arma3_scripting

[warm hedge]

And _ps1 can only be alive in the scope { ... } where it is declared. This is why you can't use _ps1 in KeyUp in your case

[open fractal]

arma won't let you make a global variable with an underscore in front

sqf variable syntax is TAG_myVariable for global variables and _myVariable for local variables

or leave out the underscore and just make it a word if you want to be chaotic with your global variables

Local variables won't persist into your event handler expression because that code is going to be called at a different time and place from the scope you're defining local variables in

[worthy igloo]

      Phantomkeydown_0x893eq = (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler['KeyDown','if (_this select 1 == 36) then { 
      
        posATL = player modelToWorld [0,0,1];
        {
        ps1_Dsmoke = "#particlesource" createVehicleLocal posATL;
        } remoteExec ["bis_fnc_call", 0];
        
        ps1_Dsmoke setParticleParams [
           ["\A3\Data_F\ParticleEffects\Universal\Universal", 16, 9, 16, 0], "", "Billboard",
           1, 0.6, [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0.05], 0, 0, 7.9, 0.066, [0.5, 0.5, 0.5],
           [[0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 1], [0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 1], [0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 1], [0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 1], [0.75, 0.75, 0.75, 0.075], [1, 1, 1, 0]],
           [0.25], 1, 0, "", "", ps1_Dsmoke];
            
        ps1_Dsmoke setParticleRandom [0, [0.25, 0.25, 0], [0.2, 0.2, 0], 0, 0.25, [0, 0, 0, 0.1], 0, 0];
        ps1_Dsmoke setDropInterval 0.05;
        
        ps1_Dsmoke attachTo [player,[0,0,1]];
      
      };'];
      
      Phantomkeyup_0x893eq = (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler['KeyUp','if (_this select 1 == 36) then { 

      deleteVehicle ps1_Dsmoke;
      };'];
``` @warm hedge

[warm hedge]

...And?

[worthy igloo]

it doesnt delete

also since the effect is created local when i attach it to player will it be attached to 1 player for all clients

?

or not attached

[open fractal]

it will only exist for the client on which you create it

[still forum]

can't see any network message in there, it sets the whole weather so probably same as rain/wind

[meager granite]

Thanks

[snow blade]

Hey guys.... uh... I got this... sqf {_x removePrimaryWeaponItem ((primaryWeaponMagazine _x) select 0)} forEach (units thislist) and it's throwing errors at me. That I have an array whereas I need to have an object, group or side

I can't help but feel I'm doing the dumb somehow.

[little raptor]

units thislist
thisList is already an array of objects

[snow blade]

Yeah, I had a feeling, but it was refusing to work that way as well.

[little raptor]

what way?

[snow blade]

I tried with just plain thislist, because that should...

Uh... just forEach thislist

[little raptor]

it should but the problem is that triggers fire once, and your thisList array probably doesn't have the unit you have in mind

[snow blade]

Uh... frig?

[little raptor]

anyway, the point is ditch the trigger

[snow blade]

Ditch the trigger, aye...

[little raptor]

or if you want to use a trigger you have to create a loop when it activates

[snow blade]

I mean, I can always brute force this for every unit in the mission, I guess.

I was just hoping to get the elegant solution.

[little raptor]

thisTrigger spawn {
  while {triggerActivated _this} do {
    {
      _x removePrimaryWeaponItem ((primaryWeaponMagazine _x) param [0, ""])
    } forEach list _this;
    sleep 1;
  };
}

try that

[worthy igloo]

@little raptor do you know why ```sqf
Phantomkeydown_0x893eq = (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler['KeyDown','if (_this select 1 == 36) then {

    posATL = player modelToWorld [0,0,1];
    {
    ps1_Dsmoke = "#particlesource" createVehicleLocal posATL;
    } remoteExec ["bis_fnc_call", 0];
    
    ps1_Dsmoke setParticleParams [
       ["\A3\Data_F\ParticleEffects\Universal\Universal", 16, 9, 16, 0], "", "Billboard",
       1, 0.6, [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0.05], 0, 0, 7.9, 0.066, [0.5, 0.5, 0.5],
       [[0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 1], [0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 1], [0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 1], [0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 1], [0.75, 0.75, 0.75, 0.075], [1, 1, 1, 0]],
       [0.25], 1, 0, "", "", ps1_Dsmoke];
        
    ps1_Dsmoke setParticleRandom [0, [0.25, 0.25, 0], [0.2, 0.2, 0], 0, 0.25, [0, 0, 0, 0.1], 0, 0];
    ps1_Dsmoke setDropInterval 0.05;
    
    ps1_Dsmoke attachTo [player,[0,0,1]];
  
  };'];
  
  Phantomkeyup_0x893eq = (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler['KeyUp','if (_this select 1 == 36) then { 

  deleteVehicle ps1_Dsmoke;
  };'];

[warm hedge]

Don't ping someone randomly.

[little raptor]

why do you even write the EH code with ''?

write them with {}

{
ps1_Dsmoke = "#particlesource" createVehicleLocal posATL;
} remoteExec ["bis_fnc_call", 0];
that's wrong

in every way

1. remoteExec == spawn

ps1_Dsmoke doesn't exist until the next frame

2. that var is created on the clients but the particles are only created on the machine that calls it

and as POLPOX said just post your question. don't ping people

[little raptor]

who said anything about every unit in the mission?

[snow blade]

It's... The trigger covers the entire map a few times over.

[little raptor]

then definitely don't use a trigger for that

[worthy igloo]

even after when I run deleteVehicle ps1_Dsmoke; it wont delete the effect(s)

is there anything that can halt your character in place while you are moving to stop/slow you down

[tight cloak]

ahhh, tbh i usually use "systemchat" or "hint" followed by a format and then whatever i want to monitor, diag_log also exists for this too

it helps detect if something fired or not and what value it spat out if it did fire by didnt do as it should

[livid wraith]

what would be an expected time for a server spawned objects position to update on clients ?

for some background, we have this weird problem with garrison units dropping to the ground when getting transferred to a HC. Even added a 30 sec delay for things to synchronize, but still they end up on the ground. works fine when keeping them on the server ....

i'm sure it depends on server load, but the server is running 30+ fps, with around 25-40 players, so should be able to sync a building pos to a local HC within 30 sec. ?

[little raptor]

expected time for a server spawned objects position to update on clients ?
should happen "immediately"

[livid wraith]

yeah, that was my understanding too, but we're seeing some really weird behavior

[little raptor]

can you post the code?

[brazen lagoon]

How do you get if a vehicle has a GMG or HMG or some sort of mounted gun on it?

I guess the real goal is to try to see if I can select a motorized/mechanized vehicle given a faction. The way I'm doing it right now is looking in CfgGroups like this: ```sqf
_classes = "true" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgGroups" >> "INDEP" >> "IND_F" >> "Motorized");

_units = [];
{
{
_classname = getText (_x >> "vehicle");
if (_classname isKindOf "LandVehicle") then {
_units pushBackUnique _classname;
};
} foreach ("true" configClasses _x)
} foreach _classes;
_units```

[little raptor]

by examining its turrets

[brazen lagoon]

that's just config >> "turrets" right

ill place one of these vehicles and take a look

[little raptor]

what config?

[brazen lagoon]

vehicle config class

[little raptor]

yes

[brazen lagoon]

CfgVehicles >> classname

ok

looks like CfgVehicles >> classname >> Turrets >> turret >> weapons

@little raptor I_MRAP_03_gmg_F has MainTurret with weapons weapons[] = {"GMG_40mm"};, is there a function or something that I can pass that weapon into or a config area I can look up in to figure out what type of weapon it is?

I think I just want to figure out if it's an MG, grenade machine gun, launcher, or something else

[little raptor]

idk about function

[brazen lagoon]

really even just if it's one of the first 3 or the last one..

[little raptor]

but you can extract that info yourself

[brazen lagoon]

what do you mean? Will GMG_40mm be in CfgWeapons or something?

[little raptor]

yes

and then you can check its mags

and from mags the ammo

and from ammo the simulation type

[brazen lagoon]

magazines[] = {"96Rnd_40mm_G_belt","96Rnd_40mm_G_belt"}; is already here in MainTurret, couldn't I do that? Get the magazine classname, look up in CfgMagazines?

[little raptor]

those are the default loaded mags

not compatible mags

[brazen lagoon]

right. so simulation = "ProxyMagazines"; isn't useful

[little raptor]

no

[little raptor]

I didn't say simulation of mag

[brazen lagoon]

oh I need to get the ammo type, that's G_40mm_HEDP

[little raptor]

I said simulation of ammo

[brazen lagoon]

right. and then check in CfgAmmo or w/e

[little raptor]

CfgAmmo

[brazen lagoon]

yeah. CfgAmmo >> "G_40mm_HEDP" >> simulation is "shotShell"

a bullet is "shotBullet"

smokes are shotCM and then laser is laserDesignate

so I think if I just look for anything where ammo is simulation type "shotShell" "shotBullet" or "shotMissile" that should be sufficient

[drifting portal]

I want to create a scan line that emits from the player, but I'm not sure which EH or command to use for this one
something like this:

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/956497695172862012/993910917953765436/VID_20220705_080551_972_AdobeExpress.gif

I suspect its drawIcon3D

but how will I do it with that in this fashion?

[little raptor]

there's nothing suitable for that

you have to make a model

drawIcon3D passes through walls

drawLine3D doesn't but it's slow to draw all those lines

so model it is

[little raptor]

I forgot about drawLaser

[livid wraith]

@little raptor very condensed:

private _hqGuards = [
    ["C_scientist_F",[0.323975,0.0537109,1.45875],199.572],
    ["O_Survivor_F",[2.35156,0.328125,1.45875],70.7494],
    ["O_Survivor_F",[-1.86084,-1.86035,1.46997],198.624],
    ["O_Survivor_F",[-2.42236,0.343262,1.45938],273.327],
    ["O_Survivor_F",[1.42261,-2.19727,-2.35505],294.069],
    ["O_Survivor_F",[1.97241,-1.96436,1.45875],137.965],
    ["O_Survivor_F",[-0.520508,1.48779,-3.43456],85.0303],
    ["O_Survivor_F",[1.60132,1.84766,-0.739902],202.458],
    ["O_Survivor_F",[-2.35815,2.02783,1.45946],115.942],
    ["O_Survivor_F",[1.5813,4.74658,-3.52052],82.671],
    ["O_Survivor_F",[2.72168,3.43555,-3.52052],350.453]
];

private _relDir = (random 360);

// HQ: Spawn base object ....
private _hqOrg = createVehicle ["Land_Bunker_01_tall_F", [0, 0, 0], [], 0, "NONE"];

_hqOrg setPos _hqPos;
_hqOrg setVectorUp [0, 0, 1];
_hqOrg allowDamage false;


// HQ: Spawn Guards ....
private _hqGroup = (createGroup _side);

_hqGroup setGroupIdGlobal ["AO-SubObj-GuardsHQ"];

{
    private _data = [_hqOrg, _x, _relDir, true] call spawnRelative;
    private _pos = (_data # 0);
    private _dir = (_data # 1);

    private _unit = _hqGroup createUnit ["O_Soldier_F", _pos, [], 0, "NONE"];

    _unit setDir _dir;
    _unit setPosATL _pos;

    _unit disableAI "PATH";
    _unit setUnitPos "UP";
} forEach _hqGuards;

_hqGroup setGroupOwner (owner HC);

spawnRelative is just a function to extract posATL relative to the object, tall bunker in this case

_hqGuards array is just positions and directions extracted with worldToModel etc

[little raptor]

so you mean it works fine without the _hqGroup setGroupOwner (owner HC); line?

[livid wraith]

yes

[drifting portal]

Yeah I suspected that too, well I guess I will leave the idea

[little raptor]

did you try remoteExecing the function on the HC?

instead of doing _hqGroup setGroupOwner (owner HC);?

[livid wraith]

had that before, but wanted to move all execution to the server and then just hand off the AI to the HC

but yes, that worked fine

[little raptor]

well try some sleep before that line

maybe some delay can solve the problem

as it does most other network problems

[velvet merlin]

is it possible to detect when VON is active? like checking for the presence of the UI element

[livid wraith]

will try and spawn the building at it's end position and just do a getPos/setPos to update dir, instead of spawning it at [0,0,0] too

[shut reef]

I was/am using those, but they're not necessarily ideal if you're not entirely sure what's going on in the first place xD
Really missing a real debugger

[little raptor]

I guess key press is the only way

[velvet merlin]

hm this would be on the sender - not receiver. also not 100% reliable, is it?

[hallow mortar]

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

[upper fulcrum]

Would it be possible to have an object upon destruction be replaced by a pick up-able item

say a computer getting replaced with scrap electronics and what not

[exotic flax]

Most simple objects (like a computer) can't be destroyed, so it would be hard to replace it.
So probably the best method is to add an addAction to the initial object (eg. 'Pickup' or 'Scavenge'), remove the object, and return an other object to be picked up (and put in the inventory)

[upper fulcrum]

Oh would I be able to do that in the mod config?, i should probably state my intention here is basically to have a minable block

as in minecraft (dubbed arma craft for legality reasons) or that one fallout 4/nier minigaame

[agile pumice]

Can someone explain to me how this code results with 2,1,2,1,2,1 being repeated on a loop with this code?

player addEventHandler ["AnimStateChanged", {
   params ["_unit", "_anim"];
   if ((_anim == "amovpercmstpsraswpstdnon" || _anim == "amovpercmstpsraswpstdnon") && (handgunweapon player == "GPLT_M320_F")) exitwith {
       player removeWeapon (handgunweapon player);
       player addWeapon "GPLT_M320_NF";
       systemchat "1";
   };

   if ((_anim == "amovpercmstpsnonwnondnon" || _anim == "amovpercmstpsraswrfldnon" || _anim == "amovpercmstpsraswlnrdnon") && (handgunweapon player == "GPLT_M320_NF")) exitwith {
       player removeWeapon (handgunweapon player);
       player addWeapon "GPLT_M320_F";
       systemchat "2";
   };
}];

surely the exitwith should prevent such behavior?

[exotic flax]

true, however the can get called multiple times in a row

Triggered every time an animation state changes. Triggered for all animation states in a sequence.

[agile pumice]

so, how can I reconstruct this to only trigger once per "action"?

the first being unholster, the second being holster

[exotic flax]

player addEventHandler ["AnimStateChanged", {
   params ["_unit", "_anim"];
   _inMyAnimation = _unit getVariable ["inMyAnimation", false];
   if ((_anim == "amovpercmstpsraswpstdnon" || _anim == "amovpercmstpsraswpstdnon") && (handgunweapon player == "GPLT_M320_F") && _inMyAnimation == false) exitwith {
       player removeWeapon (handgunweapon player);
       player addWeapon "GPLT_M320_NF";
       _unit setVariable ["inMyAnimation", true];
       systemchat "1";
   } else if ((_anim == "amovpercmstpsnonwnondnon" || _anim == "amovpercmstpsraswrfldnon" || _anim == "amovpercmstpsraswlnrdnon") && (handgunweapon player == "GPLT_M320_NF") && _inMyAnimation == false) exitwith {
       player removeWeapon (handgunweapon player);
       player addWeapon "GPLT_M320_F";
       _unit setVariable ["inMyAnimation", true];
       systemchat "2";
   } else if (_inMyAnimation == true) {
      _unit setVariable ["inMyAnimation", false];
   }
}];

Not tested, but in short it get the current state of inMyAnimation (true or false), and only execute the action when not in the animation yet.
If the unit is in one of the set animations it will set the state to true.
If any other animation is executed AND the state is (still) true, it will set it to false, basically resetting it.

Although I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to do here, because running all that code on every animation state change is terrible for your FPS

PS. not tested 😉

[agile pumice]

player addEventHandler ["AnimStateChanged", {
   params ["_unit", "_anim"];
   _inMyAnimation = _unit getVariable ["inMyAnimation", false];
   _unholsterArr = ["amovpercmstpsraswpstdnon","amovpercmstpsraswpstdnon"];
   _holsterArr = ["amovpercmstpsnonwnondnon","amovpercmstpsraswrfldnon","amovpercmstpsraswlnrdnon","amovpercmstpsnonwpstdnon_amovpsitmstpsnonwpstdnon_ground"];
   
   //copyToClipboard _anim;
   
   if (!_inMyAnimation) then {
       if ((_anim in _unholsterArr) && (handgunweapon player == "hgun_Pistol_Signal_F")) exitwith {
           player removeWeapon (handgunweapon player);
           player addWeapon "hgun_P07_F";
           _unit setVariable ["inMyAnimation", true];
           //systemchat "unholster";
        };
       
       if ((_anim in _holsterArr) && (handgunweapon player == "hgun_P07_F")) exitwith {
           player removeWeapon (handgunweapon player);
           player addWeapon "hgun_Pistol_Signal_F";
           _unit setVariable ["inMyAnimation", true];
           //systemchat "holster";
        };
    } else {
        _unit setVariable ["inMyAnimation", false];
    };
}];

with the above code: The holster function works, but when I try to unholster, it will attempt to unholster, add the other pistol, and reholster automatically

[little raptor]

else if
there's no else if

[little raptor]

what do you want to happen then?

[agile pumice]

I want the sidearm to change to a flaregun after the holster animation completes, and I want the sidearm to change to a po7 when the weapon is unholstered

with this code:

player addEventHandler ["AnimStateChanged", {
   params ["_unit", "_anim"];
   _unholsterArr = ["amovpercmstpsraswpstdnon","amovpercmstpsraswpstdnon"];
   _holsterArr = ["amovpercmstpsnonwnondnon","amovpercmstpsraswrfldnon","amovpercmstpsraswlnrdnon","amovpercmstpsnonwpstdnon_amovpsitmstpsnonwpstdnon_ground"];
   
   //copyToClipboard _anim;
   
   if ((_anim in _unholsterArr) && (handgunweapon player == "hgun_Pistol_Signal_F")) exitwith {
           player removeWeapon (handgunweapon player);
           player addWeapon "hgun_P07_F";
           //systemchat "unholster";
        };
       
       if ((_anim in _holsterArr) && (handgunweapon player == "hgun_P07_F")) exitwith {
           player removeWeapon (handgunweapon player);
           player addWeapon "hgun_Pistol_Signal_F";
           //systemchat "holster";
        };
}];
``` the holster part works fine, but I can't unholster the weapon without it being holstered automatically

