arma3_scripting

[tough abyss]

@little raptor Local to the players group.

[little raptor]

you mean you only want the markers that are local to you?

[tough abyss]

Local to my group, so it's for the IVAS mod on the steam workshop but I'm building the actual HUD that wasn't made for it, so I want to be able to get local group data only, in terms of all markers so only the markers in that group. And I will add another general marker limit as well. So it's basically being drawn via draw3dicon when people place map markers in the group on the map.

AllMapMarkers gets more and more expensive if it gets a lot of data.

So that is currently a problem being able to restrict to a players group only won't make it as expensive I'm thinking of testing it with some AI in zeus then switch between them, and use RemoteExecCall then use group at the limiter.

[little raptor]

do your marker names follow a certain pattern?

[tough abyss]

It pulls markers placed by players I am looking for the "USER CREATED #"

But only allow up to 10 to be drawn at a time.

[little raptor]

well no that won't be helpful

[tough abyss]

Only wondered that was all.

Someone made a "Voyger compass" but costs a lot in terms of compute time.

My current situation is making it viable to draw "markers and marker pips"

[little raptor]

if your only concern is running allMapMarkers every frame, just update them via event handlers

[tough abyss]

Is there a marker placed EH?

[warm hedge]

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

[tough abyss]

So there is.

Much more performance friendly.

Thank you.

[warm hedge]

I actually forgot that this exists 😓

[tough abyss]

This is the sort of compass I am making which is

https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/210626-11-voyagercompass-hud-and-ui/

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-new-futuristic-ivas-goggles/

There is two versions of the Voyager compass one based on a "tape image" and one based on a giant array manipulation.

aussie battler created the Lite version and has basically said I've abandoned this you can have it.

So knowing that I'll probably use his work or the first one.

which was made by Unknown_GTX

The other problem I have is adding the as I said marker pips.

Converting a 3D compass into a 2D horizontal representation.

[opal zephyr]

If Im picturing what you want to do correctly here, I believe I've done the exact same thing before, except I used allMapMarkers

[tough abyss]

Yeah but AllMapMarkers is expensive the EH handlers is definitely a better option and then just check if the marker placed was by a player in the players group or the player themselves.

[open flume]

If i wanted to deactivate a trigger if the trigger is left how would i do so?

(trying to make a refuel zone that they have to wait in)

[tough abyss]

You need to check inThisList

find the vehicle and find if the object in this list is inside the area of a trigger

[open flume]

im using a premade script rn (i dont know the most of scripting rn)
this and ((getPos (thisList select 0)) select 2 < 1)
is the script it uses

[tough abyss]

So "thisList" means all objects inside of the activating trigger

this is the "trigger activation" or the boolean return value on the triggers conditions

ArmA 3 Script also is nothing more than a procedural language mostly.

I'd say it's closer to C or JavaScript (without the OOP functionality)

[open flume]

well good part is i dont know either of those XD

i can more or less read my way through em but havent learned to make em yet

[tough abyss]

Hmmm... well the "this" is going to return true or false

(getPos (this List select 0)) select 2 is going to get the position of the first entitty that triggers the event

and give you a comparison between the Z axis and if it's less than 1

Because thats what (getPos (thisList select 0) select 2 does it gets the Z axis of the first object to activate the trigger

So if it's a player getPos(thisList) will return a player if the player is less than 1 unit then the code in that line will execute.

Thats in the "condition" code correct?

[open flume]

ye

_handle = [(thisList select 0)] execVM "rearmVehicle.sqf";
is the activation

[tough abyss]

Yeah so for the condition to become true the trigger must be activated.

which is represented by "this"

and the first activating object must be < 1 in the Z axis.

So if this is a rearming script it's checking to see if the vehicle is actually "on the pad"

You can do another technique which is in a while loop checking the distance of the vehicle from the pad

You'll commonly see peoples rearm scripts contain [1000,this,"marker"] execVM "monitorVehicleRearm.sqf"

or something like that.

Then inside the code it will be getting the distance from the rearm point in the Z-axis

[open flume]

so for this would i put it on a seperate marker or just the trigger?

[tough abyss]

The trigger is probably the more elegant solution but, being a trigger it should probably execute in the unscheduled environment rather than scheduled and only use the [] spawn code and wait for it to end inside that script.

Well thats what I'd do.

But you are probably not familiar with cfgFunctions.hpp.

[open flume]

not really but never hurts to learn XD

[worthy igloo]

_zeuss = player in call BIS_fnc_listCuratorPlayers;
[_channelID, {_this radioChannelAdd [leader player, _zeuss]}] remoteExec ["call", [0, -2] select isDedicated, _channelName];

any reason this wouldnt add zeus to the channel also?

[tough abyss]

Hazzar found d solution to my GUI problem thats fast as well.

Using a continious array then using a seletion between two indexes and showing between to beginning and ending indexes the "tape"

So much faster.

How do I change the name of the respawn point if I use [west, Ambulance] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition; in the game's init? It's giving me the name of the AI inside the Ambulance and I want the respawn name to be "Ambulance"

Make the vehicles name Ambulance

I have

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

Object - specific object. When some crew positions are available and unlocked, players will be respawned on them, otherwise they will appear around the object.

Yeah that's not what I mean

The Ambulance is the respawn point not the crew

Ah.

I've been trying to wrap my head around the wiki for the last 20 minutes and it really isn't user friendly lmfao

If I'm correct...

[west, Ambulance, "Ambulance"] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition;

That should do it?

Nope.

Ah

Try setting the target to the actual ambulance.

Not the side.

If that doesn't work this will probably work.

It said there were three parameters, Target, Position and Name. Well the target is west and the target is Ambulance so then logically, the next thing to put would be the name, which is also Ambulance

[west, getPos(Ambulance)] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition;

Gotcha

I am so glad BI added array index selections.

I was trying to wrap my head around the virtual garage a while back

I got it to work

Kinda

Yeah it's not designed for MP

Yeah it really isn't.

There was a complete rewrite the developer of Patrol Ops 4 did

To make a virtual garage that worked with it.

[tough abyss]

Aha... Nope. Now it's named based on the position of the ambulance

It's now called "E of Bay Dunes"

IS the AI named Ambulance?

Not the vehicle?

No

The vehicle is named Ambulance

[worthy igloo]

are u spawning in it or out of it

[tough abyss]

I don't understand how this would make any difference, I want to rename what the spawn is called

HAHAHA

MY DUMB CODE WORKS

[west, Ambulance, "Ambulance"] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition;

Now it's called "Ambulance"

Man that's dumb AF but for once my big brain logic actually solved the issue

[little raptor]

well the code is wrong. you wrote player in call BIS_fnc_listCuratorPlayers; which returns a boolean
and _zeuss is undefined in what you're remoteExecing

[worthy igloo]

how would u mention curator player

[little raptor]

it's not about how "I" do it. your code is just wrong.
try:

[_channelID, {_this radioChannelAdd ([leader player] + call BIS_fnc_listCuratorPlayers)}] remoteExec ["call", [0, -2] select isDedicated, _channelName];

[worthy igloo]

didn't mean how "you" would do it lol was just asking how do you mention it but thank you

[agile cargo]

Here is what I'm doing:

{
            private _unit = _x;
            {
                private _syncedObject = _x;
                if(typeOf _syncedObject == "CBA_BuildingPos") then{
                    _unit setUnitPos "UP";
                    _unit doMove (getPosATL _syncedObject);
                };
            } forEach synchronizedObjects _unit;
} forEach units op_1;

The idea is to upon a trigger activation, the units of this group will move to pre-determined building positions and garrison it

[little raptor]

for that typeOf works

[agile cargo]

the typeOf part seems to work, but the AI just won't go to the correct position... I'll try to retrofit the ACE garrison script into that

[little raptor]

AI just won't go to the correct position
first of all, you're telling all AI to go to the same pos

which doesn't work in Arma

oh wait nvm you sync to each unit

well anyway, second of all, you can't move AI to custom building positions

[agile cargo]

yeah each unit is synced toa building position that they should move to

uhm

what if I have each AI in individual groups, move them, and then group them together?

[little raptor]

? that still doesn't solve the custom building position problem

AI can only walk along path LODs

[agile cargo]

the CBA_building pos is just a dummy object, in theory it could be anything

[little raptor]

do you place them exactly at predefined building positions?

[agile cargo]

any XYZ pos would work. in game the positions are behind some trenches in the open

grad trenches

[little raptor]

that's what I'm telling you. it doesn't work

AI can't move to wherever you want

[agile cargo]

even if there is no actual building blocking them? like, the position in question is right there on the terrain itself

[little raptor]

on terrain yes

sometimes

but in buildings no

[agile cargo]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/745428670910562395/988599564384731166/unknown.png

[little raptor]

ok I see what you mean now

[agile cargo]

this is the thing

[little raptor]

well there's another problem. AI can't move inside the bounding box of objects (unless they have a path LOD)

maybe that's why it doesn't work for you rn

[agile cargo]

damn, what if made the trenches simple objects? (and log piles)

[little raptor]

they still have the geometry

which means the bounding box is still there

[neon owl]

Does anyone know how to set a trigger's condition from false to true using an SQF file? I've been stuck on this for a bit. Here's my code

radzone4 = true;
null=[]execVM "RandomArray.sqf";

[winter rose]

null = not needed for a while not

what do you mean by "set a trigger's condition" ?

[neon owl]

The condition of the trigger. So I have a trigger, it's condition currently is false. I want to change this to true via the SQF.

During the game.

[winter rose]

use setTriggerStatements, but… why putting code in a trigger then 🤨

[neon owl]

Look mate, I'm not the smartest when it comes to this type of stuff so bare with me 😂. It's not the most effective way to do this ik but it's just how i've done it. How would I implement setTriggerStatements into the sqf?

[winter rose]

private _triggerStatements = triggerStatements _theTrigger;
_triggerStatements set [0, "true"];
_theTrigger setTriggerStatements _triggerStatements;

[pulsar trail]

Hello there very new to eden scripting I have experience in unity and unreal but just cant wrap my head around edens way! I useually just make really cool maps and stuff in eden but wanted to finally try my hand at making something with some scripts! I have an laptop with the Hold Action being used and I want to have it where an alarm is triggered while someone is using the hold action I assume that what is written goes into the code start section but how do I have it notify the trigger to start the alarm which will loop until the hold action is completed?

