arma3_scripting

[little raptor]

Depends how you want to use them

If the indices matter you must be careful

You can just use the original array

[elfin comet]

oh yea, since yours turns it local.

[little raptor]

It doesn't turn it into anything

That's why I said be careful

Well no I didn't say it for that reason
But yeah you should be careful so you don't overwrite the original array by reference

[elfin comet]

well, it copies it to a variable local to this specific script, right? thus not working with the original.

(Advice is heeded nonetheless.)

[little raptor]

No it doesn't copy it

It copies the reference (pointer)

[elfin comet]

Ah.

[little raptor]

What I wrote is correct because operator - makes a new array

But if you use deleteAt you'll end up modifying the global array

[elfin comet]

_localThing = originalThing; Still the original, just easier to reference.

[little raptor]

Yeah. But in my case I also wanted to copy it

When I used - it became a copy

[elfin comet]

I see

[copper raven]

there is some extdb setting that adds quotes properly, don't remember what exactly

[little raptor]

I guess indices do matter don't they?

[elfin comet]

My method is based on a mission I made previously (with quite a bit of assistance from you lads), where indicies did matter. This time they don't. The main requirement is that each point has one group spawn at it. Outside of that, I just have to keep the original array intact (all points are available per spawn wave).

[little raptor]

if so:

_point1 = floor random count pointPool;
_point2 = floor random (count pointPool - 1);
_point3 = floor random (count pointPool - 2);
if (_point3 >= _point2) then {
  if (_point3 >= _point1) then {_point3 = _point3 + 1;};
  _point3 = _point3 + 1;
};
if (_point2 >= _point1) then {_point2 = _point2 + 1;};

[elfin comet]

Wouldn't that be an out of index situation if point 1 or 2 are the last one in pointPool?

[little raptor]

I'm removing one item by reducing the count

idk what you mean

the algorithm itself is correct

as far as I see

[elfin comet]

I'm probably mis-reading it then.

[little raptor]

random is exclusive, and you're flooring it so it's correct

[elfin comet]

When I get around to working on it again, I'll still probably be sure to test that. But yea, the logic is sound

[deep loom]

So this is probably a stupid question but what's the purpose for putting an underscore at the beginning of your variables?

[copper raven]

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

[winter rose]

not stupid! maybe basic, but if you don't ask, you'll never know 🙂

[deep loom]

Yeah I'm not in the area of building functions yet so I haven't had to deal too much with it. I know the local/global relation in regular programming but I wasn't sure of the context in Arma or if it was the same.

[tranquil jasper]

That page could use some clarification maybe and update. private is now able to do same-line assignment, now making it merely as good as normal variable creation in any other programming language 😛

[winter rose]

the abovementioned Variables page has a lot of good information, take a look at it and tell us if something needs clarification, the channel is here for you

[winter rose]

see Local Variables Scope - it mentions it

[little raptor]

it's not 😛
use #community_wiki

[winter rose]

no bulli

[tranquil jasper]

the underscore only denotes that the variable is a local variable, normally this would mean that a variable is only available in the current scope, but in sqf it is the current scope and any subsequent scope. In contrast to a global variable, which is available in any scope once defined, even "separate" scopes such as a spawn or isNil, addAction condition, etc

[deep loom]

So is the general idea that if you're creating a variable for use in a single function you make it local and presumably declare it in the function itself and if you're using it for multiple functions you make it global and define it in something like the init.sqf?

[tranquil jasper]

somewhat yes to your first point, and no to the second that would generally be bad design necessitating that

[winter rose]

sounds like it yes! think of it as SCOPES 🙂

global scope should be used scarcely, the least possible (it's less performant, also it always risks conflict of variable names if not properly prefixed)

you can use return values to pass them to other functions, depending on what you do

[deep loom]

So best practice is to handle variables locally at the function level?

[tranquil jasper]

basically use local variables as much as possible; and you might as well make them private too since you can now do same-line assignment it literally takes no extra lines, unless you realyl know what you're doing

[little raptor]

it literally takes no extra lines,

• no performance cost, unlike private "_var"

[winter rose]

yes, the closest to their scope
see also https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Code_Best_Practices 🙂

[deep loom]

Gotcha.

[deep loom]

Is there a way to fire off a trigger when a unit's animation changes? I'm trying to set off an ambush after a hostage is freed. Right now I have a janky area trigger set up but I think a trigger once the hostage animation ends would be more elegant.

[winter rose]

what makes the hostage be free should trigger the rest; not the animation itself 🙂

(add a delay if needed though)

otherwise, there is the animation event handler that could do

[scarlet temple]

Hope someone can help.
I am using nearentities to get an list of objects within my range, checking its side with an foreach loop and would love to dump every civilian entitie in an list / array. But i cannot append and object to an array.

Any ideas?

[winter rose]

code?

[scarlet temple]

  _entities = player nearEntities ["Man",_range]; 
 {
    if (side _x == civilian) then {
            //somehow add object _x to list or array _output
    };
 
 } foreach _entities;

i haven't done anything in arma 3 since ages and forgot it... prolly to dump to google

[edgy halo]

pushBack

[scarlet temple]

thank you very much

[little raptor]

you can just one line the whole thing:

_output = player nearEntities ["Man",_range] select {side _x == civilian}

[scarlet temple]

Later for optimisation.

[real epoch]

Why does !local _obj not work in a waitUntil?

Example:
waitUntil {!local _obj || time > _setOwner_time + 1.5};

How can I solve it?

[little raptor]

local works everywhere
the problem is elsewhere

is your waitUntil scheduled?

also is that for Arma 3? or 2?

[unique sundial]

huh? this is Arma 3 discord

[real epoch]

Yes, you are right again. 😅

I think the problem is waitUntil in an EventHandler with InventoryOpened.

I need the spawn command to solve it, or are there other possibilities?

[little raptor]

no. it's Arma discord 😛
I've seen people ask A2 questions here too

[little raptor]

you have to spawn. but I don't see why you're waiting for something to not become local

[real epoch]

The simulation is switched off for the crates so that they cannot move when they are slightly in the air or when they protrude into another base object (wasteland base building system). But when the simulation is turned off, some objects cannot be moved into the player inventory. So i want to make the crate local to the server and then turn on the simulation local. so that the crate doesn't move but the inventory works fine. Or do you have another idea, but according to my first test, this works quite well. thank you

[ebon citrus]

it does, but for the love of god i cannot create a Text datatype as sql changes this to TEXT on its own

TEXT = Wraps Text Datatypes (not TEXT) with "<insert result>" ```

Text is the main class over all Text-type datatypes

but if i make my data-type Text -> TEXT, it wont add quotes

no matter what i do

have this in my init and it wont do:

"extDB3" callExtension "9:ADD_DATABASE_PROTOCOL:Database:SQL:SQL:TEXT";```

in my extdb3 log it says
extDB3: SQL: Initialized: Add Quotes around TEXT Datatypes mode: 1

but it wont wrap them

my text datatypes are naked

same for TEXT2

just changes mode to 2

Yeah, it wont add quotes to my TEXT datatypes

[shy whale]

does anyone have the script to hide hulls on vehicles by any chance?

(ping me as im a stupid person and will forget to look here)

[open fractal]

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

setting the hull texture to "" will make it invisible

[shy whale]

i see

ill one day figure this out lol

[shadow sapphire]

Could someone show me a script that guarantees the creation and control of subordinate high command units on a dedicated server with the high commander being a remote client? I need something that works to dissect and reverse engineer.

Locality seems to have wrecked me.

[open fractal]

this setObjectTextureGlobal [0,""];

the number is the index of the part of the vehicle being textured

usually for vehicles the options would be 0 through 4

so just try different numbers until you get the part you want

[shy whale]

ah

thanks 🙂

many things i wana learn with arma so this is one ill figure out

[open fractal]

if you want to do it quick you can open the console in-game, look at the vehicle, and use cursorObject to get the vehicle you're pointing at instead of this in the init

[shy whale]

ya

i wanna learn how todo retextures

[crude vigil]

setGroupOwner didnt work I assume

[ebon citrus]

Yeah, no. No matter how much

"extDB3" callExtension "9:ADD_DATABASE_PROTOCOL:Database:SQL:SQL:TEXT";```
i do, it wont add quotes around text

[shadow sapphire]

Haha, no, it did not. Not on its own, anyway.

I set up an empty test environment on a dedicated server and just shit into the debug console from a remote client and nothing worked, nothing worked, nothing worked…. And then something did, but I didn’t take a note, and by the time I got my real environment up, I’d completely forgotten what I did. Unreal.

Also there may be something on the main branch interfering with what I did.

I may just have to try and try again and take more immediate notes.

[half hill]

i need quick help, should be quick fix
i have trigger saying !alive civ
hint "Enemy Down"; marker = createMarker ["death",getpos civ];marker setmarkertype "mil_triangle";marker setmarkersize [1, 1]; marker setMarkerColor "ColorRed"; marker setMarkerText "Enemy Down";
made where marker put on map after their death
how can i reuse this over and over
i tried renaming variable name but it only shows 1 marker not both

[tranquil jasper]

There’s not really a way to fire a trigger via script command, but there are workarounds to achieve a similar effect. And for the other part of it check out https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#AnimDone

Although I kinda have to agree with lou here that there are simpler ways of going about this

[copper raven]

just quote twice when inserting then

[elfin comet]

I'm trying to put objects that have the same prefix in an array that I can reference later.