so @exotic flax came up with the variable switch to prevent that

but I think that variable has to be changed in another eventhandler

[little raptor]

just change the AnimStateChanged to AnimChanged EH in that one

it should work

[agile pumice]

nope

[little raptor]

well let's do it another way then

[little raptor]

player addEventHandler ["AnimStateChanged", {
   params ["_unit", "_anim"];
    _unholsterArr = ["amovpercmstpsraswpstdnon","amovpercmstpsraswpstdnon"];
    _holsterArr = ["amovpercmstpsnonwnondnon","amovpercmstpsraswrfldnon","amovpercmstpsraswlnrdnon","amovpercmstpsnonwpstdnon_amovpsitmstpsnonwpstdnon_ground"];      
    if ((_anim in _unholsterArr) && (handgunweapon _unit == "hgun_Pistol_Signal_F")) exitwith {
        _unit removeWeapon (handgunweapon player);
        
        _unit setVariable ["addWeapon", "hgun_P07_F"];
        //systemchat "unholster";
    };
    
    if ((_anim in _holsterArr) && (handgunweapon _unit == "hgun_P07_F")) exitwith {
        _unit removeWeapon (handgunweapon _unit);
        _unit setVariable ["addWeapon", "hgun_Pistol_Signal_F"];
        //systemchat "holster";
    };
}];

player addEventHandler ["AnimDone", {
    params ["_unit"];
    _add = _unit getVariable ["AddWeapon", ""];
    if (_add != "") then {
        _unit addWeapon _add;
        _unit setVariable ["AddWeapon", ""];
    };
    
}]

[agile pumice]

^ deletes the handgun on holster, doesn't add it back

[little raptor]

well I guess the AnimDone EH never completes then 🤔

[agile pumice]

not while the character is standing still

[little raptor]

yeah I guess the standing anim is static

well let's try it another way ...

[agile pumice]

can we make this work?

player addEventHandler ["AnimStateChanged", {
   params ["_unit", "_anim"];
   
   _add = _unit getVariable ["AddWeapon", ""];
    _unholsterArr = ["amovpercmstpsraswpstdnon","amovpercmstpsraswpstdnon"];
    _holsterArr = ["amovpercmstpsnonwnondnon","amovpercmstpsraswrfldnon","amovpercmstpsraswlnrdnon","amovpercmstpsnonwpstdnon_amovpsitmstpsnonwpstdnon_ground"];      
    
    if ((_anim in _unholsterArr) && (handgunweapon _unit == "hgun_Pistol_Signal_F") && _add == "") exitwith {
        _unit removeWeapon (handgunweapon player);
        _unit setVariable ["addWeapon", "hgun_P07_F"];
        systemchat "unholster";

        if (_add != "") then {
            _unit addWeapon _add;
            _unit setVariable ["AddWeapon", ""];
        };
    };
    
    if ((_anim in _holsterArr) && (handgunweapon _unit == "hgun_P07_F") && _add == "") exitwith {
        _unit removeWeapon (handgunweapon _unit);
        _unit setVariable ["addWeapon", "hgun_Pistol_Signal_F"];
        systemchat "holster";
         
        if (_add != "") then {
            _unit addWeapon _add;
            _unit setVariable ["AddWeapon", ""];
        };
    };
}];

currently doesn't work as expected

[little raptor]

I just did a test with this

I don't think the problem is the code itself

it's the unholster animation

it fires too late

causing the unit to think he has no weapon

and he switches to rifle

player addEventHandler ["AnimStateChanged", {
   params ["_unit", "_anim"];
      
   if (getNumber (configFile >> "CfgMovesMaleSdr" >> "States" >> _anim >> "weaponIK") == 2) then {
       if (handgunweapon _unit != "hgun_P07_F") then {
           _unit removeWeapon (handgunweapon _unit);
           _unit addWeapon "hgun_P07_F"; systemChat "un"
       };
   } else {
       if (handgunweapon _unit != "hgun_Pistol_Signal_F") then {
           _unit removeWeapon (handgunweapon _unit);
           _unit addWeapon "hgun_Pistol_Signal_F"; systemChat "h"
       };
   
   };
}];

that's the code I tried

the unholster part fires too late

[agile pumice]

can we do some waituntil magic?

fn_switchCode = {
    params ["_unit", "_anim"];

