arma3_scripting

[shadow sapphire]

//Blue Trigger 1
    _SectorFIA_1 = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", markerPos "Sector_1", false];
    _SectorFIA_1 setTriggerActivation ["ANY", "PRESENT", true];
    _SectorFIA_1 setTriggerArea [100, 100, getDir this, true];
    _SectorFIA_1 setTriggerInterval 5;
    _SectorFIA_1 setTriggerStatements [
        toString {East countSide thisList < 0.4*(West countSide thisList);},
        toString {
            DeleteMarker 'Objective_1';
            _Flag = createMarker ['Objective_1', markerPos 'Sector_1'];
            _Flag setMarkerType 'Flag_FIA';
            private _lastOwner = thisTrigger getVariable ['currentOwner', sideUnknown];
            If (_lastOwner == East) then {
                RedZones = RedZones -1;
                PublicVariable 'RedZones';
            };
            thisTrigger setVariable ["currentOwner", West, true];
            BluZones = BluZones +1;
            PublicVariable 'BluZones';
        },""
    ];
};```

Sorry, can’t format from phone. Will fix.

The script has been looked at on this channel before. Its goal is to create sectors for control, as I don't like the vanilla sector system and don't know how to modify it.

This script is adding zones appropriately, but it is not deleting zones as intended, which is necessary for my ticket bleed script.

[granite sky]

Aren't they simply different triggers, so _SectorFIA_1 never has currentOwner east and _SectorAAF_1 never has currentOwner west?

[shadow sapphire]

That's a distinct likelihood. I don't really understand the scope here.

[granite sky]

You're creating two separate triggers but you need a single toggle variable, right

[shadow sapphire]

Indeed.

[granite sky]

If they're related to a single objective marker name then you could chuck those in a hashmap, maybe

[shadow sapphire]

They are able to communicate about the marker...

[granite sky]

Yeah sadly there's no marker object to put vars on.

[shadow sapphire]

Yeah, they delete and recreate the same marker. Idk why I didn't think of it earlier, My scoring system could literally just count which types of flags are on the map.

[granite sky]

oh, you could go by marker type here, I guess?

Assuming that it's static.

[shadow sapphire]

I think so. I've got hd_objective_noShadow which means no one owns the zone, and I've got Flag_Altis and Flag_FIA representing opfor and blufor respectively.

They are already deleted and recreated perfectly in game using this script.

[granite sky]

Not sure why you don't just setMarkerType in those triggers.

[shadow sapphire]

Because I didn't know any better. There is likely a more elegant way to do every single portion of this script. I am not a coder.

[granite sky]

hmm, that's pretty good for a non-coder :P

[shadow sapphire]

It's a combination of copy/past/trial/error from the BIS Wiki and then coming here for help when I'm not getting an error to tell me what to do next.

[granite sky]

(this is what coders do)

[shadow sapphire]

Fair enough. Would you have any tips on how to count by marker types?

BRB, going to check on setting the marker type without the deletion and creation. Maybe there is a reason I did it that way.

[granite sky]

There's a JIP bug with changing the same marker multiple times, so that might be a thing. I should probably make a replication case for that.

[shadow sapphire]

Oh! No kidding. Well, that’s good to know.

There also appears to be an issue with scope. It’s not working without using the local _Flag tag inside the trigger.

[granite sky]

well, you'd do 'Objective_1' setMarkerType 'Flag_FIA'

Markers are a bit odd in SQF because they're not a separate type. They're just a string that can reference a bunch of internal data.

[shadow sapphire]

Setmarkertype is working now. I’m a bit concerned about the JIP bug, and may save this revision for later.

In either case, I think some method of counting flag types MAY be the solution I need, unless what you’re telling me about them being odd strings is an obstacle.

[granite sky]

Where I've seen the JIP bug it was specific to marker colour, so type might be fine.

[shadow sapphire]

That’s good to know! Would greatly reduce the size of my script by cutting two lines forty eight times.

[granite sky]

well, if you have a list of your objective markers, you'd just do something like:

{ markerType _x == "Flag_FIA" } count mytag_objectiveMarkers;

If you're actually pasting all this trigger code for every objective then there are definitely better ways to do that :P

[shadow sapphire]

A list?

Oh, trust me, I know there are better ways, I just don’t know them. There is probably a way to get everything I need from thirty lines of code, rather than hundreds of repasted lines.

[granite sky]

Are sector markers ("Sector_1" etc) from the SQM?

Like placed in the editor

[shadow sapphire]

Yes, they are.

[granite sky]

So first you could make an array of them, like this:

allMapMarkers select { _x find "Sector_" };

Oh for fuck's sake, why doesn't this work sometimes

[shadow sapphire]

That is intriguing.

[granite sky]

So then you can forEach over that array to generate your triggers.

Generating the objective markers at the same time, and attaching them to the relevant triggers with setVariable.

[shadow sapphire]

I’ve tried something like this before, but I didn’t understand and reverted to what was working for me.

If I COULD get that to work appropriately, then we’d really be saving me some work in the future.

[winter rose]

what doesn't?

[granite sky]

Discord syntax colouring

[tranquil jasper]

"sqf" should be on the same line as ```

hint "hello world";

"sqf" turns green when it's right, then you're good to go. Also no space ```sqf

[shadow sapphire]

Now I've got this, which works and is, I think, easier to read.

I'm not creative enough to know how to capture the marker types and count them.

If (isServer) then {
    'Sector_1' setMarkerType 'hd_objective_noShadow';

    //Red Trigger 1
    _SectorAAF_1 = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", markerPos "Sector_1", false];
    _SectorAAF_1 setTriggerActivation ["ANY", "PRESENT", true];
    _SectorAAF_1 setTriggerArea [100, 100, getDir this, true];
    _SectorAAF_1 setTriggerInterval 5;
    _SectorAAF_1 setTriggerStatements [
        toString {West countSide thisList < 0.4(East countSide thisList);},
        toString {'Sector_1' setMarkerType 'Flag_Altis';},""
    ];

    //Blue Trigger 1
    _SectorFIA_1 = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", markerPos "Sector_1", false];
    _SectorFIA_1 setTriggerActivation ["ANY", "PRESENT", true];
    _SectorFIA_1 setTriggerArea [100, 100, getDir this, true];
    _SectorFIA_1 setTriggerInterval 5;
    _SectorFIA_1 setTriggerStatements [
        toString {East countSide thisList < 0.4(West countSide thisList);},
        toString {'Sector_1' setMarkerType 'Flag_FIA';},""
    ];
};```

[crude vigil]

3DEN mission right?

[shadow sapphire]

Yes.

[crude vigil]

Just create your markers , separate them into layers, then get them from https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getMissionLayerEntities on start, apply whatever you want with forEach.

Easier to manage, easier to modify when you want a change.

[shadow sapphire]

I don't even know what layers are.

[crude vigil]

check left hand side on 3den, each folder is called "layer"

[shadow sapphire]

Oh! It's just editor object groups. Cool.

[crude vigil]

every object is listed inside a layer basically. Although not sure if default ones are counted as layers too...

but yeah just create a new folder there, then reach to it by calling its name with the command I linked above.

[shadow sapphire]

Defaults appear to be called as layers, but not "returned" as layers. So likely not "counted."

[crude vigil]

No need to categorize anything. No need to remember anything in case of modification. If you are afraid to forget, slip a "Comment" inside the layer too.

Once done, hide them, live happily ever after.

[granite sky]

@tranquil jasper I'm aware of that. There's just some discord bug where it decides it's going to ignore it, and you have to rewrite the whole comment from scratch to kick it into life.

[tranquil jasper]

Just keep in mind for locality that you've restricted the trigger to only get created on, and local to, the server

[shadow sapphire]

That's intentional.

What might be the advantage of having these triggers evaluated elsewhere?

[tranquil jasper]

saving some server processing in return for dealing with a lot more locality bullshit

[shadow sapphire]

Thanks, I'm reading about creating and manipulating layers now.

[shadow sapphire]

Which locality issues do you foresee?

[little raptor]

you probably put the ```sqf in the same line as the text before it?
personally never experienced any bug with that tho

[sage heath]

hey i wonder

is there a script that would automatically deploy your parachutes, the moment you exit from a trigger?

kinda like a static line, but i cant use ones that are already in game

[little raptor]

what do you mean by static line?

[little raptor]

remove the backpack, create the parachute vehicle, move the player into the "driver" seat

[sage heath]

no no, not like that

i meant as in, when the player jumps out, the chute automatically deploys, like a static line chute

[sage heath]

we have backpack on chest, so the first part isnt necessary(?)

[drifting portal]

GetOut event handler

[sage heath]

and no the players do not start in the vehicle passenger seat

its on a static plane, inside the cargo bay

[drifting portal]

Ah

[sage heath]

and they simply...walk off

yeah see the problem now?

[drifting portal]

Well

[sage heath]

you helped me script this last week if you remember XD

[drifting portal]

You could have a loop that checks every 2.5 seconds or so if their altitude is lower than the aircraft's altitude

Then when thats true you deploy the parachute and break the loop

But I'm trying to think of a better way

[sage heath]

leopard helped me write a script (or the condition to activate said script) last week, that i think we could replicate, where the moment the player enters a halo animation, the script is exceuted

[drifting portal]

You can use animchanged event handler

[sage heath]

(i think) i just need the second part which opens the parachute thats on the players back once that condition is filled

[drifting portal]

But I'm not sure if they will halo jump or will just fall like a stone

[sage heath]

yeah i already have that part

[drifting portal]

Well

Get the name of the halo jump

[sage heath]

anything related to the jump itself is handled, we just need the parachutes

[drifting portal]

And compare the _anim parameter to it

[sage heath]

also i need to mention: i know very little about scripting, besides the very basic stuff

so talk to me like im 5(?)

[drifting portal]

I can only talk to you if you are 4 sorry

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

[sage heath]

dang

[drifting portal]

You see that _anim?