I tried setting the laptop as the owner but that just lets the trigger activate while in that certain area.

[drifting portal]

I'm trying to make a plane script that flies in straight line from point on the east to point B

params ["_end","_height", "_time", "_class"];

_end set [2,_height];
_Start = [worldsize + ([100,300] call BIS_fnc_randomInt) , worldsize,_height]; 
_Vehicle = createVehicle [_class, _Start, [],0,"NONE"];
_Vehicle setPosATL _Start;
_Vehicle setdir (_Vehicle getdir _end);

_VectorDir = vectorDir _Vehicle;
_VectorUp = vectorUp _Vehicle;

_Vehicle setVelocityTransformation [
    getPosASL _Vehicle,
    ATLToASL _end,
    [0,0,0],
    [0,0,0],
    _VectorDir,
    _VectorDir,
    _VectorUp,
    _VectorUp,
    _time
    ];

sleep _time;
deleteVehicle _Vehicle;

the code is not really doing anything and it probably has to do with me not knowing exactly what to do with setVelocityTransformation

[drifting portal]

put a bool in the triggers activation field, have that bool be false at the start of the mission, then at code start of hold action make that bool true

[pulsar trail]

Ok thanks a billion!

[drifting portal]

also don't make a habit of using triggers for everything

[pulsar trail]

Ok is there a better way to implementing it during the Code Start

[drifting portal]

yes by putting the trigger's code for the alarm in code start

[pulsar trail]

Ok (can I find that here ? https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Eden_Editor:_Trigger#Trigger_Owner)

[drifting portal]

of course you need to do two things

1. the bool you set to false at the start of the mission, make it so that the code at code start only executes if the bool is false, so

//Bool at mission start:
MyBool = false;

//the code in code start:
if !(MyBool) then {
MyBool = true;
// Alarm code goes here
};

2- this is so that it doesn't keep recreating the alarm every time someone uses hold action

trigger is basically a loop with special stuff, if you add too many the game will kick you in the face

and you will enjoy arma 144p 2013 experience

[pulsar trail]

LOL gotcha and where does the mission start bool go?

[drifting portal]

init.sqf

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Event_Scripts#init.sqf

[pulsar trail]

Awesome yeah I just wanted to make sure

[granite sky]

Generally the best way to use setVelocityTransformation is to call it in an EachFrame mission event handler with an updated interval value (0-1) each time.

[drifting portal]

oh

[granite sky]

You can pre-build the args and pass them in, and then it's a cheap EH.

[drifting portal]

can you tell me more about the interval?

[granite sky]

0 - object is at the start pos, 1 - object is at the end pos.

0.5 - in the middle :P

[drifting portal]

hmm

[granite sky]

You can use it in a while loop with short sleeps instead, but that goes to hell when something else is lagging scripts.

[drifting portal]

If I want the plane to cross 4kms in 25 seconds, how would I do that

I'm trying to think of a ratio

[granite sky]

maths

[drifting portal]

yeah

[granite sky]

That's 160 metres per second, so set the forward velocity to that.

[drifting portal]

yeah

the velocity

is it model space?

[granite sky]

In setVelocityTransformation? No, it's world space.

[drifting portal]

so if I set the y of velocity to 160

it won't go to the direction I want right?

[granite sky]

Well, it kinda will, because the velocity inputs are only used for MP interpolation.

[drifting portal]

I will use this in MP yeah

[granite sky]

but it'll look wacky as hell between updates :P

[drifting portal]

so setVelocityTransformation is not good for MP?

[granite sky]

It's fine but you should set the velocity components to something sensible.

Like here it could be _startPos vectorFromTo _endPos vectorMultiply 160

[drifting portal]

yeah

that's a good idea

let me try it and fail miserably and come back

lol

well yeah

it having a spasm (NVM)

https://sqfbin.com/ewonigucavizonavituz

[pulsar trail]

Could I steal someone's eyes real quick as theres a lot to this that I am clueless about? I think I got it there but am confused where I am missing something or I am totally wrong... I have no idea and thats... fun?

[drifting portal]

what is the problem?

[pulsar trail]

Its not working but I am not sure why

As I did what I am used to doing I feel like its not right

[drifting portal]

what did you do?

[pulsar trail]

This is in the Code Start for the laptop under the Object:Hold Action

compbool = true;
if compbool == true then { 
_compalarm playSound "alarm;
_compalarm spawn;
};```
This is in the code complete

compbool = false;
delete _compalarm

In my init.sqf I have the 

compbool = false;```

I feel like this should work but I am a tad lost why its not

[granite sky]

You have a missing quote in the first one for a start.

It looks like you're also assuming that _compalarm is globally accessible, which it probably isn't.

[drifting portal]

fixed it so nvm

[pulsar trail]

ahhh okay is there an easier way to make a sound spawn?

[granite sky]

Oh, also if (compbool == true) then needs brackets around the conditon like this.

err

just if (compbool) then

(in which case you don't strictly need the brackets, but better get used to it)

[pulsar trail]

Totally understand that!

So how do I make that sound spawn after flipping compbool to true then deleting it upon the completetion?

[tough abyss]

playSound3D

[copper raven]

store the result of https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/playSound (see examples, the 2.00 part) and then use it with https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/deleteVehicle

[somber radish]

Anyone know how to implement group eventhandlers?

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

I tried doing this:

playerGroup addEventHandler ["KnowsAboutChanged", { 
  params ["_group", "_targetUnit", "_newKnowsAbout", "_oldKnowsAbout"]; 
}];

but I get this:

 Error addeventhandler: Type Group, expected Object

when I try this:

player addEventHandler ["KnowsAboutChanged", {  
  params ["_group", "_targetUnit", "_newKnowsAbout", "_oldKnowsAbout"];  
}];

I get this:

Error Foreign error: Unknown enum value: "KnowsAboutChanged"

[warm hedge]

AKA Dev-Branch only so far

[somber radish]

ah

in other words no way?

[warm hedge]

Use Dev-Branch

Or wait until 2.10 hits stable

[somber radish]

Stupid question (sorry), but if I implement this will players that are not using dev-branch be able to use the mod?

[warm hedge]

The mod?

[somber radish]

I am building a mod with several functions in it, amongst them I would like to add some code when an enemy is detected

[warm hedge]

Yes everyone needs Dev-Branch. Until 2.10 hits the stable

[somber radish]

uuh

ok

Thank you!

Any idea how i could do a workAround to get the same result?

(some code executed on 'enemy spotted')

[warm hedge]

I can think up something but never recommended. Because it is performance unfriendly

[somber radish]

I am guessing a loop

[warm hedge]

EachFrame more like

[somber radish]

store near-targets and look for a change?

[warm hedge]

Guess so

[somber radish]

yah

[warm hedge]

I wouldn't try workaround and just tell them to try Dev BTW

[somber radish]

true

ait

Thank you again!

[warm hedge]

Good luck then

[little raptor]

better not publish it until 2.10 is out. you wouldn't believe how many people can't read...

[somber radish]

LMAO! I have noticed ho many people cannot watch a 2 min video, so I can imagine the reading skills are even worse

[drifting portal]

https://sqfbin.com/lijuduviyevorahagawi
in this function, is there a way I can return the _Cargo object without waiting for the while loop?

[granite sky]

Spawn the while loop?

[drifting portal]

it won't affect the performance much right?

[pine rapids]

Heya lads, I'm in need of a bit of help. I don't do SQF often and ran into a problem. I have a script located in scripts/time.sqf inside my mission folder.

params ["_timespeed", "_shorternight"];

_timespeed = _this select 0;
_shorternight = _this select 0;

timeacceleration = ["_timespeed", "_shorternight"] spawn {
    params ["_timespeed", "_shorternight"];
    while {true} do {
        if (_shorternight == 1 && (daytime > 20 || daytime < 3)) then {
            setTimeMultiplier(_timespeed * 4);
        } else {
            setTimeMultiplier(_timespeed);
        };
        sleep 10
    };
};

I wish for this script to run on start of the mission so I ran this inside of the initServer.sqf file:

// Params
_timeOfDay = "StartTime" call BIS_fnc_getParamValue;
_timespeed = "TimeSpeed" call BIS_fnc_getParamValue;
_shorternight = "ShorterNights" call BIS_fnc_getParamValue;
_startweather = "InitialWeather" call BIS_fnc_getParamValue;
_weatheroption = "WeatherType" call BIS_fnc_getParamValue;
_wantfog = "AlterFog" call BIS_fnc_getParamValue;

// includes

["_timeOfDay", "_shorternight"] call compile preprocessFileLineNumbers "scripts\time.sqf";

Whilst it does seem that the file is being read I am being greeted with a "generic error in expression" error. Any ideas as to what I did wrong?

[stable dune]

Both select 0 in at Time.sqf

[open fractal]

["_timeOfDay", "_shorternight"] call compile preprocessFileLineNumbers "scripts\time.sqf";

should be

[_timeOfDay,_shorternight]

you want to pass the values, not the words timeofday and shorternight

params ["_timespeed", "_shorternight"];

_timespeed = _this select 0;
_shorternight = _this select 0;
``` also this is completely redundant. Why use `params` if you're just going to overwrite the local variables with `_this select`?

params ["_timespeed", "_shorternight"];
``` this is all you need, the variables are then defined.

[pine rapids]

I got there, cheers 👍

[little raptor]

if you need it outside the function why do you create it in the function?

[little raptor]

if you want to keep your code you have no other choice

but again, you should just create it outside that fnc

[copper raven]

_Cargo = createVehicle [_cargoClassName, [0,0,0], [],0,"NONE"]; literally pass the _cargo (create it in the calling function) itself instead of _cargoClassName to the function

[drifting portal]

I will go with that since it works the same

[versed belfry]

Hello :D
Is someone able to tell me why the code in my init.sqf or initPlayerLocal.sqf is not executing the first time I join the server?

//FF
if (hasInterface) then {
    [player] call FFPP_fnc_punishment_FF_addEH;
};

//Dressup
_this call HR_fnc_dressUp;

//Into screens
[] execVM "Scripts\Credits.sqf";
[] execVM "Scripts\Briefing.sqf";

More specifically the dress up function which gives the player a shemagh & teleports him into a helicopter.