    _unholsterArr = ["amovpercmstpsraswpstdnon","amovpercmstpsraswpstdnon"];
    _holsterArr = ["amovpercmstpsnonwnondnon","amovpercmstpsraswrfldnon","amovpercmstpsraswlnrdnon","amovpercmstpsnonwpstdnon_amovpsitmstpsnonwpstdnon_ground"];      
    
    if ((_anim in _unholsterArr) && (handgunweapon _unit == "hgun_Pistol_Signal_F")) then {
        systemchat "unholster";
        _unit removeWeapon (handgunweapon player);
        waitUntil {(animationState player) in _holsterArr};
        player addWeapon "hgun_P07_F";
    };
    
    if ((_anim in _holsterArr) && (handgunweapon _unit == "hgun_P07_F")) then {
        systemchat "holster";
        _unit removeWeapon (handgunweapon _unit);
        waitUntil {(animationState player) in _unholsterArr};
        player addWeapon "hgun_Pistol_Signal_F";
    };
};


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

[little raptor]

just forget about these arrays:

_unholsterArr = ["amovpercmstpsraswpstdnon","amovpercmstpsraswpstdnon"]; _holsterArr = ["amovpercmstpsnonwnondnon","amovpercmstpsraswrfldnon","amovpercmstpsraswlnrdnon","amovpercmstpsnonwpstdnon_amovpsitmstpsnonwpstdnon_ground"];

they're too limited. do it the way I did

[agile pumice]

alright

[little raptor]

there you go:

player addEventHandler ["AnimStateChanged", {
   params ["_unit", "_anim"];
      
   if (getNumber (configFile >> "CfgMovesMaleSdr" >> "States" >> _anim >> "weaponIK") == 2) then {
       if (handgunweapon _unit != "hgun_P07_F") then {
           _unit removeWeapon (handgunweapon _unit);
           _unit addWeapon "hgun_P07_F";
           _unit selectWeapon "hgun_P07_F";
       };
   } else {
       if (handgunweapon _unit != "hgun_Pistol_Signal_F") then {
           _unit removeWeapon (handgunweapon _unit);
           _unit addWeapon "hgun_Pistol_Signal_F";
       };
   
   };
}];

fixed

[little raptor]

basically I just made the unit switch to his new weapon

[agile pumice]

works like a charm

[little raptor]

• much shorter and faster than before

[agile pumice]

thank you so much

[little raptor]

np

[agile pumice]

I was only using those 2 classes as examples, but I helped a buddy make a sidearm grenade launcher, and he wanted the folded sight version to be shown in the holster, and have it swap for the unholded sight version when they unholster it

incase you were curious about the application

[little raptor]

I figured it would be something like that yes 😅

[agile pumice]

would be nice to have a config setting for choosing a holstered model but alas

[little raptor]

I think there was something actually

Dedmen added something but I don't remember what

I'll dig

#community_wiki message

It was something else

[agile pumice]

yeah I was actually reading about those commands on the wiki

was looking for the config setting that enabled showing/hiding of the holstered weapon

[fresh crater]

we have only 3 sizes of grass cutter tool can i get a bigger size area of effect

[little raptor]

did you try resizing them?

[fresh crater]

doesnt work

area widget and area scaling dont work

[fresh crater]

can i put something in the init to make it work

[little raptor]

if resizing doesn't work then no

[fresh crater]

so is there another way to remove grass

in a specific area

[little raptor]

not that I know of

[winter rose]

spawn multiple (simple object) ones by scripting

[fresh crater]

i tried it i set them to disable simulation and simple object but it still has performance impact

[winter rose]

I could cover an airport with little to no impact, through scripting

[fresh crater]

is there a difference between checking simple object and scripting it ?

[winter rose]

there shouldn't be… well, there might be (as in simple vs SuperSimple objects)

[fresh crater]

whats the code for that

[winter rose]

createSimpleObject

[worthy igloo]

how can I make this remoteExec

        if (isNil "sm_effect") then 
        {
                  ps1_Dsmoke = createVehicle ["#particlesource", posATL ,[],0,"CAN_COLLIDE"];     
                };

[drifting portal]

You won't be able to edit it in this way if you remoteExec it

As remoteExec won't return the object

Also why do you want to remoteExec createVehicle? That will create multiple vehicles depending on the number of players (4 vehicles if 4 players, etc)

You might be referring to createVehicleLocal

[sudden yacht]

Was trying to get this command to work midgame. Help... ```mycurator setCuratorEditingAreaType true;
mycurator addCuratorEditingArea [4, position player, 1000];

[worthy igloo]

particle is local

createvehiclelocal is needed for something that is already local?

[open fractal]

you should probably share what the issue is

[drifting portal]

yeah because

you better create it locally

I'm just not sure how you want to remoteExec this

can you send the full code with the bit where you add effects etc?

[open fractal]

cleanest way is to define your particle effect as a function in description.ext and remoteExec that

also I don't know how the particle source object behaves but createVehicle is designed to send object info over the network so it's created globally which is not what you want to do

literally no downside to change it to createVehicleLocal while createVehicle might have a network impact to no benefit depending on how particle source creation works

[meager granite]

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

All key-value pairs from this HashMap are added to hashMap1. If a key from hashMap2 already exists in hashMap1, then its value is overwritten with the corresponding value from hashMap2
``` ```sqf
_hs = createHashMapFromArray [[1, 100], [2, 200]];
_hs merge createHashMapFromArray [[2, 300]];
_hs
``` => `[[1,100],[2,200]]`

🤔

Doesn't primary syntax description imply it should overwrite by default?

[meager granite]

So its either command bug or wiki description stating the opposite

So, setting rain to 0 over time never makes it exactly 0

And with rain >0, humidity keeps rising

And you end up with cloudy weather without any rain yet everyone runs around squelching with their feet

You can't even force set 0 setRain 0 because any tiny changes are ignored, thanks Arma

[still forum]

indeed wiki is wrong, overrideExisting is false by default, for both variants

[meager granite]

Kinda makes sense for merge to overwrite old values by default, if you ask me

[worthy igloo]

when i change it to local it doesnt work at all in mp or singleplayer

[open fractal]

your syntax must be wrong

there's only one syntax for createvehiclelocal

[worthy igloo]

its just how i was doing re

        if (isNil "sm_effect") then 
        {
           ps1_Dsmoke = createVehicle ["#particlesource", posATL ,[],0,"CAN_COLLIDE"];
        };
        
                
        
                     
            ps1_Dsmoke setParticleParams [
               ["\A3\Data_F\ParticleEffects\Universal\Universal", 16, 9, 16, 0], "", "Billboard",
               1, 0.6, [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0.05], 0, 0, 7.9, 0.066, [0.6, 0.6, 0.6],
               [[0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 1], [0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 1], [0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 1], [0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 1], [0.75, 0.75, 0.75, 0.075], [1, 1, 1, 0]],
               [0.25], 1, 0, "", "", ps1_Dsmoke];
                
            ps1_Dsmoke setParticleRandom [0, [0.25, 0.25, 0], [0.2, 0.2, 0], 0, 0.25, [0, 0, 0, 0], 0, 0];
            ps1_Dsmoke setDropInterval 0.015;    
``` this would appear for all clients?

if i were to do
[ps1_Dsmoke,"ScudSmoke"] remoteExec ["setParticleClass",0,ps1_Dsmoke]; it would

but that one is too big

[open fractal]

do this

particle effects are local so just remoteExec the whole script

and you should use createVehicleLocal

[worthy igloo]

i did

[[],{
}] remoteExec ["spawn",0];
``` but BE filters get upset at that

and bis_fnc_call

[open fractal]

wait this isn't for your mission?

[worthy igloo]

is to use for a mission on official servers

[little raptor]

for now I corrected it on the wiki to say not overwritten. but I also agree with Sa-Matra that overwriting by default makes more sense for the 1st syntax

not sure if it's ok to change now

[manic sigil]

Does the _source param in the Hit EH refer to the vehicle/object that shot the unit, or to the type of projectile that did the damage?

[winter rose]

does the biki say?

[manic sigil]

Just 'object that caused the damage'.

This is another 'im stuck at work and had an interesting idea but cant test for a few hours' thing t_t

[winter rose]

I would guess the bullet/PhysX object, but to be confirmed

[manic sigil]

Because there is the _instigator param, but I feel thats meant to direct to the actual AI/player entity, not the vehicle they may be in.

[winter rose]

correct about this one (e.g drone pilot, etc)

@manic sigil you can still use HitPart if Hit doesn't cover your use case

[manic sigil]

Ah yeah, it does have a projectile param... may be worth digging in to, should _source fail me.

Been playing too much Ace Combat/Project Wingman, wanted to try my hand at a more lightweight spoof than Webknight's approach, mix in some Area 88/ U.N. Squadron danger damage model.

[drifting portal]

zeus?

[worthy igloo]

si

[drifting portal]

my problem

with this is if that

the if statement doesn't work

then the other commands for setting the effect settings will get an invalid variable

you should place the rest of the code for setting the smoke code in the if statement too

and use createVehicleLocal

[winter rose]

Don't remoteExec local effects like that, indeed

smoke = local vehicle = write one function - will save you headaches (and hair, if any)

[drifting portal]

well

he can't do that

he is doing it in public zeus

sad Lou noises

[winter rose]

oh
then
woopsie! :D

[tranquil jacinth]

Hello everyone. There is a mission on a dedicated server, in which there is a Game Master module.

The problem is, at the initial launch of the mission, everything is fine, players can enter Zeus. Then, when entering during the game, these same players can no longer enter the Zeus mode.

Please tell what could be the problem?

Module Attributes -
Owner - 76561198804586035
Default Addons - All official addons
Forced Interface - No

[jade acorn]

the problem is Arma, from what I have seen depending on what/how many mods you run and how long does it take players to join in progress the module gets "deattached" from zeus you assigned, so the module is still there but disconnected. If your Zeus has access to debug console he can use assignCurator to attach the module back

[tranquil jacinth]

Ok, ty

[cyan dust]

Good day. How can I preserve the orientation of the object after I used attachTo on it? 🤔
I've tried setVectorUp and setVectorDirAndUp but since after the attachment it becomes relative to parent object things are getting a little out of hand

[hallow mortar]

If you don't need memory point/bone following, you can use bis_fnc_attachToRelative

Alternatively you can use vectorWorldToModel to convert an absolute vector into a relative vector

[cyan dust]

Thank you, that's working all right👍

[clever dagger]

Hey all 👋
I'm trying to set eventhandler "KnowsAboutChanged" on a local group but, no matter what I try, A3 throws an error stating that "KnowsAboutChanged" is an unknown enum value. I've tried setting the EH on both an individual unit as well as a group, both throw the same error as if "KnowsAboutChanged" is not a valid EH.

[open fractal]

that event handler doesn't exist in stable yet

it's a 2.10 feature

[clever dagger]

Ahh! That explains it 😮
Is there any similar alternatives?

I'm trying to make a mortarman fire on enemies as soon as the enemy is revealed to the AI.

[open fractal]

i don't know if there are any event handlers that can do this yet but you can use a detected trigger or a knowsAbout loop

[clever dagger]

Yea loop was my first move but I worried about too many arbitrary loops based on the number of mortarman but now that I think about it, could just do a single loop that manages all OPFOR that are operating a mortar. Cheers, thanks 🙂

[open fractal]

you can also consider checking for combat behavior and then getting target data

which would be faster than looping through knowsAbout for all the units

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

you can use targets (i just found out this command exists lol) and have the mortar fire immediately on whichever target meets your condition

[clever dagger]

Huge thanks for the input, I will give targets a try 🍻

[agile pumice]

There isn't a config "Whitelist" setting for handguns that can be holstered on a vest is there?

*stares @still forum"

[still forum]

no ping :U

[agile pumice]

sorry!