[sage heath]

yes

[drifting portal]

First jump off the the thing yourself and

When the halo animation starts

Put in debug

animationState player;

It should give you the animation name for halo jump

Then simply put in the evnt handler an if Statment that checks if _anim == halo jump then the parachute

[sage heath]

again look: like i said i have everything related to the animations handled(ish)

i just need to know if you can open a parachute on someones back, with a script

[drifting portal]

That's cringe

There is a better way

[sage heath]

ok, go for it

this is the eventhandler, leopard wrote, i already have this part

if ("halo" in _this#1) then { script goes here }};```

i just need the script goes here, where the parachutes are opened

[drifting portal]

_chute = createVehicle ['Steerable_Parachute_F', position Player, [], 0, 'CAN_COLLIDE'];
player moveInDriver _chute;

[sage heath]

thank you!

wait, so question, if the player has a parachute on his back does that, interfere with that?

[drifting portal]

No

[sage heath]

ok perfect

[drifting portal]

It just

Spawns a parachute

And moves you into its driver seat

No matter what backpack you have

[sage heath]

ok neat

testing it

[drifting portal]

Seems like its going bad

[sage heath]

yeah

forgot to add a ; to the previous code

💀

[drifting portal]

Typical silliness

Lol

[sage heath]

ok, didnt spawn the parachutes

ok just to make sure, you put this in...initplayerlocal.sqf correct?

[drifting portal]

Yep

[sage heath]

yeah didnt spawn the parachutes

bare in mind its working with another event handler thats got the same conditions

[drifting portal]

Try
_chute = createVehicle ['Steerable_Parachute_F', position Player, [], 0, 'CAN_COLLIDE'];
In debug

[sage heath]

heres what the entire file looks like

player setVariable["loadout", getUnitLoadout player];
hint "Selected gear saved!"

}] call CBA_fnc_addEventHandler;

sleep 10;
player addEventHandler ["animStateChanged", {
if ("halo" in _this#1) then {
_this#0 setVelocity (plane1 vectorModelToWorld [0, -150, -3]);
_this#0 removeEventHandler ["animStateChanged", _thisEventHandler]
}
}];

sleep 10;
player addEventHandler ["animStateChanged", {
if ("halo" in _this#1) then {
_chute = createVehicle ['CUP_T10_Parachute_backpack', position Player, [], 0, 'CAN_COLLIDE'];
player moveInDriver _chute;
}
}];

[drifting portal]

Does it spawn a parachute when you execute it?

[sage heath]

negative, nothing happens

i just keep falling

[fair drum]

you want to spawn the chute at [0,0,0] then move it to the player

[sage heath]

and yes i've tried with the base game parachute

[drifting portal]

Try that

[sage heath]

yeah...what do i have to write...exactly?

[drifting portal]

_chute = createVehicle ['Steerable_Parachute_F', [0,0,0], [], 0, 'CAN_COLLIDE'];
_chute setpos (getpos player);
player moveInDriver _chute;

[fair drum]

nope

[drifting portal]

Wait

I'm editing on phone

1 minute

[drifting portal]

Try?

[sage heath]

yep, trying

[fair drum]

still nope

[drifting portal]

F

[fair drum]

!quote 5

[lyric schooner]

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

[drifting portal]

I hate ASL i hate ASL

[sage heath]

setposatl or asl?

[fair drum]

doesn't matter. just not setPos

[sage heath]

THEN WHY IS IT STILL IN THE GAME MAGIC MAN

[lyric schooner]

[fair drum]

because there is still very specific usage for it

[shadow sapphire]

What is so bad about setPos?

There is tons of stuff left in the game that is mostly there just because it didn't exist when crucial scripts were written back in the day, yeah or nah?

[fair drum]

its specificity is not enough

[shadow sapphire]

Ah, I gotcha.

[fair drum]

unpredictable behavior

[drifting portal]

Yep

[sage heath]

so which flavor of the month should i use here? ATL or ASL?

[drifting portal]

Hypoxic help the guy if you may my fingers are getting flattened

[fair drum]

doesn't matter, as long as you are consistent

[sage heath]

ok? atl i guess?

[shadow sapphire]

I don't want to barge into something here, so I can wait if needed, but would anyone be able to set me on the correct path to understand how to make something basically drain one ticket per second as long as a certain condition is true? My code might already be correct, but I'm not sure of the best way to check the conditions or trigger the function.

While {RedZones < (0.6*BluZones)} do {
  Sleep 1;
  RedTickets = RedTickets - 1;
    PublicVariable 'RedZones';
};```

[drifting portal]

Still confused about the [0, 0,0], had a script that spawned it on player and worked normally hmmm

[sage heath]

yeah, still no

tested, and uhhh no chutes

[drifting portal]

What is the debug returning

[fair drum]

just do the chute itself, forget all the other animation stuff.

work backwards

get the pieces working first, then put it together

[sage heath]

execute this in debug?

[drifting portal]

if it is returning something with null then that's the problem

[sage heath]

yeah ok now it works

ok then back to one of my theories, there are 2 same eventhandlers in one file

is that the source of the peroblem?

its

player addEventHandler ["animStateChanged", {
if ("halo" in _this#1) then {
_this#0 setVelocity (plane1 vectorModelToWorld [0, -150, -3]);
_this#0 removeEventHandler ["animStateChanged", _thisEventHandler]
}
}];

sleep 10;
player addEventHandler ["animStateChanged", {
if ("halo" in _this#1) then {
_chute = createVehicle ['Steerable_Parachute_F', [0,0,0], [], 0, 'CAN_COLLIDE'];
_chute setposATL (getpos player);
player moveInDriver _chute;
}
}];```

[fair drum]

I don't want to outright give you the answer, but rather show you how to get to the answer

[sage heath]

dog

its 0131

in the am

please

[drifting portal]

No

Learn my friend

[fair drum]

so first, check to see if your event handlers are even firing when you want them to

[sage heath]

yes the one above is firing

the one below isnt

the top one is to simulate inertia from jumping off an aircraft

i could feel it, so its working

[drifting portal]

Use systemchat "text"; to confirm

[fair drum]

btw, if you are using setposATL you need to use getPosATL

[sage heath]