I was able to find an old line on a forum for the marks and that works

pointPool = allMapMarkers select {toUpper _x find "INF_" >= 0};```
But my attempt at something similar for objects doesn't seem to hold true.
```sqf
reconStuff = allMissionObjects select {toUpper _x find "REC_" >= 0};```
I assume this is just due to differences between markers and objects and if so, how should I go about fixing this so that it works for objects?

[granite sky]

markers are strings so you can do string operations on them.

I'm not sure what you're trying to do with the objects here, maybe name _x?

[copper raven]

if you're trying to filter by classname, you can use typeOf

also use in and not find, you don't need the index

[copper raven]

markers have to be unique, createMarker ["death" you can't reuse same "death" everytime (unless you delete the previous one)

[flat eagle]

Right I thought phalanx was a group with players in it. The problem you were having with remote execute was that your not telling it the target

[elfin comet]

Sadly, I don't think I can reliably use typeOf as all things that have REC_ either aren't all the same classname or too similar to things that I don't want to be included for that array.

[copper raven]

im guessing you have them editor placed and each have their own varname?

or what

[elfin comet]

Yes.

[copper raven]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/vehicleVarName should work then

[elfin comet]

I may still be misinterpreting your help.

reconStuff = allMissionObjects select {toUpper vehicleVarName _x in "REC_" >= 0};```
The above gives an error at `... select |#|{toUpper vehicleVarName ...`, says that I'm missing a `;`

[hallow mortar]

That code doesn't seem to make sense

[elfin comet]

Well, it's based on something I did for markers. With changes put in at sharp.'s recommendation.

[hallow mortar]

You can't just replace different commands in-place. They have different syntax and work in different ways.

toUpper vehicleVarName _x is valid. in "REC_" means you're trying to find whether the result of that toUpper is contained in the string "REC_", which I doubt is what you're trying to do. The >= 0 just isn't doing anything except confusing the game.

[deep loom]

I got it figured out, but thanks.

[hallow mortar]

I'm pretty sure what you want is "REC_" in (toUpper vehicleVarName _x).
If you find a sequence of commands you don't understand but want to use, go through the wiki pages of each command in order and try to figure out what they're doing. And if you want to change it, look up the commands you want to put in as well. This will help you use commands properly.

[elfin comet]

So, I have now looked at the wiki to make sure that I'm using each part right. It is still saying that I'm missing ; just after the select but before it evaluates the expression.

This is what I have right now.

reconStuff = allMissionObjects select {"REC_" in (toUpper vehicleVarName _x)};```

[little raptor]

because allMissionObjects is unary

not nular

[hallow mortar]

Yes, the type parameter for allMissionObjects is not optional

[coarse dragon]

How do I set the speed of a jet I spawn and then move to flight altitude.

[desert palm]

Help where do I put the "true" thing, ingame it says error and it should be indicated true or false, can someone help me on what part of this script should the "true" thing be putted in? Thanks in advance

waitUntil {goggles _player in CBRN_AVAIL_GASMASK} 

[south swan]

do you actually have said CBRN_AVAIL_GASMASK array defined at that point?

[desert palm]

I think so I just need to define the true of false thing, its a mod that is outdated I think

[south swan]

_smth in [array] already returns true or false. If you actually have thing on the left and array on the right.

also, do you actually have _player variable defines, or did you mean goggles player?
Because this works exactly as intended: waits for me to put on the respirator and fires the hint: sqf [] spawn { waitUntil {goggles player in ["G_AirPurifyingRespirator_01_F"]}; hint "It's on"; };

[little raptor]

flyInHeight command

setVelocity for giving it some initial speed

[desert palm]

Got it thanks!

[copper raven]

_player or CBRN_AVAIL_GASMASK is undefined

[coarse dragon]

Maybe it only works for AI

[coarse dragon]

Control vehicles

[copper raven]

yea ofc, that command will do nothing to players 😅

[coarse dragon]

Blah dang jets too fast lol oh well

[raw meteor]

Dose any one know why setting the mass of a heli to somthing lower then when it starts makes it less responsive & adding make it more?

[open fractal]

@coarse dragon

private _newAltitude = 500;
private _pos2D = (getPosASL _plane) select [0,2];
_plane setPosASL (_pos2D + [_newAltitude]);

[winter rose]

👀

private _newAltitude = 500;
private _posASL = getPosASL _plane;
_posASL set [2, _newAltitude];
_plane setPosASL _posASL;

[open fractal]

[] spawn {
    private _newAltitude = 500;
    private _posASL = getPosASL _plane;
    while {(_posASL # 2) < _newAltitude} do {
        _posASL = _posASL vectorAdd [0,0,1];
        _plane setPosASL _posASL;
    };
};

[winter rose]

GNIIIIIIIII

[open fractal]

sorry this is bad code

_plane is not defined

[winter rose]

yeah, that

[coarse dragon]

I just changed to a A-10

[ebon citrus]

if im not wrong, ```sqf
vectorMagnitude velocityModelSpace player

but the number is way too small

and it doesnt match with speed player when moving forwards

[little raptor]

speed is in km/h

[ebon citrus]

right, you are right

so i just multiply by 3,6

nope

[little raptor]

iirc speed doesn't take into account lateral and vertical velocity

[ebon citrus]

still doesnt match

[ebon citrus]

im running on a flat surface

[little raptor]

running straight?

[ebon citrus]

yep

shift + w

nothing else

[little raptor]

what about simply abs (velocityModelSpace player # 1) * 3.6?

well actually no abs

[ebon citrus]

i redid the test by multiplying by the difference

[little raptor]

since speed can also be negative

[ebon citrus]

and found out the difference is 3.6

so it's accurate

so i returned to multiply by 3.6

and now it works

strange

give me a second

3,6 * vectorMagnitude velocityModelSpace player```
is not 
```sqf
3.6 * vectorMagnitude velocityModelSpace player```

🔨

[warm coral]

anyone got a idea of how i could possibly have a magazine that was added with addturretmagazine already loaded?

[little raptor]

wasn't addMagazineTurret broken?

no it was something else

[warm coral]

i was about to be very confused lmao

[little raptor]

well there's at least this note:

Note: you may create invalid combinations by using this function, for example by adding 20 grenades. When doing so, application behaviour is undefined

[warm coral]

i created a cruise missle shooting rhea anti air and it works fine lmao

just the reload time is ass

[little raptor]

idk know if there's a way

[warm coral]

thats a bit of a shame

oh well

they will have to wait then ig

[ebon citrus]

@warm coral
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setWeaponReloadingTime

[warm coral]

tried that unfortunatly only does it once its been reloaded once

[ebon citrus]

Setammo?

[warm coral]

nope

also tried that

[ebon citrus]

Uhhh

Works for me

Try a combo of laodmagazine and setammo

If i remember correctly, you could loadMagazine, setAmmo to 0, then setAmmo where you want it to skip reload

And have the magazine be selected in the vehicle weapon

Need to check what i did in my script tomorrow

I had a script for doing this

[warm coral]

so wait

setammo to 0 then setammo to 1 again? 🤔

[ebon citrus]

LoadMagazine starts the reload timer

SetAmmo to 0 should stop it

SetAmmo to 1 should skip it

Though need to see what i did

I had a trick for this and i dont remember if it was this

Ill get back to it tomorrow

[warm coral]

ill try it out ill let you know if it doesnt work

sadly dont work

so i shall wait till tomorow just ping me if you find it please ^^

[pulsar pewter]

hey! So, this is going to be an easy question (I assume), but I'm trying to write a lil script for triggers; basically, if 6/8 infantry units in a group are dead, the trigger is activated and another QRF squad starts moving. So far, I've done alive checks on each individual infantry unit, then if all are dead, trigger activates.

How exactly would I go about saying, basically, If at least 6 dead in group, then activate, in scripting language? 😂

[tranquil jasper]

{alive _x} count (units someUnit) < 3 or you can reverse it to count dead {!alive _x} count (units someUnit) > 5

[tranquil jasper]

deceptively, that is not what this command does. Read the yellow box in https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setWeaponReloadingTime#Description

[granite sky]

Counting dead doesn't tend to work because dead units get kicked out of groups after a short time.

So you'd want the live < 3 check instead.

[tranquil jasper]

Good catch, I always forget about dead going to civ side

[ebon citrus]

You can just give the weapon magazine near infinite ammo with setammo

[fleet sand]

Hi guys i have a question dose this : https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_strategicMapOpen work in multiplayer on dedicated server ?

[drifting portal]

I did run it on MP server

it showed the map when executed locally on every client

I used the example code

[drifting portal]

I'm trying to get the waypoints I have assigned to the groups I have placed in Eden editor using:

_Groups = get3DENSelected "group";

_WPs = [];
{
    _SelectedGroupWaypoints = waypoints _x;
    _WPs pushback _SelectedGroupWaypoints;

} forEach _Groups; 

//return:
_WPs;

but I'm getting
[[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[]]

basically each group is giving me an empty array of waypoints despite me already assigning waypoints to them, why is that?

[south swan]

i guess that's because they're not actual waypoints at this point. get3DENConnections _group select {_x isEqualType []} seems to produce the list of connected waypoints, though

[drifting portal]

well I found out you can just use get3DENSelected "waypoint";

but I'm wondering how to find the position of a waypoint now

because neither waypointPosition or getWPPos give a positions, they just return [0,0,0] for all waypoints

[south swan]

(get3DENSelected "waypoint" select 0) get3DENAttribute "position"?

[drifting portal]

yep I was confused a bit about get3DENAttribute , thanks it worked

and I ran into another problem,
(get3DENSelected "waypoint" select 0) get3DENAttribute "Type" returns [<null>]

[cosmic lichen]

Are you sure its type?

[drifting portal]

thats what it says in the interface

[cosmic lichen]

Check in config

Its either property or data in the attributes config

[drifting portal]

what route do I need to go?

[cosmic lichen]

Or you check the biki

[drifting portal]

(get3DENSelected "waypoint" select 0) get3DENAttribute "ItemClass"

works

[cosmic lichen]

👍

[drifting portal]

Is this the correct way to filter groups in vehicles from other groups that are selected in eden editor?

_Groups = get3DENSelected "group";
_Vehicles = [];
{
    _index = _foreachindex;
    {

        if (_x != vehicle _x) then {
            _Vehicles pushback (vehicle _x);
            _Groups deleteAt _index;
            break;
        };
        
    } forEach units _x;

} forEach _Groups;

[lyric portal]

Good day. I'm trying to remote exec say3d. An error pops up tho. What did I do wrong?

[m1, ["Turn speakers on", {]] remoteExec ['addAction', 0, m1];
[m1, ["sound",300,1]] remoteExec ['say3D', 0, m1];
}];

[m1, ["Turn speakers off", {]] remoteExec ['addAction', 0, m1];
m1 setDamage [1,false];
}];

[m1, ["Refresh", {]] remoteExec ['setDamage', 0, m1];
m1 setDAmage 0;
}];

[little raptor]

umm what is that ...?

you have so many misplaced {s and I have no idea what you're trying to do here

[little raptor]

no

[lyric portal]

Oh smokes. So basically I have this loudspeaker placed down on the map. I want it to play something. I accomplished it with this and it works

m1 addAction ["Turn speakers on", { 
m1 say3D ["sound",300,1];
}];

m1 addAction ["Turn speakers off", { 
m1 setDamage [1,false];
}];

m1 addAction["Refresh", {
m1 setDAmage 0;
}];

To stop the music I add in set damage 1 and to fix the thing I use set damage 0
So now I have "Turn speakers on" | "Turn speakers off" | "Refresh"

m1 (loudspeaker)
sound (is what I named my sound file)

Now I'm trying to add in remote exec

[little raptor]

you have to remoteExec each command with their args

e.g.

[m1, ["Turn speakers on", {[m1, ["sound",300,1]] remoteExec ['say3D', 0, m1];}]] remoteExec ['addAction', 0, m1];

see the pinned messages

[lyric portal]

Ahh! Thanks a lot Leopard20

[drifting portal]

What's the best?

Or what do I need to tweak?

[copper raven]

better to just make a function and remoteExec only that, instead of 3 seperate REs

[drifting portal]

Anyone knows the correct way?

[modern meteor]

Is there a way to check in an IF clause if AUTOTARGET AI is enabled or disabled?

[south swan]

something like this, maybe 🤷‍♂️ sqf _groups = get3DENSelected "group"; _onFoot = _groups select {count units _x == count (units _x select {isNull objectParent _x})}; _inVehicle = _groups - _onFoot; _vehicles = _inVehicle apply {units _x apply {objectParent _x}}; _vehicles = flatten _vehicles; _vehicles = _vehicles arrayIntersect _vehicles; [_onFoot, _inVehicle, _vehicles]
Performance seems adequate in my limited testing of 5 groups and 1 truck

[drifting portal]

Ignore the performance, just need something working because I will just use this outside of the mission

[south swan]

well, _onFoot = groups that are 100% on foot, _inVehicle = every other group, _vehicles = all the vehicles used by _inVehicle 🤷‍♂️

[copper raven]

get3DENSelected "group" select { units _x findIf { !isNull objectParent _x } == -1 } isn't this all you need?