Reason I brought it up is that moving the "holster" offset memory point to match the holster on one vest might cause undesirable visual results on another vest

I figured a whitelist of vest classes in the WeaponSlotsInfo class of the handgun class would resolve the issue of the handgun looking right on one vest but not another

that was the fastest bot removal I've ever seen LOL

[fickle hedge]

Is there anyway to "force" a clan logo on a player unit or a uniform? (I wanna set a texture on a player where the squad.xml logo usually goes)

[warm hedge]

Not in 2.08. In 2.10 you can with setObjectTexture

[meager granite]

Were selections added to CfgVehicles?

[warm hedge]

Nope, you can do setObjectTexture ["clan","blabla.paa"] for a special case

[brazen lagoon]

if I wanted to make units not hold formation when idle (just wander around a bit) is that possible?

[hallow mortar]

You could try using a Dismissed waypoint

[proven charm]

when you run two remoteExecCalls to client will the order of those calls be same when it arrives to the client?

[meager granite]

Remote executions are queued and are therefore executed in the same order on remote clients

says in the wiki

[proven charm]

ok great, thx! I was looking at wrong wiki page (remoteExecCall)

[worthy igloo]

is it possible to attach something to a players head not like the point but physically attach it so when player looks down stay attached to head

[hallow mortar]

You need to use the memory point and follow bone rotation optional parameters for attachTo, as documented on the wiki page.
I do not recall the memory point name for the infantry head but you can probably find it with a bit of searching.

[worthy igloo]

its just head_axis

thank you ill try it

[quiet gazelle]

is there a scripting command like drawLine3D where the line can be seen through objects?

[still forum]

You mean drawing a 3D line behind the object, and being able to see it through, no

[quiet gazelle]

yep thats what i mean :(

[still forum]

But if you know fov and camera position, you can just render it Infront of the object, and size and position it as if it were behind it

But that's quite a bit of math

Mh.. you only need to move two points closer to camera, doesn't even sound too hard

[quiet gazelle]

does fov even make a difference?

[still forum]

Get the points you want to draw.
Get their direction from camera, eh... cameraToWorld.. wrong name, don't know name of the command but it's there, in that direction but with a different distance

[quiet gazelle]

imma try that

[still forum]

positionCameraToWorld i think it was

[quiet gazelle]

that exists so probably

[little raptor]

you can draw 2D lines on the screen (RscLine control)

also my mod already supports this if you want to check it out:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2369477168

all you need is check 2D Line

[quiet gazelle]

how do i give it the end points of the line?

[little raptor]

points1 pushBack [start, end]. start and end can be either positions or objects

you can change the variable names to whatever you want. in that image it's points1

[quiet gazelle]

https://i.imgur.com/ejmxpGQ.jpg

[little raptor]

don't use the position command

[quiet gazelle]

i tried it without earlier

[little raptor]

also as I said you can pass objects

just do points1 pushBack [c, d]

[quiet gazelle]

did that, so far no lines

[little raptor]

you must at least check World

[quiet gazelle]

ahhh

that did it

thanks, i'll be using this

[drifting portal]

Which one is better for spawning mines?

1- Making a script that spawns mines across an area dispersed randomly (the mine objects will stay around for about 35 minutes before being deleted) 

2-Or have a trigger on the wanted area spawn a mine in front of the player (trigger checks if player is in it every 2 seconds)  and the trigger remains on the mission for 35 minutes before being deleted

[little raptor]

depends what you want to do exactly. I assume the latter is your goal (spawning mines in front of the player)

[drifting portal]

Just deny a player from using that path

I want something that costs less performance

[cyan dust]

(spawning mines in front of the player)
Jeesh. What a dick move. I like it

[drifting portal]

There is in fact a function for that by Bohemia lol

But I wonder which of the two options costs less performance to deny someone from taking that path for 35 minutes

[little raptor]

I prefer 2, as long as you only check 1 player

[drifting portal]

No

4 players in server max

[little raptor]

still fine

mines don't impact the performance a lot afaik

so 1 is ok too

[drifting portal]

I'm more afraid of the trigger's impact

Lol

[little raptor]

they don't have a big impact

[drifting portal]

Because i might block 4 paths to a single area

Alright

[little raptor]

especially for just 4 players

[drifting portal]

One area has 4 trigger at max I guess that's still good?

[little raptor]

4 players is pretty much no diff than 1

[little raptor]

yes

just make the triggers local

[drifting portal]

Oh, thanks for telling me that

I wanted to make them server side

Lol

[little raptor]

better make the players pay for it

[drifting portal]

Idk

Because I want to put most of the load on the server

And make players only run what is only needed to be ran locally

[little raptor]

that's a bad idea

[drifting portal]

Like GUIs

[drifting portal]

You talking about client host?

[little raptor]

I mean putting all the load on the server

[drifting portal]

What side effects will that cause?

[little raptor]

bad server performance = bad experience for everyone (e.g. desyncs)

[drifting portal]

Well

Isn't that dependent on how bad the script running is?

Like if you use a faulty loop

I'm focusing a lot on optimizing the script, will that matter for the server if runs it?

[little raptor]

I'm not talking about scripts. I mean in general

the more work you give the server to do, the slower it gets obviously

[drifting portal]

Yeah but if the work is lightweight in nature?

Btw I'm not arguing here, just trying to get the best combination for performance

[little raptor]

the point is not how lightweight or heavy something is.
if something can be done by the client more efficiently, do it on the client

in your mines example, you can just make the triggers check locally for only that player, and not the rest

[drifting portal]

Well I will include everyone

[little raptor]

you shouldn't

either 1 player + local trigger

or all players + global

[drifting portal]

Yeah

[drifting portal]

I'm talking about this

[little raptor]

also I'm sure you know how triggers work

they only trigger once

[drifting portal]

Repeatable

[little raptor]

player1 steps in

it won't fire for player2

[little raptor]

that's not what I mean

[drifting portal]

Oh yeah

That's sound

Will make it local then

For 4 players

Also another question

I have an APS script

Active protection system

For tanks, it basically runs nearestObjects checking for missiles and rockets (forgot their parent name)

Every 0.03 seconds, is that best done on a server or client? (Only one tank uses it at a time)

[little raptor]

wherever the tank is local

[drifting portal]

And if client, how would I deal with them possibly disconnecting which will deactivate the script... Lol

[drifting portal]

It changes you know

Depending on who uses the tank

Locality changes

I hope I didn't ping you by that reply

[little raptor]

local event handler

[little raptor]

you can check local _tank

[little raptor]

if 2.10 was out I'd advise to also check if a projectile is even coming towards the tank before running the script (or checking nearestObjects)

also does nearestObjects even trigger for ammo?

iirc it didn't

[open fractal]

I've never seen it come up

[little raptor]

possibly disconnecting which will deactivate the script... Lol
your script won't work properly anyway. it's scheduled

[drifting portal]

Well it does work 3/4 of the time

Which is enough

I understand its very variable due to scheduler load

[open fractal]

have you actually been able to retrieve the projectile object without a fired handler

[drifting portal]

https://pastebin.com/UjJnwr7h

here check it out

because I can't answer your question about the object with clarity

sqfbin is down for me in case you wonder why I used pastebin

[little raptor]

{
            _Projectiles pushBack _x;
 
        }
        forEach((getpos _Vehicle) nearObjects[_x, _Radius]);

that's kinda slow

[drifting portal]

yep, what is a better alternative

forgot to ask for that here

[little raptor]

for starters don't use getPos

getPos is very slow

[drifting portal]

so just use object directly?

[little raptor]

also I just did a test and nearestObjects does work with projectiles but doesn't support types

[little raptor]

that's better yeah

[drifting portal]

alright what else can I improve?

[little raptor]

or getPosATL

[drifting portal]

doesn't nearObjects require AGL?

[little raptor]

it does

but on terrain ATL is the same as AGL

which is normally where you drive a tank

[drifting portal]

well

there might be a platform

or a giant rock

its takistan

[little raptor]

it's still terrain

[drifting portal]

oh alright

I will just use object honestly

[little raptor]

I think nearestObjects has a bug, because it can't detect ammo classes

so for now just use nearObjects

_Projectiles = flatten(["RocketBase", "MissileBase", "ShellBase"] apply {_Vehicle nearObjects[_x, _Radius]});

either do that, or:

{
  _Projectiles append (_Vehicle nearObjects[_x, _Radius]);
} forEach ["RocketBase", "MissileBase", "ShellBase"];

both should perform similarly

the second one should be faster

[drifting portal]

thought of the second option honestly back then

but I was kinda sleep and forgot

thanks lol

[open fractal]

Could you also use the ammo type from the incoming missile handler

[little raptor]

what about rockets?

that doesn't trigger incoming missile afaik

[open fractal]

I believe it does

I remember it firing when testing it with an rpg, I don't recall if it was modded though

[drifting portal]

it only works for locked missiles if its a player firing

[open fractal]

Oh that makes sense, I tested it with ai

[meager granite]

Anybody knows of a space character that is thinner than regular space that Arma would support?

All unicode half-spaces and such are displayed as normal spaces

I can use a thin invisible image, but its not a solution for non-structured texts

[pulsar bluff]

why tho

[meager granite]

To format thousands in numbers

1000000 -> 1 000 000

Normal space is too wide in some fonts\sizes

[warm hedge]

Can't you just use comma?

[meager granite]

I can, but thousands separator depends on a locale\country

And imo it looks worse with comma

[warm hedge]

What GUI elements/type you use?

[meager granite]

Lots of places, UI, menus

So far I ended up using tin invisible <img>, but that's not a solution for non-structured texts

[warm hedge]

Hmm. I just thought if you can make
1 000 000 but with invisible (#00000000) characters like |

[meager granite]

Yeah, same hacky solution as transparent <img>

[warm hedge]

That'd work also

[meager granite]

Using <img size='0.15' image='#(argb,8,8,3)color(0,0,0,0)'/> right now

[warm hedge]

8,8,3 part should represents x res, y res, mipmap so 1,2,1 to make the picture 1:2 X:Y picture

So possible to tweak easily?

[meager granite]

Tried that, structured texts display it as square for some reason

hintSilent parseText "a<img image='#(argb,1,8,3)color(1,0,0,1)'/>a" =>

Well, size is easier to tweak anyway

Instead of having to use power of 2 sizes

[meager granite]

The reason is: flat color procedural textures are always square and supplied width and height do no matter

yet power of 2 check is still applied

[proven charm]

i don't like this idea too much my self but you could create multiple RscText controls via script and put the numbers in those

[little raptor]

it depends on the font. in some fonts like the monospace one everything has the same size

tho iirc JP chars were smaller

maybe try the Japanese space

[meager granite]

Tested with non monospace font, all unicode spaces are treated as usual space

There was one that was double space though

[warm hedge]

Are they? Thought it is bigger

[meager granite]

No half-spaces unfortunately

[little raptor]

yes the JP space is bigger, but since the chars were smaller maybe it ends up being smaller in the game

[warm hedge]

[ ]<-half wide
[　]<- full wide what Japanese would use... yeah I know what is the point

Aha

[meager granite]

Tried everything from https://jkorpela.fi/chars/spaces.html and then https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitespace_character

Zero-width spaces work too btw

[lyric portal]

I want to make infantry respawn on USS Freedom. Been trying a bunch of stuff I researched but they are not working or I'm doing them wrong so. How do I do this?

[warm hedge]

How wrong it is? Spawn at water line?

[lyric portal]

Yeah

[warm hedge]

How did you make the spawn?