player addEventHandler ["animStateChanged", {
if ("halo" in _this#1) then {
_chute = createVehicle ['Steerable_Parachute_F', [0,0,0], [], 0, 'CAN_COLLIDE'];
_chute setposATL (getpos player);
player moveInDriver _chute;
systemchat "text"
}
}];
``` making sure

[sage heath]

ok done

[drifting portal]

getposASL must be added!

[sage heath]

ahem

[drifting portal]

Don't look at me like that or I will do silly stuff with cursorobject

Anyways

[drifting portal]

Does it say text?

[sage heath]

havent tested, im doing it now

[drifting portal]

It should show in chat

[sage heath]

no

ok im leaning towards the 2 event handlers conflicting theory

[drifting portal]

He said it doesn't show text

[sage heath]

the eventhandler never fired

(?)

[drifting portal]

Either that or the if Statment is wrong

[sage heath]

leopard wrote it

so, it cant be, or highly unlikely

[drifting portal]

Now

Try putting the systemchat "text";

Above the if Statment

But still inside the event handler

If it says text in chat, that means the event handler is firing

[sage heath]

i did, but i also forgot the ;

so im testing again

[drifting portal]

Send home address

[sage heath]

still no

OH

nvm

just re read

[drifting portal]

May I know why you have a huge sleep before each event handler?

sleep 10;

[sage heath]

oh that

so basically the players starts off already in a halo anim for a brief second

before the game goes "wait im on solid ground"

so its to prevent the eventhandlers firing off too early

[drifting portal]

10 seconds?

[sage heath]

changed it to 5

[sage heath]

like this?

player addEventHandler ["animStateChanged", {
systemchat "text";
if ("halo" in _this#1) then {
_chute = createVehicle ['Steerable_Parachute_F', [0,0,0], [], 0, 'CAN_COLLIDE'];
_chute setposATL (getposATL player);
player moveInDriver _chute;
}
}];

hey if i did this wrong

you said above

[drifting portal]

Please try using

[sage heath]

ok

[drifting portal]

params ["_unit", "_anim"];

[sage heath]

hey you're not gonna believe this

but

no system chat

but it works

[drifting portal]

And then change the if Statment to ("halo" in _anim)

[sage heath]

somehow

[drifting portal]

I'm as confused as an AI helicopter trying to land on flat plains

[fair drum]

depending on how important execution is to you, you might want to do unscheduled environment so that in case the scheduler gets full, that sleep doesn't get longer

[drifting portal]

Probably because I have been awake for 22 hours

[sage heath]

i think its the timer

[drifting portal]

Yes

You made it so that

[sage heath]

see, before i discover scripting this is what happened

so thats why im here
the first sqf i made to save loadouts, it took me 8.5 hours, i had 200 hours in the game and minimal 3den experience

[drifting portal]

It takes 20 SECONDS to assign the parachute EH

Too much

[sage heath]

wait, the damn thing stacks?

oh fuck

[drifting portal]

The bruh moment

[sage heath]

i thought they both fire off at 10 seconds not one after the other

[drifting portal]

Lol no worries

[drifting portal]

In that case you put sleep 10; before both of them

[sage heath]

yeah, thats...whats on there

[shadow sapphire]

Thanks! Ultimately, the execution's timing is barely important at all. It's a very long term thing.

[sage heath]

theres a sleep 10; in front of both

well

3 now

point stands

[tranquil jasper]

setPos is fine as long as you understand how it works tbh

[fair drum]

well I'm saying that sometimes that sleep might be... 2 seconds, 4 seconds, whatever depending on how many scheduled scripts you have running

[drifting portal]

Yep

But he wanted to be specific with a starter

Can't blame him

[shadow sapphire]

Right, I get that, and it's acceptable. The primary concern is server performance. In this scenario, the chances of even several minutes making a meaningful difference is quite low.

The script just isn't firing at all right now as far as I know. Speaking of that, I should probably go throw a hint or something to ensure that I've adequately identified the problem.

[sage heath]

ok, NEW PROBLEM, that i kinda saw coming

so uhhhhh now with the chute deploying, its crashing into the plane, because it deployed immediately

but then, i put sleep in, to delay it, yeah...

not allowed

[fair drum]

spawn it

[drifting portal]

Please give him an example

He will confuse the parameters

[sage heath]

also elaborate

also, ouch, but not wrong

[drifting portal]

No its pretty common to confuse parameters in spawn

Especially with your setup

[sage heath]

ah ok

yeah no, have no idea what hypoxic means

[drifting portal]

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

[fair drum]

player addEventHandler ["AnimStateChanged", {
    _this spawn {
        params ["_unit", "_anim"];

        if ("halo" in _anim) then {
            sleep 3;

            private _chute = createVehicle ["Steerable_Parachute_F", [0,0,0], [], 0, "NONE"];
            _chute setPosASL (getPosASL _unit);

            _unit moveInDriver _chute;
        };
    };
}];

[drifting portal]

Great job

[shadow sapphire]

It's being executed in the server init with [] spawn and is apparently firing, as it's giving me the hint I was seeking.

[sage heath]

ok, testing

[fair drum]

that wasnt for you

[shadow sapphire]

Oh!

[fair drum]

sorry

[drifting portal]

If Statment?

[shadow sapphire]

Nope, my fault.

[drifting portal]

I think it will spawn a parachute after each animation change?

[fair drum]

yes i forgot the if statement, give me a sec

[sage heath]

yeah was about to say

i was usually counts to 10

to make sure i dont outrun the sleep

[fair drum]

fixed

[sage heath]

then the parachute spawned in my face XD

no worries

thank you, btw

[sage heath]

also hey i did learnt that, from today

[drifting portal]

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

learn this too

very cool

[sage heath]

yep, everything works

thats it, you guys got it

thank you!

so much

ok i was wrong, so minor problem

switched the chute to, one from cup

its called CUP_T10_Parachute_backpack

    _this spawn {
        params ["_unit", "_anim"];

        if ("halo" in _anim) then {
            sleep 3;

            private _chute = createVehicle ["CUP_T10_Parachute_backpack", [0,0,0], [], 0, "NONE"];
            _chute setPosASL (getPosASL _unit);

            _unit moveInDriver _chute;
        };
    };
}];

put this in, now its broken

fuck

[fair drum]

i bet that's not the class you want

[sage heath]

uhhhh wdym?

[fair drum]

because that is referencing the backpack, not the functional parachute itself. just like steerable_parachute_f is one of the variants of steerable_parachute_blahblah

[sage heath]

oh crap

how do you uhhhhh find, the name of the chute?

[fair drum]

I would have to look through CUP's config to see what they have in there. For giggles, just remove the _backpack and try it

[sage heath]

ok

honestly, im just looking through the config

wait how do you get to cfg backpacks (if theres one)

it only shows, vehicles, weapons, ammo and mags

nvm, got it

just right clicked and find in config viewer

[sage heath]

ok so i got the parachute to spawn, but now its duplicated, it spawn in 2 chutes

[fair drum]

because halo is in >8 different animations that change depending on player movement

[sage heath]

fixed btw

[fair drum]

and you also should remove the event handler

[sage heath]

its because i was wearing a t10 already

how come?

[fair drum]

you only want it to fire once right? just in case the player ever goes into a halo animation again?

[sage heath]

yeah

so jsut this?

        params ["_unit", "_anim"];

        if ("halo" in _anim) then {
            sleep 3;

            private _chute = createVehicle ["CUP_T10_Parachute", [0,0,0], [], 0, "NONE"];
            _chute setPosASL (getPosASL _unit);

            _unit moveInDriver _chute;
        };
    };

everything, in total```sleep 3;
player addEventHandler ["animStateChanged", {
if ("halo" in _this#1) then {
_this#0 setVelocity (plane1 vectorModelToWorld [0, -150, -3]);
_this#0 removeEventHandler ["animStateChanged", _thisEventHandler]
}
}];
_this spawn {
params ["_unit", "_anim"];

    if ("halo" in _anim) then {
        sleep 3;

        private _chute = createVehicle ["CUP_T10_Parachute", [0,0,0], [], 0, "NONE"];
        _chute setPosASL (getPosASL _unit);

        _unit moveInDriver _chute;
    };
};

[fair drum]

https://sqfbin.com/opowozozagahudonuzuf

technically you could just combine the two handlers into one anyways

[sage heath]

testing

also duplicating parachutes is still a problem

[sage heath]

parachute spawns in my face now

[fair drum]

then just add some more delays

[sage heath]

where?

oh i know why

no sleep at the top

[fair drum]

I'm just gonna consolidate this into one anyways

[sage heath]

also: undefined variable in expression _thisEventHandler

[sage heath]

yeah no worries

[sage heath]

and this

[fair drum]

https://sqfbin.com/opowozozagahudonuzuf

the duplicating parachute thing, are you using CUPs automatic line feature or something?

[sage heath]

no, im just walking off the aircraft

without the script, this already wont trigger

so its not a problem

[fair drum]

the duplication happens with the base arma parachute too?

[sage heath]

ill try

nope

prob a mod thing

[fair drum]

then it has something to do with that CUP parachute and backpack

it must automatically detect if you are falling and do something itself

take the backpacks off of everyone

[sage heath]

already did, and uhhh still an issue

[sage heath]

tried with an ace backpack, didnt have the same issue

prob, just a problem with the cup chute

found the culprit, that affects the cup chute, it is the backpack, not just one, its any really

ok so i feel like im fucking schizo now, cuz i tried with backpack on and its gone

prob because you merged the ehs

so thank you! you saved my bacon

worked PERFECTLY, thanks @fair drum !

[modern meteor]

Hello, I have a bunch of scripts which I would like to convert into a mod. Does anyone know about a manual how to do this?

[haughty bone]

Greetings, I am working on a simple script for a squad to move from waypoint to waypoint. I have it setup like this right now: ```_attackSquad01 setBehaviour "SAFE";

_waypoint01 = _attackSquad01 addWaypoint [_waypointPos01,0];
_waypoint02 = _attackSquad01 addWaypoint [_waypointPos02,0];
_waypoint02 setWaypointType "SAD";``` I basically want them to to switch from Safe/careless to Aware when they arrive at Waypointmarker 1. Is there an way to filter through their set waypoints to see which one they are walking to at the current time?

[cold flower]

You could just double-click on the waypoint in the editor to set behaviors, pacing, formations, etc

On a waypoint by waypont basis

[haughty bone]

that's the thing. I dont spawn in the units until a specific thing is triggered

basically its a QRF attack group when my player team gets nearby the objective

[crude vigil]

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

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

[flat eagle]

is waypoint1 a marker?

[haughty bone]

thank you your a saint. That was exactly what i was looking for

[haughty bone]

Yes they are: _waypointPos01 = getMarkerPos "waypointMarker01"; _waypointPos02 = getMarkerPos "Encampment_01";

[lost dock]

Hi all I am looking for someone to help me set up and script a 24/7 public server and just wondering if this is the right place to do this

[ebon citrus]

#creators_recruiting

[lost dock]

thanks nica!

[dry valley]

trying to find out what is giving me this error, and google wont help me :\ anyone know what DestructionEffects.side means? other than something is wrong with my DE structure or naming

[ebon citrus]

Post full error

[dry valley]

bin`config.bin/CfgVehicles/DestructionEffects.side'.

[ebon citrus]

One of your mods is incorrectly configured

[dry valley]

i guess since mikero packs with haleluja etc its fine, but probably named wrong on something

[ebon citrus]

Halleluja is basic sanity check

[dry valley]

haha

[ebon citrus]

It doesnt stop you from making mistakes

[dry valley]

true

[ebon citrus]

I suppose that's no entry error

Somewhere you inherit DestructionEffects inside your cfgvehicles

Try inheriting it from outside cfgVehicles

[dry valley]

but isnt it supposed to be redeclared?

im like a week old in this so trying to understand everything, you are probably right..

ill try

thanks!

[ebon citrus]

DestructionEffects is declared inside your vehicle class

But i suppose your just inheriting it in cfgVehicles root

Dont do that

[dry valley]

aaah ive missunderstood the wiki

it makes sense now

[ebon citrus]

Probably not

[dry valley]

i think lol

[ebon citrus]

Also, #arma3_config

@dry valley tbh, when in doubt, just check how bi has done it

[marsh drift]

I tried your advice out, but it throws me this error: _vehicle (#)animateSource [_anim,_phase]; ... Error Type Any, ecpected String
Config.cpp

class Eventhandlers: Eventhandlers
class openHatches
{
    TurnIn = "[_this#0, 0] call jzra_sb_fnc_openHatches";
    TurnOut = "[_this#0, 1] call jzra_sb_fnc_openHatches";
};

class CfgFunctions
{
    class jzra_sb
    {
        class scripts
        {
            file = "\jzra_sb\scripts"; 
            class openHatches: lightToggleColl
            {
                file = "\jzra_sb\scripts\fn_openHatches.sqf"; 
            };
        };
    };
};

fn_openHatches.sqf

params ["_vehicle", "_turret", "_phase"];

private _anim = call {
  if (_turret isEqualTo [8]) exitWith {"door_left"};
  if (_turret isEqualTo [2]) exitWith {"hatch_front"};
  if (_turret isEqualTo [7]) exitWith {"door_right"};
  //etc.
};
_vehicle animateSource [_anim, _phase];

[little raptor]

looks like you have more turret paths than you specified

[marsh drift]

that means? 🤔

[little raptor]

more than just [2] [8] and [7]

[little raptor]

actually _turret is not even defined

your call is wrong

that's not what I told you to do

this is what I said

[marsh drift]

omg

Now its working great. yeah I dont know why I changed the call... 🤦

When I get in to the turret, he is already turned out how I change that so he is turned in when entered? Or is this more a config question?

[sage heath]

use show hide module rigged up to a trigger

its way more simple than scripting

[little raptor]

I guess config. idk

[marsh drift]

ou, I have a few more turrets that do not have hatches. the turn in and out is just for standing up or sit down. Here he is throwing the error again. What do I must add to change that? Nr 3 is one of the turrets sqf if (_turret isEqualTo [3]) exitWith {}; I must change smth at the exitWith?

[little raptor]

just add a default value at the end

private _anim = call {
  if (_turret isEqualTo [8]) exitWith {"door_left"};
  if (_turret isEqualTo [2]) exitWith {"hatch_front"};
  if (_turret isEqualTo [7]) exitWith {"door_right"};
  "";
};

but idk why you say it's throwing an error because if the other turrets don't have turn in/turn out the function should never be called in the first place

[marsh drift]

this works fine 👍

[old grotto]

how can i add more flares to a plane that belongs to a mod

?

I have a mod of a MIG35 only 30 flares, I want to add more but I don't know how

[open fractal]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/weaponsTurret see if they show up here

put

vehicle player weaponsTurret [-1]
``` in the console and see if the classnames are returned

[old grotto]

I want this to increase to 200, how do I do it?

