally anything else, tell us.

[coarse dragon]

nothing. i copied your one into it

[hallow mortar]

Have you tried this? <#arma3_scripting message>

[little raptor]

nvm the error was correct. I also see /CfgSounds/:

[winter rose]

description.ext.txt,editing a different file, editing a different mission?

[little raptor]

I just tested that and it works fine

[hallow mortar]

I think if it was .txt it wouldn't even get to the line 7 part, it would just say the sound isn't defined

[open fractal]

//initServer.sqf
{
    vehicle _x enableSimulationGlobal false;
    private _id = ceil (random 5);
    _x addUniform format ["U_I_C_Soldier_Para_%1_F",_id];
    if ((random 4) > 1) then {
        removeHeadgear _x;
    }
} forEach units independent;

how come vehicle crews also have simulation disabled?

[little raptor]

just delete your description.ext and start over 🤣

@coarse dragon you're kidding right?

[coarse dragon]

no

[little raptor]

this is what you dmed me:

class CfgSounds
{
    class radio1
    {
        name = "radio1"; // Name for custom sound 1
        sound[] = {"sound\radio1.ogg", 5, 1.0};
        titles[] = {};
    };

it's the same old one

[coarse dragon]

impossiable

[distant oyster]

vehicle _x can also refer to the unit

[hallow mortar]

But clearly true

[little raptor]

literally what you sent

[open fractal]

my confusion is I want the script to disable simulation for units and vehicles, but not crews within the vehicle

but it's disabling simulation for both the vehicle AND the crew

[hallow mortar]

Units in vehicles probably inherit simulation state from their vehicle, otherwise there would be...problems

[distant oyster]

yeah in earlier versions of the game (not too long ago) you could enter a sim disabled vehicle and not get out anymore

[hallow mortar]

Just want to congratulate you on your excellent sense of doubt btw

[open fractal]

not a problem I guess if that's the case, I just feel like that hasn't always been my experience with vehicle crews

[little raptor]

he didn't ctrl+S the file apparently
problem solved... 😅

[open fractal]

I'll test some stuff and come back

[distant oyster]

but does it matter?

the crew won't be able to do anything with a sim disabled vehicle anyway

[open fractal]

no it doesn't, easy fix. I thought I was somehow manually disabling crew simulation

[distant oyster]

aye my first reply i had the wrong assumption, ofc vehicle _x would refer to the vehicle a unit is in, not the passenger

[coarse dragon]

wait... he said in the editor

[hallow mortar]

and right before that I asked if you had applied the changes to description.ext and saved the file

[shadow sapphire]

I'm having trouble figuring out how to phrase what I need to ask simply.

Would anyone be willing to help me understand how to make a function happen for each of an indefinite number of similarly named map markers?

I've got the function more or less working as I need, but I don't know how to make it repeat the function for each place I need it to happen without copy/pasting the function again and again and manually changing the names of the markers.

[distant oyster]

forEach?

[hallow mortar]

Functions can accept arguments, e.g. [_arrayOfMarkers] call del_fnc_function and then parse those inside the function using params

[coarse dragon]

i thought i did

[shadow sapphire]

I'm unsure how to get the inputs that I need. I don't understand how to programmatically create the array.

[little raptor]

for loop

[distant oyster]

do all the markers have something in common?

[coarse dragon]

Mr L Mr N and Mr Lou thank you for the help

[shadow sapphire]

They are all the 'empty' type and each are named 'sector_x' with x being indefinite numbers.

[little raptor]

something like this then:

for "_i" from 0 to 1e3 do {
  _marker = format ["sector_%1", _i];
  if (getMarkerPos _marker isEqualTo [0,0,0]) exitWith {};
  // do something with the marker
  _marker setMarkerPos [...];
};

tho they should be continuous

[coarse dragon]

Omfg help me. I accidentally saved over this fucking mission

[shadow sapphire]

Holy cow! Thanks so much! I'll give it a shot!

I may eventually need a catch to ensure it doesn't bug out if there is a gap in the marker number names, but either way, this gets me much further down the line!