[lyric portal]

I put a respawn marker as usual. respawn_west, placed it where I want the spawn to be at.

Then with what I've been reading I put this on init.sqf

_mrkr = getMarkerPos "respawn_west";
"respawn_west" setMarkerPosLocal [_mrkr select 0, _mrkr select 1, 25];

[worthy igloo]

respawnObj = [missionNamespace, getPosATL respawnObj,"Respawn_Name"] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition;

[lyric portal]

What’s this what it do?

[little raptor]

are you sure the height of USS Freedom deck is 25?

also why do you move the marker locally?

remove local

oh nvm it's in init.sqf. it's fine

[lyric portal]

Nope. I’ll try messing with the height and see what I get

[little raptor]

25 should be ok I just tested

[lyric portal]

Ah alright. With this current method I’m still spawning on water

[little raptor]

don't put it in init.sqf

put it in each player's init field

init.sqf is scheduled and runs too late

[lyric portal]

It's still spawning me on water

I'm using the infantry respawn marker

[warm hedge]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#MPRespawn
Perhaps use this EH to set the position

[lyric portal]

z1 addMPEventHandler ["MPRespawn", {[-464.031,-2795.113,101.611]}];

I added this onto the players init. Is that how it's supposed to be done? It's still spawning me on water.

[little raptor]

have you even selected respawn on custom position in multiplayer settings?

[lyric portal]

Yes

[little raptor]

then it should work because I just tested it

put a player on the deck

in 3den

then type ASLtoAGL getPosASL player in debug console and run it

(all of that in 3den. don't run the mission)

[lyric portal]

I got

[-489.913,-2775.2,23.5716]

[little raptor]

then 25 is the correct height

[little raptor]

do you spawn next to/under the carrier?

or in the middle of nowhere?

[lyric portal]

Under the carrier. Below the set spawn point

[little raptor]

which part of the carrier do you set the marker on?

show a screenshot

[little raptor]

@lyric portal anyway, just put that module exactly on the carrier surface, give it a name in 3den (e.g. respawnModule), then type:

"respawn_west" setMarkerPosLocal ASLtoAGL getPosASL respawnModule
```in init.sqf

[lyric portal]

Ok so I renamed the respawn module I put as reference as respawnModule. The marker is still there named respawn_west.

I put this on init.sqf

"respawn_west" setMarkerPosLocal ASLtoAGL getPosASL respawnModule

And respawned on dagger 2 (respawn name for respawnModule)

It's still spawning me on water

[open fractal]

why are you using both a marker and a module

[lyric portal]

Originally, I only used a marker. Now with the solution I thought it would be fine to have a marker and a module. I'll try it without the marker and just the module.

It's still spawning me on water

[granite sky]

@rough dagger Figured it?

[rough dagger]

haha sorry yes, I wanted to keep this channel clean 🙂

I needed currentThrowable

[granite sky]

I think you can look up the whole lot in config under the Throw weapon.

[rough dagger]

Rgr mate, I'll look at that

[granite sky]

"vn_m18_purple_muzzle"

[rough dagger]

Thank you, sorry for clogging up the airwaves 😉

[granite sky]

yeah, it has an entry for every single grenade in the modset :D

Now to figure out exactly why quadbikes cannot drive over bridges...

[open fractal]

add a respawn delay?

[lyric portal]

It's currently at 4 seconds

[little raptor]

@lyric portal

deleteMarkerLocal "respawn_west";
createMarkerLocal ["respawn_west", [0,0,0]];
"respawn_west" setMarkerPosLocal ASLToAGL getPosASL this

that was the code I pasted in the init field, as you saw in the video

and as you can see it works

there's no need to create the marker. just place some object (in that video it was a user texture) and put that code in its init field

[open fractal]

is there a way to clear all cargo in eden without going through the properties in every vehicle?

_cars = vehicles select {_x isKindOf "Car"};
{
clearitemcargo _x;
clearWeaponCargo _x;
clearMagazineCargo _x;

} forEach _cars;
``` I tried this but it doesn't seem to work while in eden

nevermind shift+click seems to work for this

[lyric portal]

Oh wow ok so, I used that, I disabled select respawn position and now it works. With it on it just keeps putting me on water. So that's pretty interesting. Thanks a lot.

[little raptor]

_pos = position _logic;

omg

[lyric portal]

What did it do?

[little raptor]

position gives the position in AGLS format.
AGL means above ground level. That S means object surfaces.
so if you place the module on an object the Z is 0
and when you're on water, the Z value of 0 means at the water surface ofc...

now here's a trick

just get the module's Z coord, and offset its position. and it should work

so in other words, just place the player where the module is

[little raptor]

run this

whatever the 3rd value is, add it to the module's Z

yep it works 🤣

@lyric portal 👆

anyway I asked the devs to fix this:
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T166485

not sure if they will (backward compat issue)

[lyric portal]

Interesting

Ok so, I put down the respawn module, ran debug, added z to module's z and guess what

It put me in water

[little raptor]

alternatively, just put this in the module's init field:

if (local this) then {
  this setPosASL (getPosASL this vectorAdd [0,0, ASLtoAGL getPosASL this#2])
}

[lyric portal]

Like ever deeper

[little raptor]

did you even put the player next to the module?

[little raptor]

anyway, just use this

it automatically adds the Z

[tame jetty]

hi i am new can somebody tell me how i join a multiplayer mission in arma 3

[little raptor]

this channel is for scripting questions. ask in #arma3_questions

[tame jetty]

thx

[lyric portal]

I think I should stream this. Should I stream this?

Water

[little raptor]

@lyric portal do this then

put an empty object (like that user texture) on the position you want to spawn

put this in its init:

if (isServer) then {
    [BLUFOR, getPosASL this, "My West Respawn"] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition
}

fixed the script. try it again

nvm

looks like that function is buggy as well

[lyric portal]

Looks like this here is the only thing that has worked so far for me

[little raptor]

try this too:

if (isServer) then {
 _marker = createMarker ["respawn_test", ASLToAGL getPosASL this];
 [BLUFOR, _marker, "My West Respawn"] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition 
}

[little raptor]

in an object's init

[lyric portal]

Oh wow now that’s working too hah

[little raptor]

yeah whoever coded those functions was a noob

they all use AGLS positions

using markers was the only way to unfuck it

[lyric portal]

Hah well, I guess we’ve found the solution after like 6 hours. That was pretty awesome. Thanks a lot. My head hurts.

[little raptor]

if you want to do it for multiple respawn positions use this:

if (isServer) then {
    _markerID = missionNamespace getVariable ["lastMarkerID", 0];
    _marker = createMarker [format ["myRespawnMarker%1", _markerID], [0,0,0]];
    lastMarkerID = lastMarkerID + 1;
    _marker setMarkerPos ASLToAGL getPosASL this;
    [BLUFOR, _marker, "My West Respawn"] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition 
}

[lyric portal]

Thanks

[little raptor]

actually I just noticed it uses ATL pos

if (isServer) then {
    [BLUFOR, getPosATL this, "My West Respawn"] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition;
    deleteVehicle this;
}

try that

no need for markers

[lyric portal]

Works great as well

[little raptor]

yeah just use this

it'll be faster network wise

it also deletes the dummy object

[lyric portal]

Thanks

[granite sky]

It turns out that the answer is telephone poles

[opal zephyr]

Is there anyway to reference the players weapon as an object? Im trying to use attachTo with its memory points

[warm hedge]

No

[little raptor]

they're not objects

they're proxies

even if you could get the proxy object (which you sort of can, e.g. using cursorObject) it would be totally useless

[warm hedge]

#arma3_scripting message
You can do this trick

[opal zephyr]

Oh that actually might work

I'll give that a shot, thanks

[little raptor]

here

[little raptor]

it's not "sum it all"

you have to do a transformation as well

from bone coords to model coords

[warm hedge]

That's what I implied

[little raptor]

anyway, the code here uses the muzzlePos mem point

change it to whatever mem point you want

also that's just a quick script I put together for demonstration purposes

you should optimize it yourself (and don't use onEachFrame)

[opal zephyr]

Would have to use onEachFrame if I wanted to attach something to it though no?

[little raptor]

you will need an each frame loop, but don't use the onEachFrame command

use the mission EH instead

[opal zephyr]

kk

[warm hedge]

Do we need it?

[little raptor]

also make sure you do it locally

[warm hedge]

attachTo is enough isn't it?

[opal zephyr]

but the point is constantly being recalculated

[little raptor]

the weapon bone moves so no

[warm hedge]

You can attach it to the weapon bone and adjust it into the proxy pos

[little raptor]

you can but the attachTo command uses memory point LOD

which is inaccurate for characters

here's an example

when you aim up or down the attached object kinda "slides off" (I've attached a weapon to the player)

tho if that's not important you can ofc use attachTo

it'll be faster than the each frame code ofc

[opal zephyr]

what attachment are we looking at in that image?

[little raptor]

I've attached a weapon to the player

he has two weapons in hand

[warm hedge]

Ahh

[opal zephyr]

oh I see it now

[little raptor]

the attached one is not aligned with the original

[opal zephyr]

What proxy did you attach it to?

[little raptor]

weapon proxy

"proxy:\a3\characters_f\proxies\weapon.001"

[brisk lagoon]

anyone knows a trigger that when a player reach/pass the trigger a smoke grenade is being thrown?
or spawned
anything like that?

[little raptor]

createVehicle ["SmokeShellBlue", ASLtoAGL getPosASL thisTrigger] hideObject true

if you want it white remove Blue

P.S it's not for MP

[open hollow]

there is a way to hide things without lose colition with it?

_obj hideobject true hide it, but also lose colition with it

[little raptor]

disableCollisionWith

collision can only be disabled between 2 pair of objs

e.g obj1 with obj2
ob1 with obj3
obj1 with obj4

[open hollow]

i want to colide it

but not see it

like an invisible wall basically

[little raptor]

oh I read it wrong

[little raptor]

there is an invisible wall obj

[open hollow]

im still trying to make the lidar thing usable lol

so hiding the objects may give me some more fps

[little raptor]

what objects?

the perf problem was due to the drawIcon3D

[open hollow]

map objects

[little raptor]

hiding map objects doesn't give you much FPS

[open hollow]

yea... i know

[open hollow]

it does if you hide them all lol

but yea, there is no way to optimize this

[little raptor]

not in SQF at least

[open hollow]

sqf is the only way to make the dots afaik 😦

lineintersectsurfaces works quite fast, so no frames are droped

[little raptor]

I mean the SQF language itself

lineintersectsurfaces works quite fast,
it takes ~0.005-0.08ms on average so it's not exactly light

[little raptor]

you can try intercept for example

which uses C++

[open hollow]

yea but the big performance hit its on drawIcon3D

[little raptor]

you can skip offscreen draws

and it'll be fast

[open hollow]

yea, maybe with an c++ extension to do it might help, since with sqf its slow af

maybe with a while loop, make it 2 or 3 times per second instaed of per freame

[little raptor]

that too works

[little raptor]

if it's scheduled the game will take care of it

just filter out the positions you don't want to draw

then pass the rest into an array

and draw them in the onEachFrame loop

[open hollow]

yea, ill try with that, it might help also some kind of "lod" filter that draws much less dots in the distance can work too

while didnt work, for some reason dots start to blink
i think its time to give up lol

[little raptor]

I didn't say draw the dots in there. just use it as a filter

[open hollow]

i didnt

while {dots isNotEqualTo []} do {
    sleep 0.3;
    _newdots = dots select {
         _dot = ASLToAGL (_x select 0);
         _w2s = worldToScreen _dot;
         _w2s isnotequalto [] || (_w2s findif ({_x < 2 && _x > -1} ) isnotEqualTo -1)
     };
         screendots = _newdots;
};