[open fractal]

does it give you the classnames?

this is what you need

then you can just addMagazinesTurret

[opal zephyr]

Can you add a marker to a map based on idc? I have a map in my gui, made from CT_MAP_MAIN and I want to draw the position of a unit on it and only it, not drawing it on the main map. Is this possible through idc or something?

Edit: I think I can maybe attempt a seperate method to check if my gui is open and if it is then ill use drawIcon or something to draw the markers. Ill give this a shot

[stable musk]

Anyone know of a way exit the current mission and open a differnt mission with code? It'd be similar to what Arma 1 did for its campaign, with the strategic map sending you to a different mission file

[undone dew]

anyone know why this is giving me Invalid Number in Expression?

        _pos = [_thisTrigger, 25, 50, 0, 0, 0.4, 0] call BIS_fnc_findSafePos;
        _playersInArea = {(_x distance2d _pos) < 1000} count allPlayers;

[tranquil jasper]

where

[undone dew]

at the end

[open fractal]

why is there a random #

[undone dew]

was just showing where it shows the |#| in the error log, not part of the code

[open fractal]

oh

[tranquil jasper]

put this

systemChat str _pos
```also post next line in script

[open fractal]

also have you tried inAreaArray? probably quicker than distance2d

[tranquil jasper]

if the # was after ; then the error is on the next line

[open fractal]

        _pos = [_thisTrigger, 25, 50, 0, 0, 0.4, 0] call BIS_fnc_findSafePos;
        _playersInArea = count (allPlayers inAreaArray [_pos,1000,1000,0,false]);

[undone dew]

that worked, thx! I guess it was a problem with using distance2d

[open fractal]

@undone dew _thisTrigger isn't the magic variable if you're using it for that btw, that would be thisTrigger without the underscore

[undone dew]

i have "_thisTrigger" in params and pass [thistrigger] as an argument since the triggers are editor-placed, seems to work at least

i'm still in the functional > pretty stage of learning scripting lol

[open fractal]

alright

[ebon citrus]

i dont have an emulator on hand, but couldnt i check if a definition _x exists in CfgWeapons by doing

_x isKindOf [_x, configFile >> "CfgWeapons"]```?

[tranquil jasper]

Where are you getting _x from?

Also I think it should work

but you could also do

isClass (configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> _x)

depending on where _x comes from this might not even be necessary though

[ebon citrus]

does https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/removeMagazine have a global or local effect?

never mind, this is better
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/removeMagazineGlobal

[drowsy geyser]

if i add BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd to an object and remoteExec it to everyone, how would i prevent that more than one player will be able activate the action at time?
example from BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd

[
    _myLaptop,
    "Hack Laptop",
    "\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\holdAction_connect_ca.paa",
    "\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\holdAction_connect_ca.paa",
    "_this distance _target < 3",
    "_caller distance _target < 3",
    {},
    {},
    { _this call MY_fnc_hackingCompleted },
    {},
    [],
    12,
    0,
    true,
    false
] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd", 0, _myLaptop];

[ebon citrus]

that's not how you remoteExec, please read the docs https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/remoteExec

your targets and JIP arguments are probably not what you mean them to be

[drowsy geyser]

but this is not my code its example 2 from here:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd

[ebon citrus]

yes, you are right

dont mind my comment

I didnt realize you could use Object as JIP

if you want it that no other person can use it at the same time, you could broadcast a public variable and check that variable in the condition for if the laptop is being hacked

use codeStart for setting the variable and codeInterrupted and codeCompleted for unsetting it

if you dont want the laptop to be hackable after completion, just dont reset the variable in codeCompleted

check your variable in conditionShow

[drowsy geyser]

thank you

[ebon citrus]

you can use and statements there to check distance and your variable

[ebon citrus]

do you want an example or do you know what youre doing?

[drowsy geyser]

an example is alway better for learning 🙂

[ebon citrus]

give me a sec

[
    _myLaptop,
    "Hack Laptop",
    "\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\holdAction_connect_ca.paa",
    "\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\holdAction_connect_ca.paa",
    "_this distance _target < 3 and {!(_target getVariable ['MYTAG_hackInProgress', false])}",
    "_caller distance _target < 3",
    {    
        params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"];
        _target setVariable ["MYTAG_hackInProgress", true, true];
    },
    {},
    { 
        params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"];
        _this call MY_fnc_hackingCompleted;
        _target setVariable ["MYTAG_hackInProgress", false, true]; //comment this line out if you dont want it to reset!
    },
    {
        params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"];
        _target setVariable ["MYTAG_hackInProgress", false, true];
    },
    [],
    12,
    0,
    true,
    false
] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd", 0, _myLaptop];```
something like this

this is assuming you trust your client

[drowsy geyser]

thank you!

[sour drift]

Any way to set an object to be invisible?

[winter rose]

yes.

😁

[sour drift]

Cuz I tried just removing the objects textures to make it "per se" invisible

But aint worked for me

[winter rose]

→ https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/hideObjectGlobal
→ https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/hideObject

[sour drift]

That should do, thanks lad

[drifting portal]

is there a way to createVehicleLocal with "CAN_COLLIDE" placement option?

[little raptor]

it already creates with CAN_COLLIDE

[drifting portal]

well for me its not

i'm trying to place it inside a building

it spawns outside it

[little raptor]

then do a setPosXXX

[drifting portal]

alright will try that in a bit and give feedback

cool stuff

I would like to also label myself as dumb for not thinking about this and going for more complex nonsense

thanks

[lapis ivy]

Hello. I have a condition:

a3a_var_started && (([east,0] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets) < 1 or ([west,0] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets) < 1);

And activation

if ([west, 0] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets <= 0) then { 
    [east, west] 
} else { 
    [west, east] 
} params ["_winner", "_loser"]; 
 
["SideLost", false] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_endMissionServer", _loser];  
["SideWon"] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_endMissionServer", _winner];

When checking in a multiplayer game through the editor, everything works, but it does not work on a dedicated server.
All this is specified in the trigger. The trigger has a checkbox "only on the server"

[drowsy geyser]

it works great but it unfortunatly also hides the holdAction progress-icon, anyway i can still make it visible?

[sage heath]

ok this is a little of an easy one, im planning on doing a looping script for a vehicle to automatically refill ammo back to full

i put some static aa in the background, shooting invisible drones to simulate flak

so i want the vehicles to never run out of ammo/needing me to mother over it

and/or use addMagazineTurret and just add like a 1000 boxes of ammo?

[little raptor]

if it's a gun with multiple ammo per mag you can just do setAmmo

[sage heath]

yeah tahts what im thinking, but then it does that, only once

[sage heath]

its a zsu-23-4 btw

[little raptor]

well loop like you said

[sage heath]

yeah thats my problem, uhhh how do you loop a trigger without it lagging tf out?

[little raptor]

you can't loop a trigger. you can only create a loop yourself

[sage heath]

i got the script kinda in my head ish

zsu2 setAmmo 1;``` and so on

[sage heath]

could you explain further?

[little raptor]

[] spawn {
  while {true} do {
    {
      _x setAmmo ["CUP_Vacannon_AZP23_veh", 1e30];
    } forEach [zsu1, zsu2];
    sleep 1;
  };
}

[sage heath]

gotcha, and just making sure, where would i put this?

[little raptor]

you can put that in trigger activation

[drowsy geyser]

you can put this in the init field of the vehicles

this spawn {
    while {sleep 1;true} do {
    waitUntil {!(someAmmo _this)};
    _this setAmmo 1;
      };
};

[sage heath]

if i use this, is there anything i'd need to change?

[little raptor]

what you're doing is worse than just doing setAmmo

[little raptor]

also I'm pretty sure setAmmo needed the weapon

yeah

[drowsy geyser]

maybe setVehicleAmmo?

[little raptor]

unit setAmmo [weaponOrMuzzle, count]

and count should be very large

[sage heath]

could i do setVehicleAmmo?

[little raptor]

e.g. 1e30

[sage heath]

its a spaag

[little raptor]

just do setAmmo

it has no performance cost

[sage heath]

ik but then i'd have to go find the weapon and ammo name for the zsu XD

do i?

[little raptor]

no. only weapon

[sage heath]

where would i find the weapon name? cant seem to find it in the config

[little raptor]

you can always find it in config. but for newbies it's easier to use command to fetch them

in this case, currentWeaponTurret

[ebon citrus]

yes, do you want me to make it for you?

[sage heath]

in debug cursorObject currentWeaponTurret [0];?

[little raptor]

idk if that's the turret path

you can try it

better do allTurrets to make sure

[sage heath]

it is, funnily enough, got it "CUP_Vacannon_AZP23_veh"

cuz its only got 1 turret

[drowsy geyser]

that would be great, really appreciate your effort.

[sage heath]

btw in line 4, what does 1e30 mean?

[little raptor]

1 * 10^30

[sage heath]

yeah i shouldn't have slept through math class

[little raptor]

it has nothing to do with math

it's floating point notation

[sage heath]

goddammit XD

[ebon citrus]

[
    _myLaptop,
    "Hack Laptop",
    "\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\holdAction_connect_ca.paa",
    "\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\holdAction_connect_ca.paa",
    "_this distance _target < 3 and {(_target getVariable ['MYTAG_hackInProgress', player]) isEqualTo player}",
    "_caller distance _target < 3 and {(_target getVariable ['MYTAG_hackInProgress', player]) isEqualTo player}",
    {    
        params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"];
        _target setVariable ["MYTAG_hackInProgress", player, true];
    },
    {},
    { 
        params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"];
        _this call MY_fnc_hackingCompleted;
        _target setVariable ["MYTAG_hackInProgress", nil, true]; //comment this line out if you dont want it to reset!
    },
    {
        params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"];
        _target setVariable ["MYTAG_hackInProgress", nil, true];
    },
    [],
    12,
    0,
    true,
    false
] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd", 0, _myLaptop];```

[sage heath]

so @little raptor in conclusion here's the entire trigger, to make sure i got everything right

condition
triggerActivated doortrig1; //this is the trigger that starts the intro

on activation
zsu1 enableSimulation true;  //enables sim for the zsu so they dont fire before mission start and not waste ammo
zsu2 enableSimulation true;
zsu3 enableSimulation true;
zsu4 enableSimulation true;
zsu5 enableSimulation true;
zsu6 enableSimulation true;

//your code
[] spawn { 
  while {true} do { 
    { 
      setAmmo ["CUP_Vacannon_AZP23_veh", 1e30]; 
    } forEach [zsu1, zsu2, zsu3, zsu4, zsu5, zsu6]; 
    sleep 1; 
  }; 
} ```

[little raptor]

zsu1 enableSimulation true; //enables sim for the zsu so they dont fire before mission start and not waste ammo
zsu2 enableSimulation true;
zsu3 enableSimulation true;
zsu4 enableSimulation true;
zsu5 enableSimulation true;
zsu6 enableSimulation true;
use forEach...

also syntax highlighting should be sqf

idk what you're using (probably cpp?)

[sage heath]

{ 
      _x enablesimulation true; 
    } forEach [zsu1, zsu2, zsu3, zsu4, zsu5, zsu6];```

[ebon citrus]

_x enablesimulation true;

[sage heath]

yeah i only remembered that cuz of old, uhm group project

[ebon citrus]

👍

[sage heath]

never knew there was an sqf highlight XD

[drowsy geyser]

thank you very much!

[little raptor]

_x is missing here too

[ebon citrus]

👍

[sage heath]

where? before setAmmo?

[little raptor]

yes

[sage heath]

[] spawn { 
  while {true} do { 
    { 
     _x setAmmo ["CUP_Vacannon_AZP23_veh", 1e30]; 
    } forEach [zsu1, zsu2, zsu3, zsu4, zsu5, zsu6]; 
    sleep 1; 
  }; 
} ```

yes?

[little raptor]

yeah

[sage heath]

perfect! testing it rn

[winter rose]

hah, we beat Discord's syntax highlighting @little raptor 🏆

[sage heath]

btw final question with the ammo script written, would this allow for the vic to fire pretty much non stop for...a 2-3 hour op?

[little raptor]

yeah

depends on command and obj locality too

setAmmo needs local arg

[sage heath]

yeah, so the vehicle now spawns without ammo

[little raptor]

it does?

[sage heath]

yes, 0

uhhhhh what do now?

[little raptor]

idk what's wrong

are you testing that in multiplayer?

[sage heath]

singplayer

ill test it in mp

[little raptor]

no need

I guess maybe setAmmo doesn't work on turrets?

[sage heath]

ok so in mp

[winter rose]

there is some setTurretAmmo thing no?

[sage heath]

now it spawns with ammo

[sage heath]

yes i was planning on using that, but leopard insisted on normal setAmmo

[winter rose]

setMagazineTurretAmmo

[sage heath]

nvm, its empty

[winter rose]

Broken when vehicle has multiple magazines of the same type

[sage heath]

imma just do

[] spawn { 
  while {true} do { 
    { 
     _x setVehicleAmmo 1e30]; 
    } forEach [zsu1, zsu2, zsu3, zsu4, zsu5, zsu6]; 
    sleep 1; 
  }; 
} ```

would this work?

[winter rose]

why not simply add a fired EH that resets ammo 😑

[ebon citrus]

no, because setVehicleAmmo takes an argument between 0 and 1

[sage heath]

never thought of that, granted i know jackshit about scripting beyond the surface level

[winter rose]

(dw, the "😑" was aimed @ @little raptor 😛)

[sage heath]

ah, fair enough

[ebon citrus]

dont worry, surface is good

[sage heath]

ya know, just a quick suggestion from a mission maker, maybe for "arma4" add like a module that simulate flaks/tracers, basically just an invisible module that just fires tracers + sound into the air
idk how appropriate this is to the channel but would do great for immersion

[ebon citrus]

this exists already

[little raptor]

@sage heath I just tested. looks like 1e30 was too big 🤣

[sage heath]

real shit?

[little raptor]

set a smaller value and it'll work

[sage heath]

thatsss what she said

[sage heath]

also, already tried ambient battle thing on steam ws if you're talking about that

[ebon citrus]

yes, it's called ambient battlefield or something

no, it's in vanilla

[sage heath]

ah

[ebon citrus]

also "tracers"

[sage heath]

ahhhh wait does taht also play sound?

[winter rose]

ye

[sage heath]

omfg, that solves EVERYTHINGGGGGGG

[sage heath]

hey so quick quiz
for the tracer modules, it needs a weapon and magazine

1. does this use vehicle weapons/mags?
2. for weapons i put in CUP_Vacannon_AZP23_vehand for magazines, CUP_2000rnd_23mm_AZP23_M

are these correct...?

sad and resounding, no after testing

awww it only works with infantry weapons...

[sage heath]

so, i went back to the idea of this and dont know how event handlers work, really

or atleast dont know how to set one up

[winter rose]

no worries, this channel is here for you

[sage heath]

_x addEventHandler ["Fired", {
    params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_magazine", "_projectile", "_gunner"];```
this is my* final version of the reset ammo script
```sqf
_this spawn { 
            while {true} do { 
            { 
                _x setVehicleAmmo 1]; 
            } forEach [zsu1, zsu2, zsu3, zsu4, zsu5, zsu6]; 
            sleep 1; ```

