arma3_scenario

[silk axle]

He means the X reactions
And yes it means it's not a useful answer

player setUnitTrait ["audibleCoef", 0]
Which means the AI won't hear your footsteps anymore and you can walk around the house as you please (or you can set it to a small number like 0.1 to make the player slightly audible)
You can also adjust the comouflageCoef to make the player harder to spot

[spiral vigil]

copy that @silk axle

if its not useful i delete it

in my missions i use _x setSkill ["aimingSpeed", 1.000]; cuz i want Ai to aim at me as fast as they can so this would be in my ai spawn script ```sqf
{
_x setSkill ["aimingAccuracy",0.000];
_x setSkill ["aimingShake", 0.000];
_x setSkill ["aimingSpeed", 1.000];
_x setSkill ["commanding", 1.000];
_x setSkill ["courage", 1.000];
_x setSkill ["general", 1.000];
_x setSkill ["reloadSpeed", 1.000];
_x setSkill ["spotDistance", 0.000];
_x setSkill ["spotTime", 0.000];
_x allowfleeing 0;
} forEach units _grp;

[livid sky]

hey there! I've been making liminal pools with the "Grave (tiled)" because its the only object i could find that some what resembles swimming pool tiles and there are no mods either sadly, but all my hard work putting them down has turned useless because the hitboxes of the side of the gravestones are wacky.

does anyone know how to remedy this or a object or method that could work instead?

[spiral vigil]

hmmm looks nice

[south olive]

Isn't that the same skill edited in the 3den Ehanced's skill tree?

[south olive]

Here's what I have right now. These 2 guys are completely turned around from the player and shouldn't have noticed him.

Here's what their stats look like

[tame sage]

Looks very cool! I'd definitely download that as a composition for use in a mission.

To answer your question with a question: are the hitboxes too small? Because placing invisible walls might be a (performance expensive) solution.

Just brainstorming here: could you find the gravestone texture and apply it on VR blocks instead?

[silk axle]

Yes

But looks like 3den enhanced doesn't allow you to set it to zero

[livid sky]

funny you say that because i was certainly planning on it cuz there aren't enough backrooms things for arma and i've put way to much time into this to just use it once in a mission xD

but sadly on the hitboxes front, they are sticking out as shown in the image with vr entities. I was thinking of using the VR blocks instead but I'll have to use the 1m one but that one doesn't have a option to change texture

[silk axle]

If the AI actually see you through the walls you're either using a bad AI mod or bad object with holes in geometry
Try reducing the camo coefficient of the player too

[livid sky]

does anyone know how to change the 1m VR block texture or am i having to make a custom mod? (which i did look into but the info on how is very lacking which hurts)

[silk axle]

Does it have hidden selection textures?

[livid sky]

nope

[silk axle]

If not you can use the user texture objects

[silk axle]

So you mean you tried getObjectTextures and it returned an empty array?

[livid sky]

oh no i dont know how that works, i meant there isn't a path option in atributes

[silk axle]

Well what does getObjectTextures return?

[livid sky]

do i just execute "getObjectTextures" in the init and thats it?

[silk axle]

No run it in debug console after running the mission
getObjectTextures myVrObj

MyVrObj is the variable name of a VR block

[livid sky]

ok i put it in the debug console but how does this work i've never used it before

[silk axle]

Name a vr block myVrObj in 3den
Run mission
Type the code in debug console and press local exec

[tame sage]

https://youtu.be/VYxAl7JqN9w?si=Qr57Z6JeSuXB-MiK

[livid sky]

alright it gave a ["","","","","","",""] is that considered empty?

[south olive]

Huh, didn't think, I will try turning off LAMBS

Also, is there any way to create a small simple light outside of using the light cones which are insanely bright?

[silk axle]

It means it probably does support hidden selection textures so you should be able to retexture them

[livid sky]

ok nice, would i then be able to texture them with the grave (tiled) texture?

[silk axle]

I guess so. Did you try this already and it didn't work?

[silk axle]

Well you can create scripted lights with any brightness you want

[livid sky]

no i have never used syntax to texture a object, i have with the path attribute but i take it that each texture has a string of numbers and i can replace the vr block with?

or is it also a paa path

[silk axle]

It can be a paa path.
idk what you mean by "each texture has a string of numbers"

[livid sky]

i said that because of the ["","","","","","",""] thinking each ''''' is a number

[silk axle]

Each "" is an empty string

idk if there's an option to change the texture via 3den, but via scripting you do myVrObj setObjectTexture [0, "path to paa"]
0 is the index of the texture in that array (0 means 1st, 1 means 2nd, etc)

[livid sky]

alright thx and if i use a path from arma like the grave (tiled) can the build then be saved as a composition and still work? or do the vr blocks turn back?