[little raptor]

while {condition} do {
  drawDots = allDots select {...};
  sleep 0.1;
}

[little raptor]

and why would it flicker with that

[open hollow]

idk

[little raptor]

_x < 2 && _x > -1
that's too arbitrary

_w2s isnotequalto [] || (_w2s findif ({_x < 2 && _x > -1} ) isnotEqualTo -1)
that codition is wrong too

because of ||

it should be &&

also instead of that findIf use inArea

[open hollow]

yea im not sure how to be sure its on screen

[little raptor]

_x = safeZoneX;
_w = safeZoneW;
_y = safeZoneY;
_h = safeZoneH;
_screenArea = [[_x + _w / 2, _y + _h/2], _w/2, _h/2, 0, true];

_w2s isNotEqualTo [] && {_wts inArea _screenArea}

[open hollow]

its an improvement... but far from playable lol

[open hollow]

but this will help me alot in another project i have ❤️

[little raptor]

well yeah

the screen area filter might be better in the each frame loop

instead move the line intersection into the while

instead do a different filter in the while

e.g. create a grid system, each grid with a limited number of dots, e.g. 1000

and only draw the dots belonging to that grid

[open hollow]

here is the code if you want to give it a try

setViewDistance 10;
setAperture -1;

setAperture 10000;

dots = []; 
fnc_lidar = {};

_x = safeZoneX;
_w = safeZoneW;
_y = safeZoneY;
_h = safeZoneH;
_screenArea = [[_x + _w / 2, _y + _h/2], _w/2, _h/2, 0, true];


fnc_lidar = {
    for "_" from 0 to 3 do{
        _direction = getCameraViewDirection player;
        _raw = eyepos player vectoradd (_direction vectorMultiply 30); // <-- Distance of the "laser"
        _pos = _raw vectoradd ([random [-1, 0 , 1],random [-1, 0 ,1],random [-1, 0 ,1]] vectorMultiply 10); //randomization of the laser
        _intersec = lineIntersectsSurfaces [eyePos player, _pos, player];
        if (_intersec isEqualTo []) then {continue};
        _intersec = _intersec select 0;
        _intersec pushBack (selectRandom [true,false,false,false,false]); // if its drawn when too far (didnt work well)
        dots pushBackUnique _intersec;
    };
};

removeAllMissionEventHandlers "Draw3D";
addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D", {
    [] call fnc_lidar;
    {
        _x params ["_dotpos","_normal","","","_far"];
        _dotpos = ASLToAGL _dotpos;
        _dist = (getpos player) distance2d _dotpos;
        if ( _dist > 50 && {!_far}) then {continue};
        _color = vectorLinearConversion [0,30,_dist,[0,0.85,1],[1,0.5,0]] + [1];
        drawIcon3D ["\A3\ui_f\data\map\markers\handdrawn\dot_CA.paa", _color ,_dotpos , 0.03*1/(_dist/50)*(abs (_normal select 0)), 0.03/(_dist/50)*(abs (_normal select 1)), 45, "", 1, 0.005/(_dist/20), "TahomaB"];
    }foreach newdots;
}];



while {dots isNotEqualTo []} do {
        newdots = dots select {
         _dot = ASLToAGL (_x select 0);
         _w2s = worldToScreen _dot;
         _w2s isnotequalto [] && {_w2s inArea _screenArea}
     };
};

[open hollow]

yea, can asociate the dots to the building thats hit, so iterate on them

[little raptor]

drawIcon3D ["\A3\ui_f\data\map\markers\handdrawn\dot_CA.paa", _color ,_dotpos , 0.03*1/(_dist/50)*(abs (_normal select 0)), 0.03/(_dist/50)*(abs (_normal select 1)), 45, "", 1, 0.005/(_dist/20), "TahomaB"];
your drawIcon3D is also very slow (also I don't get how the _normal is related to the size of icons)

[little raptor]

no I mean rectangular grids

based on the 2D position of the character

the grid can either be a preallocated array or hashmap

e.g.:

_gridData = _hashmap get [floor (_pos#0 / _gridWidth), floor (_pos#1 / _gridWidth)]

a _gridWidth of ~4-5 meters is good enough imo

[open hollow]

yea, that might help with far dots, but to be fair, the amount of dots needed to have a "clear" image like the gmod. its almost imposible to archive on arma, maybe on enfusion can be made

[little raptor]

well gmod is not written in scripts afaik

it's all based on Source SDK, fully compiled addons in C++

so ofc it's faster

[tough abyss]

Gmod does have Lua scripting

Perhaps you could look at how they do it with that and replicate their process in SQF

[open hollow]

yea idk if can be unpacked like in arma

[tough abyss]

I would assume you can do so with the source SDK as Leopard said

Afaik source doesn't obfuscate or encrypt files so no reason you shouldn't be able to

[past wagon]

https://imgur.com/a/Nx8vGCN
I'm trying to get the blue ellipse to morph onto the red ellipse on the map, and I'm using the script below. I don't see anything wrong with it and I'm not getting any errors, but nothing is happening on the map. The blue ellipse is "Zone" and the red ellipse is "NewZone". Does anyone know why it might not be working?

sleep 5;

_newSize = getMarkerSize "NewZone" select 0;
_oldPos = getMarkerPos "Zone";
_newPos = getMarkerPos "NewZone";

while {getMarkerSize "Zone" select 0 > _newSize && (getMarkerPos "Zone" distance _oldPos > _newPos distance _oldPos)} do {
    sleep 0.01;
    "Zone" setMarkerSize (getMarkerSize "Zone" - 0.1);
    getMarkerPos "Zone" params ["_x1", "_y1"];
    _newPos params ["x2", "y2"];
    _slope = (_y2 - _y1) / (_x2 - _x1);
    _degrees = atan _slope;
    _xDistance = 0.2 * (sin _degrees);
    _yDistance = 0.2 * (cos _degrees);
    "Zone" setMarkerPos [_x1 + _xDistance, _y1 + _yDistance];
};

[tough abyss]

Your while loop conditions make no sense

If we break it into chunks, we get this

[warm hedge]

Yeah seems like your while never fires

[tough abyss]

getMarkerSize "Zone" select 0 > _newSize
(getMarkerPos "Zone" distance _oldPos > _newPos distance _oldPos)

[past wagon]

yeah

[tough abyss]

first condition meaning that we only loop while the size of the old zone is bigger than the size of the new zone

[past wagon]

yes

that's how I intended it

[tough abyss]

meaning the loop will end instantly if your old zone is already the same size or smaller than the new zone

[past wagon]

yes, but it's not

it's larger

[tough abyss]

okay then let's move on to your other condition

this is the one that's more confusing to me

[past wagon]

I want it to stop once it reaches its new position

or once it reaches its new size

and I think both should happen at the same time

[tough abyss]

well what your condition says is that you only want it to keep looping if the distance from the old zone to the old position is greater than the distance from the new position to the old position

which makes no sense, seeing as the distance from the old zone to the old position will always start at 0

ending the loop immediately

[past wagon]

oh

I guess I have it backwards

[tough abyss]

correct

[past wagon]

I thought about that so hard lmfao

thank you

[tough abyss]

no problem

[warm hedge]

Just figured out the same, if in doubt always print (hint or systemChat or something) for debug

[tough abyss]

it can be helpful to have a #define debug or similar that activates debug hint messages via #ifdef

[past wagon]

ok

[warm hedge]

So, the script itself, you wanted to make a linear transformation Zone to NewZone am I right?

[tough abyss]

I must say I'm a bit confused at your approach if that's what your goal is

as it'll never reach the new position if it hits its new size first

and the same thing could be accomplished with a simple lerp on the pos

[warm hedge]

linearConversion vectorLinearConversion I'd use, they're always your friends

[past wagon]

yeah

[warm hedge]

Let's say, if I wanted to make the transformation in 5 seconds... let me write it ASAP

[past wagon]

ok

[warm hedge]

addMissionEventHandler ["EachFrame",{
    _thisArgs params ["_markerOld","_markerNew","_timePeriod","_timeNow"] ;
    
    _markerOld params ["_markerOld","_markerOldSize","_markerOldPos"] ;
    _markerNew params ["_markerNew","_markerNewSize","_markerNewPos"] ;
    
    _markerOldSize set [2,0] ;
    _markerNewSize set [2,0] ;
    
    private _timeNow = time - _timeNow ;
    _markerOld setMarkerPos vectorLinearConversion [0,_timePeriod,_timeNow,_markerOldPos,_markerNewPos,true] ;
    
    private _size = vectorLinearConversion [0,_timePeriod,_timeNow,_markerOldSize,_markerNewSize,true] ;
    
    _size deleteAt 2 ;
    _markerOld setMarkerSize _size ;
    
    if (_timePeriod < _timeNow) exitWith {removeMissionEventHandler [_thisEvent,_thisEventHandler]} ;
},[
    ["Zone",getMarkerSize "Zone",getMarkerPos "Zone"],
    ["NewZone",getMarkerSize "NewZone",getMarkerPos "NewZone"],
    5,
    time
]] ;```

I just learnt vectorLinearConversion only accepts arrays with 3 elements unlike other vector commands...

@past wagon

[past wagon]

ok

[tough abyss]

sleep 5;

private _newSize = getMarkerSize "NewZone" select 0;
private _oldPos = getMarkerPos "Zone";
private _newPos = getMarkerPos "NewZone";
private _i = 0;
private _time = 5;

while {getMarkerSize "Zone" select 0 > _newSize} do {
    "Zone" setMarkerSize (getMarkerSize "Zone" - 0.1);
    private _curPos = vectorLinearConversion [0, 1, _i, _oldPos, _newPos, true];
    "Zone" setMarkerPos _curPos;
    _i = _i + 0.01/_time;
    sleep 0.01;
};

this would also work if you want to replicate the old behavior exactly except with vectorLinearConversion

_time lets you set how long you want the movement to take in seconds

[past wagon]

ok

[tough abyss]

wait hold on lol

there

forgot the size change

[past wagon]

thanks

I will probably end up using one of those, but I still wanna make mine work just so I can learn from it

right now I'm confused as to why the ellipse is moving the in the wrong direction. Here is the updated script:

sleep 5;

_newSize = getMarkerSize "NewZone" select 0;
_oldPos = getMarkerPos "Zone";
_newPos = getMarkerPos "NewZone";

_oldPos params ["_x1", "_y1"];
_newPos params ["_x2", "_y2"];
_slope = (_y2 - _y1) / (_x2 - _x1);
systemChat str _slope;
_degrees = atan _slope;
systemChat str _degrees;
_xDistance = 0.2 * (sin _degrees);
_yDistance = 0.2 * (cos _degrees);

while {getMarkerSize "Zone" select 0 > _newSize && getMarkerPos "Zone" distance _oldPos < _newPos distance _oldPos} do {
    sleep 0.01;
    "Zone" setMarkerSize [(getMarkerSize "Zone" select 0) - 0.1, (getMarkerSize "Zone" select 0) - 0.1];
    getMarkerPos "Zone" params ["_x1", "_y1"];
    "Zone" setMarkerPos [_x1 + _xDistance, _y1 + _yDistance];
};

actually, nevermind. there's way too many problems with this anyway lol

[tough abyss]

Honestly I'm not sure why it'd be moving the wrong way, but probably better to understand that the way you're trying to do it is overly convoluted and learn the better way to do it

[past wagon]

yeah

[tough abyss]

esp. as the way you're currently trying to do it doesn't guarantee the markers will end up in the same spot since they're moving by rough increments

[past wagon]

yeah, true

[tough abyss]

and also this will evaluate false as soon as the old marker crosses the midpoint getMarkerPos "Zone" distance _oldPos < _newPos distance _oldPos which will stop the loop

as once it crosses midpoint it's no longer less far from its old position than it is from the new one

[past wagon]

yeah

[tough abyss]

if you need any help with vectors lmk, I've had to work with them a LOT for my current mod and in the past

[past wagon]

actually, are you sure about that?

because the _newPos isnt the current position, its the one that its moving towards

[tough abyss]

yes you're correct, I read it wrong

my bad

[past wagon]

all good

although I have a bit of a problem with your script

the marker arrives at its new location before it is done shrinking, and then continues to shrink

[tough abyss]

Yes that will happen, I only replicated the way your script works, not improved it

if you want it to shrink in sync with movement I can make it do that

[past wagon]

right

well, how would it be done?