[open fractal]

//Dressup
_this call HR_fnc_dressUp;
``` where is this located?

[versed belfry]

Coint_Back.Altis/Functions/Players/fn_dressUp.sqf

[open fractal]

i mean the code

where is that code located

init.sqf or initPlayerLocal.sqf
this does not line up with what you have written

[versed belfry]

Oh, in initPlayerLocal.sqf

[open fractal]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Event_Scripts#initPlayerLocal.sqf

initPlayerLocal.sqf automatically passes an array with both the player object and JIP boolean

[brazen lagoon]

Anyone know what the fastest way to get the closest road to a position is?

[open fractal]

so _this returns [player object, true] for example

is that addressed in the script you're calling?

[brazen lagoon]

BIS_fnc_nearestRoad exists but I don't know how fast it is, so I guess I'll do some tests

[versed belfry]

What do you mean by addressed?
Sorry not the one who wrote the script, so don't know too much about it 😅

[open fractal]

What are the instructions the author gave to call the script?

You're passing an array to the script, it might be looking for an object

[versed belfry]

/*
Author: Håkon
Description:
    Dresses the player up

Arguments:
0. <Object> unit or oldUnit from initPlayerLocal or onPlayerRespawn
1. <Object/Bool> jip or newUnit from initPlayerLocal or onPlayerRespawn

Return Value: <nil>

Scope: Clients
Environment: Any
Public: Yes
Dependencies:

Example:

License: MIT License
*/
params [["_oldUnit", objNull], ["_jipOrNewUnit", objNull, [objNull, true]]];
private _unit = if (_jipOrNewUnit isEqualType objNull) then {_jipOrNewUnit} else {_oldUnit}; //determine target object as this is used on init and respawn


//build lists to check for dress up
private _list1 = ["P_1", "P_2", "P_3", "P_4", "P_5"] call HR_fnc_ValidateObjects;
private _list2 = ["P_6", "P_7", "P_8", "P_9", "P_10", "P_11", "P_12", "P_13"] call HR_fnc_ValidateObjects;
private _list3 = ["P_14", "P_15", "P_16", "P_17", "P_18", "P_19", "P_20", "P_21"] call HR_fnc_ValidateObjects;

//set goggles
if (_unit in _list1) then {
    _unit addGoggles "FGN_AAF_Shemag_tan";
    if (alive HELI_1 && HELI_1 emptyPositions "Cargo" > 0) then { 
        _unit moveInCargo HELI_1;
    } else { 
        _unit setPos (getMarkerPos "LZ"); 
    };
} else {};

if (_unit in _list2) then {
    _unit addGoggles "FGN_AAF_Shemag_tan";
    if (alive HELI_2 && HELI_2 emptyPositions "Cargo" > 0) then { 
        _unit moveInCargo HELI_3;
    } else { 
        _unit setPos (getMarkerPos "LZ"); 
    };
} else {};

if (_unit in _list3) then {
    _unit addGoggles "FGN_AAF_Shemag_tan";
    if (alive HELI_3 && HELI_3 emptyPositions "Cargo" > 0) then { 
        _unit moveInCargo HELI_3;
    } else { 
        _unit setPos (getMarkerPos "LZ"); 
    };
} else {};

nil;

[open fractal]

interesting, it does take the array

[versed belfry]

The weird thing is if I were to join as the mission is initializing then it would not teleport me

but if I were to exit and rejoin or JiP then it would teleport me

[open fractal]

try putting it in onPlayerRespawn.sqf

[versed belfry]

This line you mean I assume?

[open fractal]

yeah

[versed belfry]

A'ight testing it out rn

Uhhh

It's already there, so didn't change anything :(

[brazen lagoon]

huh. bis_fnc_nearestroad can be called 10000 times in .0073ms so I think that's fine

ok that's definitely not true

within 100m performance is fine. 200m is maybe fine. 300 it's prob not.

[open fractal]

try adding a systemChat or diag_log line at the top to see if the script is being called

[versed belfry]

👍

Will hint work too?

[open fractal]

diag_log is your best bet

just check the rpt

hint or systemchat may not work during init stage

[versed belfry]

Okie Dokie

[open fractal]

    if (alive HELI_2 && HELI_2 emptyPositions "Cargo" > 0) then { 
        _unit moveInCargo HELI_3;
``` there's a typo here

[versed belfry]

Just to confirm, you meant my own RPT or the server's RPT? cause I have logging turned off for my self.

[open fractal]

should be yours since the code is called on the client

[versed belfry]

Ah need to enable that if SystemChat doesn't work then

[drifting portal]

Use nearestRoads?

Sorry I meant nearRoads

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

[versed belfry]

@open fractal systemChat does work

systemChat "Line #1";

params [["_oldUnit", objNull], ["_jipOrNewUnit", objNull, [objNull, true]]];
private _unit = if (_jipOrNewUnit isEqualType objNull) then {_jipOrNewUnit} else {_oldUnit}; //determine target object as this is used on init and respawn

systemChat "Line #2";


//build lists to check for dress up
private _list1 = ["P_1", "P_2", "P_3", "P_4", "P_5"] call HR_fnc_ValidateObjects;
private _list2 = ["P_6", "P_7", "P_8", "P_9", "P_10", "P_11", "P_12", "P_13"] call HR_fnc_ValidateObjects;
private _list3 = ["P_14", "P_15", "P_16", "P_17", "P_18", "P_19", "P_20", "P_21"] call HR_fnc_ValidateObjects;

systemChat "Line #3";

//set goggles
if (_unit in _list1) then {
    _unit addGoggles "FGN_AAF_Shemag_tan";
    systemChat "Line #4";
    if (alive HELI_1 && HELI_1 emptyPositions "Cargo" > 0) then { 
        _unit moveInCargo HELI_1;
        systemChat "Line #5";
    } else { 
        _unit setPos (getMarkerPos "LZ"); 
    };
} else {};
etc...

All 5 lines were executed while I was in map screen before clicking continue to load in

I guess it is being executed a bit too early since the vehicles and markers were not yet initialized?

[open fractal]

this should be resolved by using onPlayerRespawn.sqf

[versed belfry]

Weird, cause the function call is already there.

//FF
if (hasInterface) then {
    [player] call FFPP_fnc_punishment_FF_addEH;
};

//Dressup
_this call HR_fnc_dressUp;

[open fractal]

does the systemChat still show if you remove it from initPlayerLocal?

you should probably write systemChat str _this; or something to make sure it's passing the player object, though I don't know what would be the hangup here

onPlayerRespawn.sqf

Executed locally when player respawns in a multiplayer mission. This event script will also fire at the beginning of a mission if respawnOnStart is 0 or 1, oldUnit will be objNull in this instance. This script will not fire at mission start if respawnOnStart equals -1.

respawnOnStart defaults to zero unless it was changed

[versed belfry]

Will test that.

[versed belfry]

respawnOnStart is -1

I gotta change it to 0 I believe

[open fractal]

this blocks respawn on start and respawn script

[versed belfry]

Yep just looked up the documentation.

[open fractal]