[drifting portal]

I will be honest, I never knew you could pass code into select

Thanks everyone

[little raptor]

checkAIFeature

[modern meteor]

Perfect, thank you Leopard

[cyan dust]

Why switch statement evaluates all the fall-through cases even if the first one completes the comparison? It's not an expected behaviour
Example: try this in console

_test = [];
switch (true) do {
case ((_test pushBack "1") > -1);
case ((_test pushBack "2") > -1);
case ((_test pushBack "3") > -1):
{_test pushBack "ended"};
};
_test

Expected result: ["1","ended"];
Actual result: ["1","2","3","ended"];

[winter rose]

because that's how switch works

[cyan dust]

Only in sqf maybe >_<

[winter rose]

switch (1) do
{
  case 1:
  case 2:
  case 3:
  {
    Print("works");
  };
};

[cyan dust]

Nope, it expects ';' for case 1 and 2

[winter rose]

"Print"

what I mean is that it's going through all, SQF does that, don't do operations in case values then

[tranquil jasper]

switch will fall through when there's no code block for a case

[still forum]

no lou, close but not on it 😄

: is a binary operator taking code on right, so yours is syntax error :bobcat:

[winter rose]

I… know

there is no Print() in SQF

[tranquil jasper]

oh it needs to be ;

[still forum]

cookiedough, we need cookiedough

[tranquil jasper]

look at example 2 lou

[winter rose]

THIS CODE IS NOT SQF DANGDAMMITOLOGY

*ahem*

[still forum]

in SQF switch, the : operator does alot of work

If its left side condition is true (or one of the previous conditions was), it executes right side code and jumps out of switch

You don't have : operator, so the jumping out check never happens

[cyan dust]

And ; operator works as OR ?

[tranquil jasper]

; is a line terminator

[still forum]

it does literally nothing besides ending the line

[cyan dust]

In switch statement I mean

[still forum]

switch statement is just a SQF code block

switch (true) do {
call my_fnc_doStuff;
};

[cyan dust]

Ok, sorry, I can not explain what my problem is.

[modern meteor]

Can someone tell me what I did wrong? It only enables AUTOTARGET but I am not sure why?

  if (_x checkAIFeature "AUTOTARGET") then
  {
    _x disableAI "AUTOTARGET";
    hint "AutoTarget OFF";
  }
  else
  {
    _x enableAI "AUTOTARGET";
    hint "AutoTarget ON";
  }
} forEach (units player select { !isPlayer _x });```

[cyan dust]

Actually, not that it can be resolved, I was asking just in case I 'm missing something. Thank you.

[still forum]

switch statement only exits when a piece of code was executed after a condition matched.
You are not executing any code, thus it doesn't exit

[tranquil jasper]

switch fall through because you don't have code block

oh

yeah what dedmen said

[still forum]

specifically executing code via the : operator that is

[tranquil jasper]

_test = [];
switch (true) do {
case ((_test pushBack "1") > -1): {};
case ((_test pushBack "2") > -1): {};
case ((_test pushBack "3") > -1): {};
{_test pushBack "ended"}; //???
};  //????
_test

[still forum]

missing semicolon after {}

[tranquil jasper]

thanks lol

[cyan dust]

What I was asking is WHY it pushes '2' and '3' into array when I was expecting it to push only '1' as it is already returning true for '> -1' and should be falling right to code-block

[tranquil jasper]

because fall through........................

[south swan]

it executes every case statement. It's effectively a not-lazy OR,

[cyan dust]

yes! this.

[still forum]

_test = [];
switch (true) do {
case ((_test pushBack "1") > -1);
case ((_test pushBack "2") > -1);
case ((_test pushBack "3") > -1):
{_test pushBack "ended"};
};
_test

is essentially the same as

_test = [];
call {
if ((_test pushBack "1") > -1);
if ((_test pushBack "2") > -1);
if ((_test pushBack "3") > -1):
{_test pushBack "ended"};
};
_test

And now you can see why it executes the pushBacks

[cyan dust]

Got it, thank you

[still forum]

and

_test = [];
switch (true) do {
case ((_test pushBack "1") > -1):{};
case ((_test pushBack "2") > -1):{};
case ((_test pushBack "3") > -1):{}:
{_test pushBack "ended"};
};
_test

would be

_test = [];
call {
if ((_test pushBack "1") > -1) exitWith {};
if ((_test pushBack "2") > -1) exitWith {};
if ((_test pushBack "3") > -1) exitWith {}:
{_test pushBack "ended"};
};
_test

[cyan dust]

And is there an option to make it lazy-evaluation like we do in

if (condition1 || {condition2}) then

[south swan]

but still, don't do side effects in case statements 😛

[still forum]

Just add the :{} code to every case statement

[south swan]

straight copy-paste from your message works as intended on my machine though 🤔

[little raptor]

there's nothing wrong

if you're judging from the hints, maybe you should consider using a more descriptive systemChat instead

[tranquil jasper]

systemChat gang shout out

[little raptor]

but still the hint should toggle too

(for the last unit)

[south swan]

and it does on my machine. Switching on-off

[modern meteor]

that's weird

on mine it always shows ON

hm

[little raptor]

restart

[modern meteor]

forget what i said. seems there is a conflict with another addon

will remove it and restart

thanks guys

[drowsy geyser]

if i want to preloadTitleRsc many "ResourceTitles", would this be correct?

_preloadAllResourceTitles = ["all_ResourceTitles_are_here"];
{preloadTitleRsc [_x,"PLAIN"]}forEach _preloadAllResourceTitles;

[winter rose]

so it seems
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/preloadTitleRsc

[drifting portal]

Does this help if you want to show multiple GUI tiles at once without having to load them as they are showing?

[winter rose]

I do not understand what you mean by "show them without loading them"

[drifting portal]

If you load a complex tile it won't appear as low quality then gets loaded completely as the player is seeing it

[winter rose]

tile?

anyway, it preloads them
so most likely preloads titles for them to be ready yeah

[drowsy geyser]

it can prevent them from flickering the first time you load them, afaik

[drifting portal]

Is there such a similar command for cameras?

Preload the scene in front of a camera

[winter rose]

yes

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Command_Group:_Camera_Control > Ctrl+F > preload

[drifting portal]

Thank you, sorry for any trouble I have caused lol

[modern meteor]

Quick amateur question. Do I have to use setComabtMode to order an AI unit to hold fire or is there another command I can use?

[digital rover]

You can use some of the disableAI command features, but for normal use it's better to use combat mode.

[little raptor]

single AI -> setUnitCombatMode
group -> setCombatMode

[modern meteor]

Thanks guys

[modern meteor]

Question regarding ```_x disableAI "RADIOPROTOCOL";

It seems that all the messages which haven't been issued while being "muted" are being played as soon as I enable the radio protocol again

It's basically a playback of all the messages which have been occurred while the Radioprotocol was disabled

Is there a way to avoid this?

Trying to create a "tactical" mode where units are using their laser (eg. being in combat mode) but not screaming all the time. For that purpose I am disabling the Radioprotocol.

[drifting portal]

you can remove radios from bots but I'm sure that will affect their coordination

[hallow mortar]

If you're only worried about the voice, not the text messages, you can use _x setSpeaker "NoVoice" (note: local effect)

[tough abyss]

is there a way to look for animations for the vanilla dogs?

[little raptor]

animation viewer

[tough abyss]

any specific subsection?

[little raptor]

select the dog first...

[tough abyss]

🤦‍♂️ thats a facepalm on my end

[modern meteor]

I will try this. Thanks

[modern meteor]

Tried this one but same problem

[drifting portal]

I'm trying to find a link between get3DENSelected "waypoint" and the group that the waypoint is synchronised to, but synchronizedObjects is not helping in this case, any ideas?

[hallow mortar]

get3DENConnections?

[crude vigil]

Waypoints and synchronizations are 2 separate things. Waypoints are not synced to groups... Waypoints contain to which group it belongs to in themselves as waypoint data is structured as [<group>, <index>]

[drifting portal]

how did I not remember such a command exists? thanks

[drifting portal]

well, we are speaking inside the eden editor here

[crude vigil]

So do I. It does not matter, waypoint data is waypoint data, it has a common structure.

[drifting portal]

nomral waypoint commands don't work with eden waypoints

[crude vigil]

I never said anything about normal waypoint command

You want to find to which group the selected waypoint belongs to right?

[drifting portal]

yep

[crude vigil]

you check get3DENSelected "waypoint" select X select 0 --> Returns group

X being any, if you want 0th waypoint , put 0

[drifting portal]

that also works, but I find get3DENConnections easier to use, thanks for the method it will help in another script I will have to make

[misty osprey]

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

[modern meteor]

Does not work with laser as far as I am aware

So here is mu code so far:

  if (_x checkAIFeature "AUTOTARGET") then
  {
    _x disableAI "AUTOTARGET";
    _x disableAI "AUTOCOMBAT";
    _x setSpeaker "NoVoice";
    _x disableAI "COVER";
    _x setBehaviour "STEALTH";
    _x setUnitCombatMode "YELLOW";
    hint "Going Tactical";
  }
  else
  {
    _x enableAI "AUTOTARGET";
    _x setSpeaker "Voice";
    _x setUnitCombatMode "GREEN";
    _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
    hint "Going Green";
  }
} forEach (units player select { !isPlayer _x });```

[drowsy geyser]

has drawIcon3D GlobalEffect or does it need remoteExec?

[modern meteor]

My aim are three things

1. Show Laser on AI units

2 They are quite

3 Thy only shoot at designated targets

It's fine to engage to get in position

Beside the problem with the voice message the AI is also only attacking the first enemy I assign to them. Afterwards they are just stuck. Not sure why though

[drifting portal]

you need to add the Eventhandler to every player

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Mission_Event_Handlers#Draw3D

[alpine locust]

Hey, im trying to get into coding/scripting in Arma 3. I got problems on how to check if a static object is out of place/moved. I tried to use the getPos and position command (didnt work obviously). Does anyone know how to do that?🤔

[drowsy geyser]

can't i just do something like this:

["draw3D.sqf"] remoteExec ["execVM", 0];

draw3D.sqf (example):

addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D", {
    drawIcon3D ["targetIcon.paa", [1,1,1,1], ASLToAGL getPosASLVisual enemy1, 1, 1, 45, "Target", 1, 0.05, "TahomaB"];
}];

[shadow sapphire]

In description.ext:

class CfgCommunicationMenu
{
    class takeCommandAlpha
    {
        text = "Take Command";        // Text displayed in the menu and in a notification
        submenu = "";                    // Submenu opened upon activation (expression is ignored when submenu is not empty.)
        expression = "execVM 'takeCommandAlpha.sqf'";    // Code executed upon activation
        icon = "\a3\Ui_f\data\GUI\Cfg\CommunicationMenu\call_ca.paa";                // Icon displayed permanently next to the command menu
        cursor = "\a3\Ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\Cursors\iconCursorSupport_ca.paa";                // Custom cursor displayed when the item is selected
        enable = "1";                    // Simple expression condition for enabling the item
        removeAfterExpressionCall = 0;    // 1 to remove the item after calling
    };
};```

In `initplayerlocal.sqf`:
```SQF
[player,"takeCommandAlpha"] call BIS_fnc_addCommMenuItem;```

In `takeCommandAlpha.sqf`:
```SQF
LogicSide = createGroup sideLogic;

//TakeCommand Function

BHCCA = LogicSide createUnit ["HighCommand",[0,0,0],[],0,"NONE"];
BHCSA = LogicSide createUnit ["HighCommandSubordinate",[0,0,0],[],0,"NONE"];
BHCSA SynchronizeObjectsAdd [BHCCA];
BHCCA SynchronizeObjectsAdd [_caller];

BA11 = [getPos Spawner, WEST, ["B_soldier_F","B_soldier_F","B_soldier_F","B_soldier_F"],[],[],[],[],[],0] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;

_caller HCSetGroup [BA11];```

How do I define the "caller" parameter for the comm menu actions?