im this far (this is only for ai btw, if i needed to mention)

(basically lifted from biki)

[little raptor]

that's not the final version

like I said use what I wrote first

[winter rose]

yep, noice!
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addEventHandler
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#Fired

{
  _x addEventHandler ["Fired", {
    params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_magazine", "_projectile", "_gunner"];
    _unit setAmmo [_muzzle, 100];
  }];
} forEach _allTheZSUs;

[little raptor]

just change 1e30 to a lower value

[little raptor]

1e4 works too

[winter rose]

an event handler is code you "attach" to an event, here "fired"
here the code is not costing anything to attach, and only runs when shots are fired 🙂

[sage heath]

(correction my*)

[little raptor]

that's wrong too

[sage heath]

{
  _x addEventHandler ["Fired", {
    params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_magazine", "_projectile", "_gunner"];
    _unit setAmmo [_muzzle, 100];
    } forEach [zsu1, zsu2, zsu3, zsu4, zsu5, zsu6]; ```
so like this?

[winter rose]

no need for sleep no

[sage heath]

deleted sleep

how about that?

[little raptor]

just use literally what Lou wrote

[winter rose]

just replace my code's _allTheZSUs with the zsu array

[little raptor]

why'd you change it?

[sage heath]

i didnt? or atleast i thought i didnt, thats just all the zsus

[winter rose]