I couldnt figure out why initPlayerLocal wouldnt work so I loaded up the game

the script runs fine, so long as I replace this

//build lists to check for dress up
private _list1 = ["P_1", "P_2", "P_3", "P_4", "P_5"] call HR_fnc_ValidateObjects;
private _list2 = ["P_6", "P_7", "P_8", "P_9", "P_10", "P_11", "P_12", "P_13"] call HR_fnc_ValidateObjects;
private _list3 = ["P_14", "P_15", "P_16", "P_17", "P_18", "P_19", "P_20", "P_21"] call HR_fnc_ValidateObjects;
``` with an array of objects

if onPlayerRespawn.sqf works fine then dont bother but if you're inclined to run it again in initPlayerLocal can you log the returns for these functions?

[versed belfry]

the systemChat str _this; worked

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/547250110359142402/989661556134514728/unknown.png

in onPlayerRespawn.sqf

but still was not teleported to helicopter

[open fractal]

is the helicopter named HELI_1

[open fractal]

if you do systemChat str _list1; after this what does it give you

[versed belfry]

even aborting and rejoining doesn't work anymore :(

[versed belfry]

Yep

[versed belfry]

Will have to try this 1 sec

Testing it on a dedicated server so have to boot it off and on :L

[versed belfry]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/547250110359142402/989665348859101194/unknown.png

[open fractal]

i think i see the issue

params [["_oldUnit", objNull], ["_jipOrNewUnit", objNull, [objNull, true]]];
private _unit = if (_jipOrNewUnit isEqualType objNull) then {_jipOrNewUnit} else {_oldUnit}; //determine target object as this is used on init and respawn

change this to

private _unit = _this # 0;

[versed belfry]

including the params?

[open fractal]

get rid of that

i think they got the order wrong

[versed belfry]

License: MIT License
*/
private _unit = _this # 0;

//build lists to check for dress up
private _list1 = ["P_1", "P_2", "P_3", "P_4", "P_5"] call HR_fnc_ValidateObjects;
etc...

testing this

[open fractal]

if this doesn't work then you should probably enable logs and log a bunch of stuff

[safe cloak]

huh, wait, why does it _unit = _jipOrNewUnit if the _jipOrNewUnit == objNull

[open fractal]

thats what I just caught

the author must've thought onPlayerRespawn is [_oldUnit,_newUnit]

[safe cloak]

Nomas, how the hell did that script work in the past missions?

[versed belfry]

Ma man, the script is made to dress up people not teleport them into a helo xD

[open fractal]

it would work with initPlayerLocal

[versed belfry]

Even then it had some issues here and there

[safe cloak]

I guess that's what was causing issues then.

[open fractal]

I think onPlayerRespawn is the cleaner method for applying loadouts as it happens last

[tough abyss]

Does ValidateObjects actually exist?

[versed belfry]

I need to clean our standard files pretty soon.

[open fractal]

yes it had a return

that script is generally a mess if you haven't caught on

[tough abyss]

I can see that.

[versed belfry]

It just removes the unexisting objects from the array so there is no error pop up I think?

[tough abyss]

If you are doing a lot of what you are doing why not generalise the script to parameters?

If you know what I mean?

[open fractal]

I don't see the point of ValidateObjects there

you can test vehicleVarName against that array of strings

[versed belfry]

Ok just to make sure it is not a fluke I will try again

but it worked

[tough abyss]

Yeah using array in somevar

[safe cloak]

Those files were unchanged for years, we really need to update them, better sooner.

[open fractal]

the whole gang here

[versed belfry]

For the sake of the script author, he did exactly what I asked from him, the mess is on me for using it for a purpose it wasn't made for xD

[versed belfry]

I mean, TS?

[tough abyss]

Something also that makes this much harder is the lack of comments.

Comments are you friend.

[safe cloak]

Not today, too tired xd

[versed belfry]

Okie xD

[versed belfry]

Well there is a massive comment at the top

/*
Author: Håkon
Description:
    Dresses the player up

Arguments:
0. <Object> unit or oldUnit from initPlayerLocal or onPlayerRespawn
1. <Object/Bool> jip or newUnit from initPlayerLocal or onPlayerRespawn

Return Value: <nil>

Scope: Clients
Environment: Any
Public: Yes
Dependencies:

Example:

License: MIT License
*/

[tough abyss]

Thats called a function comment block header

[versed belfry]

Ah a'ighty

[tough abyss]

Not really a "comment"

I use C++ version of a comment block generator with A3

In Visual studio code

[open fractal]

params ["_unit"];

//assign helicopter to each list
private _heliAssign = [
    [["P_1", "P_2", "P_3", "P_4", "P_5"],HELI_1]
    [["P_6", "P_7", "P_8", "P_9", "P_10", "P_11", "P_12", "P_13"],HELI_2]
    [["P_14", "P_15", "P_16", "P_17", "P_18", "P_19", "P_20", "P_21"],HELI_3]
];

//assign helicopter to unit
private _heli = objNull;
private _unitVarName = vehicleVarName _unit;
{
    _x params ["_unitList","_vehicle"];
    if (_unitVarName in _unitList) exitWith {_heli = _vehicle};
} forEach _heliAssign;

//set goggles
_unit addGoggles "FGN_AAF_Shemag_tan";

//move into helicopter
if (alive _heli && _heli emptyPositions "Cargo" > 0) then { 
    _unit moveInCargo _heli;
} else { 
    _unit setPosATL (getMarkerPos "LZ"); 
};
nil;

[versed belfry]

@open fractal Your script magic works, I love you xD

[open fractal]

still dont know why initPlayerLocal didnt work

[tough abyss]

//**======================
 **   FUNCTION NAME
 *@param name type  
 *@return type
 *========================**/

Automatically generates comments

[versed belfry]

as curios as I am, it is also 2:14 AM, so that s a mystery for another day, you guys all have a good night ^

[tough abyss]

Probably should create an SQF comment generator

Yeah I think I will make a comment block generator would be nice

and making it for .vscode doesn't look difficult

[brazen lagoon]

is there a way to get if a group has a motorized/mechanized/armor vehicle in it?

or I guess if it just has a ground vehicle in it

eh I guess assignedVehicle of group leader is good enough

[tough abyss]

Check it's kindOf

 
{ 
  if (_x isKindOf "Tank" || _x isKindOf "Car") then {} 
} count (units groupName);

That will do what you want but also check if the vehicle is alive

@brazen lagoon

Reason for using count instead of forEach if you don't need the forEachIndex just use count

[brazen lagoon]

yeah

makes sense

[tough abyss]

I don't know if it's faster? I think it is because it's not doing another operation.

Thats purely based on my understanding of Big-O notation.

[granite sky]

findIf is normally preferable. Your code is pretty busted anyway :P

units _group doesn't include the vehicles occupied by groups, and if it's isKindOf "Tank" then it's not isKindOf "Car".

"LandVehicle" is probably the best one to use, although there's no guarantee with config that all mobile land vehicles actually inherit from it.

If you want to check properly then you'd have to check the simulation or something.

[tough abyss]

Ah sorry it should have been ||

[granite sky]

The if statement isn't doing anything there anyway

Ths would kinda work, although it's not good:

{
  (vehicle _x isKindOf "Tank" || vehicle _x isKindOf "Car")
} count (units groupName);

Additionally, because there's no accessor for whether a vehicle is attached to a group, there is no way to detect whether a vehicle has been added to a group (with addVehicle) but they just haven't decided to board it at the moment.

[tough abyss]

@granite sky I'm not going to give the entire answer.

[stable dune]

You want to know If specific unit is assinged to vehicle?

[stable dune]

Or crew from vehicle?

[granite sky]

Neither. Groups have a vehicle pool:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/AI_Group_Vehicle_Management

[winter crown]

Looking for programers

[versed widget]

what is the parent class for Cars i tried car_f but it seems that even trucks are included and inherit from it

[hallow mortar]

That's probably about as close as you're going to get. Trucks are functionally just large cars so there isn't any need for a separate parent class.

You might be able to check the textSingular config attribute instead: <#arma3_scripting message>

Wait a minute, that was an answer to you last time 🤔

[versed widget]

lol right, i didnt know how to actually use it

params ["_Vehicle"];
"truck" in toLowerANSI getText (configOf _vehicle >> "_generalMacro")
};```
what does Tally_Fnc_isTruck actually return ?

[hallow mortar]

After defining it like that (or better yet, in cfgFunctions), you would call it like this:

[_vehicle] call tally_fnc_isTruck;

The return will be true if it is a truck and false if it is not.

[versed widget]

ah i see, so do i have to define _vehicle, like objectparent player = _vehicle

[hallow mortar]

Well, defining is the other way around, so that would be _vehicle = objectParent player. But it's just a placeholder, it could be any reference to a vehicle, doesn't have to be a local variable, or called _vehicle, or even a saved variable at all; [objectParent player] call tally_fnc_isTruck; would also be fine if that's appropriate for your context

[versed widget]

oh cool, i think i understand i will try it

[versed widget]

i changed truck with Car and when i get in a car it return false

[hallow mortar]

it's case sensitive and checks against all-lowercase text. You must use "car" and not "Car".

[versed widget]

hmmm, it still return false

for trucks it works but not for cars

[hallow mortar]

When you made the changes to the script, did you save the file?

[versed widget]

for now im testing on the debug menu

Tally_Fnc_isCar = {
params ["_Vehicle"];
"car" in toLowerANSI getText (configOf _vehicle >> "_generalMacro")
};

_isCar = [objectparent player] call tally_fnc_isCar;
systemchat str _isCar; 

[versed widget]

wierd, what is "_generalMacro"

[hallow mortar]

It seems to be some kind of special property used by the engine. The person who wrote that piece of code apparently knows more about it than I do, given that they provided it as a solution for this.
You could try replacing it with "textSingular" if you like; if you want to actually understand why it was used you should ask the person who wrote it.

[versed widget]

ok i will try to contact him

[candid condor]

Hey I have a question I want a object to invisable but this removes the collision any idea how to fix this? object is a wall

Or is this the wrong channel to ask?

[open hollow]

there are some invisible walls

i guess thats what you want

[candid condor]

Alright I will have a look

[limber oyster]

I'm a mission creator using SQF to load missions into servers via the debug console and I'm having some trouble and am wondering if anyone could help.

I'm having trouble finding the problem for my AIs and most of my simple objects not loading in when I execute my SQF.

I built a mission that was decently large with a lot of objects and when I attempted to load it all in together in one SQF file 98% of the objects I placed didn't load in, including AI and vehicles and simple objects, and so I decided to split the code into two SQFs, separating the simple objects from the AI and simulated objects, and the code for the custom objects loaded in perfectly fine when I did that, although the code with the simulated objects, vehicles, and AI only partially loaded in, with most simulated buildings, gates, and vehicles not loading in, and none of the AI loaded in.

--One thing I noticed with the code for the AI is that it has code related to the CBA mod I believe. Would that cause issues when translating that to public servers?

The only things that loaded in was like one building and a few crates, when there should be AI, vehicles, ammo caches, and a few other objects that shouldve also spawned in. I'm not sure exactly what the problem is, but I'll link the section of code I'm having trouble with, along with an image of me attempting to execute the SQF in the editor showing an error that I don't have any knowledge on how to fix.

https://www.sqfbin.com/zenizebulaqipadizodo

^this is the section of code that is supposed to spawn in the AI and simulated objects.

[warm hedge]

Uhh, why would you use this legacy 3D editor sqf?

[limber oyster]

elaborate please?

[warm hedge]

IDK how you'd get this sqf but seems like from an legacy 3D Editor, is very obsolete in the first place

[limber oyster]

I created this SQF in the Eden editor, and have made compositions previously using this method

[warm hedge]

Oh wait, sorry yeah you're right. I just recalled that there's a export as sqf option

Which is... something I've never used

So, the code, is to spawn an entire composition, and is not spawning the entire properly?

[limber oyster]

The code that I linked is one out of two files I'm using to load a composition. The code you can see is all of the AI, vehicles, and simulated objects, the simple objects are in a different file.

And it's only loading some of what it should be loading. No AI is spawning, although if you scroll through you can see that the code for all the AI and everything is there, although only around 10 objects are loading with that code.

[warm hedge]

So... I don't think it is reliable enough solution. I'd suggest this method instead, if you still have the composition in Eden
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getMissionLayerEntities

[granite sky]

How many groups is that?

[warm hedge]

That too. Arma 3 only allows up to 144 IIRC groups in a time

[granite sky]

maybe only ~55 here though :P

[warm hedge]

Maybe an rpt knows

[granite sky]

nods

[limber oyster]

I could try putting all the code for the AI in it's own SQF and could see if that works.

[granite sky]

RPT is your friend

[warm hedge]

!rpt

[wicked roost]

Arma RPT

Arma generates a .rpt log file each time it's run, which contains a lot of information like the loaded mods, or any errors that appear, this log file can be very useful for troubleshooting problems.

To get to your RPT files press Windows+R and enter %localappdata%/Arma 3

Additionally see the wiki page for more info: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Crash_Files

To share an rpt log here, please use a website like https://sqfbin.com/ to upload the full log, that way the people helping you can take a look at it and try to figure out the problem you're having together with you.
Note: RPT logs can hold personal information relevant to your system, the game or others.

[limber oyster]

I wouldn't be able to do that, I'm not experienced enough with scripting and all that to learn a new method. The only reason I know of this method I'm doing is because I was taught by some people along with a youtube video.

So to generate the errors I'm having with the RPT, should I execute the code in Eden or like a MP server?

[warm hedge]

Either

Or... the latest rpt already knows, I think

The method itself is simple enough, and reliable. I can give you some codes actually

[limber oyster]

thats possible but the last time I started Arma I executed multiple SQFs and multiple times so I'm going to restart and get a new RPT

Would that method be able to be executed locally? In servers I use a local debug console to load in my missions via SQF.

[warm hedge]

Should be on the server

{
    _x hideObjectGlobal false ;
    _x enableSimulationGlobal true ;
} forEach (getMissionLayerEntities "YourLayerName")#0 ;```

[limber oyster]

https://www.sqfbin.com/fiyuriretaponiwoziba

the rpt ^

I wouldn't know what to look for to be honest I apologize

[warm hedge]

No need to be sorry

Hm nothing suspicious there

[warm hedge]

Of course this method needs the composition in the mission, and has to be in a layer in Eden

[limber oyster]

hmm i'm wouldn't exactly be sure, but if it enables simulation globally, I believe it would greatly impact the performance of my compositions, because in my comps I have hundreds of trees as simple objects with simulation disabled, so would that cause issues? Also how does this method actually work though? I am loading these SQFs into official servers, so I wouldn't be sure if it would work on them.

[warm hedge]

Official servers?

[limber oyster]

Yes, official Zeus servers

So I believe that there may be issues that could occur from that, but I wouldn't be entirely certain.

[warm hedge]

I don't play MPs so wouldn't know how it would work, but...

Ah, that's why you're using this method

[limber oyster]

Yes, I have been trying to make missions and comps for pub zeus, although my composition sizes were too big, therefore I am using this method I found to load them in instead.

And I haven't had any problems before with loading in compositions with this method until I began adding AI into the comps. There's also at least almost a thousand or more simple objects that is part of the comp, which I have in a separate file I load in, which loads perfectly fine, although the code with the AI has not been working for me.

The reason for the large amount of simple objects if you are wondering is because of trees, roads, and props, although since I load them in as simple objects, they have no effect on performance.

[grand rock]

I have a question regarding a command with changing post-process effects; In ppEffectCommit 3, What does the "3" stand for? I'm not entirely certain on the context of what it does, does it call a certain command or does it have a lifetime?

[warm hedge]

seconds

[grand rock]

Ah, gotcha

tyvm 🙂

[tight cloak]

whats the fastest way to grab all objects of the same classname or multiple classnames and put them into an array?
eg, ive placed alot of wooden boxes with the same classname, id like to fetch all 3 in the simplest way possible without naming each and every one of them

[hallow mortar]

_objectsArray = entities "yourClassnameHere" (single classname)
_objectsArray = entities [["yourClassname1","yourClassname2"],[]] (multiple classnames)

[granite sky]

entities "type" probably

[tight cloak]

ty ill give it a whirl

[granite sky]

Because it uses isKindOf you might get unexpected results in some corner cases.

[tight cloak]

seen it just now, tried:

_allalive = entities [[], [], true, true];
systemchat format ["%1", _allalive];

as a test and it was pulling p3d files

[hallow mortar]

Well yes, if you use an empty array it detects literally everything it can possibly detect, which can include map entities that are referenced by model name rather than a classname

That's not the kind of edge case they were talking about (it's not even an edge case, it's just working as intended). They meant that it will also detect objects that inherit from the classname you put in (e.g. put in Car_F and you'll get not only Car_F but also any class that inherits from Car_F, e.g. most types of car). With a specific box classname this shouldn't be an issue.

[tight cloak]

_objectsArray = entities "Land_WoodenBox_F";
systemchat format ["%1", _objectsArray];

retested with this, returned them all the same but still as p3d

does it still work though?

[hallow mortar]

Yes, it still works. It's probably just referring to them by their model name because they don't have any other name.

References to unnamed objects can get weird when you try to present them as strings because they are not actually strings. The game knows what it means, it's just having a hard time translating that into a format you can understand.

[tight cloak]

yeah just gave

_objectsArray = entities "Land_WoodenBox_F";
systemchat format ["%1", _objectsArray];
{deleteVehicle _x} foreach _objectsArray;

a whirl and it effects them all. this is perfect then, i can work with it from here

ty for the help

[limber oyster]

i got my problem fixed by the way, there was an error in the code due to the method i used to export the SQF, although I got it fixed and made note of it if it happens again in the future. Thank you for the help

[modern meteor]

I am using a revive script for my squad AI units. Sometimes when one of the units gets revived the order of my squad changes. Eg. sniper was initially on F4 and is now on F3. Is there a way to run a script which assigns the order of the group? Could run it after the revive.

[jovial belfry]

hello i am working on one mode and i would need to find out which function i made a mistake you don't know how i could make a console debug which would show me what was done and where the code got stuck

[open fractal]

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

[meager granite]

Is it guaranteed that player is new player during Respawn event handler of the player unit firing?

25.06.2022 19:00:00: STONE.MAN1335 (24.178.228.20:2304) c869a7bace840865ab7833e741a80c82 - #0 "kg22ww <NULL-object>"
25.06.2022 19:11:44: STONE.MAN1335 (24.178.228.20:2304) c869a7bace840865ab7833e741a80c82 - #0 "kg22ww R Alpha 4-3:1 (STONE.MAN1335) REMOTE"
```Seeing this in `remotexec.log`, `kg22ww` being a `remoteExecCall` function that sends `player` right in player unit's `Respawn` event handler function (unscheduled of course). Not sure if this is a case of `player` not being reliable at this point or BE logging messing up and showing objects as null randomly 🤔