[hallow mortar]

This one does though https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/enableIRLasers

[little raptor]

you can

[little raptor]

caller is always the player.
well I suppose it can be remote controlled unit as well...

[modern meteor]

So I did more testing. Given that I disable COVER in my script it seems that the AI is repeating all skipped steps when the AI is enabled again. It almost feels like some actions are temporarily stored and then executed. Is there a way to reset the AI in some way so that this backlog is not being executed?

[little raptor]

doStop and doFollow

[modern meteor]

Thanks

Actually i think the error was that i did not enable the AI to take cover again

[shadow sapphire]

Thanks!

[ebon citrus]

What do you mean by static object?

[drifting portal]

no

it can't be remote controlled unit

is there a way to detect if a unit is stuck in an object/building ?

[granite sky]

Usually best to use a timeout.

[drifting portal]

can you elaborate further?

[granite sky]

If a unit hasn't managed to travel 5m in 30 seconds it's probably stuck :P

[drifting portal]

but I don't want to add that to 200 units

also they are stuck at the start of the map only

so its not like they can get stuck at any point, only at the map start

or at the time when they are spawned

[granite sky]

Like you're spawning them randomly and they can't path out of some buildings?

[drifting portal]

I spawn them next to the building

some spawn inside the slab

now a player comes in

this bot kills the player

and the bot emerges from the slab

the player rage quits

[granite sky]

Apparently they haven't played a lot of Arma :P

[drifting portal]

lol

agents for some reason don't noclip

agents have the same collision as players

but in our scope we are speaking about createUnit

[granite sky]

There are various ways to improve spawning but it's difficult to make it perfect.

[drifting portal]

damn

[granite sky]

Using lineIntersects to check for nearby walls & ceilings can help

Also there are some building types that AIs specifically do not know how to path through, so you could maybe avoid those.

[drifting portal]

oh don't worry about that

because I'm using LAMBS

it adds building path finding

[granite sky]

I thought it used what's already there.

Trouble is that some buildings just don't have paths, as far as I can tell.

There's a common one-room building on Altis that they can't leave.

[drifting portal]

it also allows path finding for editor placed buildings

I remember Lou mentioned using https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/boundingBox for checking if an object is clipping or not

but I don't really know how to use this

[granite sky]

Basically you make a box of lines and check each line with lineIntersectsXXX

More lines, more accuracy. Never perfect though.

[drifting portal]

so when I used lineIntersects

how can I be sure its not intersecting with say

a rock

next to the unit?

[granite sky]

It's begPos to endPos, right

[drifting portal]

yes?

[granite sky]

you only check a short distance.

[drifting portal]

10cm?

[granite sky]

Obviously it's not perfect. You get false positives and false negatives.

[drifting portal]

uh can't be asked really, I will just space out the AI units and their AI group leader should ask them to regroup

too much effort and performance just for something not perfect lol

thank you for the elaboration though, now I understand https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/boundingBox

[granite sky]

On what machine are you running this code?

[shadow sapphire]

Local hosted server.

It will be dedicated as soon as the various obstacles are overcome.

[granite sky]

Yeah, but client or server?

[shadow sapphire]

I don't know. Eventually on the server, I think.

[modern meteor]

There is something odd happening with the AI as soon as I put them in tactical mode. After issuing a move command they show much faster animation with their heads. Almost like being on speed 😉 I don't know if the diasbleAI commands are triggering it. Here's the script:

  if (_x checkAIFeature "AUTOTARGET") then
  {
    doStop _x;
    _x disableAI "AUTOTARGET";
    _x disableAI "AUTOCOMBAT";
    //_x setSpeaker "NoVoice";
    _x disableAI "COVER";
    _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
    _x setUnitCombatMode "RED";
    hint "Going Tactical";
  }
  else
  {
    _x enableAI "AUTOTARGET";
    _x enableAI "COVER";
    doStop _x;
    //_x setSpeaker "Voice";
    _x setUnitCombatMode "GREEN";
    _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
    hint "Going Green";
  }
} forEach (units player select { !isPlayer _x });```

[opal zephyr]

Theres no ";" at the end of the else statement, idk if that maybe is causing issues?

[granite sky]

Nah, you don't need a semicolon if the next character is a close bracket.

[fair drum]

got a vid of the animation issue?

[modern meteor]

Tested it

_x disableAI "COVER";

is causing the issue

without this command it works fine

Seems that during a move this command is causing some issue

So as soon as thy stop i mean

But it's triggered by the move command

Could be just an animation issue

Not sure

[hallow mortar]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T155908

[modern meteor]

This is exactly the issue I am experiencing

Thought I do something wrong

But seems to be a bug

Thanks NikoJT

[opal zephyr]

For some reason _selectedGroup is not retaining its value outside of the area it was created. This systemchat is returning "any" but if I put the systemchat inside the if statement then it returns correctly... Anyone know what im doing wrong?

onEachFrame
        {
        
            _selectedIndex = lbCurSel 1500;
            
            //systemChat (format ["Index: %1",_selectedIndex]);    
            
            if (_selectedIndex != -1) then {
                _selectedGroup = RobotGroups select _selectedIndex;
                
            };
            systemChat (format ["Group: %1",_selectedGroup]);
};

[modern meteor]

Is there a way to show a hint persistent on screen until it gets disabled?

[hallow mortar]

A while {<condition>} do { hintSilent "text"; sleep 3} would do it, although the hint would do its usual wait-then-fade on its last cycle rather than disappearing immediately

[open fractal]

try declaring _selectedGroup outside of the then {} scope

then it will be modified

[opal zephyr]

Unfortunately I need it to check for it more than on initialization, I suppose I could call a class but then I wouldnt be able to bring it back to the main scope

Oh wait I misunderstood you, sorry

[open fractal]

onEachFrame
        {
        
            _selectedIndex = lbCurSel 1500;
            
            //systemChat (format ["Index: %1",_selectedIndex]);    
            private "_selectedGroup"; 
            if (_selectedIndex != -1) then {
                _selectedGroup = RobotGroups select _selectedIndex;
                
            };
            systemChat (format ["Group: %1",_selectedGroup]);
};