{
    _x addEventHandler ["Fired", {
        params ["_unit", "", "_muzzle"];
        _unit setAmmo [_muzzle, 10000];
    }];
} forEach _allTheZSUs;
```check the indentation

[sage heath]

wait, so i dont literally just put in "alltheZSUs?" right...?

[winter rose]

replace _allTheZSUs with your array [] of zsus

[sage heath]

yep, gotchaaa

{
    _x addEventHandler ["Fired", {
        params ["_unit", "_muzzle"];
        _unit setAmmo [_muzzle, 10000];
    }];
} forEach [zsu1, zsu2, zsu3, zsu4, zsu5, zsu6];```

final check

[winter rose]

I reduced params to```sqf
params ["_unit", "", "_muzzle"];

and yeah, both versions should work 🙂

[sage heath]

and i put this in a trigger...?

[winter rose]

in e.g initServer.sqf

[sage heath]

ah gotcha

ok testingggg

HOLY SHIT

THATS IT

THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[sage heath]

btw, final quesiton after a lot of testing @winter rose how performance intensive is this script?

[winter rose]

it is run every time they fire

it should not be this much, but if you are concerned about it you can make it run "if _ammo < 100"

[sage heath]

{
    _x addEventHandler ["Fired", {
        params ["_unit", "_muzzle"];
        if _ammo < 100 then {
        _unit setAmmo [_muzzle, 10000];
    }];
} forEach [zsu1, zsu2, zsu3, zsu4, zsu5, zsu6];
};``` this?

[winter rose]

INDENT YOUR COOODE

[sage heath]

w-where...am i missing the indent...?

[winter rose]

{
    _x addEventHandler ["Fired", {
        params ["_unit", "", "_muzzle", "", "_ammo"];
        if _ammo < 100 then {
          _unit setAmmo [_muzzle, 10000]; // HERE
        }; // WHICH MAKES YOU PUT THE SCOPE END HERE
    }];
} forEach [zsu1, zsu2, zsu3, zsu4, zsu5, zsu6];
// NOT HERE

also, I fixed the params 😉

[sage heath]

thank you!

[sage heath]

hey, problem: it says, expected string not boolean (line 4) sqf #_ammo < 100...

so i made it a string (ammo < 100) then now, it expects a number!

[winter rose]

wait, this one's on me

_ammo is string here

I didn't check and thought it was the current ammo

[sage heath]

so...what do i change?

and no worries 😅

[winter rose]

        params ["_unit", "", "_muzzle"];
        if (_unit ammo _muzzle < 100) then {
          _unit setAmmo [_muzzle, 10000]; // HERE
        }

and don't forget if's ()

[sage heath]

{
    _x addEventHandler ["Fired", {
        params ["_unit", "", "_muzzle"];
        if (_unit ammo _muzzle < 100) then {
          _unit setAmmo [_muzzle, 10000]; 
        };
    }];
} forEach [zsu1, zsu2, zsu3, zsu4, zsu5, zsu6];```

?

[winter rose]

perhaps 🐮

[sage heath]

alrightttt testing

[winter rose]

yeah 😄

[sage heath]

also just realized, the performance drop i had was because....ace distance view limiter

i limited the vd for vehicles to 4000, but it still lagged during the parachute intro, because! parachutes are considered aircrafts 💀

oh well thanks lou! ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[winter rose]

glad you got it!

[stable musk]

Is there a way to open a different mission file via a script? I’m trying to something similar to what Arma 1 does for its strategic map, where selecting a waypoint sends you a scenario

[sage heath]

if you’re an admin, use #mission missionname_map

[winter rose]

(in singleplayer, use a "hub" campaign structure)

[stable musk]

Thx

[little raptor]

it's not performance intensive at all

[winter rose]

just maybe the network, I'm not sure 😬

(if updated every shot)

[ebon citrus]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#InventoryOpened
the secondaryContainer is never used

even when opening a container, it wont return the weaponholder of the ground-tab

When you open a container, the container itself is the targetContainer, but the secondarycontainer is empty

it is never used

[sharp grotto]

It is used! You see the two lines above the inventory UI ?
https://gyazo.com/d7d552585e71287d05e633923c0ddb88

There is a groundholder created everytime you open a container.

[ebon citrus]

doesnt return for me

only the primary container is ever used

[sharp grotto]

What kind of inventory are you opening ?

[ebon citrus]

a tent

i.e. a container

defined in cfgVehicles

no different from a car

[sharp grotto]

same thing for me
https://gyazo.com/4a6938508f41cacf20107df6fa7aff3a

onInventoryOpened EH

params ["_player","_container","_secondaryContainer"];

[ebon citrus]

https://i.imgur.com/fvRLC9S.png

it's nil for me

which is what's causing me a headache

[granite sky]

I assumed it was only supposed to work on bodies?

You know how it shows you the dropped weapon as well as the corpse loadout.

[little raptor]

probably invalid variable name or invalid call

make sure you're calling it by the inventoryOpened EH, not closed

[little raptor]

well still it should return objNull

[ebon citrus]

the inventory open EH works perfectly

just this one variable

and when i do it in a controlled environment, it works

so something is happening here that im not aware of

ill be back soonish

[little raptor]

what is your "controlled environment"?

[ebon citrus]

player addEventHandler ["inventoryOpened","params['_p1', '_p2', '_p3']; hint str [_p1, _p2, _p3];"];

[little raptor]

like I said, this is the only way that could be happening:

probably invalid variable name or invalid call
there is no other way

[ebon citrus]

there _p3 is the secondary container as it's meant to be

[little raptor]

then what I said is most definitely the real reason it's not "defined" for you

[ebon citrus]

?

[little raptor]

this

[ebon citrus]

no, it's most certainly defined

[sharp grotto]

We do this and it works

player addEventHandler ["InventoryOpened", { _this call ExileClient_object_player_event_onInventoryOpened}];

[ebon citrus]

yes, it works in the script i sent

[sharp grotto]

in the EH at the end

    ExileClientCurrentInventoryContainer = _container;
    ExileClientCurrentInventorySecondaryContainer = _secondaryContainer;

And a corpse return objNull
https://gyazo.com/8b173ee77f50009ba91aec75b909d2ab

[ebon citrus]

but it doesnt work in my script

so can you jsut settle down

i said im looking into what's causing it

this is what i have in my function:

params["_unit", "_container", "_secondaryContainer"];
player setVariable["TOM_currentInventoryOpen", _container, false];



private _override = False;
if (_container isKindOf "Man") then {
    player action ["Gear", _container getVariable ["TOM_deadInventory", objNull]];
    _override = True;
};

TOM_INVENTORY_CONTAINER_OPEN = _container;
TOM_INVENTORY_SECONDARYCONTAINER_OPEN = _secondaryContainer;```

and this is how i call my function and define the EH:

player addEventHandler ["inventoryOpened","_this call TOMDayZ_code_fnc_lockSlots"];```

TOM_INVENTORY_SECONDARYCONTAINER_OPEN is nil

and it's not mentioned anywhere else

and i doubt anyone else is going to land on that exact same variablename

no idea

it magically fixed itself

🤷‍♂️

the worst part is not that I know I made a mistake somewhere, but not knowing where

[winter rose]

https://tenor.com/view/magical-magic-gif-13543499

[ebon citrus]

Leprechauns and cosmic background radiation

[winter rose]

leprechauns*, dangit 😄

leprecon artist 😄

[ebon citrus]

Sorry, i dont speak spanish

and everything works again

[modern meteor]

Is it possible to call this:
_actionID = player addAction ["Launch rocket",{[] spawn Dr_fnc_predator}];
from a CBA submenu?

I tried ["Test", [5], "", -5, {[] spawn Dr_fnc_predator}, "1"] but it does not work.

[little raptor]

what is CBA submenu?

[modern meteor]

MENU_COMMS_3 =
[
    ["Submenu", true],
    ["SpecOps", [2], "", -5, [["expression", "[units player - [player], screenToWorld [0.5, 0.5], 3] execVM ""\scripts\SpecOps.sqf"""]], "1", "CursorOnGround", "\a3\Ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\Cursors\iconCursorSupport_ca.paa"],
    ["Refresh", [3], "", -5, [["expression", "[units player - [player], screenToWorld [0.5, 0.5], 3] execVM ""\scripts\Refresh.sqf"""]], "1", "CursorOnGround", "\a3\Ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\Cursors\iconCursorSupport_ca.paa"],
    ["Teleport", [4], "", -5, [["expression", "[units player - [player], screenToWorld [0.5, 0.5]] execVM ""\scripts\Teleport.sqf"""]], "1", "CursorOnGround", "\a3\Ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\Cursors\iconCursorSupport_ca.paa"],
    ["Test", [5], "", -5, {[] spawn Dr_fnc_predator}, "1"]



];
showCommandingMenu "#USER:MENU_COMMS_3"
};

["Special Menu2","Menu_key2", "Menu Key2", {_this call mymod_fnc_showGameHint2}, "", [DIK_B, [false, false, false]]] call CBA_fnc_addKeybind;```

I am only calling sqf files from the menu and those are working fine

[little raptor]

command menus take string, not code

[modern meteor]

Ok. So I guess there is no way then to call this somehow from the menu, right?

[little raptor]

there is. like I said it has to be string, not code

I'm pretty sure I told you what a code is

[modern meteor]

yes

in {}

[little raptor]

and what's a string?

[modern meteor]

""

[little raptor]

then you should know what to do now I guess

[modern meteor]

yes, think so

the function sits in a subfolder

\scripts\

would this work

[little raptor]

it has nothing to do with what you should do

[modern meteor]

""[] spawn \scripts\Dr_fnc_predator"""

[little raptor]

no

[little raptor]

first of all, I don't know why you keep removing the "expression" part:

[["expression", "[units player - [player], screenToWorld [0.5, 0.5], 3] execVM ""\scripts\SpecOps.sqf"""]]

that must be kept as it is, yet you keep removing it

it's a pattern. it has nothing to do with a code

and it's not optional

you MUST keep it

the only part you're allowed to modify is this string:

"[units player - [player], screenToWorld [0.5, 0.5], 3] execVM ""\scripts\SpecOps.sqf"""

[modern meteor]

yes

understood

thats what i did

["Test", [5], "", -5, [["expression", "[units player - [player], screenToWorld [0.5, 0.5]] execVM ""[] spawn \scripts\Dr_fnc_predator"""]], "1", "CursorOnGround", "\a3\Ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\Cursors\iconCursorSupport_ca.paa"]

but not sure where to point to the subfolder

[little raptor]

what subfolder? if it's a function just execute the function directly:

[["expression", "[] spawn Dr_fnc_predator"]]

[modern meteor]

ok, trying

["Test", [5], "", -5, [["expression", "[] spawn Dr_fnc_predator"]]]

Not sure why but "Test" does not show up in the menu

added "1" now to see if this fixes it

Nah, it does not show up in the menu

Not sure why

[granite sky]

Don't you need two "1"s

[little raptor]

yeah

[little raptor]

because you remove things from a pattern, which you shouldn't do

[modern meteor]

Got this one working

["Test", [5], "", -5, [["expression", "[] spawn Dr_fnc_predator"]], "1", "CursorOnGround", "\a3\Ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\Cursors\iconCursorSupport_ca.paa"],

Now i have one more left

["Launch rocket from map", [6], "", -5, [["expression", "["Launch",["fromMap"]] spawn Dr_fnc_predator"]], "1", "CursorOnGround", "\a3\Ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\Cursors\iconCursorSupport_ca.paa"]

Somehow I get an error

Thought i've set the brackets correctly

[cosmic lichen]

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[ember pier]

Anyone knows if ACE3 Field Rations system is easy to customize (as in replacing food and drink items by adding and removing classnames) or is it a bit more complicated?

[open fractal]

afaik you'd have to edit the config file

ace is open source https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/tree/master/addons/field_rations

[tepid vigil]

Does CBA caching provide any benefits if sqf bytecode is used?

[ember pier]

Hmm will need to look into that, I see that food items come back in three files or more so that will require some tinkering

Username fits btw lol

[still forum]

yes

bytecode still needs to be loaded, its faster but still takes some time

[opal zephyr]

Im trying to draw an icon on the map when the ui is open, ive used plenty of systemchat tests and the code seems to be running on each frame when the ui is open, however the drawIcon line isnt drawing anything... Anyone see something wrong with it?

[] spawn {


    while 
    {
        !(isNull findDisplay 1234)
    }
    do
    {
    

        onEachFrame 
        {
                        
            _selectedIndex = lbCurSel 1500;
            
            if (_selectedIndex != -1) then {
            
            
                _selectedGroup = RobotGroups select _selectedIndex;
            
            
                {
                    ((findDisplay 1234) displayCtrl 1700) drawIcon ["\A3\ui_f\data\map\mapcontrol\Bunker_CA.paa",[1,0,0,1],getPos _x, 24, 24, getDir _x];
                    systemChat (format ["Unit%1",_forEachIndex]);
                } forEach (units _selectedGroup);
            };
        };
    };

};

[little raptor]

Why do you put onEachFrame in a while loop...?

And why do you use getPos?

[opal zephyr]

cus im dumb, and getPos is accurate enough for 2d isnt it?

[little raptor]

It has nothing to do with accuracy

It's slow as fuck

[opal zephyr]

Oh, I didnt know that

What do you recommend thats faster? I normally use getPosASL or ATL for other stuff

[little raptor]

Both of those are equally fast

But here you need the visual version

Same goes for getDir

[opal zephyr]

Ok ill try and use both of those, one sec

Hmm changing those variables didnt help, the icons still dont display

I ditched the onEachFrame stuff as well

[little raptor]

Ditch the while...

[opal zephyr]

ok

Apart from performance and the proper way of doing things, the issue of the drawIcon not working is separate isnt it?

[little raptor]

Did you say your systemChat shows?

[opal zephyr]

yup

This is what it currently looks like:

[] spawn {

    
        onEachFrame
        {
                
            if !(isNull findDisplay 1234) then {
                
                _selectedIndex = lbCurSel 1500;
                
                if (_selectedIndex != -1) then {
                
                
                    _selectedGroup = RobotGroups select _selectedIndex;
                
                
                    {
                        ((findDisplay 1234) displayCtrl 1700) drawIcon ["\A3\ui_f\data\map\mapcontrol\Bunker_CA.paa",[1,0,0,1],getPosVisual  _x, 24, 24, getDirVisual _x];
                        systemChat (format ["Frame%1",diag_frameNo]);
                    } forEach (units _selectedGroup);
                };
            };
        };

};

[little raptor]

Why did you use getPosVisual? That's as slow as getPos...
Anyway, what's your map control type?

[opal zephyr]

I did it based on this message, ill switch it to getPosASL then. Control type is CT_MAP_MAIN

[little raptor]

I said the visual version of ASL or ATL

[opal zephyr]

ah ok

[little raptor]

getPosASLVisual or atl

[little raptor]

I don't remember what main map was, but it should be 101

[opal zephyr]

Are you referring to idc?

[little raptor]

No

Type

The problem right now is the control

Either it doesn't exist or its type is wrong

[opal zephyr]

Right now I have RscMapControl class in a defines.hpp, its type in there is CT_MAP_MAIN which is defined at the top of the file. And then I have a control.hpp file that contains my custom ui's idd as well as classes for each object in the ui. One of these is my map which has an idc of 1700. The idd of the ui is 1234 btw

[little raptor]

That's not what I mean

I mean it's probably not defined in the loop

systemChat that to be sure

[opal zephyr]

@little raptor Both the display and ctrl show with a systemchat just beneath the drawIcon line

[little raptor]

Then I don't see any reason why it doesn't work
Type ctrlType _ctrl and make sure it's 101

[opal zephyr]

_ctrl being my displayctrl right?

[little raptor]

Yes

[opal zephyr]

yup, comes back as 101

[little raptor]

I don't see any other reason

It should show

Maybe try bigger size

[opal zephyr]

Thanks for your help so far, ill give the size a try. But the file path should be correct as well I think? I got it off of https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_CfgMarkers

[little raptor]

Try some text to make sure

Not just icon

That way if the icon fails at least you get something

[opal zephyr]

oop, ok something shows up now

oddly the text does not though...

[little raptor]

It's probably too small

Did you increase the size?

Also you probably want to scale the icon with map zoom

[opal zephyr]

brought it up from 25 to 100, its absolutely massive though

[opal zephyr]

Theres a comment on the page that does this I think (sizeInMeters * 0.15) * 10^(abs log (ctrlMapScale _ctrl))
Ill give it a try once I polish this up

[little raptor]

It's nonsense. But sure

[opal zephyr]

Hmm ok so, brining the size back down to 25 makes them appear still, it seems like the lack of text description in the drawIcon line was maybe what was causing the issue...? That being said the text still doesnt appear. I dont need it to but I find it odd nonetheless

[little raptor]

Try changing the font size

But I text is not necessary at all

It's optional

[opal zephyr]

@little raptor
The first line doesnt show anything, the second line shows just the icons... even though the things changed are optional and only refer to text?

((findDisplay 1234) displayCtrl 1700) drawIcon ["\A3\ui_f\data\map\mapcontrol\Bunker_CA.paa",[1,0,0,1],getPosASLVisual  _x, 25, 25, getDirVisual _x];

((findDisplay 1234) displayCtrl 1700) drawIcon ["\A3\ui_f\data\map\mapcontrol\Bunker_CA.paa",[1,0,0,1],getPosASLVisual  _x, 25, 25, getDirVisual _x, "test", 0, 50];

[lapis ivy]

Hello. I have a condition:

a3a_var_started && (([east,0] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets) < 1 or ([west,0] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets) < 1);

And activation

if ([west, 0] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets <= 0) then { 
    [east, west] 
} else { 
    [west, east] 
} params ["_winner", "_loser"]; 
 
["SideLost", false] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_endMissionServer", _loser];  
["SideWon"] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_endMissionServer", _winner];

When checking in a multiplayer game through the editor, everything works, but it does not work on a dedicated server.
All this is specified in the trigger. The trigger has a checkbox "only on the server"

[opal zephyr]

Anyway, thanks for all the help troubleshooting and info about the getPos Leopard. Much appreciated!

[little raptor]

it works perfectly fine on vanilla map

[little raptor]

what is a3a_var_started ?

[lapis ivy]

This is my variable that turns on after freeze time. The condition code is fine, it works for me. Activation doesn't work.

I checked.

[granite sky]

endMissonServer remoteExec usage seems wrong?

It's supposed to executed on the server, and it's remoteExec'd on clients.

[lapis ivy]

How can I call it then correctly?

And is it correct that there are 2 endings for winners and losers? Will it work?

[granite sky]

Seems like you're better off using endMission for custom stuff.

[fair drum]

^

endMission is just so much better

[granite sky]

In which case your usage would also be correct, I think :P

[elfin comet]

I'm trying to have sideChat messages play for all connected clients. However, when I run my mission (currently testing as client hosted), I see all messages. Unfortunately, no other connected client can see the messages.

This is what is in my trigger Activation box:

handle = [] execVM "start.sqf";```

This is largely what my script boils down to:
```sqf
sleep 1; //00:01
phalanx sideChat "Attention all Posts";
[phalanx, "Attention all Posts"] remoteExec ["sideChat", -2];
sleep 4; //00:05
phalanx sideChat "As you already know, Red Star Forces have been moving throughout our towns, separating our families, and killing our brothers.";
[phalanx, "As you already know, Red Star Forces have been moving throughout our towns, separating our families, and killing our brothers."] remoteExec ["sideChat", -2];
//...```