[granite sky]

This is a client Respawn EH remoteExecCall'ing a logging function on the server?

[meager granite]

There is a Respawn event handler on player's unit on client side that sends return of player command to server with remoteExecCall from within that Respawn event handler function

[granite sky]

Are you deleting the corpse in the same EH or what?

[meager granite]

Yeah my mistake of not using EH arguments for old and new unit and having player instead but I'm still curious what's going on

No, the server does the deletion, it can be done very quickly, within few frames (1 to say 50 depending on number of players) of respawn (if the body is in spawn area)

[granite sky]

Potentially faster than the remoteExecCall then?

[meager granite]

Nope, should be a bunch of frames after it

That's why I guessed that BE is messing up logging with nulls for entities

I'll add more logging, but still wonder what is going on

[granite sky]

It's the sort of thing that isn't documented anyway.

You just have to add logging and hope that you find something plausible :P

[meager granite]

I wonder if remoteExecCall's arrival due to network latency could be longer than these bunch of deletion frames?

Basically by the time remoteExecCall arrives to the server, bunch of frames have already passed and body got deleted, thus a null in BE log

[granite sky]

What's the condition for deletion?

[meager granite]

!isPlayer and then check if its within spawn area for instant deletion

[granite sky]

Yeah, definitely possible then.

[meager granite]

So if player is indeed returning a dead player on Respawn instead of new one, then it explains the whole thing

Thus my original question if player is reliable inside player's Respawn event handler