private _selectedGroup = grpNull;
``` is probably faster

or maybe not

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[hallow mortar]

Variables created inside an if scope are destroyed after the if scope is exited. This is normal behaviour, although it is a regular tripping point for people. However, if you're modifying an existing variable, the change persists. Doing what R.A.F. suggests will solve it.

[opal zephyr]

yup it did indeed solve it, thankyou so much the both of you!

[hallow mortar]

You can also try using ctrlCreate to make an RscStructuredText and then waitUntil the right time to delete it. This is more complex but it does mean instant deletion rather than waiting for the hint to expire.

[modern meteor]

Great, I will try both options

Thank you!

[modern meteor]

while { _x checkAIFeature "AUTOTARGET" } do { hintsilent "Tactical Mode"};

so this checks if the condition is TRUE

can I also check if the condition is FALSE?

[opal zephyr]

put ! infront of _x in the while check

looks something like this

while { !(_x checkAIFeature "AUTOTARGET" )} do { hintsilent "Tactical Mode"};

! or not means the inverse of the result

[modern meteor]

somehow this does not work

something is wrong with the syntax

not sure what though

actually the syntax seems to be okay

but it seems that it always returns TRUE

i probably have it wrong

   if (_x checkAIFeature "AUTOTARGET") then
  {
    doStop _x;
    _x disableAI "AUTOTARGET";
    _x disableAI "AUTOCOMBAT";
    _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
    _x setUnitCombatMode "RED";
   // hint "Going Tactical";
  }
  else
  {
    doStop _x;
    _x enableAI "AUTOTARGET";
    _x setUnitCombatMode "GREEN";
    _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
    hint "Going Green";
  }
} forEach (units player select { !isPlayer _x });
 while { !(_x checkAIFeature "AUTOTARGET" )} do { hintsilent "Tactical Mode"};

[hallow mortar]

Well, you've used _x outside of the forEach, so it's not pointing to anything

[modern meteor]

the _x is probably causing it

yea

what would i need to use to check for the whole group excluding the player?

[open fractal]

(units player) - [player]

[modern meteor]

tk u

[brazen lagoon]

any ideas on why using BIS_fnc_fadeEffect is muting audio?

[modern meteor]

this gives a syntax error

[cosmic lichen]

you are passing an array to checkAIFeature

[modern meteor]

hm

but what else can i do?

[open fractal]

you're looking for findIf

if you're evaluating a whole array to see if anything/nothing meets the condition

but if they're all going to have the same autotarget setting then just select one?

[modern meteor]

yea, that's probably a good solution

how would i select unit 4 in a group?

[open fractal]

(units player) select 3

arrays have a zero-based index

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

[modern meteor]

Tyvm!

[open fractal]

i meant to say 5
edit: what am i smoking it's 3

[merry jewel]

Not quite sure that this is the right channel, but I'm new to mission making and Ive spent the better part of today trying to figure this out.

I'm trying to make opfor tanks in a composition fire upon a fuel container with their main guns. The closest I've come is doSuppresiveFire but they just fire the coax. I've tried a Destroy waypoint (they dont think its a valid target) an invisible dummy tank (I guess they don't think its a valid target either), and lookAt + fire (I can't figure out how to get the string of the main muzzle on the turret). Any help would be appreciated

[granite sky]

allTurrets and weaponsTurret should give you vehicle weapons.

Automatically distinguishing the "main" weapon might be problematic so I hope you don't need to do that :P

It's probably gonna be the first weapon on turret [0].

[shadow sapphire]

Could someone explain to me or show me a template of parameters being applied in an addaction or command menu call?

[hallow mortar]

Example 5 on the addAction wiki page (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction):

this addAction
[
    "title",    // title
    {
        params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"]; // script
    },
    nil,        // arguments
    1.5,        // priority
    true,        // showWindow
    true,        // hideOnUse
    "",            // shortcut
    "true",     // condition
    50,            // radius
    false,        // unconscious
    "",            // selection
    ""            // memoryPoint
];```
This includes a use of the `params` command to define the available variables in the script (on activation) parameter. Those variables can then be used in the script that runs when the action is used.

[merry jewel]

Well, the good news is that I found the string of the main gun! (Its only a specific type of tank)
Bad news is it doesnt wait till lookAt finishes before firing. But its a start, thank you so much

[granite sky]

aimedAtTarget

[shadow sapphire]

I have seen the example, but I don’t understand it at all.

Your line “includes a use of the params command” is sort of helping me understand, though. I may experiment with this.

[hallow mortar]

Well, I'm not completely sure which parts you don't understand. Do you not understand the parameters used to set up the addAction (e.g. the title, condition, radius)? Or is it that you don't understand how to use the parameters (arguments) passed to the script that runs when the action is used?

For the second case, the params command (look up its wiki page too) takes any arguments passed to the current script - such as the special arguments available in this case, or the arguments used in a function call - and assigns them to the given private variables. For example, if I call a function like this: ["aeiou",2] call njt_fnc_exampleFunction then inside the function I can do this select 0 to retrieve "aeiou" - or I can do params ["_textArgument","_numberArgument"], which automatically sets up a private variable referring to that argument, with a readable name and without me having to do a bunch of select commands if I have multiple arguments. It's the same for an addAction, except it comes with some special arguments that are automatically generated when the action is used.

[tough abyss]

whats the # command we can do to to detect steam ids again?

[open fractal]

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

[opal zephyr]

I have a general question, on a server if I have a script that contains a global variable but I execute it from/on the client will that global variable still carry over to other clients who are running the same script?

[open fractal]

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

[opal zephyr]

Hmm that link tells me how to broadcast a variable to other clients, that doesnt answer my question though

I think I found my answer on another page, that answer being that no, global variables values are not shared amongst machines if they were called on the individual machines

[tranquil jasper]

if they are running the same script and activate the same code paths then yes, otherwise, possibly not

[opal zephyr]

ugh

[open fractal]

when you set a global variable it's tied to missionNamespace, which is local to every client https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Namespace

[tranquil jasper]

yeah global variable in that context refers to being accessible regardless of scope, not that it is broadcast

[opal zephyr]

Let me clarify what I meant by global, I need the variable's value to carry over between seperate sqf files but remain unique to the machine that it was called on

[tranquil jasper]

Then yes

[open fractal]

yes

it will be stored in missionNamespace which persists with the mission

[opal zephyr]

ok, while we are here and talking about it, whats the best way to call the code on every clients machine

[tranquil jasper]

remote exec with -2

[open fractal]

remoteExec generally

if the code will be used repeatedly create a CfgFunctions entry for it

[tranquil jasper]

keep in mind that the best possible practice would be to define the code locally on each client, by saving it in a global variable, or using functions library and just use remoteExec to execute it

[opal zephyr]

Does that work even if the variables in the code are changing often?

[tranquil jasper]

remoteExec will broadcast input during the time it was supplied

[open fractal]

you can also pass arguments through remoteExec

if you dont want to update global variables

[opal zephyr]

Hmm ok, ill have to do some digging into the functions library and stuff later down the line then. Thanks for the help again!

[tranquil jasper]

yes that's what I mean

don't worry functions library is ez

[open fractal]

set it up once and you're laughing

[opal zephyr]

End goal is to have the script run with a keybind on the clients machine, as performative as possible and allowing for changes in variables while the code is running

such as distances, etc

[tranquil jasper]

variables and stuff will work normally with remoteExec, it's just like running a script locally, all it does is tell another pc to run a script

[open fractal]

if you use global variables within a loop it'll update on every iteration

[opal zephyr]

does "setWaypointCompletionRadius" work with -1? Like to make it never complete?

If there was a way to ensure it never completed then that would be a much cleaner way to go about what im doing then using a global variable

[granite sky]

A Hold waypoint will never complete, IIRC

[opal zephyr]

Hmm Ill give that one a shot as well, thanks!

[granite sky]

They don't do a lot of holding there either, but that's Arma AI for you.

[opal zephyr]

Hold seems to work as you described, thanks!

[modern meteor]

Hi guys. I am not an expert on WHILE loops. Is it correct to assume that the while loop would not keep running if I execute the code once form the debug console?

while { !((units player) select 2 checkAIFeature "AUTOTARGET" )} do { hintsilent "Tactical Mode"};
   if (_x checkAIFeature "AUTOTARGET") then
  {
    doStop _x;
    _x disableAI "AUTOTARGET";
    _x disableAI "AUTOCOMBAT";
    _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
    _x setUnitCombatMode "RED";
  }
  else
  {
    doStop _x;
    _x enableAI "AUTOTARGET";
    _x setUnitCombatMode "GREEN";
    _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
    hint "Going Green";
  }
} forEach (units player select { !isPlayer _x });

I am looking to find a way to show the hint as long as the units are in "Tactical Mode".

[open fractal]

this code is weird and broken

you only have a closing bracket for your forEach loop

what your code does is execute a hint on almost every frame until the ai exits combat mode, at which point it will set every unit to green and then

nothing?

[modern meteor]

I hear you

How would you recommend to fix it. I am not sure how to progress from here.

[open fractal]

my bad, the while loop checks for autotarget not combat mode

but uh

that while loop is strange

i don't quite understand what you're trying to do

[open fractal]

wait a goddamn second

i found the {

and I wish I didn't

@modern meteor if you want to create a loop that runs without interrupting your current script you use spawn

because in sqf nothing will be executed until after the loop is complete

so you run another script concurrently

as a general rule you want to avoid while loops unless you absolutely need them, and if you do add sleep so that the engine isn't repeatedly checking the condition as fast as it can

I don't know how long hints are displayed but lets say a solid 15 seconds

there is no reason to put up the same hint many times a second

[modern meteor]

So basically my aim with this script is to switch the AI between two modes - "Tactical Mode" and "Green". Both modes enable/disable certain AI functions. This part of the script is fine. When switching between modes a hint is shown. For Green it is fine if the hint fades after some time but for Tactical Mode I would like to keep the hint on screen until I switch mode back to Green.

I am now struggling to find a solution to keep the hint "Tactical Mode" on screen

Not sure what the right approach is to implement this

[open fractal]

[] spawn {
  itx_tacticalMode = true;
  while {itx_tacticalMode} do { 
    hintSilent "Tactical Mode"; sleep 15; 
  } 
};

[open fractal]

this will run a concurrent script to keep the hint up until itx_tacticalMode is set to false, at which point the loop will end and the script will terminate

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

[modern meteor]

right, thank you

and where would i need to place it in my code?

i also need to set the variable when switching to Tactical Mode, correct?

[open fractal]

it's already set in the expression i wrote

when you switch off of tactical mode you set it to false

however if you want to keep things neat and prevent it from being recycled once the variable is set to true again you may want to set a variable for the script so you can terminate it

itx_tacticalHint = [] spawn {
  while {true} do { 
    hintSilent "Tactical Mode"; sleep 15; 
  } 
};

then

terminate itx_tacticalHint;

to stop it

[ebon citrus]

You can put the sleep 15 inside the while condition

[modern meteor]

okay, this is very helpful. Thank you. Just trying to understand now where to fit his into my code.

[open fractal]

put the first block where you would normally put the hint and the terminate where tactical mode is switched off

just make sure you aren't spawning the code inside a loop

I'm currently experiencing schrodinger's particle effect

It appears in some tests but not in others, I've controlled for wind but I don't know what else could cause this

Is it normal for there to be issues with particles appearing when they're being generated in front of a camera that's across the map from the player?

[modern meteor]

Still trying to figure this out

For my understanding

itx_tacticalHint is a Global Varaible?

[open fractal]

yes

itx is a tag, i invented it from your name

[ebon citrus]

Yes

PIP behaves differently and in mysterious ways

[open fractal]

thank god i thought i was losing it

[drowsy geyser]

just post your whole code then, maybe someone can point you in the right direction

[modern meteor]

I tried this but I guess I am doing it wrong with the variable:

  while {true} do { 
    hintSilent "Tactical Mode"; sleep 15; 
  } 
};

{
   if (_x checkAIFeature "AUTOTARGET") then
  {
    doStop _x;
    _x disableAI "AUTOTARGET";
    _x disableAI "AUTOCOMBAT";
    _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
    _x setUnitCombatMode "RED";
   hint "Tactical Mode";
  }
  else
  {
    doStop _x;
    _x enableAI "AUTOTARGET";
    _x setUnitCombatMode "GREEN";
    _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
    setVariable [itx_tacticalHint, "False"];    
    terminate itx_tacticalHint;
    hint "Going Green";
  }
} forEach (units player select { !isPlayer _x });

[open fractal]

is there a workaround for getting the particles to show up?

[ebon citrus]

If you want to try, attach a camera to your players head at eye position, PIP it to a screen size contorl and wlak around

[open fractal]

I'll have to experiment with it tomorrow

thank you for saving me potentially hours of staring at my particle effect code

[ebon citrus]

PIP in generla is very meh

Dont rely on it to be visually 1:1

As this would be incredibly taxing on the system

[open fractal]

i wonder if i can just teleport the players themselves, freeze them in place, and have them stare at the cool particles lmao

[drowsy geyser]

i think it must be if (_x checkAIFeature "AUTOTARGET" == true) then {

[ebon citrus]

You can or jsut use camera

@open fractal one stop shop for camera:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Command_Group:_Camera_Control

[open fractal]

oh shit

    private _camera = "camera" camCreate [2831.61,13137.5,21.7714];
    _camera setDir 103;
    private _pitch = 6.5;
    _camera setVectorUp [cos (getDir _camera), sin (getDir _camera), 1 / (tan _pitch)];
    _camera camPrepareFov 0.2;
    _camera camCommit 0;
    _camera cameraEffect ["internal", "BACK"];

this is what i have though

[ebon citrus]

Remember to switch camera

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

Also, cam commit after cameraeffect

[modern meteor]

That part of the code is working fine

[open fractal]

why?

[modern meteor]

I thought it checks automatically for TRUE, ne?

[open fractal]

Does not need camCommit.

[modern meteor]

no?

The only thing which is mot working properly is to keep the hint on screen

[open fractal]

it does, true == true is redundant.

[drowsy geyser]

try this idk if it works

{
       if (_x checkAIFeature "AUTOTARGET") then {
        doStop _x;
        _x disableAI "AUTOTARGET";
        _x disableAI "AUTOCOMBAT";
        _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
        _x setUnitCombatMode "RED";
        itx_tacticalHint = [] spawn {
          while {true} do { 
            hintSilent "Tactical Mode";sleep 15;
        };
    };
  }
  else
  {
        doStop _x;
        _x enableAI "AUTOTARGET";
        _x setUnitCombatMode "GREEN";
        _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
        terminate itx_tacticalHint;
        hint "Going Green";
      };
} forEach (units player select { !isPlayer _x });

[modern meteor]

This code keeps Tactical Mode hint on the screen as intended. But when I switch back to "Green", it initially shows "Going Green" and then changes to "Tactical Mode" after some time

So I guess it doesn't stop the WHILE loop when switching to "Green"?

[open fractal]

you can put isNull itx_tacticalHint in the console to check

if it returns true the script is not active

either that or the variable was overwritten

        _x setUnitCombatMode "RED";
        terminate itx_tacticalHint;
        itx_tacticalHint = [] spawn {

if you throw this in it'll prevent multiple scripts from spawning

not sure about how efficient your script is overall but this will be a quick fix

[modern meteor]

trying this. 1 sec

No, this does not work

Overwrites "Going Green" with "Tactical Mode" after a few seconds

Even quicker than before

[open fractal]

can you please check isNull itx_tacticalHint

[modern meteor]

sorry, checking

It returns TRUE

While in Green Mode

And false while in Tactical Mode

[open fractal]

diag_activeSQFScripts will return active scripts that are running

if the hint is in there then you aren't terminating it

[modern meteor]

Returns an endless line

With addons etc

[open fractal]

?

then paste it somewhere else??

[modern meteor]

It does not show up in either mode

What is the command to change itx_tacticalHint to FALSE?

I think the problem is that "sleep 15" in the while loop is still pending although i already switched already back to Green.

Stopping the loop probably does not stop it to overwrite hint one more time

Although removig sleep 15 does not solve the problem

So maybe I am wrong

This is the code I am using:

       if (_x checkAIFeature "AUTOTARGET") then {
        doStop _x;
        _x disableAI "AUTOTARGET";
        _x disableAI "AUTOCOMBAT";
        _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
        _x setUnitCombatMode "RED";
        terminate itx_tacticalHint;
        itx_tacticalHint = [] spawn {
          while {true} do { 
            hintSilent "Tactical Mode";sleep 15;
        };
    };
  }
  else
  {
        doStop _x;
        _x enableAI "AUTOTARGET";
        _x setUnitCombatMode "GREEN";
        _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
        terminate itx_tacticalHint;
        hint "Going Green";
      };
} forEach (units player select { !isPlayer _x });```

[copper raven]

that will not work

you're potentially spawning for every unit, so your script handle will be overriden everytime

[open fractal]

i didnt notice it was all in a loop

[open fractal]

you betrayed me

[modern meteor]

Okay

So how would the correct code look like? It's still not clear to me.

[copper raven]

only spawn once

[modern meteor]

like this:

       if (_x checkAIFeature "AUTOTARGET") then {
        doStop _x;
        _x disableAI "AUTOTARGET";
        _x disableAI "AUTOCOMBAT";
        _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
        _x setUnitCombatMode "RED";
  }
  else
  {
        doStop _x;
        _x enableAI "AUTOTARGET";
        _x setUnitCombatMode "GREEN";
        _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
        terminate itx_tacticalHint;
        hint "Going Green";
      };
} forEach (units player select { !isPlayer _x });

itx_tacticalHint = [] spawn {
          while {true} do { 
            hintSilent "Tactical Mode";sleep 15;
        };
    };```?

@ sharp: Sorry, I don't know how to do this. My code is still not working.

The code above is still overwriting the hint when going Green

So same problem as before

[modern meteor]

Maybe I am doing something wrong but it does not solve the issue

Here is the code i am using:

          while {true} do { 
            hintSilent "Tactical Mode";sleep 15;
        };
    };
};

{
       if (_x checkAIFeature "AUTOTARGET") then {
        doStop _x;
        _x disableAI "AUTOTARGET";
        _x disableAI "AUTOCOMBAT";
        _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