[coarse dragon]

I'm being serious

[little raptor]

I don't think you can get it back anymore...

[shadow sapphire]

Have you played the mission recently in any way outside of the *editor? You may be able to find where you downloaded a previous version of it.

[distant oyster]

that's what getMarkerPos does in Leo's script i think, the position of a non existent marker is 0,0,0

[coarse dragon]

No

[open fractal]

if it makes you feel better rebuilding a mission is a lot faster than making it from scratch

[distant oyster]

(though I prefer markerColor _mrk == "" because 0,0,0 is a valid marker position)

[coarse dragon]

Eh

[shadow sapphire]

Ah! I see! Thanks! I have been busy looking at this chat instead of reading and implementing it.

[little raptor]

I'm not familiar with all marker commands. but if that works yeah

[distant oyster]

understandable, it is not very intuitive because there is no markerExists command

[shadow sapphire]

Do you guys think it would be better to run the function for each marker, or have each marker be found inside the function?

What does the 1e3 mean? Is that a common way to say continuous in code?

[little raptor]

1000

[shadow sapphire]

Oh! Haha, duh. Sorry.

[little raptor]

you can use a while loop instead

[little raptor]

what's the difference?
it's better that you "remember" what you created in the first place

e.g. store them in an array

or hashmap

[shadow sapphire]

I'm not sure there would be a functional difference, I was just curious if there is a known difference in performance or bugs, but I can discover that through testing.

How do I store them in an array?
What is a hashmap?

[hallow mortar]

If these are Editor-placed markers and not script-created, the process of collecting them into an array would be basically the same as what you're doing to iterate through them anyway.
If script-created, _array pushback (createMarker [...])

[little raptor]

my_global_array = [];

//create marker and store:
_marker = createMarker [format ["sector_%1", count my_global_array ]];
if (_marker != "") then {my_global_array pushBack _marker};

[cosmic lichen]

 doStop TANK;
_points = allMissionObjects "Sign_Arrow_Blue_F" apply { getPosATL _x; }; // getting all marker positions 
{ _x pushBack 15; } forEach _points; // setting speed 
TANK setDriveOnPath _points;

Is there any trick on getting setDriveOnPath working? Tanks just seems to turn around on the spot

[little raptor]

you should disable some stuff...
let me see what it was

@cosmic lichen

the important part is:

_gr selectLeader _dr;
    {
        _dr disableAI _x;
    } forEach ["FSM", "TARGET", "AUTOTARGET", "AUTOCOMBAT", "COVER"];
    _veh setEffectiveCommander _dr;
    doStop _veh; 
    sleep 1;

[open fractal]

I was right, something weird is going on with vehicle simulation. Crew does inherit vehicle simulation, but if the crew did not specifically have simulation set to false then they come back alive when the vehicle itself becomes simulated. The vehicle simulation is normally flagged as false while the crew is frozen in place but simulation is flagged as true. When I disable simulation through initServer, though, the crew's simulation is flagged as false along with the vehicle so I have to enable simulation on all the crew as well. The inconsistency there is a bit of a headache.

Edit: found the issue. it was something different going on with that vehicle

[cosmic lichen]

Gonna test that

[little raptor]

as for a hashmap, it's a way of storing pairs of [key, value] s and finding the key from the value very fast:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/HashMap

kind of like an array of [[key1, value1], ...] except lookup is O(1) (for arrays it's O(n), i.e you must iterate over all items to find something)

[cosmic lichen]

Works now..kinda. It's far away from precise movement along the path though.

[shadow sapphire]

Thanks for the explanation! That may be handy!

Well. I made a mess of it.