25.06.2022 19:16:35: STONE.MAN1335 (24.178.228.20:2304) c869a7bace840865ab7833e741a80c82 - #0 "kg22ww 1da72971480# 1799916: ia_soldier_01.p3d REMOTE"
```More logs, not even a named unit, looks like `player` indeed *may* return a dead body from within a `Respawn` EH

[granite sky]

Log locally as well.

I'm not even sure where the new player units are created. The other alternative is that the player unit is created on the client and the remoteExecCall actually get there faster than the unit :P

On connection players are created on the server though, IIRC

(and then passed over to client-local)

[meager granite]

Yeah, lobby units are created on server, respawned units are created on clients

[granite sky]

wow ok

[meager granite]

Good thought actually, but it kinda sounds strange that entity creation message arrives (gets processed?) later than remote exec message 🤔

Its Arma though, so anything is possible

[granite sky]

Possibly arrives in the same frame and it's a frame-order issue.

Seems like a lot of dependent stuff to fire in one frame though.

[meager granite]

That non-named entity in logs might also be newly created player unit that isn't a player yet as select player message gets processed even later

Guessing here, gonna add more logging to see what's up

Maybe @still forum can shine a light if its even possible for remote exec message to be processed before whatever the message for respawning unit is, if remote exec is sent from within Respawn EH

Or if its just player not being reliable to return new player unit from inside Respawn EH

[still forum]

is weekend

bai

[meager granite]

[calm grotto]

Im trying to set up an arma op just to frick around and i have 2 respawn points set up and for some reason we spawn in the corner of the map can someone help me?

Ive tried for 2 hours now it still doesnt work

[opal zephyr]

Do you have the respawn points set to the correct side and have you enabled respawns in the settings?

[open fractal]

You're going to need to share what you've tried

there's multiple ways of doing respawns

[calm grotto]

Yes i have

I cant post images

[open fractal]

Describe it

[calm grotto]

alright

ive put 2 respawns for runway and helipad for 3 players i have 3 vehicle respawns and i have set everything in my settings that this youtube tutorial said

Respawn is set to respawn on custom position

I have allow manual respawns on

I have select respawn position and loadout on

the individual respawn is set to Name - type (Infantry) Side - (BLUFOR) show to - (Only The Side)

idk what i did wrong im very frustrated

[open fractal]

Isn't that for respawn markers?

is there a MenuPosition option?

I don't have the game in front of me but if you use custom position i think it'll take you to 000 unless you place a respawn_west (depending on faction) marker

which is a different respawn system than you're using

[drifting portal]

what is the best way to measure a player's ping?

[little raptor]

getUserInfo

[drifting portal]

how did I forget that

thanks a lot

how do I know if a number is infinity ?

[little raptor]

isFinite

or was it finite?

latter

[drifting portal]

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

yep

I guess also infinity ping is only possible for client host

[little raptor]

does getUserInfo actually return infinity?

or are you just guessing?

[drifting portal]

yes

it returns something like 1.67.... e+007

tried finite (((getUserInfo (getPlayerID player))#9)#1, it returns true

[little raptor]

that's not infinity

[little raptor]

you said it yourself

it returns true -> it's not infinity

[drifting portal]

ah alright

[little raptor]

also that's wrong

[drifting portal]

what is the right one?

[granite sky]

Bracket issues

[little raptor]

yeah

order of precedence is wrong

[granite sky]

Looks like you just clipped it though?

[little raptor]

finite is unary

is binary

[drifting portal]

yeah

[granite sky]

lost one off the end

[drifting portal]

that's good to know

many thanks

although I will throw another question soon lol

https://sqfbin.com/iwugosekezanenaquwub

is the while loop condition at 53

correct?

will it stop executing when game ESC menu is not shown?

[little raptor]

no

[drifting portal]

how do I fix it?

[little raptor]

don't use while...

[drifting portal]

for....?

I'm confused

[little raptor]

getUserInfo is server exec

why do you even use it in there?

is that being called on the server?

[drifting portal]

me not reading the biki properly moment I guess

that's a problem then

that means It will be more tedious to retrieve the ping

because I want client to know their ping

that means I will have to keep calling the server every second

[little raptor]

it was correct

nvm

but the getUserInfo part is still wrong

[drifting portal]

yeah

how will I retrieve the ping then without lightly ddosing the server?

[little raptor]

what you just said

[drifting portal]

[[player],{
    params ["_unit"];
    Tro_PlayerPing = ((getUserInfo (getPlayerID _unit))#9)#1;
    (owner _unit) publicVariableClient "Tro_PlayerPing";
}
]remoteExec ["call", 2];

?

this is what I should call every second for the server to return the ping?

yes

I know

[granite sky]

Ideally you turn that into a function :P

[drifting portal]

is proud

[little raptor]

[{
    Tro_PlayerPing = ((getUserInfo (getPlayerID _unit))#9)#1;
    remoteExecutedOwner publicVariableClient "Tro_PlayerPing";
}
]remoteExec ["call", 2];

[drifting portal]

how will the game know what _unit is?

[little raptor]

it doesn't

[granite sky]

remoteExecutedOwner shenanigans maybe :P

[drifting portal]

but yeah

I'm more worried

if it will ddos the server

or cause too much traffic

like if a player goes afk?

[little raptor]

lol wat?

[granite sky]

It's not really much compared to what clients normally send.

[little raptor]

a server is receiving thousands of more messages

[drifting portal]

idk man people always beat me to a pulp whenever I use remoteExec lol

[granite sky]

It's not ideal either :P

but I'm not sure you have a better option.

[little raptor]

well you don't have any other choice now

[granite sky]

This is a dialog that most people wouldn't have open all the time, right?

[drifting portal]

everytime you go to escape menu it shows you the dialog

[granite sky]

yeah that's probably the best approach then. Other than making a function for it.

[drifting portal]

I will make a function why not

sqf file?

[granite sky]

blinks

[drifting portal]

I keep committing atrocities it seems

i never used cfgFunctions before

if that what is it called

that's what you are referring to right?

[granite sky]

You should really start :P

[drifting portal]

yeah of course I'm just making sure

[granite sky]

well, you can also just do some abomination like TAG_myServerFunc = { //trash code goes here } on the server

and then [player] remoteExecCall ["TAG_myServerFunc", 2] called from the client will work.

but CfgFunctions is your friend.

[drifting portal]

yeah I will use that then

trying to minimise the minor ddos

cfgFunctions sounds good

[tight cloak]

_commonContainers = entities "Land_WoodenBox_F";
{
    _loopCount = [1,12] call BIS_Fnc_randomInt;
    for "_1" from 0 to _loopCount do {
        private _lootCommon = selectrandom [
    "ACE_WaterBottle",
    "ACE_WaterBottle_Half",
    "ACE_WaterBottle_Empty",
    "ACE_tourniquet",
    "ACE_Sunflower_Seeds",
    "ACE_SpraypaintBlack",
    "ACE_SpraypaintBlue",
    "ACE_SpraypaintGreen",
    "ACE_SpraypaintRed",
    "ACE_MRE_BeefStew",
    "ACE_MRE_SteakVegetables",
    "ACE_MRE_MeatballsPasta",
    "ACE_MRE_LambCurry",
    "ACE_MRE_CreamTomatoSoup",
    "ACE_MRE_ChickenHerbDumplings",
    "ACE_MRE_ChickenTikkaMasala",
    "ACE_MRE_CreamChickenSoup",
    "ACE_Can_Spirit",
    "ACE_Can_RedGull",
    "ACE_Can_Franta",
    "ACE_Banana",
    "ACE_elasticBandage",
    "WBK_survival_weapon_2",
    "Crowbar",
    "Bat_Clear",
    "Pipe_aluminium",
    "WBK_axe",
];
        _x addItemCargo _lootCommon;
    };
    systemchat format ["%1 containers remain", _loopCount];
} forEach _commonContainers;

error line 45 - the ]; above _x additemcargo _LootCommon;
error: missing [
any ideas?

[open fractal]

delete the comma after WBK_axe

also is this for MP?

[tight cloak]

did that and yes it is for MP, changed addItemCargo to the global version

ty for the help, will test

[open fractal]

if it's a lot of containers you may want to have this execute from an event handler instead of a loop

[flat sluice]

Anyone have a good script or method to mass export all weapon class names from the arsenal? Currently have a script running a configClasses search on CfgWeapons but its taking way too long to execute. Can be BI or ACE arsenal.

My current script which isn't quite working for reference

private _classes = "(configName _x) isKindOf ['Rifle', configFile >> 'CfgWeapons']" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgWeapons"); 
private _result = []; 
 
{ 
    _result pushBackUnique (configName _x); 
} forEach _classes; 
 
_result

Actually nvm it just randomly worked

[little raptor]

well if you use pushBack instead of pushBackUnique it'll get faster

the names are unique anyway

you're just wasting computation time

in fact you don't even need pushBack and forEach

you can just do apply

private _result = toString {
  getNumber (_x >> "scope") >= 1 && 
  {(configName _x) isKindOf ['Rifle', configFile >> 'CfgWeapons']}
} configClasses (configFile >> "CfgWeapons") apply {configName _x}

[flat sluice]

Interesting to note. I've generally stayed away from apply due to how unreadable it is, but I'll keep it in mind. Script took about 3 seconds for all primary rifles in my unit's modpack so I'm willing to deal with that since I'm just copying their classnames into a file. If I was running this on init I'd definitely follow that apply format though.

[cosmic lichen]

How is it less readable than forEach?

[flat sluice]

AFAIK, no major programming language has an apply function or similar function.

It's just poorly designed in terms of usage IMO

[little raptor]

you can always create one in your "major programming language"

[little raptor]

poorly designed?

SQF is dynamically typed. being able to readily transform array elements comes very naturally to it

and btw many "major programming languages" have a transform function for arrays

which is almost like what apply does (except apply creates a new array)

[steady minnow]

Good time of day.I'm new to scripts.Tell me how to make a check whether an object with a certain classname is alive on the map?Thank you for the answer.

[tight cloak]

its going to add it to them all, once. at the start as the mission boots then never again

[open fractal]

alright. personally I think it's cleaner to run that calculation as-needed when a player accesses an inventory but if it works it works

[copper raven]

wat? C# has LINQ Select, c++ has std::transform, i'm sure others have something similar aswell

[drifting portal]

is there a way to know since how long the mission started?

[granite sky]

time ? :P

(see also serverTime)

[drifting portal]

I checked both

isn't time for when a player joins?

for example if he joins in the middle of the mission it will be 0 for him?

or is that a wrong understanding?

[granite sky]

Probably correct. That's what serverTime is for, if you want to know when the mission started on the server from a client.

[tight cloak]

That's actually a really good idea. I'll have a gander at it

Didn't think of that

But if I do, I'd have to find a way of preventing that crate from having itself be refilled everytime it's opened

[open fractal]

You can set and broadcast a variable on the crate

[tight cloak]

I could tag it with a variable then run a check maybe

[open fractal]

and add a check to the inventory event handler

yeah

[tight cloak]

Same train of thought, I'll give it a whirl

Ty for the idea

[open fractal]

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

I've done something similar with inventoryOpened

it works so long as you return true to override the inventory opening when you add the items and use spawn to give the player a inventory open action with a very short delay so the items show up in the inventory

otherwise it'll appear empty the first time

[tough abyss]

this script is supposed to spawn loot from _weaponpool at _buildingPosition ive debugged it a bit but its no longer giving me an error any ideas? or obvious things ive failed? ```sqf

[]spawn{
spawnLoot = true;
while{spawnLoot}do{
_magazineArry = [1, 2, 3, 4];
private _buildings = [];
private _buildingBlacklist = [''];
private _weaponPool = [''];
_weaponPool = "
getText (_X >> 'dlc') isEqualTo 'CUP_Weapons'
" configClasses (configFile >>"CFGweapons");
_buildings append (nearestObjects [player, ["house"], 50]);
_rifle = configName (configFile >> "CFGweapons");
{

     _buildingPosition = [_x] call BIS_fnc_buildingPositions;
     
        {
                _rifle = _weaponPool call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;
                _magazineCount = _magazineArry call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;
                _holder = "WeaponHolder" createVehicle [0,0,0];
                _holder setPos _x;
                _holder addWeaponCargoGlobal [_rifle, 1];
                _wepMagazines = getArray (configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> (configname _rifle) >> "magazines");
                _holder addMagazineCargoGlobal [_wepMagazines, _magazineCount];
        } forEach _buildingPosition;
    }foreach _buildings;
};

};

[drifting portal]

Only problem is client host might abort a mission then replay it, it will still count as if the mission kept running

[open fractal]

stop using BIS_fnc_selectRandom there's a selectRandom command

_rifle = selectRandom _weaponPool;

you should add diag_log lines to see where your script is going wrong

[tough abyss]

elaborate please

[open fractal]

why is this in a while loop

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

you can print the arrays to rpt

[tough abyss]

its in a while loop so it happens multiple times with near buildings

[open fractal]

why

[tough abyss]

and also so it can be stopped

[open fractal]

pain

you can use your spawn return to stop the script

_script = [] spawn {//code};
terminate _script;

your code is a little nonsensical

I'm having a hard time deconstructing what you're trying to do

[tough abyss]

im trying to get weapons in cup then spawn them in points with mags

[open fractal]

you want to create a weaponholder in every position in every building and repeat this action multiple times per second?

[tough abyss]

no

wait does it do that

oh

oh no

[open fractal]

you wrote while {true} dude

[tough abyss]

shit

brain smoll

should i remove while () do {} completly?

[open fractal]

you want it to dynamically spawn loot in buildings as the player approaches them right?

[tough abyss]

yes

[open fractal]

you can use a loop for that but do it more conservatively

add sleep so the game isn't constantly trying to execute your instructions

and put as little in the loop as possible

set variables on buildings and add a check to ignore the buildings that have already been done

[tough abyss]

would i check with nearentities

or just when it creates the weapon holder it moves it to another list

[open fractal]

if !(_building getVariable ["ncl_lootCreated",false]) then {
//create loot
_building setVariable ["ncl_lootCreated",true];
}

I think this works with terrain objects

this way you can have your loop skip over a building with minimal processing

BIS_fnc_buildingPositions is outdated as well. use buildingPos

[tough abyss]

just make it _buildingPosition = buildingPositions [_x]; right?

[open fractal]

buildingPositions was a typo it's buildingPos

and no

use the wiki

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

_magazineArry = [1, 2, 3, 4];
_magazineCount = _magazineArry call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;
``` this is unnecessary you can do 
```sqf
_magazineCount = ceil random 4;
``` to get a random integer