I understand that `<object> sideChat "Message";` doesn't fire globally on it's own but even if I set the trigger to fire on everyone instead of just the server, The text doesn't show on their client, depspite their client running the `remoteExec` to make an additional message show up for me.

Is there something that I'm just over looking that would cause the text to not show?

[fair drum]

do all the things have a radio?

also, you dont need to do two instances of sidechat

you can remoteExec once to all things

[elfin comet]

I'm aware that I don't need both. It used to just be those lines on their own. I plan on going back and removing extranieous lines later when other clients can see the messages.

I'll check for radios

[tough parrot]

how do you copy array?

_groupUnitsOut = +_groupUnits;

does not work

[fair drum]

copy to another variable? you just assign it

_groupUnitsOut = _groupUnits

[tough parrot]

i don't want the same pointer

[fair drum]

you mean append an array? to add to it?

[tough parrot]

i want to change one without changing the other

[open fractal]

does this not work?

[elfin comet]

It's probably this since ACRE radios don't have simulation = "ItemRadio" in their CfgWeapons setup.

anger is felt.

[south swan]

seems to work on my end. May the reason be somewhere in the surrounding code? ```sqf
_a = [1,2,3];
_b = _a; // reference
_c = +_a; // value
_b pushBack 'b';
_c pushBack 'c';
[_a, _b, _c];

[[1,2,3,"b"],[1,2,3,"b"],[1,2,3,"c"]]```

[little raptor]

it does work

[granite sky]

If you want a proper deep copy, which it sounds like you do.

[little raptor]

yeah. +_array working is no question

[fair drum]

all I want is a proper deeper copy
made with a proper deeper copy code
I may be off my load
but I want a proper copy
with a deeper proper code

[little raptor]

if he had _array + [] that would be another story and would depend on the contents of the array

[elfin comet]

In lieu of ACRE radios not being configured as "ItemRadio", I swapped the messages to globalChat. Still no messages on players that aren't the server.

[little raptor]

"in lieu" is incorrect. it should be "in Lou" 😛

[elfin comet]

Well, I'm going to sleep on it for now. If anyone has further theories, I'm all ears to check them when I wake up. Just ping me for them.

[tough parrot]

Is there a way to pass local var into Draw3D EH?

[copper raven]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addMissionEventHandler see arguments

[flat eagle]

this might be what your looking for

["As you already know,
 Red Star Forces have been moving throughout our towns,
  separating our families, and killing our brothers."] 
remoteExec ["sideChat",phalanx];

[shadow sapphire]

Anyone know how to make high command work on dedicated servers? Is this a scripting issue or a troubleshooting issue?

I've successfully created the modules, synched them, added units, all of that, but the subordinates are completely unresponsive and I don't understand why.

The subordinate units are perfectly responsive when used on a client hosted server (at least for the host).

[tough parrot]

Define unresponsive. ignoring waypoints?

[shadow sapphire]

Not even creating waypoints.

Select a subordinate unit, give them a waypoint command, get no response and no waypoint is created.

[crude vigil]

Pass the group ownership (setGroupOwner) of subordinates to whoever the commander is, it may fix. Although waypoints shouldnt be affected by group ownership.
Assuming you are talking about vanilla HC system.

[tough parrot]

I'm thinking the server owns the groups, given that is the only difference.

[tough parrot]

is unitReady the best way to check whether a createVehicle is finished?