For "_i" from 0 to 1e3 do {

    If (isServer) then {    
        _Flag = createMarker ["sector_%1", _i];
        if (markerColor _mrk == "") exitWith {};
        _Flag setMarkerType 'mil_objective';

        _SectorAAF = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", markerPos "sector_%1", false];
        _SectorAAF setTriggerActivation ["ANY", "PRESENT", true];
        _SectorAAF setTriggerArea [100, 100, getDir this, true];
        _SectorAAF setTriggerInterval 5;
        _SectorAAF setTriggerStatements
        [
            "West countSide thisList < 0.4*(East countSide thisList);",
            "DeleteMarker '';
            _Flag = createMarker ['', markerPos 'sector_%1'];
            _Flag setMarkerType 'Flag_Altis'",
            ""
        ];

        _SectorFIA = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", markerPos "sector_%1", false];
        _SectorFIA setTriggerActivation ["ANY", "PRESENT", true];
        _SectorFIA setTriggerArea [100, 100, getDir this, true];
        _SectorFIA setTriggerInterval 5;
        _SectorFIA setTriggerStatements
        [
            "East countSide thisList < 0.4*(West countSide thisList);",
            "DeleteMarker '';
            _Flag = createMarker ['', markerPos 'sector_%1'];
            _Flag setMarkerType 'Flag_FIA'",
            ""
        ];
    };
};```

Throwing a thousand errors saying bad conversion: array.

[little raptor]

look again at what I wrote

also your exitWith simply exits the isServer scope

isServer should be outside the loop

[drifting portal]

PiP (picture in picture) does the low fps of PiP have to do with ping?

in terms of render to texture from a camera

or is it to save performance ?

any possible way to increase fps?

[distant oyster]

performance. pip is very heavy on that one

[drifting portal]

if you attach a camera to player about 1km from your position and stream it into a texture, sometimes the player desyncs and runs in a direction then gets teleported to their original position, is this PiP or ping?

[drifting portal]

looking at the texture in this case obviously not the player themselves

[distant oyster]

hmm could be ping but I guess that the simulation only approximates movement outside your view

[drifting portal]

yeah but it is very smooth in vehicles

so I guess its ping

[distant oyster]

have you tested in SP?

[drifting portal]

yes

doesn't occur

[distant oyster]

well then it's ping

maybe a combination of both, to save bandwidth and calculations

[drifting portal]

yep

units are local to you

in SP

[drifting portal]

so probably that

[distant oyster]

does the player character have line of sight to your position?

[drifting portal]

yes

they look at my van

from 400m

[distant oyster]

so you can look at the other player through a binocular and at the same time with a pip?

[drifting portal]

um

I;m using pip to see other's POV

not to see my view

[distant oyster]

okay define pip

[drifting portal]

doing body cam

[distant oyster]

with swichCamera or texture?

[drifting portal]

r2t render to texture

cameraeffect

[distant oyster]

okay then we are on the same page

r2t onto a ui element or an object?

[drifting portal]

gui yes

[distant oyster]

fullscreen?

[drifting portal]

no

middle portion of the screen

ratio 1

'#(argb,512,512,1)r2t(Texture,1)'

[distant oyster]

interesting, didnt know about that behaviour of pip

[drifting portal]

well I can send you the code if you want

[distant oyster]

no thanks I know what you mean just wanted to make sure we were talking about the same thing

[drifting portal]

alright thank you

[distant oyster]

now I am curious too. does that imply that pip is running its own simulation?

also worth an note on biki but where

[winter rose]

…what?

[distant oyster]

the desync between pip (r2t) and actual game

[winter rose]

most likely sync/prediction is way different between human entities and vehicles

[drifting portal]

I think its the game mixing prediction and synchronisation, with a bit of desync in the way

to reduce preformance load

even thou I'm using 6000 object render distance

while target is 1km away

[drifting portal]

you can sometimes see it with very distant players rarely

forgot to mention

the close you are to the target

the way lower the probability of this happening (PiP)

if you are within 250m of the target it nearly never does this

smooth as silk

[drifting portal]

In vehicles it is a very slight vector change

barely noticeable

[winter rose]

a unit is barely predictable, I would wager

[drifting portal]

yes, I have seen humans running for 50m exact before syncing and being teleported correctly

something as slight as starting a running animation and stopping (on player side) will make the game persist with the running animation for like 3 secs before syncing (on PiP)

[little raptor]

no. PiP is just a framebuffer. you simply render the scene from the PoV of another camera

the game simulates objects at different rates, depending where they are wrt to the main camera, and what kind of objects they are

[tidal ferry]

Hey question

Is there any way to check if a certain module is in a mission via script?