[open fractal]

even better you can construct an array of the weaponholders spawned in the building and store it in a variable so they can be cleaned up later

[tough abyss]

could i do _buildingPosition = _buildings player buildingPos ;
or would i have to do
_buildingPosition = nearestbuilding player buildingPos ;

because the 2nd one seems to only be for one

[winter rose]

time is for mission time (though: 1/ it gets reset on save load iirc, and 2/ it's incorrect for the first few seconds in JIP)
serverTime is for how long is the server up

Cc@granite sky

[open fractal]

where are you finding this syntax?

are you reading the wiki?

[tough abyss]

i read nearestbuilding because visual code sent me there 🤦‍♂️

[open fractal]

that part's fine

[tough abyss]

wait

i confused myself

i think i got it from buildingpos

yeah i did

ok so ive got this now

_spawn = []spawn{
if !(_building getVariable ["_lootCreated",false]) then {
           _magazineArry = ceil random 4;
        private _buildings = [];
        private _buildingBlacklist = [''];
        private _weaponPool = [''];
            _weaponPool = "
             getText (_X >> 'dlc') isEqualTo 'CUP_Weapons'
            " configClasses (configFile >>"CFGweapons");
             _buildings append (nearestObjects [player, ["house"], 50]);
            _rifle = configName (configFile >> "CFGweapons"); 
        {
         _buildingPosition = _X player buildingPos -1;
            {
                    _rifle = selectRandom _weaponPool;
                    _magazineCount = _magazineArry call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;
                    _holder = "WeaponHolder" createVehicle [0,0,0];
                    _holder setPos _x;
                    _holder addWeaponCargoGlobal [_rifle, 1];
                    _wepMagazines = getArray (configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> (configname _rifle) >> "magazines");
                    _holder addMagazineCargoGlobal [_wepMagazines, _magazineCount];
            } forEach _buildingPosition;
        }foreach _buildings;
    _building setVariable ["_lootCreated",true];
    }
};  

[open fractal]

you're setting a variable on _building which is undefined

and you're calling a selectRandom function on an integer

which was already randomly selected and is also not an array

I presume _weaponPool can be defined at mission init and doesn't need to be defined in here

or at least outside of any loop

[tough abyss]

yes

[open fractal]

that should be fine right there as long as you don't put it inside a loop

[tough abyss]

ok

[open fractal]

I don't know if your config stuff is correct so im just going to skip over it

[tough abyss]

ive tested it with hint str and it was for what i was after

[open fractal]

ok

    _building setVariable ["_lootCreated",true];
``` I wrote the tag in front for a reason

you only start local variables with a _

[tough abyss]

oh my b

Nested loops o(n^2)

How often is that script run @tough abyss ?

[open fractal]

it was in a while true loop with no sleep earlier so we're taking baby steps here

[tough abyss]

Find a way to use forEachIndex with your loop

yeah im stupid

And eliminate the forEach nesting

[open fractal]

what's wrong with forEach nesting?

[tough abyss]

o(n^2) complexity?

Increases runtime a lot...

[little raptor]

how is he supposed to eliminate it when that's what the script needs?

it's going thru all building positions in all buildings

[open fractal]

_holder addMagazineCargoGlobal [_wepMagazines, _magazineCount];
``` in case I forget to point it out `_wepMagazines` is an array so the command won't work

[little raptor]

also:

_holder = "WeaponHolder" createVehicle [0,0,0];
pretty sure it should be GroundWeaponHolder

[tough abyss]

yeah i was very confused because there is around 6 (i think) weapon holders

[open fractal]

nucle_spawnLoot = [] spawn {    
    while {true} do {
        sleep 5; 
        private _buildings = nearestObjects [player, ["house"], 50];
        {
            private _building = _x;
            if !(_building getVariable ["art_lootCreated",false]) then {
                _buildingPosition = _building buildingPos -1;
                {
                    private _pos = _x;
                    private _rifle = currentWeapon player;
                    private _magazineCount = ceil random 4;
                    private _holder = "GroundWeaponHolder" createVehicle [0,0,0];
                    _holder setPosATL _pos;
                    _holder addWeaponCargoGlobal [_rifle, 1];
                    private _magazine = currentMagazine player; 
                    _holder addMagazineCargoGlobal [_magazine, _magazineCount];
                } forEach _buildingPosition;
                _building setVariable ["art_lootCreated",true];
            };
        } forEach _buildings;
    };
};  
```this works for me

[little raptor]

_holder setPosATL _pos;
_pos is AGL

[open fractal]

i just got the loop working havent thought about optimization

[little raptor]

tho I doubt he's placing the building on water so probably doesn't matter here

[open fractal]

that was my thought

the groundweaponholders tend to float a little bit above and below the floor

[little raptor]

_building setVariable ["_lootCreated",true];
also a fair warning about this one: terrain objects are streamed

so that variable will be cleared and you can't be 100% sure that you won't spawn the loot twice

[open fractal]

that is a fair warning

what do you think would be a good alternative? logging building position?

[little raptor]

dunno maybe it was GroundWeaponHolder_Scripted?

try the scripted one

[open fractal]

same behavior

[tough abyss]

i saw one where a person created a vr cube attached the holder to it then deleted it would that work?

given it was an older script

[little raptor]

yeah you're right

building positions are slightly above ground

doing this kinda fixes it:

_pos = AGLToASL _pos;
_holder setPosASL _pos;
_pos set [2, _pos#2 - getPos _holder#2];
_holder setPosASL _pos;

but still since the roadway LOD is above the geometry LOD it's still a bit floating

ah wait it was this holder:

"WeaponHolderSimulated_Scripted"

that one falls to the ground (looks the same as what the above code gives, so still a bit floating)

[open fractal]

huge

but there is a problem

in some buildings the simulated weaponholder spawns under the floor and glitches out

[little raptor]

you can use the getPos trick above 😛

[open fractal]

about to check that with the problem buildings

[little raptor]

though you don't need that trick anymore

lineIntersectsSurfaces supports the roadway LOD now

you can just do:

_inters = lineIntersectsSurfaces [_pos vectorAdd [0,0,1], _pos vectorDiff [0,0,1], objNull, objNull, true, 1, "ROADWAY", "GEOM"];
_pos = _inters param [0, []] param [0, _pos];

(_pos must be ASL)

[open fractal]

oh gosh

[open fractal]

this one passes the stratis vibe check

for some reason they all float at an angle

but setDir resolves that

I'd go so far as to say this is the move

[little raptor]

well you can also extract the surface normal and apply it

[open fractal]

I'd probably end up doing a random setDir for all of them anyway

[little raptor]

_inters = lineIntersectsSurfaces [_pos vectorAdd [0,0,1], _pos vectorDiff [0,0,1], objNull, objNull, true, 1, "ROADWAY", "GEOM"];
if (count _inters > 0) then {
  _obj setPosASL _inters#0#0;
  _obj setVectorUp _inters#0#1;
} else {
  _obj setPosASL _pos;
};

[open fractal]

_pos = AGLToASL _pos;
_inters = lineIntersectsSurfaces [_pos vectorAdd [0,0,1], _pos vectorDiff [0,0,1], objNull, objNull, true, 1, "ROADWAY", "GEOM"];
_pos = _inters param [0, []] param [0, _pos];
_holder setPosASL _pos;
_holder setDir (random 360);
``` this looks great on my end

leopard magic

[open fractal]

I'm going to go ahead and stop working on this but would creating a separate entity (game logic?) on the building's position and storing variables to it instead be a bad idea?

also @tough abyss ```sqf
nucle_spawnLoot = [] spawn {
art_iteratedBuildings = [];
while {true} do {
sleep 5;
private _buildings = nearestObjects [player, ["house"], 50];
{
private _building = _x;
if !(_building getVariable ["art_lootCreated",false]) then {
_buildingPosition = _building buildingPos -1;
{
private _pos = _x;
private _rifle = currentWeapon player;
private _magazine = currentMagazine player;
private _magazineCount = ceil random 4;
private _holder = "GroundWeaponHolder" createVehicle [0,0,0];
_pos = AGLToASL _pos;
_inters = lineIntersectsSurfaces [_pos vectorAdd [0,0,1], _pos vectorDiff [0,0,1], objNull, objNull, true, 1, "ROADWAY", "GEOM"];
_pos = _inters param [0, []] param [0, _pos];
_holder setPosASL _pos;
_holder setDir (random 360);
_holder addWeaponCargoGlobal [_rifle, 1];
_holder addMagazineCargoGlobal [_magazine, _magazineCount];
} forEach _buildingPosition;
_building setVariable ["art_lootCreated",true];
};
} forEach _buildings;
};
};

[tough abyss]

k thx

[little raptor]

yes

maybe using a hashmap is better

[tough abyss]

^

[open fractal]

definitely more efficient

[little raptor]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/HashMap#Unsupported_Key_Types

[tough abyss]

Thats what I meant by the o(n^2)

[little raptor]

I have added it there

[little raptor]

but the script is not searching for anything

it's storing the variable on the _building object

setVariable is still a hashmap (O(1))

the problem was the streaming

[open fractal]

could the building's pos be used as a key?