[fair drum]

I would think createVehicle would be finished when it gave you the object as it's return

[little raptor]

it has nothing to do with createVehicle

as Hypoxic said, objects are always finished when you create them using createVehicle/createSimpleObject

there's preloadObject but that's for terrain objects afaik

or for use before creating a normal object

[shadow sapphire]

I’ve experimented with that already and it did not appear to help, but I’ll try it again and report back tomorrow.

[tough parrot]

To clarify, I was not sure whether createVehicle has any spawned scripts in it that would make some commands that work on a vehicle not return the expected value if executed on the next line.

[rose osprey]

Does anyone know how to hide the cursor in spectator mode or splendid camera (for video purposes)?

[tough parrot]

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

[rose osprey]

Thx I'll take a look

[brazen lagoon]

I'm looking for a way to place units in a random house in a marker, but not if there are enemies in that house. is there a best way to do this? I was originally planning on using nearestTerrainObjects or something similar to find all houses in an area and then use select to pick the ones that dont have any enemies within x meters of them, how bad of an idea would this be for something that runs on respawn?

[tranquil jasper]

took me a bit to find but here's something I coded years ago that may help. The code could probably be better but if I remember properly it does work
DE_inBuilding.sqf

[]spawn
{
    while {true} do
    {
        _building = nearestBuilding player;
        _buildBox = boundingBox _building;
        _position = _building worldToModel getPosATL player;
        if (_position select 0 > ((_buildBox select 0) select 0) && {_position select 0 < ((_buildBox select 1) select 0)} && {_position select 1 > ((_buildBox select 0) select 1)} && {_position select 1 < ((_buildBox select 1) select 1)} && {_position select 2 > ((_buildBox select 0) select 2)} && {_position select 2 < ((_buildBox select 1) select 2)}) then
        {
            hintSilent "Player is inside building";
        }else
        {
            hintSilent "Player is not inside building";
        };
    };
};

and I don't see any reason why you shouldn't put this in a respawn EH

[brazen lagoon]

well im not sure if thats what i want

but i think i could use that for checking if AI are in buildings

[tranquil jasper]

Just paste that in init.sqf and run around a town for a bit and see if it works how you'd like. I remember there being something weird with bounding boxes in this game usually being much bigger in all axis than the actual model

and there is https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/boundingBoxReal which claims it can make a much tighter bounding box than the regular command

[open fractal]

your usage of select makes me feel an array of emotions

[tranquil jasper]

I thought I was being slick and taking full advantage of lazy eval, only now do I see that I did it wrong 😒
keep in mind I wrote that 7 years ago when I was but a humble cashier, this would probably look very different if written today by your friendly neighborhood senior dev
if there's one thing I've learned in the following years, it's, if it's working and doesn't need new functionality or refactoring, don't touch it! Hence, dropping it here as-is 😛

[south swan]

ye-ye. "Don't fix what ain't broken" and "premature optimisations is the root of all evil" in the same package

[tranquil jasper]

well it's arguable at what point a lack of readability and maintainability constitutes broken, but eh I made the call (another one of your senior dev's responsibilities!)

[south swan]

i guess alternative syntax of https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/inAreaArray can be massaged to do the similar thing, but new code needs new testing (and new benchmarking, for that part) :3

[tranquil jasper]

don't forget new git branch, code review, trying to get a new low score of WTF's from team lead 😛

[open fractal]

i'm looking if the sleek and modern inAreaArray can be used

oh arte already said it

[open fractal]

private _unit = player;
private _house = nearestBuilding _unit;
private _centerASL = _house modelToWorldWorld [0,0,0];
private _radii = (boundingBox _house) # 1; //idk what exactly this gives you :slight_smile::thumbsup:
_radii params ["_a","_b","_c"];
_inArea = ([_unit] inAreaArray [_centerASL, _a, _b, getDir _house, true, _c]) != [];
//_inArea is boolean

no idea if this is faster

but boy howdy that other code could use params

[tranquil jasper]

heheh, that would've been nice, but that code is dated 6/26/2015, param and params didn't come until https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Introduced_with_Arma_3_version_1.48
Back in those days you had to use BIS_fnc_param, it does exactly the same thing, just not on an engine level, so it was extremely slow.
private also wasn't the superstar it is now, back then we didn't have same-line assignment 🙂

[open fractal]

the dark ages of sqf

thankfully i never touched it for arma 2

those days must've been wild

[tranquil jasper]

I dabbled a little, but thankfully never had to learn too deeply. I used to play a lot of dayz mod, then A3 came out. Eventually tried making missions for my friends, didn't get too far with that but went off the deep end with sqf heh. Never finished a mission for my friend group to play, but I ended up as an employed programmer now so I still consider it a win 😛

[open fractal]

sqf forcing me to optimize code so the game doesn't break is a good teaching tool id say

[south swan]

but damn, checking "building count" times "units count" cases doesn't sound very quick anyways, but sqf DERP_inBuilding = { params ["_objects", "_building"]; private _bbox = 0 boundingBoxReal _building; _bbox params ["_c1", "_c2", "_radius"]; _c1 params ["_x1", "_y1", "_z1"]; _c2 params ["_x2", "_y2", "_z2"]; private _centerModel = (_c1 vectorAdd _c2) vectorMultiply 0.5; private _centerWorld = _building modelToWorld _centerModel; private _dx = abs (_x1 - _x2) / 2; private _dy = abs (_y1 - _y2) / 2; private _dz = abs (_z1 - _z2) / 2; private _angle = getDir _building; _objects inAreaArray [_centerWorld, _dx, _dy, _angle, true, _dz]; }; [allUnits, _building] call DERP_inBuilding
this seems to take like 0.07-0.09 ms per building with 205 units on map (in VR with single building and some infantry), so checking like a hundred buildings on the spawn seems kinda viable?
And allUnits select {_x distance _building < _radius} is like 0.42 ms (wtf?).
allUnits select {side _x isEqualTo playerSide} is like 0.38 ms on my machine. Holy hell, it's slow.

and switching to _objects inAreaArray [_centerWorld, _radius, _radius] in the functions seems to save like 0.01-0.02 ms on my machine

and allUnits findIf {_building distance _x < _radius} is like 0.28 ms. Them sqf/engine implementations sure do defy expectations 🤦‍♂️ Looks like i have some code to change

[south swan]

i have no idea about the best way, but the code just above does sound like a somewhat decent starting point. Further testing and massaging to fit your need is expected

[tough parrot]

i wonder whether commands like allUnits are just refs or computed on the spot. math like that should be in nanoseconds.

[south swan]

well, missionNamespace getVariable "aaaa" is 0.0011 ms on my machine, just aaaa is 0.0007. I'd bet a dollar the engine/SQF boundary is the most hungry part at this point

[tough parrot]

i'm guessing namespace vars are in a hashmap

[still forum]

computed, allUnits collects all units from all groups from all sides

[tough parrot]

by computed i was thinking of something hungry like testing all objects on map to qualify as a "unit".
as opposed to the engine just pushing to a list every time a unit is created

[still forum]

well its cheap, copying out of the lists every group has, but its still not a direct copy from one list

[ebon citrus]

anyone have any experience with extdb3?

[vague geode]

Is there any way to insert a clickable Link (URL) into a diary record?

PS: <a href='http://arma3.com'>Arma 3</a> doesn't work.

[ebon citrus]

how would i parse a string like this into an array, when my string are missing quotes
"[1,[[qU/FN5XEfbg7pKRJZt9ei0],[l5+17gktM3gq2oyqVAfX44]]"

parseSimpleArray is no good in this case

[little raptor]

Regex

[ebon citrus]

im not good enough at regex

and what would i even be looking for?

[little raptor]

Pair up []s and store what's between them
There's no other way.

[ebon citrus]

the strings arae not static

there could be any number of them and they could be changing

[little raptor]

Did I say it was?

[ebon citrus]

no, i just made sure it was clear

[little raptor]

You have to pair them dynamically yourself

[ebon citrus]

i dont know how to do that

[little raptor]

It's very simple
Find all [s and ]s using 1 regex expression so that they're in order, then iterate over them
When you encounter a [ pushback its position into an array
When you encounter a ] pop back the last [ position and use it with the ] to make the string (using select)

[ebon citrus]

to clarify, i dont know regex

and if i did, i would look for [ with 22 non-[ or ] characters in row and then an ending ]

[little raptor]

Actually what I said was a bit oversimplified

I forgot the ,s...

[ebon citrus]

and then replace it with the same text but add quotes inside the brackets

all the strings are 22 digits

i forgot to say that

[little raptor]

If they have a fixed pattern just use select

[ebon citrus]

overengineered solution

indexing through a string in sqf is not exactly what im looking for

maybe in python, but not in sqf

imagine if find had a regex-match

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

\[[^\[\]]{22}]

there's the regex i came up with

should be good enough

so i'll just iterate regex find and cut until i have no more hits

actually, just this is even ebtter : [^\[\]]{22}

wait, i dont even need to iterate

because regexfind pulls them into an array for me

all of the hits

now isnt this splendid

[ebon citrus]

answering my own question:

((_theString regexFind ["[^\[\]]{22}"]) apply {_x#0#0});```

[elfin comet]

phalanx is who I want to be talking. It's not that the messages don't go off at all, they just only fire on the server no matter what I have been doing to get it to play on others.

Unrelated to that though...

Below is what I currently use to select spawn points. Is there something I can add to ensure that all selected points are unique?

_point1 = floor random count pointPool;
_point2 = floor random count pointPool;
_point3 = floor random count pointPool;

_sp1 = pointPool select _point1;
_sp2 = pointPool select _point2;
_sp3 = pointPool select _point3;```

I suppose this should work...but there is probably a better way to do it

_point1 = floor random count pointPool;
_point2 = floor random count pointPool;
while {_point2 == _point1} do {
    _point2 = floor random count pointPool;
};
_point3 = floor random count pointPool;
while {_point3 == _point1 || _point3 == _point2} do {
    _point3 = floor random count pointPool;
};```

[little raptor]

Romove selected items

_pool = pointPool;
_point1 = selectRandom _pool;
_pool = _pool - [_point1]

You can also use deleteAt but make sure you copy the array

[elfin comet]

Then just append them back on at the end of the script if I want to still use them later?