[tough abyss]

same system as the movement but with linearConversion instead of vectorLinearConversion as we'd be working with a scalar (normal number) instead of a position vector

[past wagon]

ok

and that would sync the two?

oh right

because of time

[tough abyss]

If they're linked to the same increment, yes

in my code the increment is _i

[past wagon]

yeah

[tough abyss]

I would advise seeing if you can figure it out yourself, otherwise I can provide an example

this will help

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

minFrom and maxFrom can just be 0 and 1 respectively

minTo will be the original size of the marker

[past wagon]

yeah I'm kind of confused by the parameters

ok

[tough abyss]

maxTo will be the size you want it to be (the size of the new marker)

you can set clip to true if you want, it won't matter

and then value is where you put _i

[past wagon]

ok

[tough abyss]

note that with this you can simplify the while statement to

while {_i <= 1} do {

[past wagon]

will I need to do that for them to be in sync?

[tough abyss]

No, but the old while statement is no longer valid as we don't need to check if the size is right

[past wagon]

ok

[tough abyss]

basically how linearConversion works is this:

[past wagon]

sleep 5;

private _oldSize = getMarkerSize "Zone" select 0;
private _newSize = getMarkerSize "NewZone" select 0;
private _oldPos = getMarkerPos "Zone";
private _newPos = getMarkerPos "NewZone";
private _i = 0;
private _time = 5;

while {_i <= 1} do {
    private _curSize = linearConversion [0, 1, _i, _oldSize, _newSize];
    "Zone" setMarkerSize [_curSize, _curSize];
    private _curPos = vectorLinearConversion [0, 1, _i, _oldPos, _newPos, true];
    "Zone" setMarkerPos _curPos;
    _i = _i + 0.01/_time;
    sleep 0.01;
};

is this good?

[tough abyss]

seems to be but you don't actually have the _oldSize var defined

[past wagon]

yeah, got it

[tough abyss]

params["_minFrom", "_maxFrom", "_value", "_minTo", "_maxTo", "_clip"];
private _rangeFrom = _maxFrom - _minFrom; // Range of values to use for input
private _rangeTo = _maxTo - _minTo; // Range of values to use for output
private _progress = (_value - _minFrom) / _rangeFrom; // Fraction of _rangeFrom that _value is from _minFrom
private _newValue = _minTo + _progress * _rangeTo; // Output new value scaled from _minFrom to _maxFrom
if (_clip) then { // If _clip == true, clamp _newValue between _minTo and _maxTo
  _newValue = [_newValue, _minTo, _maxTo] call BIS_fnc_clamp;
};

this is basically how linearConversion works

vectorLinearConversion is more or less the same, just uses vector math

[past wagon]

right

ok, that makes sense

it's working perfectly now

[tough abyss]

wonderful, glad it's working

updated my linearConversion example code to show what _clip does

[past wagon]

ok

thanks a lot!

[tough abyss]

No problem, glad I could help

[past wagon]

how can I do something like allPlayers not inAreaArray "Zone"?

I want an array of every player who isn't inside an area

[warm hedge]

!(... inAreaArray ...) <- sorry this is simply wrong

[past wagon]

ohhh

[warm hedge]

Uh, an array of every player who isn't in an area?

[past wagon]

I could do allPlayers - allPlayers inAreaArray "Zone"

[past wagon]

yea

[warm hedge]

Yeah your solution sounds feasible

[past wagon]

cool, thanks

[tough abyss]

@past wagon Small note but you can also use BIS_fnc_listPlayers instead of allPlayers to exclude headless clients

a small optimization, but helpful to know

[tight cloak]

PRIVATE _spawning = true;
PRIVATE _multiplication = 1.5;
    while {_spawning} do {
        systemchat format ["fnc_enemyspawn is running on %1", _spawning];
        //fetching all players in aircraft
        PRIVATE _playerPlanes = [];
        {
          if (isTouchingGround (vehicle _x) == true) then {
            _playerPlanes pushback [_x];
          };
        } forEach allplayers;
        //systemchat format ["%1", _playerplanes];
        PRIVATE _planes = [];
        {
              if ((_x iskindof "Air" && ((count (crew _x)) > 0) && (!isTouchingGround _x)) && !(typeOf _x == "Land_FLoodLight_F") && !(_x == player)) then {
                _planes pushback [_x];
              };
        } forEach vehicles;
        PRIVATE _planeCount = count _planes;
        PRIVATE _players = count _playerPlanes;
        PRIVATE _totalplanes = _planeCount - _players;
        PRIVATE _planesToSpawn = _players * _multiplication;
        PRIVATE _vehicle = selectRandom ["sab_fl_dh98", "sab_fl_hurricane_2"];
        if (_planesToSpawn > _totalplanes) then {
            for "_i" from _planesToSpawn to _totalplanes do {
                sleep 4;
                _plane = createVehicle ["sab_fl_hurricane_2", position planeSpawn_1, [], 0, "FLY"];
                _group = createGroup resistance; 
                _unit = _group createUnit ["sab_fl_pilot_green", [0,0,0], [], 0, "FLY"];
                _unit moveInAny _plane;
                _wp = _group addWaypoint [position planeobj, 0];
                systemChat format ["%1 plane spawned", _plane];
            };
        };
    sleep 60;
    _planesToSpawn = 0;
    _totalplanes = 0;
};

the script if set to _spawning on if works fine, but it spawns infinite planes.
however this version doesnt spawn at all. meaning the error lies in this line:

if (_planesToSpawn > _totalplanes) then {

feel free to rip into it btw, i wrote it and its incredibly ugly but my first attempt at writing a large piece of sqf

[hallow mortar]

Some of your conditions for selecting planes are redundant. isKindOf "Air" inherently rules out being a floodlight or the player unit, so you don't need to check those as well.

You can simplify this a lot:

_planeClasses = ["B_Plane_CAS_01_dynamicLoadout_F","B_Plane_Fighter_01_F"] apply {toLower _x}; // replace with your classes
// alternatively do two planeClasses arrays with different classes for the player side and OPFOR
_allPlanes = vehicles select {(toLower typeOf _x) in _planeClasses};
_playerPlanes = _allPlanes select {isPlayer driver _x};
_aiPlanes = _allPlanes select {((count (crew _x)) > 0) && !(isPlayer driver _x)};

The simplification will remove it in this case, but when you're checking a boolean (true/false) value, you don't need to use a comparison like == true. Just return the boolean itself, in this instance (isTouchingGround (vehicle _x)) which will already be true or false. You're doing "return true if this returns true" when you could just do "return this", it's a redundant layer.

Again the simplification will remove this, but your pushBack is wrong. Instead of adding _x to the array, you're adding a new sub-array containing only _x. I don't think this is causing your problem because count doesn't care about that, but it would cause problems if you wanted to do other things with the array. pushBack _x instead of pushBack [_x].

[tough abyss]

Overall not horrible for a first time writing large amounts of SQF though :)

Main things I'd recommend mastering to write better code are the array operations, vector operations, and everything involving remoteExec

lots of helpful stuff for optimizing code

[tight cloak]

can i still use ```sqf
count

[hallow mortar]

_allPlanes, _playerPlanes, and _aiPlanes will each contain a list of planes. If you want to know the number of planes in a list, the best method is indeed to count the list of planes.

[tight cloak]

if i do something like _aiPlanes = count _aiPlanes

will that override its value entirely to the point it wont remember what it was even counting

[hallow mortar]

It won't overwrite until after it's finished counting. But it would be best to make the count a separate variable, e.g. _aiPlanesNumber, in case you need the list again later.

[tight cloak]

i mean its gonna be a loop thats going to evaluate every 60 seconds - its for dogfighting to keep spawning planes to keep up with the players killing them

so i dont see why id need the number again

[hallow mortar]

It doesn't cost you anything to make a separate variable, it helps keep your code readable (having a variable change type and purpose halfway is confusing) and it provides the option in case you decide you need it.

[open fractal]

why not use an entitykilled handler to tally planes?

[tight cloak]

scale up and down with player count

people can join, leave etc and it scales accordingly

i felt an EH would get too complicated to track

[hallow mortar]

You could do that with an EH too. But a 60-second loop is a perfectly fine way of doing it, it gives a nice "wave" feeling so the combat isn't 100% intense at all times. That's not really the core problem here.

[open fractal]

sure, just a suggestion in case it's preferred over a loop

[tight cloak]

PRIVATE _spawning = true;
PRIVATE _multiplication = 1.5;
while {_spawning} do {
    _planeClasses = ["sab_fl_dh98","sab_fl_hurricane_2","sab_fl_ju88a","sab_fl_a6m"] apply {toLower _x}; // replace with your classes
    // alternatively do two planeClasses arrays with different classes for the player side and OPFOR
    _allPlanes = vehicles select {(toLower typeOf _x) in _planeClasses};
    _playerPlanes = _allPlanes select {isPlayer driver _x};
    _aiPlanes = _allPlanes select {((count (crew _x)) > 0) && !(isPlayer driver _x)};
    _spawnedPlanes = count _aiPlanes;
    _playerPlaneCount = count _playerPlanes;
    _planesToSpawn = _playerPlanes * _multiplication
        if (_spawnedPlanes < _planesToSpawn) then {
            for "_i" from _spawnedPlanes to _planesToSpawn do {
                sleep 4;
                _plane = createVehicle ["sab_fl_hurricane_2", position planeSpawn_1, [], 0, "FLY"];
                _group = createGroup resistance; 
                _unit = _group createUnit ["sab_fl_pilot_green", [0,0,0], [], 0, "FLY"];
                _unit moveInAny _plane;
                _wp = _group addWaypoint [position planeobj, 0];
                systemChat format ["%1 plane spawned", _plane];
        };
    };
    sleep 60;
};

revised version with your suggestions

[tough abyss]

I'd move _planeClasses out of the loop

redundant to recompute it

[tight cloak]

alright

gonna test it now

[tough abyss]

and they're already all in lower case so you kinda did its job for it :P

[tight cloak]

getting an error here:

        if (_spawnedPlanes < _planesToSpawn) then {

missing ";"

[tough abyss]

missing ; on previous line

[tight cloak]

ah

ty

[tough abyss]

also I'm not sure where you're running this from but make sure it's a scheduled environment so the sleeps actually work

[tight cloak]

remoteexec

i tried using call but it just caused too many problems for me and im only executing this once

[tough abyss]

spawn would probably be more appropriate as it won't be replicating the script call to all clients

[tight cloak]

its just being evaluated on the server and server only

[tough abyss]

Ah, good, that works too

[tight cloak]

PRIVATE _spawning = true;
PRIVATE _multiplication = 1.5;
_planeClasses = ["sab_fl_dh98","sab_fl_hurricane_2","sab_fl_ju88a","sab_fl_a6m"] apply {toLower _x}; // replace with your classes
// alternatively do two planeClasses arrays with different classes for the player side and OPFOR
while {_spawning} do {
    systemChat format ["%1 Aircraft spawn loop", _spawning];
    _allPlanes = vehicles select {(toLower typeOf _x) in _planeClasses};
    _playerPlanes = _allPlanes select {isPlayer driver _x};
    _aiPlanes = _allPlanes select {((count (crew _x)) > 0) && !(isPlayer driver _x)};
    _spawnedPlanes = count _aiPlanes;
    _playerPlaneCount = count _playerPlanes;
    _planesToSpawn = _playerPlaneCount * _multiplication;
        if (_spawnedPlanes < _planesToSpawn) then {
            for "_i" from _spawnedPlanes to _planesToSpawn do {
                sleep 4;
                _plane = createVehicle ["sab_fl_hurricane_2", position planeSpawn_1, [], 0, "FLY"];
                _group = createGroup resistance; 
                _unit = _group createUnit ["sab_fl_pilot_green", [0,0,0], [], 0, "FLY"];
                _unit moveInAny _plane;
                _wp = _group addWaypoint [position planeobj, 0];
                systemChat format ["%1 plane spawned", _plane];
        };
    };
    sleep 60;
};

this is the current version of it, except. nothing spawns?