[winter rose]

yes, try to grab all modules then check for their class

[tidal ferry]

What should I use to grab all modules?

[crude vigil]

units sideLogic;

[tidal ferry]

Doesn't work, because I'm looking to check the presence of a specific type of module

[crude vigil]

units sideLogic findIf {typeOf _x isEqualTo "Specific Type of Module"} ?

[winter rose]

units sideLogic; works for grabbing all modules (and all normal logics as well)

[hollow thistle]

entities "class"? I don't remember if it worked with modules.

[winter rose]

it should I believe

[autumn swift]

Hello all, I am facing an issue with the HandleDamage event. I want to prevent players on foot from taking damage when getting hit by a vehicle using the following code:

// HandleDamage event
// Anti-VDM
if (((vehicle _source isKindOf "Ship") || ( vehicle _source isKindOf "Air") || (vehicle _source isKindOf "LandVehicle"))) exitWith
{
    diag_log ("HANDLE DAMAGE END: Damage=0 (VDM)");
    0;
};

The issue I am facing is that when a player gets hit by a vehicle, it triggers multiple HandleDamage events, and the last event has a null object value as the source, so I cannot determine who the damage is caused by. Anybody have any idea?
I logged all the damage events as well: https://pastebin.com/5j10uvS3
As you can see in that sample log, all the handle damage events EXCEPT the last one has a source object. Testing was done by lightly hitting the player with a MRAP vehicle.

[granite sky]

I think you can probably file that one as a bug if it's replicable.

[pliant stream]

the overall damage is reported last in A3? it's first in A2 🤔

[granite sky]

IIRC ACE adds an extra hitpoint (which is definitely reported last) because it apparently doesn't trust that.

[autumn swift]

In my case, its pure vanilla arma

[ivory lake]

could store the source as a variable before exiting

if the other hitpoints in the handle damage return it I mean

[autumn swift]

But when I get a damage event with a null source, how will I know that its related to the last damage event which had a source in it?

[ivory lake]

save the time it happened too

and compare it

if it happens at the exact same time it'd be fairly safe to presume it came from it

I guess you could also check if _projectile is an empty string too

[pliant stream]

HandleDamage just kind of sucks. i've found it best to store the data from multiple script events invoked by a single damage event and handle the whole thing together in a PFH

[tidal ferry]

Unfortunately “type of” returns “Logic” when I tried it, not specific module classes

[granite sky]

Depends. High command and curator modules have different types, for example.

What exactly are you looking for?

[calm charm]

I hope I'm right in this channel. My problem: I have an object which is definied as a transport vehicle (vehicleClass="Cargo";). When I use the createVehicle command to create a new rope, it does not appear (object exists). But when I attach the transport object to myself the rope becomes visible at the positionen spawned.

[copper raven]

createVehicle command to create a new rope
aren't you supposed to use ropeCreate or whatever it's called?

[calm charm]

ups. I meant ropeCreate xD

[crude vigil]

There is a particular class coming up as "Logic" , which is a special thing, rest is as you should expect.

It returns Logic because there that logic's class name is "Logic"

If you are not happy with that, you can use what veteran29 mentioned but I believe it would be slower in a standard mission, hence I did not suggest it.

But it works fine.

[quasi rover]

If I use player command multiple times in a script file. Is it better to use it after declaring private variable in the head? for example, private _player = player; in the head part, and then use the _player in a script.

[pliant stream]

depends on your needs

[copper raven]

it is better to call the nular only once and store the result, in player case it's actually worse, unless you use it like 4+ times. unless you use the result of nular command once i highly suggest storing it once and then reusing.

[pliant stream]

if that fits your needs

it's like asking if it's better to buy a car or a boat

[quasi rover]

Sorry, what is nular? I don't know the meaning.