        _x setUnitCombatMode "RED";
  }
  else
  {
        doStop _x;
        _x enableAI "AUTOTARGET";
        _x setUnitCombatMode "GREEN";
        _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
        terminate itx_tacticalHint;
        hint "Going Green";
      };
} forEach (units player select { !isPlayer _x });

[south swan]

do you need this to be per-unit, or should the entire team switch their behaviour?

[modern meteor]

The whole AI team is switching between Tactical and Green

(eg. enabling/disabling AI)

[south swan]

then maybe switch from checking every unit to only checking one and then setting the state for all? Something like sqf private _nonPlayer = units player select { !isPlayer _x}; if (_nonPlayer isEqualTo []) exitWith {}; if ((_nonPlayer select 0) checkAIFeature "AUTOTARGET") then { { doStop _x; _x disableAI "AUTOTARGET"; _x disableAI "AUTOCOMBAT"; _x setBehaviour "AWARE"; _x setUnitCombatMode "RED"; } forEach _nonPlayer; hintSilent "Tactical Mode"; } else { { doStop _x; _x enableAI "AUTOTARGET"; _x setUnitCombatMode "GREEN"; _x setBehaviour "AWARE"; } forEach _nonPlayer; hintSilent "Going Green"; };

also, setUnitCombatMode "RED" ("RED" : Fire at will, engage at will/loose formation) with disableAI "AUTOTARGET" sounds fun 😛

[modern meteor]

AI only fires at designated targets

That’s the purpose of Tactical Mode

[modern meteor]

Thanks but this is not working. The Tactical hint is fading after 15s

The problem is not the different modes

My initial version is fine

Only thing which is not working is to keep the hint on screen while in Tactical mode. And fade it in Green mode.

[south swan]

ah, sorry, looks like i'm mixing stuff up

[modern meteor]

This is my latest version:

          while {true} do { 
            hintSilent "Tactical Mode";sleep 15;
        };
    };
};

{
       if (_x checkAIFeature "AUTOTARGET") then {
        doStop _x;
        _x disableAI "AUTOTARGET";
        _x disableAI "AUTOCOMBAT";
        _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
        _x setUnitCombatMode "RED";
  }
  else
  {
        doStop _x;
        _x enableAI "AUTOTARGET";
        _x setUnitCombatMode "GREEN";
        _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
        terminate itx_tacticalHint;
        hint "Going Green";
      };
} forEach (units player select { !isPlayer _x });

It keeps the Tactical hint on screen but some the Going Green hint gets overwritten by the Tactical Mode hint

I don't know how to fix it

[copper raven]

{itx_tacticalHint = [] spawn { while {true} do { hintSilent "Tactical Mode";sleep 15; }; }; };
this will do literally nothing though?

it will just get cleaned off the stack afterwards

[south swan]

(group player) setCombatMode "RED" and loop like sqf while {combatMode group player isEqualTo "RED"} do { hintSilent "Tactical Mode"; sleep 15; };?

also what sharp says 🤷‍♂️

[modern meteor]

This would conflict with normal Combat Mode I guess?

[south swan]

make it your own variable then 🤷‍♂️

[modern meteor]

In case it is not obvious yet, I am by no means an expert on scripting 😉

How would i do this?

[modern meteor]

Understood, thank you sharp. Any idea how to solve it?

[copper raven]

It keeps the Tactical hint on screen
with the way you have right now, there should be no "Tactical Mode" hint showing at all

so either you're executing some other code elsewhere, or what you sent is not what you actually are using

[modern meteor]

sorry

Had a bracket wrong

This is what i am using:

          while {true} do { 
            hintSilent "Tactical Mode";sleep 15;
        };
    };


{
       if (_x checkAIFeature "AUTOTARGET") then {
        doStop _x;
        _x disableAI "AUTOTARGET";
        _x disableAI "AUTOCOMBAT";
        _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
        _x setUnitCombatMode "RED";
  }
  else
  {
        doStop _x;
        _x enableAI "AUTOTARGET";
        _x setUnitCombatMode "GREEN";
        _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
        terminate itx_tacticalHint;
        hint "Going Green";
      };
} forEach (units player select { !isPlayer _x });

Works except from Green hint gets overwritten by Tactical mode after a few seconds

[copper raven]

are you running this code only once?

[modern meteor]

yes

executing from debug console

[copper raven]

have you restarted the mission from previous executions?

because it will overwrite the script handle like i said, the code should work otherwise as is

[south swan]

ahhh

so you run this once and then run this again to go green, yes?

[modern meteor]

yes

[modern meteor]

yes, restarted the mission

same error

[copper raven]

so you don't run it once 😄

[south swan]

sounds like you spawn two while loops and only kill the second one afte that. Something like this may be a fix then ```sqf
if (isNil "itx_tacticalHint" || {isNull itx_tacticalHint}) then {

itx_tacticalHint = [] spawn {
while {true} do {
hintSilent "Tactical Mode";sleep 15;
};
};
};

{
if (_x checkAIFeature "AUTOTARGET") then {
... and so on```

[modern meteor]

run once for each switch between Tactical and Green

[modern meteor]

trying this

[modern meteor]

This seems to work perfect

Have to admit this was much more complex than I thought

Could not have solved this myself

Thank you both for your help!

[alpine locust]

Smth like a table; im using a bomb trolly

[ebon citrus]

3den placed?

position and getPosATL should definately work for those

[alpine locust]

yep

[ebon citrus]

^^

is there a way to limit regexReplace to only the first hit?

[distant oyster]

yes, leave out the global flag /g

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Regular_Expressions#Flags

[ebon citrus]

thank yoiu

[winter rose]

that would be #arma3_config I believe 🙂

[leaden ibex]

I'll post it there and leave it here too if it's ok. As I feel like it's both scripting and config
Or just tell me to delete it

[winter rose]

as per the no-crosspost, it will be there only
it is not scripting as there is no scripting to debug here 🙂

[plush flax]

I have a mission with custom music that plays from an object (radio), but I only want that music to start once they get close to that object. anyone know of a script (prob in relation to a trigger) that can make that happen?

[elfin comet]

So I have a script for spawning 3 groups at 3 unique points out of pointPool. While this does work, all of the points in that array of markers are scattered throughout Fallujah. I didn't really give much thought of how long it would take an AI squad on foot to traverse that distance if they spawn at one of the further markers.

Instead, I would like to have those 3 groups spawn at the 3 closest markers instead. I figure I should be able to do this with some combination of distance and selectMin, but I'm not sure what to start with or how to reference back to the marker as.

Perhaps get the distance to the marker relative to leader reconTeam and then just use a math comparison to find what marker I'm trying to spawn units at?

[elfin comet]

I'm assuming the music plays through a 3Dsound module? if so, just sync the module to a trigger. The module will then only play when the trigger gets activated.

If you mean scripting, still use a trigger, just remoteExec along with playSound or playSound3D with the music that you want played. This does require you to use CfgSounds for that song rather than CfgMusic like you usually would for music.

[hallow mortar]

playSound3D uses a file path, not CfgSounds, and shouldn't be remoteExeced because it has global effect

[elfin comet]

^Listen to them, they know more than I do. I've only seen those pop up in autofill, haven't used them myself.

[hallow mortar]

*and you should definitely use playSound3D or say3D because playSound is not positional

[elfin comet]

I just figured they were similar to playMusic.

[plush flax]

I'm very unfamiliar with this stuff, and someone just gave it to me:
in description.ext:

class CfgSounds

{

    tracks[]={};

    class Track01
    {

        name = "Trackname";

        sound[] = {"\Trackname.wav", 100, 1.0};

        titles[] = {};
 
    };

};

and on the object:

this say3D ["Trackname",0,1];

So im not overly sure 😅

[hallow mortar]

playSound is the direct equivalent to playMusic and does use CfgSounds. However, also like playMusic, it's a "2D" sound - it simply comes from "the game" rather than a position in 3D space.

[elfin comet]

Noted.

[hallow mortar]

Well, obviously you should replace "Trackname" with whatever the actual name of the file is, to start with.
Secondly, that say3D is largely correct except for some reason the maximum distance is set to 0 metres.
What you would want to do is place a trigger on the area that you want (e.g. a 10 metre circle around the radio) and set its activation type to ANY PLAYER. Then place this in the trigger's On Activation code field:

obj_yourRadio say3D ["Trackname"];```
Then on your radio, remove the code from its init field, and set its variable name to `obj_yourRadio` (or whatever name you want but remember to change it in the trigger too).
What this does is, when the trigger is activated by any player entering it, it causes all clients to run that `say3D` command, which makes the radio play the sound. You can see I've removed the extra 2 parameters from `say3D` - this means that instead of being audible only at a range of 0 metres or less, the default value is used, so it can be heard at up to 100 metres once it starts playing.

[plush flax]

Thank you! apparently it gave me an error so I made it so its: obj_yourRadio say3D ["Trackname",30,1]; and it works.

[hallow mortar]

That's a little weird since those are supposed to be optional 🤔 however, in the future you can definitely skip all optional parameters by omitting the [] (object say3D "trackname")

[plush flax]

sounds good, for a next time, I do still need those line of code as mentioned for in description.ext correct?

[hallow mortar]

Yes, for say3D the sound must be defined in CfgSounds

[plush flax]

Cool, thanks a lot!

[haughty bone]

greetings. I am trying to make players have a loadout at mission start which is randomly taken from an array. Which is done like this: playerLoadout = selectRandom playerLoadoutArray; player setUnitLoadout = _playerLoadout; which is the initPlayerLocal.sqf and in my init.sqf i have all the loadouts:```// all the different player spawn loadouts:
_playerLoadout01 = [[],[],[],["U_C_IDAP_Man_Jeans_F",[["ACE_EarPlugs",1]]],[],[],"H_Cap_blk","",[],["ItemMap","","","ItemCompass","ItemWatch",""]];
_playerLoadout02 = [[],[],[],["U_C_ArtTShirt_01_v5_F",[["ACE_EarPlugs",1]]],[],[],"H_Hat_brown","",[],["ItemMap","","","ItemCompass","ItemWatch",""]];
_playerLoadout03 = [[],[],[],["U_C_Poloshirt_salmon",[["ACE_EarPlugs",1]]],[],[],"H_MilCap_gry","",[],["ItemMap","","","ItemCompass","ItemWatch",""]];

playerLoadoutArray = [_playerLoadout01, _playerLoadout02, _playerLoadout03];``` However when i try to set it i get an error stating: Error Invalid number in expression. I am not quite sure as to what is going wrong.

oh hold up found a typo

still causes the same error. Does anyone have any tips on how to set the loadout of a player on startup?

[hallow mortar]

In multiplayer, init.sqf is executed after initPlayerLocal.sqf, so you have a structural problem there. You may as well have the loadouts in initPlayerLocal.sqf as well.

In playerLoadout = selectRandom playerLoadoutArray, it should be _playerLoadout, but I'm guessing that's the typo you fixed.

[haughty bone]

ahh i didnt know that

yea that was the typo i saw and fixed

even after putting it all into the initPlayerLocal.sqf i still get the same errors

it's getting a bad result back from this bit: _playerLoadout = selectRandom playerLoadoutArray;

[hallow mortar]

Make sure that all the loadouts and the definition of playerLoadoutArray come before the selectRandom line in the file.
Also, this line is wrong: player setUnitLoadout = _playerLoadout - it should be player setUnitLoadout _playerLoadout.

[haughty bone]

changing the player setunitloadout line to what you mentioned was the thing that fixed it. Thank you !

that was the typo error i had

[deep loom]

How would you shuffle an array and then output the results as new variables? I'm trying to set a set a schedule for a hostage transport to appear at three random places throughout the day. I've got the way to shuffle the array with BIS_fnc_arrayShuffle but how do you output the result into new variables?

[elfin comet]

I haven't had to use that but based on my experience with populating arrays:

_yourNewArray = [1,2,3] call BIS_fnc_arrayShuffle;```
Note: I may be wrong, but should probably be enough to test this on your own.

[opal zephyr]

_wp represents a waypoint, once I delete said waypoint shouldnt this if statement no longer trigger?

if (!isnil "_wp") then {

[little raptor]

no. you delete what the variable represents

not the variable

the var (and its value) still exists

so it's not nil

[opal zephyr]

hmm ok, I tried
_wp != [];
but that didnt work either. Is there a consistent way to check if a variable has no assigned value?

giving count a shot, maybe that'll work

_
count didnt work either, maybe there is something wrong with my statement script that deletes the waypoint?

_wp setWaypointStatements ["true", "deleteWaypoint [group this, currentWaypoint (group this)]"];

[elfin comet]

Figured out what I needed. Turns out BIS_fnc_sortBy exists.

[granite sky]

@opal zephyr Your problem there is that deleteWaypoint doesn't touch _wp.

_wp is just a [group, index] array that's left untouched by waypoint commands.

Hell, because waypoints get reindexed when removed (and sometimes when added), it doesn't even necessarily refer to the same waypoint, or a valid waypoint. It just remains as [group, index].

[opal zephyr]

@granite sky Alright, so am I missing something major or is there really no good way to detect when a waypoint is completed apart from just checking the number of active waypoints?

[granite sky]

There is no good way to do anything with waypoints. Everything is terrible.

I'm just gonna point out again that setWaypointStatements runs globally so you can cause disasters with it if you're not careful.

If you have control over the waypoints then probably best to use currentWaypoint to figure where it's got to.

[tranquil jasper]

No this is a good solution already

_distances = _pointPool apply { START_POS distance (getMarkerPos _x) }
//then you can use selectMin to find the lowest element and then search again for that to get the index

[tranquil jasper]

lol but yeah

unfortunately this is the best we have for determining if a waypoint is complete with no ambiguity
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setWaypointStatements
This command is like setting the 'Condition' and 'OnActivation' boxes in the editor

otherwise you're either just doing a check to the number of waypoints a group has

or if you need to know more about a waypoint you'll end up writing a helper script that basically just deserializes it using all the waypoint commands

and checking against that

would be nice to get a waypoint type

[copper raven]

private _startPos = ASLToAGL getPosASL leader reconTeam;
private _distances = _pointPool apply { [_startPos distance getMarkerPos [_x, true], _x] };
_distances sort true;
private _closest = _distances select 0 select 1;

[elfin comet]

@tranquil jasper @copper raven
Why not just do this?

_spawnPointDistance = [pointPool, [],{ (leader reconTeam) distance (getMarkerPos _x) },"ASCEND"] call BIS_fnc_sortBy;

if (((leader reconTeam) distance (getMarkerPos (_spawnPointDistance select 0))) < 100) then {
    _offset = 1;
};

_sp1 = _spawnPointDistance select (_offset);
_sp2 = _spawnPointDistance select (_offset + 1);
_sp3 = _spawnPointDistance select (_offset + 2);```
It would even allow me to shift down the array if they are too close to the first if needed.

[crude vigil]

If you can be patient for 2.10 release, there will be waypointCompleted EH released.

There are surely other ways but if you want like the easiest easiest way... :)

[opal zephyr]

Thanks for letting me know!

[hallow mortar]

2.10's most recent officially estimated (estimated, not confirmed) release date is "late summer"

[opal zephyr]

Ill be forced to use something else then, maybe some combination of move will work. I only used waypoints originally because of things like set formation

When I did it originally I think my brain skipped over the fact that I could still modify formation and speeds even outside of a waypoint

[grim wing]

is there a way to sync an editor module to a trigger created by script?

[crude vigil]

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

[open fractal]

is it normal that fadeSound only works for a second on dedicated?

i run 0 fadeSound 0 locally and it goes silent for about a second and then undoes itself

odd, it keeps resetting to 1

[brazen lagoon]

anyone got any suggestions on how to remove respawn positions when a player is downed/unconscious?

essentially I am asking how BIS_fnc_showRespawnMenuDisableItem works

[brazen lagoon]

ok well I've figured that out, now I'm curious how to run something when the respawn menu has opened

[shadow sapphire]

If I run a generic execVM, it’s executed globally, right?

[brazen lagoon]

do you mean a generic remoteExec

[shadow sapphire]

No, I am trying to figure out where execVM is firing. I couldn’t get remoteExec to work as far as I can tell.

[brazen lagoon]

execVM doesn't execute remotely no

[shadow sapphire]

It’s not global at all? So if I *execute it from initplayerlocal, it only runs on that player?

That makes sense.

If I wanted to run [] execVM “TakeCommand.sqf” from a remoteexec, what’s the easiest way to do that for now to help me understand that locality.

[crude vigil]

does remote have the same file?

[shadow sapphire]

The same file? The sqf I’m trying to run is in the mission file that the dedicated server is running, if I’m understanding the question.

[brazen lagoon]

is it in the mission

yeah it's in the mission

uhhhh

I believe you want [[], "TakeCommand.sqf"] remoteExec ["execVM", <number>];

[crude vigil]

then
[[], "TakeCommand.sqf"] remoteExec ["execVM", <whoever remote is>];
I guess...

[brazen lagoon]

not certain

yeah that

lmao

[shadow sapphire]

Okay! Thanks!

I’ll define it as a function and all to do it right once I get it working.

[crude vigil]

Actually even "TakeCommand.sqf" remoteExec ["execVM", <target>]; is enough I believe but u probably got some args...

[shadow sapphire]

Thanks! Both of those versions worked well!

[open fractal]

Is terrain damage local?

I'm looking at a radio tower that has both the alive and dead model

[brazen lagoon]

how do you select the effective group leader?

[tranquil jasper]

what is that lol

[brazen lagoon]

like, when a player is downed, someone takes command right?

how do I get that person?

[open fractal]

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

[brazen lagoon]

that doesn't work because that returns the dead unit that is technically the group leader

even though someone else has taken command

[tranquil jasper]

can you post some of your script

[brazen lagoon]

https://sqfbin.com/uwanonoviyowazeketap

is it formationLeader?

[tranquil jasper]

does _player have player?

I'm willing to bet yes given that my test was successful

when player becomes unconscious, player is kicked from current group and put in a new group by itself

so do this instead:

[group _player] spawn {
    params ["_group"];

you need reference to the past group, not player current group

[brazen lagoon]

ah! i see

that makes perfect sense, thanks.

[tranquil jasper]

np

and not sure why you have alternate syntax for for since you're not doing anything that the regular syntax doesn't do, but since you do you should put private _i because it's not scope safe

[brazen lagoon]

@tranquil jasper are you sure about this?

I am testing this rn and group player (incapacitated) is R Alpha 1-1

and group bis_o2_17 (friend who is dead) is.. R Alpha 1-1

[tranquil jasper]

I tested it with a group I named in the editor

[brazen lagoon]

actually yknow what. let's actually ask the real question I'm trying to answer

how do you make the vanilla respawn system not let you respawn on an incapacitated squadmate?

because right now it'll let you and that sucks

[shadow sapphire]

This method of creating high command for units spawned during a mission works. I'll define this as a function eventually to do it the right way. This (apparently) allows players to join a server and be assigned command of subordinates when they are spawned via their script. A ton of time sank into figure out this problem. Now my supports aren't working. They can't be run in this script for some reason.

All of this works.

InitPlayerLocal.sqf:

If ((!isNil "BHA66") and {player == BHA66}) then { //Ensure unit exists and player is unit.
    "TakeCommandBA.sqf" remoteExec ["execVM", 2]; //Execute only on server.
};```

TakeCommand.sqf:
```SQF
WaitUntil {!isNil "BA4R"}; //Wait until support radio unit exists.
If (!isNil "BHA66HC") then {deleteVehicle BHA66HC}; //Fight redundancy.
If (!isNil "BHA66HCS") then {deleteVehicle BHA66HCS}; //Fight  redundancy.