[little raptor]

yes

in v2.10 its ID can be used too

see getObjectID

[open fractal]

2.10 isn't out yet is it

in stable

[little raptor]

no

[drifting portal]

well is there a way to know for how long a player has been in a game

like in the mission

[winter rose]

not out of the box, no
use SQS and _time maybe

[little raptor]

just track it yourself

e.g. put joinTime = time in initPlayerLocal

then total play time is time - joinTime

[drifting portal]

yeah thought of that but was more about diag_tickTime

but that works too

[drifting portal]

btw is it possible to get a correct time by running it on the server?

and returning the value?

[winter rose]

meaning?

[drifting portal]

like making a function which a client remoteExec on the server, then the server returns time as a public variable

[winter rose]

how do you do a remoteExec return something 🙃

because yes, the server can be the authority on that too

[drifting portal]

In case time is inaccurate on the client

[little raptor]

wat?

even if it was why would it matter?

[drifting portal]

Doesn't it update/sync every 5 minutes?

[little raptor]

that's serverTime afaik

time is just client's time

[drifting portal]

and if someone joins 3 minutes after the mission started

time should be = 180?

[little raptor]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

probably

why does it matter what time is?

just fix your datum

[drifting portal]

just wanted an accurate display of time on the dialog I'm making

[winter rose]

time may be 0 on JIP for the first seconds

or, like, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, server update, poof 5128

[drifting portal]

guess its time to use diag_tickTime then

[cobalt path]

Question is there a way to make a jet be able to take a few missiles before going down? Like to delete first few missiles that would hit or smth

[little raptor]

handleDamage event handler

something like this

[cobalt path]

Thanks, I will check it out

[hallow mortar]

What dictates the order of sub-arrays returned by a HitPart EH (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#HitPart)?
Specifically, I'm asking about the case of a hit from a weapon that could deal both direct and indirect damage to the same target (e.g. HEAT). Would the first sub-array always be the initial direct hit, or are the sub-arrays sorted in a different way that could result in the indirect damage being the first result?

[glossy pine]

@little raptor where are the watch vars saved on your Advanced Developer Tool addon ?

[little raptor]

what do you mean where?

[glossy pine]

i mean, they are saved in profilenamespace or? i have something in a watch field that shouldnt be there 😄

[little raptor]

yeah

[little raptor]

do this:

uiNamespace setVariable ["DBUG_expressions", nil];
profileNamespace setVariable ["DBUG_expressions", nil];
saveProfileNamespace

it will remove all of them

[open hollow]

someone knows how the trigger area is made in 3den? i mean, i made this mod (https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2585755302) to see, activate or delete triggers with zeus, where the only way to see the triggers, is with a marker on the map, but ill love to do it in 3d too, like in the editor.

Any ideas on how to do it? 😅

[glossy pine]

ok ty xD

[little raptor]

if you have any repro steps let me know. I will try to fix the problem

[little raptor]

not possible afaik

[glossy pine]

idk im tired and my brain decided to place ```SQF
setMousePosition [0.5, 0.5];

xD

[little raptor]

I thought you meant a watch field wasn't deleted. that one's on you 😅

[glossy pine]

ye mb

[open hollow]

remplace it with disableUserInput true;

that will fix it /s

[glossy pine]

[open hollow]

wait, creating an https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/CT_OBJECT_CONTAINER you can change its size isnt it?

[little raptor]

it creates a UI model

how's that gonna solve your problem?

you can create your own model and spawn it in the game, but you can't resize it exactly like 3DEN. you can only scale it (total scale, not individual components)

[open hollow]

placing it on screenToWorld position, and change its size, it will need to change on every frame, but i guess something like that is on the editor.
there is an object that looks like an trigger area

[open hollow]

yea, cant stretch it on Z axis, you are right

[little raptor]

not just that

e.g. you can't scale a circle to get an ellipse

[open hollow]

yea, so close 😦

[hallow mortar]

You could probably use drawLine3D to visualise the trigger area. Hell of a lot of maths to get it right though

[little raptor]

but i guess something like that is on the editor.
no. 3DEN doesn't use UI. it spawns a 3D model in the world

drawIcon3D might work for you tho

create 2 images

one rectangle

one circle

[open hollow]

damn, it will be a nice feature to have lol, but im the only one who will ever request this

[little raptor]

but no rectangle one won't work

it becomes a parallelogram on screen
not just that but also the circle one won't be an ellipse, because it's perspective view, not orthogonal

[open hollow]

yea

well that things hunt me in my dreams for a while now...

[little raptor]

well if you're happy with drawing lines on the screen you can create 2D lines

Arma doesn't have drawLine2D but you can create rscLine ctrls instead

[vocal trout]

Hello! Is there a way to make the Edit Terrain Object module operate locally? I can't seem to make it work on MP scenarios when I use more than 3

[little raptor]

it depends how the module's function works. I'm not in the game to check that for you but I'm gonna guess no

[open hollow]

Yea ill try at least to see what happen

[agile pumice]

how do I use the ingame config search to only look in a certain parent class? say if i only wanted to search cfgWeapons classes?

game keeps crashing

[warm hedge]

How did you do that?

[agile pumice]

config viewer search config option

threw in a p3d name and it memory crashed part way through searching cfgvehicles

[winged summit]

Is there any way to get the animation source code for the animations I've got playing in game.
Trying to do star wars op with animations for the ending but the animation runs extremely slowly/laggy due to networking, if I put the code into the mission file and have it there to be executed locally for everyone then I believe that would fix this problem, just not sure how to get the code.

[open fractal]

animation viewer?

I've never encountered your laggy animation issue

how are you playing the animations?

[winged summit]

So I'm using keyframes with the ships to move them into position, unhiding them with a script and executing the animation. I'd execute the script using the debug console in-game and it's laggy no matter if I do it globally or using the server button. However, whenever I do this or a friend does this in singleplayer (or not over a network), it won't be laggy and would work perfectly.

[open fractal]

ok but what's the script

[worthy igloo]

    while {SCS_Active == true} do 
    {
      sleep 2; 
      [channel69, {_this radioChannelAdd ([leader player] + call BIS_fnc_listCuratorPlayers)}] remoteExec ["call", [0, -2] select isDedicated, channelCommand];    
    
      if (allowedChan = false) then 
      {
      sleep 2;
      channel69 radioChannelRemove [player];
      };
    
    };

does any know why this doesnt work

[warm hedge]

= is to declare == is to compare

[open fractal]

== true is redundant

it won't break your script it just doesn't need to be there

[worthy igloo]

    while {SCS_Active = true} do 
    {
      sleep 2; 
      [channel69, {_this radioChannelAdd ([leader player] + call BIS_fnc_listCuratorPlayers)}] remoteExec ["call", [0, -2] select isDedicated, channelCommand];    
    
      if {allowedChan = false} then 
      {
      sleep 2;
      channel69 radioChannelRemove [player];
      };
    }; 
``` I get generic error now

[stable dune]

if () , not in {}
and polpox earlier said that = is to declace and == is to compare.

while {SCS_active} do ..

if (!allowedChan) then ..

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

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

[warm hedge]

Boolean == true is not an error since the last update AFAIK tho

[stable dune]

Skekuwu had while {SCS_Active = true} do ..
Not ==
Or SCS_Active

[little raptor]

Which mod?

[open fractal]

You misinterpreted what I said. You just write the Boolean variable, == true is redundant you can delete it entirely

you changed it to = true (?)

while {SCS_active}

[proven charm]

can you detect windows via some intersect command?

[warm hedge]

If you use Mac/Linux, you can't
Yes windows should have Fire Geometry

[proven charm]

ok but how do you check it's window that was intersect?

[warm hedge]

Good question, I don't think there is a very straightforward solution

[proven charm]

ok

[warm hedge]

Or, perhaps use intersect and see if the selection name has glass in it

[proven charm]

just found that command 😄

[warm hedge]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#HitPart
Alternatively, use this EH to get surface type so possible to check if it is a wall or a glass

I guess?

[proven charm]

not shooting anything

[warm hedge]

No, you could make a small bullet and try to hit it

[proven charm]

hmmmm

[warm hedge]

Also probably HitPart EH allows you to disable the damage?

Forgot if it is a case for it

[proven charm]

thats quite extreme

[warm hedge]

I think this is the only way to detect bisurf

[proven charm]

intersect works for some windows but not all

this is the code I have so far (only 90% of windows work): https://sqfbin.com/deyamesobejujurugage

[warm hedge]

Can you name which window of which building don't work?

[proven charm]

wait I think powerline object is interfering

yep works now, it was powerline that was messing things up

[warm hedge]

Gud gud

[little raptor]

Something that you can see thru but not shoot thru is a glass

Tho it does apply to units too in Arma 😅

[warm hedge]

Just a showerthought but it would be great if lineIntersectsSurfaces return bisurf too

[little raptor]

It does now

[warm hedge]

Does it?

[little raptor]

I beat you to it

[warm hedge]

Think wiki forgots it

[little raptor]

In 2.10

[warm hedge]

Lovely. I'll write the wiki

[proven charm]

that would actually be ideal for me because I need building wall and window collisions

intersect only gets selections

[little raptor]

looks like Dedmen forgot to write it in #community_wiki

[warm hedge]

Das why

[little raptor]

anyway it returns 2 more things

[warm hedge]

I'm writing biki whatsoever

[little raptor]

selection name and bisurf path

[formal stirrup]

Is there a way to detect a type of unit being placed to automatically execute code on it?

[winter rose]

Zeus?

[formal stirrup]

No way to do it with triggers?

[winter rose]

I was asking if it was a Zeus-placed case

[formal stirrup]

Yes, or also spawning via scripts

[winter rose]

ah, then I believe an event handler is coming… next patch

[formal stirrup]

so wait a little?

[winter rose]

yes
ah here it is: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Mission_Event_Handlers#EntityCreated