[copper raven]

command that takes no arguments

player, allPlayers etc

[quasi rover]

thx .

[little raptor]

as Untelo said depends how you use it. e.g let's say you want to check if there's a player:

while {true} do {
  waitUntil {alive player};
  ...
}

you can't store this because the player is always changing

the converse is also true. if you always want to do something with the same object you must store it. it's not just a matter of performance

[quasi rover]

I see what you mean, thx, @little raptor

[noble zealot]

Just in case anyone know. This code will use network?sqf _vars remoteExecCall ["MY_fnc_01",[]];

[copper raven]

it should do nothing

[noble zealot]

Thanks

It's a code that run in loop. So i will keep it as:sqf (...) _vars remoteExecCall ["MY_fnc_01",_sentTo]; (loop) instead of```sqf
(...)
if (_sendTo isNotEqualTo []) then {_vars remoteExecCall ["MY_fnc_01",_sentTo];};
(loop)

One less if

[tough abyss]

anyone knows a script that when you execute something another thing happens i want it like if () then {}

[shadow sapphire]

Will try again to understand it.

I tried it isServer outside of the loop and got a different error, so decided to try something else before I came crying for help again.

I'm getting back to work on it as soon as I eat and finish this coat of varnish.

[little raptor]

you had another error. like I said, see what I wrote again.
#arma3_scripting message
what you wrote was completely wrong

[shadow sapphire]

Right, I get that. I was just explaining the other mistake, which was caused by me trying to understand the code without wasting more of your time before I even tried anything at all to fix it.

[open fractal]

context?

i want a script that does a thing

[tough abyss]

never mind i figured it out

thanks for trying to help anyways

[twilit scarab]

Whats a simple script that gets a hold waypoint to skip

Gonna put it in an on activation field of another waypoint

[open fractal]

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

[tough parrot]

why do ppl suggest using format in waypointstatements? How does that change the way it works.

[open fractal]

to pass variables to the string?

[tough parrot]

i thought format["%1",_var] resolved like str(_var)

[open fractal]

yeah but with format you can add more to the string

plus you can't write str _var in a waypoint statement

since that takes a string

[little raptor]

who suggests that? format has a lot of limitations

[open fractal]

unless you're putting multiple strings together for it, at whcih point format is easier

[little raptor]

or you can just change the current active waypoint

[open fractal]

true and factual

brb editing a function

[little raptor]

you can write that

that's not the problem

_var is not defined in the waypoint statement

the only reason to ever use format is:

1. the code is small (total size is always < 8 KB)
2. you want to add a string or number in the waypoint statement that is always fixed
   if either of those is not true you shouldn't use format

[open fractal]

_waypoint setWaypointStatements ["true", format ["%1 enableSimulation true", _otherUnit]];

is this correct or is there a better way than format in this example

[copper raven]

that won't work

unless the object has a varname set(even then its just bad)

[open fractal]

?

[little raptor]

you're stringifying an object
it's not an object anymore

it can correspond to an object only if you've set a vehicle var name for it and also created a variable with the same name that corresponds to the object

[open fractal]