//High command block.
BHA66HC = LogicSide createUnit ["HighCommand",[0,0,0],[],0,"NONE"]; //Create commander module.
BHA66HS = LogicSide createUnit ["HighCommandSubordinate",[0,0,0],[],0,"NONE"]; //Create subordinate module.
BHA66HS SynchronizeObjectsAdd [BHA66HC]; //Synchronize subordinate to commander module.
BHA66HC SynchronizeObjectsAdd [BHA66]; //Synchronize commander module to commander.
{BHA66 HCSetGroup [_x];} foreach [BA11, BA12, BA13, BA21, BA22, BA23, BA31, BA32, BA41, BA42]; //Assign commander to subordinate groups.

Meanwhile this block, if within the same script does not work:

BA4R = LogicSide createUnit ["SupportProvider_Artillery",[0,0,0],[],0,"NONE"]; //Create provider module.
BA4R setVariable ['BIS_fnc_initModules_disableAutoActivation', false]; //Enable manipulation of module initialization. 
BA6R = LogicSide createUnit ["SupportRequester",[0,0,0],[],0,"NONE"]; //Create requester module.
BA6R setVariable ['BIS_fnc_initModules_disableAutoActivation', false]; //Enable manipulation of module initialization. 
[BA6R, "Artillery", -1] call BIS_fnc_limitSupport; //Define support module traits. Throws error if omitted. 
[BA6R, "CAS_Bombing", -1] call BIS_fnc_limitSupport;
[BA6R, "CAS_Heli", -1] call BIS_fnc_limitSupport;
[BA6R, "Drop", -1] call BIS_fnc_limitSupport;
[BA6R, "Transport", -1] call BIS_fnc_limitSupport;
[BA6R, "UAV", -1] call BIS_fnc_limitSupport;
[BA4R, BA6R] call BIS_fnc_initModules; //Initialize module. Not required on local host. Doesn't fix dedicated host.
BA42MA synchronizeObjectsAdd [BA4R]; //Synchronize mortar to support (artillery/mortar)provider module.
BA4R synchronizeObjectsAdd [BA6R]; //Synchronize provider to requester.
BA6R synchronizeObjectsAdd [BHA66]; //Synchronize requester to caller.
[BHA66, BA6R, BA4R] call BIS_fnc_addSupportLink; //Assign commander fire support.```

I have not been able to solve why this doesn't work. This block works in nearly any context when hosted locally, but doesn't work in nearly any context when on a dedicated server.