[tough abyss]

Does the systemchat message go through?

[tight cloak]

it says the first line so its running

just not the spawn

nevermind, it does spawn - except only on the second pass

[tough abyss]

Could be that the first pass runs before there's any player planes

not sure when you're executing it though

[tight cloak]

moment the first plane flies off the carrier

initiates a start.sqf that kicks everything into gear

[hallow mortar]

Have it systemChat the value of each variable after its creation (including count variables). This will help identify which piece isn't working.

Er, actually just the count variables. Trying to systemChat a large array of planes wouldn't be too good

[tight cloak]

okay so - aside from it missing the first pass, it works as intended with a slight uh... interesting problem

sometimes the spawns of them overlap, causing a huge fireball that continues until one makes it out, and another etc until the number has been reached

[tough abyss]

that would make sense considering they have a set spawn point with 0 radius

[tight cloak]

how would i improve this?

[tough abyss]

_plane = createVehicle ["sab_fl_hurricane_2", position planeSpawn_1, [], 0, "FLY"];

that line

the 0 before fly is the radius param

then it'll spawn the planes within that radius of the spawn randomly

instead of at the exact spot

as for the first loop not working, I'm unsure

will continue thinking about it

[tight cloak]

radius fixed the other issue, thankyou guys for the help

i need to hit the hay, might be back with some more questions tomorrow

[wide stream]

Hello, gents.
How do i remove radio racks from ACRE2 from vehicle?
I put this code in serverInit.sqf rn and it works for singleplayer, but i have no idea why it isn't working on dedi:

waitUntil {time > 0};
_radioRemoveVehs = [mrap_1, mrap_2, mrap_3, mrap_4];

{
    _veh = _x;
    [_veh, {}] call acre_api_fnc_initVehicleRacks;
    _racks = [_veh] call acre_api_fnc_getVehicleRacks; 
    // [_veh, (_racks select 1)] call acre_api_fnc_removeRackFromVehicle;
    // [_veh, (_racks select 0)] call acre_api_fnc_removeRackFromVehicle;
    [_veh, (_racks select 1)] remoteExecCall ["acre_api_fnc_removeRackFromVehicle"];
    [_veh, (_racks select 0)] remoteExecCall ["acre_api_fnc_removeRackFromVehicle"];
} forEach _radioRemoveVehs;

[tough abyss]

hm

I'm not aware of the specifics of ACRE's scripts, but if I had to guess I'd assume it's something to do with how the racks are initialized in MP vs. SP

also just calling acre_api_fnc_removeRackFromVehicle should be sufficient as according to the ACRE docs it's supposed to be server exec only

and I'm assuming you mean initServer.sqf not serverInit.sqf

however based on what I'm seeing it should be logging any errors to the RPT file

so I'd go check that to see what's up

@wide stream

[wide stream]

Yeah

[wide stream]

I'm doing it right now [)
Thanks!

[tough abyss]

no problem

[wide stream]

Oh, so acre_api_fnc_getVehicleRacks isn't returning any radio ID's if executed from server. Strange.

Will try to figure it out by my own. Thanks for reminding me about RPTs x)

[cobalt path]

Is there a way to make player character move really fast? I wanted to make something like Raiden character using webhooks melee mod, but setAnimSpeedCoef doesnt seem to be doing much for players

[winter rose]

it should be the one; not accelerating top-body animations though

(e.g reloads remain the same)

[cobalt path]

well, doesnt seem to work for some reason, it did for like milisecond and went back to normal when I executed it in debug in editor for myself

[little raptor]

you have a mod that's forcing the anim speed

remove it

[cobalt path]

Could it be webknights melee?

[little raptor]

yes

[cobalt path]

okay so I will ask him instead gotcha

[tiny coyote]

Is anyone familiar with the ticket system in arma 3? Im trying to set up the system so when there are 0 tickets left, the mission does not end and all other players may spectate. I have everything working expect the mission ends everytime the tickets hit 0.

[marsh trench]

is there a way to know when a function called by "call" has finished?
i want to know when ["Preloading"] call BIS_fnc_arsenal exist so i can notify the player that preloading is completed.

[granite sky]

Well, a call is blocking, so it's finished once you get to the subsequent expression. Some called functions might spawn something internally but you can't know about that without reading the source.

[sour bolt]

How would I go about making a script which will spawn and then subsequently kill one of each category of unit when launching the game? This is to fix Zeus which is broken with mod support, the idea is as follows:

I load up game --> Unit from AAF, Russia, PMC Wagner, Raven Security etc (all of those are different mods and so on) are placed down - one from each category, they are then destroyed and as placing one of each down makes it so Zeus actually lets me place a unit of each category down I can use Zeus properly. If that made any sense, if not I can re-explain my issue.

[hallow mortar]

_classesToSpawn = ["B_Soldier_F","O_G_Soldier_F"]; // replace with your classes
_spareGroup = createGroup west;
{
  _spawnedUnit = _spareGroup createUnit [_x,[0,0,0],[],0,"NONE"];
  deleteVehicle _spawnedUnit;
} forEach _classesToSpawn;```
You will need classnames for each unit you want to spawn. This script could be placed in initServer.sqf (maybe, not sure if that will do the thing with Zeus), or initPlayerLocal.sqf with a check to confirm the local player is the Zeus player.

The better option would probably be to fix the problem with Zeus though

[granite sky]

I would expect this to work as an alternative, but I haven't tried it. Run as server:

{
    (allCurators#0) addCuratorAddons unitAddons _x;
} forEach ["classname1", "classname2"];

[hallow mortar]

There is an option in the Zeus module settings in the Editor to enable all addons. This is set to "official addons only" by default, I think, so changing that should be the first step

[granite sky]

Yeah, if it's your mission then that's the easy way.

[tough abyss]

From the BIS_fnc_respawnTickets docs:
If you use also EndMission respawn template, the mission will automatically end once tickets in all name spaces are exhausted.

So if you don't want the mission to auto-end, you're going to need to either artificially stop the tickets from running out or stop using EndMission

the latter is probably smarter unless you don't want that for some reason

also channel description should be if (question isKindOf "ScriptingQuestion") then {chat here}; smh

[open hollow]

i want to make a tp from one ladder to another to make an tunnel entrance.

like you "mount" it, start going down, and in the middle of it, you to another ladder, at same place

but i dont know how to "get in" in the new ladder

any ideas on how to do it?

[little raptor]

there's a ladder action

but if you want to get on the mid point of the ladder you have to use setVelocityTransformation

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Actions#LadderDown

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Actions#LadderUp

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVelocityTransformation#Example_2

[open hollow]

ill try with this, because i want something like a teleport in the middle

[little raptor]

I said use setVelocityTransformation for middle

[tough abyss]

So you're trying to teleport from one ladder's midpoint to another ladder's midpoint to simulate a tunnel, yeah?

I'd run LadderOff to dismount the first ladder, then use LadderDown or LadderUp on the other ladder with the position param set to 0.5 to start at the midpoint

[little raptor]

positionNumber is a number defining the desired position (0 - bottom, 1 - top). All numbers in between get rounded towards 1 or 0.

can't

[tough abyss]

Oh of course

Eh at the very least I doubt you'd break anything by teleporting yourself by an offset after running LadderDown or LadderUp

[scenic shard]

Im having issues with the setFog command. for some reason the fog gets changed to no fog at all after a like 5-10 sec.

so i have like 20% fog at mission start, set it to 50%, but it gets set to 0% for some reason...

I am running the command on server only

[little raptor]

do you use any mods?

also did you check manual in 3den environment attributes?

[scenic shard]

I have ace, cup and rhs

[little raptor]

ACE does modify weather

[scenic shard]

not sure what you mean with 3den, but I have changed the start and forecast sliders to be the same

[little raptor]

3den = eden

editor

[scenic shard]

was it the sliders for fog you mentioned, or is "manual" something else you are referring to?

[little raptor]

looks like fog doesn't have a manual check mark. nvm

only wind, rain, waves, etc. had them

[scenic shard]

ah

[little raptor]

anyway, as I said, ACE enforces its own weather

[scenic shard]

ok, i will look into that and if its possible to change it

[scenic shard]

I did not find anything regarding this in their documentation, but have asked over on their discord.

However disabling the weather module completely did not fix the issue, so not ACE is the one messing with it

[tough abyss]

@scenic shard Are you messing with any other weather effects?

[scenic shard]

yes, I have set overcast to max, and override for rain (max), lightning (none) and manual wind as well

[tough abyss]

hm

overcast may be overriding the fog

see what happens if you turn it off

[scenic shard]

same thing with 0% overcast

[tough abyss]

hm

perhaps try debugging with

fogtest = [] spawn {
  while {true} do {
    hintSilent format ["Current fog: %1", fogParams];
    sleep 1;
  };
};

will hint the currently set fog parameters every second, should be able to easily see if/when the params get overridden

[little raptor]

maybe try forcing the weather to change first, then set the fog

forceWeatherChange;
0 setFog 1;

[scenic shard]

the loop shows that the change is working as expected, the start value is [0.26, 0.01, 0] and the value I set is [0.26,0.01,150];

but when i get close to the end it jumps to [0,0.01,150]

If I set my start value with forceWeatherChange; first and then start the transition with 10 setFog [0.26,0.01,150]; I get the same result

it does not bug out if i use 0 instead of 10 as transition time however

If i only run "forceWeatherChange;" all the fog gets set to 0 as well, so the same effect as the issue im having.

Does forceWeatherChange; run automatically after the setFog command or similar?

[tough abyss]

forceWeatherChange effectively forces the engine to immediately set the new weather without any regard for a smooth transition

essentially the same as setting 0 for the transition time but more directly at engine level

and no it doesn't run automatically as that would make the time setting redundant

so what you're saying is that it bugs if you do

10 setFog [0.26,0.01,150] but not if you do 0 setFog [0.26,0.01,150]

?

@scenic shard I just replicated your weather settings with ACE3 weather module running and CUP installed, fog works fine for me without any bugs when executed via debug console.