so would it turn into

B Alpha 1-1 whatever enableSimulation true
``` and not work?

am i understanding this right

[little raptor]

yes

that's not valid SQF syntax

[open fractal]

but if the unit has been assigned a variable _otherUnit would return that variable

i see

[copper raven]

it wouldn't work with local variables

[little raptor]

no

[tough parrot]

some forum posts say to do that, but I don't see how
format ["%1 enableSimulation true", _unit]
resolves differently than "_unit enableSimulation true"

[little raptor]

that's wrong as we just discussed
as for why it doesn't "resolve", _unit is not defined in that statement

[little raptor]

as I already mentioned

the only correct way to pass variables to a waypoint statement is creating an array of args in the group's var space

[copper raven]

you cannot "resolve" an object by its natural string representation, https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVehicleVarName see example 1, it explains it

[little raptor]

_args = _grp getVariable ["#grpArgs", []];
_id = _args pushBack [_arg1, _arg2, ...];
_grp setVariable ["#grpArgs", _args];

_waypoint setWaypointStatements ["true", format ["
  _args = group this getVariable ['#grpArgs', []] param [%1, []];
  _args call MY_fnc_bla;
", _id]];

[copper raven]

in case of mp, you'd want to broadcast the arguments and maybe also just index them via varname rather than array in that case

apparantly the onactivation code runs globally

[little raptor]

in MP you don't need array

or in general you can just write:

_wpID = str _waypoint;
_grp setVariable [_wpID, _args, true];
_waypoint setWaypointStatements ["true", format ["
  _args = group this getVariable ['%1', []];
  _args call MY_fnc_bla;
", _wpID]];

it's a bit messy

[copper raven]

yeah that's what i mean

that's sadly the way to go 😄

[little raptor]

I think the var can be overwritten rn

[copper raven]

i guess you can also add some frame number into the id 😄 or maybe something with time

[open fractal]

how come

[getposatl player,west,"BUS_InfSquad"] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
``` doesn't work?