[pastel jewel]

anyone know how to remove grass server side on DayZ?

[winter rose]

this is the Arma Discord Server

[little raptor]

With waypoints no

With some other stuff that have a dedicated data type yes

E.g. when you delete an object, the value points to objNull
Or for groups, grpNull
etc.

[somber radish]

any eventhandler to do the same thing as "onPlayerKilled.sqf"?

[hallow mortar]

Killed, MPKilled, mission EH EntityKilled
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers

[somber radish]

Ok, so nothing player specific?

[hallow mortar]

You can pretty easily choose to only add the EH to players, or check whether the unit is a player when it fires

[wary sandal]

could anyone be able to explain me why it returns the following? https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/735132698603159562/974661501975687198/unknown.png

relevant code : ```sqf
[
establishmentShot,
"BLUFOR and OPFOR firefight",
25,
20,
30,
1,
[
//["\A3\ui_f\data\map\markers\nato\b_inf.paa",[0,0.3,0.6,1],group_1,1,1,0,"BLUFOR"],
//["\A3\ui_f\data\map\markers\nato\o_inf.paa",[0.5,0,0,1],group_2,1,1,0,"OPFOR"]
],
0,
true,
15
] spawn BIS_fnc_establishingShot;

[hallow mortar]

There doesn't appear to be anything wrong with that function call in itself. My suspicion is that it's trying to compete with another function that's also trying to do fade-in or fade-out. I do not know what other function you might be calling that's conflicting.

[wary sandal]

i doubt that it's conflicting since i literally have no code but init.sqf

which runs the code snippet i've sent

[granite sky]

I suspect there are bugs with that, but I haven't pinned down a replication case.

[hallow mortar]

The Edit Terrain Object module is well-known to be fairly unreliable in multiplayer

e.g. setting door states doesn't work

[hallow mortar]

There is no apparent problem with the code you've sent and the displayed error message indicates a conflict. This is all the evidence I have access to.

[wary sandal]

I removed everything I had to check whether there was some kind of hidden scripts but in vain

[drowsy geyser]

Is it possible to create a hud that shows the player's VON volume,
like a bar going up and down in the range from 0 to 1?

is the getPlayerVoNVolume command the correct command in this case?

[wary sandal]

here a whole bunch of screenshots https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/735132698603159562/974666106843324456/unknown.png https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/735132698603159562/974666147452559360/unknown.png https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/735132698603159562/974666184433750056/unknown.png https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/735132698603159562/974666209796718662/unknown.png https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/735132698603159562/974666285134778438/unknown.png

so you can further investigate

[granite sky]

execVM "init.sqf" wat

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

You're running init.sqf twice. Once from the object init field and once automatically.

[wary sandal]

oh, i thought it was just a common name people used

makes sense now

[rose osprey]

I'm trying to recompile a single RHS pbo - I have it extracted successfully, modified successfully (?), and it builds successfully. All of the normal ArmA 3 functionality provided by the modified pbo file, except for the scripts in the scripts directory.

In the config.cpp file, it contains these lines:

        class turretBlow
        {
            file = "\rhsafrf\addons\rhs_c_t72\scripts\rhs_turretBlow.sqf";
            description = "T Tanks turret blowoff";
        };

I did not modify this at all.

When loading the unmodified pbo file, the turretBlow class in Functions Viewer is populated by the contents of the above referenced script.

However, using the modified pbo, the turretBlow class is referenced but it contains no data.

Any thoughts on this?

[granite sky]

What if you recompile the PBO without modifying anything?

[rose osprey]

i tried that as well - class contains no data

im assuming its some sort of path issue, maybe when creating the pbo with addon builder

[granite sky]

Well, you need the right -prefix

[rose osprey]

i played around with the directories, i wonder if i need to specify the addon path

hrm

let me give that a shot

[granite sky]

prefix for that one should be "rhsafrf\addons\rhs_c_t72"

[rose osprey]

just tried with "rhsafrf\addons\rhs_c_t72" and same - no data, hrmmmm

[granite sky]

shrugs

config viewer is really unreliable for me with mods loaded anyway

Like you click on something a few levels deep and it kicks you to something empty in the root.

[young current]

@rose osprey halt

[granite sky]

But config commands are fine.

[rose osprey]

ya let me try one more thing

[young current]

This is not correct way to do stuff

[rose osprey]

indeed

[young current]

RHS will burn you if you publish this kind of things

[rose osprey]

i have no interest in publishing anything

[granite sky]

patching is fine too :P

[young current]

If one wants to do a patch, one does it as separate addon, not repack of existing addon

[rose osprey]

indeed

[young current]

Better to do things right from the beginning instead of climbing ass front to a tree

[rose osprey]

i like trees

[drowsy geyser]

in case this went down

[winter rose]

also, like, #arma3_config pliz? 🙃

[leaden ibex]

Hello there, again me.
I need to fire an event the moment player joins the game and loads into the briefing/game.
I need to have all his info available, name, uid, group, roleDescription and side.
Any ideas which event should I hook?

so far I tried OnUserSelectedPlayer, but the UID and roleDescription is null.

I need it to be run on the server, not on the player

The only idea I got rn is to remote exec an exec remoting back to server with the info

But that feels so wrong

[hallow mortar]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Event_Scripts#initPlayerServer.sqf ?

[leaden ibex]

I am aware that this exists, sadly I am writing an addon (only addon) and I don't think I can "hook" into this one, or can I?

(We are trying to keep the mission framework itself independent from any mods and the mod from any mission frameworks)

[hallow mortar]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Mission_Event_Handlers#OnUserClientStateChanged ?

[leaden ibex]

That might help me, I'll look into it, thank you

[spiral temple]

is it possible to get any return values when using remoteExecCall ?

[crude vigil]

Do you want to return ID of who made the remoteExecCall?

[spiral temple]

I've a server side function which needs to be called via the client, but the client should have the return values of the calculation of the server side function

[crude vigil]

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

There is a nice example for your purpose in it as well.

[fleet sand]

Hi guys. I was messing around in Editor and i found this fnc:
[cursorObject,4,3,1,false] call BIN_fnc_deconShowerAnimLarge
i am executeing it via console in Singleplayer while looking at Large decon shower. But everytime i try to execute it my arma just crash and it says application hang. Is this like a bug or is it just crashing on my laptop ?

[crude vigil]

spawn it instead. Your game does not crash, it is taking its time and it takes too long time to return error because it has to be spawned.

[rose osprey]

i did it the proper way and it still didnt work

then i looked at the addon builder options and it only had the default files included - added sqf to the list and it works now

[young current]

proper way meaning separate new addon that does not repack RHS files, only contains your new files and configs that make config alterations?

[rose osprey]

correct

[young current]

👍

[brazen lagoon]

asking again, how should I use BIS_fnc_showRespawnMenuDisableItem? if I pass it things it never seems to disable the correct position.

if I edit BIS_RscRespawnControls_positionDisabled directly it works but only after i click on a different respawn pos first

oh I see, it's because this expects the target object to be a string

🤦‍♂️

[pastel jewel]

DayZ is arma related

[brazen lagoon]

any idea how to make the map disabled in the respawn screen first time through?

[fleet sand]

respawnOnStart = -1; in Description.ext

[brazen lagoon]

cool ty

also, can you disable tactical ping via script?

disableMapIndicators nvm

[fleet sand]

You can disable those with difficulty settings.

[brazen lagoon]

yes but i want to do it by script

[cold flower]

Why?

[brazen lagoon]

because I don't want to change global difficulty settings for one mission?

[fleet sand]

You can try this in InitPlayerLocal.sqf

(findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler
[
    "KeyDown",
    {
        _handled = false;
        if (_this select 1 == 20) then
        {
            _handled = true;
        };
        _handled;
    }
];``` Credit to GEORGE FLOROS GR

[brazen lagoon]

or do you mean I can set the difficulty for the mission specifically

[cold flower]

You can always set difficulty for mission...

Just need to specify the difficulty in description.ext if I remember correctly

[open fractal]

i dont believe that's possible with custom difficulty settings

[brazen lagoon]

basically i want to disable 3d markers but only in this mission

[open fractal]

this is messy because it blocks the key rather than the ping

if someone has something else bound to that key it'll block that too

and if i'm reading it right it keeps you from using the T key altogether?

[brazen lagoon]

yeah that would

can you not set difficulty settings per mission?

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/disableMapIndicators like, does this actually do anything?

[open fractal]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Command_Group:_Difficulty

these are the only commands available for difficulty

otherwise if it's not in description.ext then you have to edit the server settings

[wary sandal]

why do folders don't work in paths? https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/735132698603159562/974719554448146432/unknown.png

[open fractal]

i thought there was a force difficuly in description.ext but i might be thinking of server config. regardless if you want custom settings you need to edit the profile

[wary sandal]

author            = "Test";
onLoadName        = "Test";
onLoadMission    = "Test";
loadScreen        = "images/loadingscreen.paa";

I remember having came across this problem but i don't know how to fix it anymore

[open fractal]

might be looking for backslash \?

description.ext formatting is different from sqf

[wary sandal]

like so ? "\images/loadingscreen.paa";

[open fractal]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[fleet sand]

loadScreen = "images\loadingscreen.paa"; yea like a so

[open fractal]

eyup

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

[wary sandal]

thanks

[wary sandal]

i saw it but i thought \ and / were fundamentally the same

another "nitpick" of arma

[fleet sand]

In SQF its / and in C language is \ for formating directories and so.

[open fractal]

yeah not an arma thing, it's an inconsistency between .sqf and cpp files

arma takes c++ for config and sqf for scripts

[wary sandal]

right

[deep loom]

So what I'm trying to do is take an array of three locations, shuffle them, and then use that random order to determine the schedule that a hostage will be at during the day, so I'd be looking to take _zoneA, _zoneB, and _zoneC, shuffle them, and output _siteMorning, _siteAfternoon, and _siteEvening.

[open fractal]

private _shuffled = [_zoneA,_zoneB,_zoneC] call BIS_fnc_arrayShuffle;
_shuffled params ["_siteMorning","_siteAfternoon","_siteEvening"];

then you can just use the variables

[deep loom]

Brilliant. Thanks.

[open fractal]

yw

[shadow sapphire]

Does anyone know that little block of code that can be run in debug to dump a function to your clipboard? I lost it and it was amazing and my favorite.

[fleet sand]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/copyToClipboard you mean this ?

[shadow sapphire]

It’s like “BIS_FNC_Whatever” Magic command that unpacks and sticks in clipboard to examine.

[shadow sapphire]

Possibly, but that’s not looking familiar. This didn’t just copy some input, it unpacked whole functions for you to pick through line by line. I’ll try this, though!

[fair drum]

oh you mean the function export function?