[getposatl player,west, 5] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
``` works fine

oh you need the full path

[tough parrot]

what is the scope of a #define?

I wanted to have a file that defines constants for a mission.

[copper raven]

scope? macros don't do anything at runtime, they're handled at compile time, if you define a macro, it will be available anywhere within the file

[tough parrot]

not in any other file?

[copper raven]

you'd have to #include the file with macro defines into said file(s)

[granite sky]

It can get problematic with config stuff. Say you have:

#include "MyFirstGUIDialog.hpp"
#include "MySecondGUIDialog.hpp"

Anything defined in the first hpp will be visible in the second.

Because #include is basically copy-paste.

[copper raven]

include guards easily fix this

[twilit scarab]

Decent script for faster heli landings than the transport unload waypoint on a helipad?

[lament barn]

guys, please tell me how to enable the display of the player's nickname on your server v DAYZ

[tough abyss]

script for hiding individual vechile parts? forgot the name of it know similar syntax etc just cant find after 2 hours looking for it

[pulsar bluff]

hideSelection or animate

[tough abyss]

thx

[floral beacon]

I can add an action onto this but using the action doesnt open the GUI. HOWEVER, adding the action to a player works perfectly fine. Anyone know why this is?

teleBoard addAction 
[
"<t color='#3F6BC5'>Open Menu</t>",
    {    
        params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"]; // Calls the below parameters. Only using this so I can set radius of action
        
    {execVM "openTomMenu.sqf"};

        
        // Teleport Menu shit
    },
    nil,        // arguments
    1.5,        // priority
    true,        // showWindow
    true,        // hideOnUse
    "",            // shortcut
    "true",     // condition
    5,            // radius
    false,        // unconscious
    "",            // selection
    ""            // memoryPoint
];

[copper raven]

so the action shows but clicking it doesn't execute the code?

[floral beacon]

Yes. Tested in single and multi LAN. Not tested in dedicated

No errors either

[copper raven]

makes no sense 🤔

[floral beacon]

Idk. Works perfectly fine when the action is attached to a player. Just opens a GUI with a list of players and lets you teleport to a player. I'm only trying to put it on an object so that it:
1.) Can't be abused mid combat.
2.) Im too stupid to make it only usable at base

[copper raven]

add a systemChat str fileExists "openTomMenu.sqf"

[floral beacon]

Ill give that a shot

[distant oyster]

those brackets around the execVM part will not execute

teleBoard addAction 
[
"<t color='#3F6BC5'>Open Menu</t>",
    {    
        params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"]; // Calls the below parameters. Only using this so I can set radius of action
        
    execVM "openTomMenu.sqf";

        
        // Teleport Menu shit
    },
    nil,        // arguments
    1.5,        // priority
    true,        // showWindow
    true,        // hideOnUse
    "",            // shortcut
    "true",     // condition
    5,            // radius
    false,        // unconscious
    "",            // selection
    ""            // memoryPoint
];

@floral beacon

[floral beacon]

Ah.

yet another reason why 4am coding is a terrible idea. Much appreciated

[copper raven]

Works perfectly fine when the action is attached to a player
well that means the code you were using there wasn't the same as the one you sent 😄

[copper raven]

i didn't even see that due to bad indentation

[floral beacon]

cringe

[low remnant]

anyone got anything on how to use BIS_fnc_moduleCAS?

[winter rose]

it's a module function, use the module?

[lime frigate]

So I'm using EOS (linked below), and I'm hoping to make a change to eos_core.sqf such that vehicles don't despawn when a player moves out of the area. We'd ideally like to go within the detection distance, have the enemies spawn in, clear the area, steal their vehicle, then drive to the next point. But currently as soon as we drive out of the detection distance it despawns the vehicle we're in. Any ideas or help is appreciated 🙂

https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/144150-enemy-occupation-system-eos/

[fleet sand]

You could just comet these 2 lines and it shouldn't delete any vehicles. its at the end of the eos_core.sqf.

deleteVehicle _clear;
deleteVehicle _taken;

[lime frigate]

I have done and it still seems to be deleting them :/ I think it may be in the cache light vehicles / cahce armoured vehicles stuff earlier in the script

[stark bone]

is it okay to ask CBA related questions in here?

[winter rose]

it's meh, but may provide an answer

[stark bone]

okay because i was wondering if you still need a CfgFunctions if you are using CBA

or do you just use CBA's FUNC()

[steel fox]

If your using the ACE template simple use the PREP()

[stark bone]

ace template?

[steel fox]

I assume your are making an addon using CBA functions?

And CBA function caching.

Then it's best to use the ACE template from the GitHub. ACEX-template iirc

[stark bone]

its a mod to add more medications to ace

it will have CBA loaded

the function file name is fnc_adrenaline and is under injector/functions

where injector is what will be the PBO

[steel fox]

If you simple want to call ace functions you have to resolve them yourself

[stark bone]

nah i want to make sure my function is set up right

i dont have it in cfgFunctions

i have it in XEH_PREP in a PREP()

[steel fox]

Then I assume you already are using the ACE template.

[stark bone]

i am looking into the template

[steel fox]

As long as it's the same module/pbo you can call the function using FUNC()

Else EFUNC() with the target modules ADDON.

The ACE coding guidelines provide a clear explanation to this whole system

[stark bone]

okay cool so aslong as i dont need to reference it outside of its own PBO

i can just use func() where i would do like XXX_fnc_myfunction

[fleet sand]

Question does the vehicle get deleted as soon as you leave the zone or as soon as you leave the zone and leave the vehicle you are in ?

[steel fox]

Yes, that's correct.

[lime frigate]

I may need to double check but it's my understanding that you could be in a vehicle from the zone, drive out of the zone, and it would be deleted as you are driving it.

Which is weird because I would have thought that the lines that follow this format would have prevented that...

if (!(vehicle player == _vehicle)) then {{deleteVehicle _x} 
forEach[_vehicle];};

[stark bone]

so i dont need a cfgFunctions at all if i use CBA and dont need to reference outside of the pbo

[steel fox]

If you are using PREP and the CBA template for your addon you don't and should not use cfgFunctions. It is completely replaced.

Look at the CBA GitHub wiki for a detailed explanation of the function library system.

[stark bone]

whats the cba template?

im not using any template other than this one brake down of it i found in a reddit post

[steel fox]

ACE/CBA template. It's the way the ace mod is structured. It makes the whole system of Macros and definitions function.

[stark bone]

okay where can i find the guide for this template

[steel fox]

ACEX-template on GitHub iirc. I'll try to get the link.

https://github.com/acemod/arma-project-template

Got the name wrong, buts this is it.

[stark bone]

the link for setting up the enviroment is broken for me

[steel fox]

Let's take this to DM's

[fleet sand]

I beleve you need to comet dose lines of code becouse that is saying if player is in a vehicle delete vehicle player is in.

[lime frigate]

I could very well be wrong but I thought that the ! meant it was the opposite of that?

I'll give it a shot though, thank you 🙂

[snow pumice]

Hey I currently use this https://github.com/SkaceKamen/vscode-sqflint, the problem is that it marks the functions with a possible error even if I give a path to the description.ext.
Does anyone have recommendations for an alternative?

[winter rose]

sure, see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Community_Tools#Code_Edition

[snow pumice]

thanks I saw that already but if I didn't overlooked something there is no other vscode Linter.
we kind of found the problem, Marcos aren't allowed to have a semicolon on the last line (in the "define" part) so you need to say MACRO(X,Y,Z); just a silly parser error i guess
thanks tho 🙂

[drifting portal]

[(player getVariable "Zcam"), 0.1] call BIS_fnc_camera_setFOV;

I'm trying to change the camera fov using this command but its not working, what is the problem?

[hallow mortar]

I don't see any immediate problem. It's possible that the "Zcam" variable isn't being correctly defined as a reference to a camera object (impossible to say without seeing where it's defined).
Don't forget to try the camSetFov command too (with camCommit as documented) in case that works instead.

[drifting portal]

yeah tired the two commands you mentioned they worked

is there a mathematical equation to convert FOV into zoom degrees or something of sorts?

[opal zephyr]

Is there a way to disable like ragdoll physics on an AI unit? I know there is the "awake" command, but its description is short and I cant tell if its gonna break it

[hallow mortar]

from camSetFov:

The angle of the field of view is atan(FOV)*2 radians when in 4:3 aspect ratio
I don't maths very well so I don't know whether that helps, but it looks right.

[drifting portal]

Yes but I'm on 16:9 which is a problem

[drifting portal]

What will be the best place to ask how to find a mathmatical equation the converts camera fov into zoom levels?

Or at the very least how is camera fov formatted?

[granite sky]

Uh, problem here is that it doesn't specify what the function returns when it's not 4:3.

[drifting portal]

I guess I will just have to do 0.75 - ((0.75 - (0.75/zoom level))/zoom level) * zoom level

[granite sky]

blinks

If the FOV is just for the 4:3 part in the middle then the full 16:9 FOV would be atan(FOV*4/3)*2 radians.

[copper raven]

0.75 will only work if the user's fovTop is 0.75

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getResolution will get you the fovTop

[drifting portal]

hm, for me 0.75 is my fov for my game despite me having fovTop=1.54;

[drifting portal]

thanks

[drifting portal]

or maybe I'm wrong because I'm viewing the camera from a small screen

[copper raven]

for the zoom level http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-get-zoom/

[drifting portal]

tried putting that into a calculator with FOV = 0.75, got 1.57, so close to my fovTop=1.54;

[drifting portal]

problem is

I'm measuring the zoom from the camera position

[copper raven]

what calculator?

[drifting portal]

not from a pos to a pos

[drifting portal]

a normal calculator

[copper raven]

oh you mean your equation

[copper raven]

how does that change anything? 🤔

[drifting portal]

KK_fnc_trueZoom = {
    (
        [0.5,0.5] 
        distance2D  
        worldToScreen 
        positionCameraToWorld 
        [0,3,4]
    ) * (
        getResolution 
        select 5
    ) / 2
};

isn't he measuring distance from a pos to the player camera?

[hollow thistle]

no, positionCameraToWorld is current camera.

[drifting portal]

if I have a camera object, what should I replace positionCameraToWorld with?

[hollow thistle]

nothing

[drifting portal]

I'm running a gui that broadcasts a camera pov into a texture (render to texture)

so isn't in this case the current camera is the player camera? not the camera I'm boradcasting?

[hollow thistle]

It is.

[drifting portal]

if I wanted to set the camera zoom to 10x, how would I go about using this?

[drifting portal]

since it has no params

so basically to make it simpler, I want to convert 10X into FOV format

[hollow thistle]

idk how it works with camera projected on surface.

Depends on aspect ratio of the surface I guess?

[drifting portal]

well, the ratio of the texture is 1

ctrlSetText '#(argb,512,512,1)r2t(Zera,1)';