[silk axle]

if the texture path is from the base game itself it should work anywhere. If it comes from a mod or dlc and the user doesn't have that it will show an error for them

[south olive]

Can I eddit existing lights' intensity with the API?

[silk axle]

How do you place those lights?

Is it a specific object?

If so I guess no but you can try the setLightIntensity command

If it doesn't work you can put dummy objects in 3den and using their init create lights where they are and then delete the dummies

[south olive]

Light cones

[silk axle]

is that a module?

[south olive]

No, it's vanilla Arma thing, afaik

[silk axle]

You mean it's an object? Modules are also vanilla thing

[silk axle]

Ah it's an "empty" object

Well try setLightIntensity on it. See if it works

[south olive]

Idk what a module is

I thought you meant like a mod

[silk axle]

Press F5 and you'll see

[south olive]

Ah, I see

But no

[livid sky]

darn the grave of course does have all its rvmats is there a way to use the .rvmat in stead of paa? just puting .rvmat at the end doesn't work

[south olive]

this setLightBrightness 0.15
should in theory work, right? I have no clue how references and stuff work in Arma

Also, so the scripted lights are being weird and flickery. Like, they will turn on like 5 seconds after the scernario startsrunning and then turn off randomly

What could be causing that?

[rugged hull]

Hey all, I'm having an issue with my missions cfgsounds not reading properly
I have a file of "custom_sounds.hpp" that my mission description.ext is telling to read from, I know it recognizes the file because if I take the file out of the mission folder it yells at me that it's not there.
However, on mission start up it says that it can't find the sounds within the hpp - I've double checked that the file names match up

[south olive]

I removed LAMBS and that, I believe, is the only AI mod that I had

Didn't change squat

I might just make them non-responsive, I guess

[south olive]

Here's what happens with the light. It seems to be activated by player being close. Same thing happens with the fires

[scarlet dove]

That could be related to the dynamic lights quality setting
I've seen light pop in before, but never so close

[south olive]

Yeah, interesting

[vivid cloak]

How can I make so it shows a short message when entering a village for example?

[astral bloom]

hint, chat commands like sideChat, etc

[silk axle]

for materials you should use setObjectMaterial

[silk axle]

Show your cfg and folder setup

[livid sky]

thx but it doesn't really seem to work it just puts the full texture on one side of the vr block, i think imma try to get a static object mod going im pretty confident with modelling and texturing, setting up the config right is my only struggle

[south olive]

How can I create an "ambient" light at night that lights up an area of about 500 meters with a really dim light? I know Zeus Enhanced does it somehow, but how do I create it myself?

[thorny plaza]

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

[south olive]

Why does this trigger never get triggered or saved? I used enableSave in the mission Init, so I believe that should work? Is there a param I am not using

[south olive]

That's not really helpful since I've already read the guide and it doesn't explain how to set light source sizes

[thorny plaza]

because you have no condition, if you want to activate it when the activation and activation type match the game flow, you need this in the Condition field, it should even say that when you hover over the field.

[thorny plaza]

you are not helpful either since you did not say what have you read by now, and if you actually tried following it to at least make a light source, you would have figured out which command in there serves as the light "size".

ZEN only uses setLightBrightness to control the flashlight intensity.

[signal coral]

Hello, I'm making a warlords mission. The amount of infantry spawning at objectives seems incredibly low compared to the official warlords scenarios. is there a way I can increase it?

[thorny plaza]

did you try increasing the number of playable slots? Maybe WL takes the number of people in game into account when spawning enemy AI. Usually on servers the empty player slots are taken by AI to my knowledge, if you're testing it in editor then probably you're the only one on the other side

[signal coral]

I did. there still seems to be around a squad or less of Independent guys at each objective, maybe I need to place vehicles and motorized reinforement groups down 🤷

[elder belfry]

Put this in the trigger's condition

Ohh it's already been answered

[random kraken]

Hi guys, just a question: I'm actually using the ACE no medical (because I'd like the vanilla medical system for this one mission) but do you know how could I improve players hp? I mean, I'd like to use some armors but players can be easily killed with two shots literally everywhere. Can someone help me?

[south olive]

Thanks

[south olive]

But how does that help? I mean, is brightness/intensity directly related to how much space is illuminated? I have a few lights in my level using said tutorial, but I don't see the brightness affecting the illuminated area, just how bright a light is

[signal coral]

I increased the sector size to 600-800 and that spawned more infantry. A buddy helped me out, all set

[peak saffron]

I’m very new to making missions and i’m trying to accomplish AI Artillery with the Paladins. I think i’ve almost got it however i’m getting this error and i was hoping someone could help me figure out what i’m doing wrong.

i haven’t been able to get the AI to fire the artillery no matter how i set the triggers

[silk axle]

getPos doesn't work with markers
also marker_4 isn't defined as the error says

you probably wanted getMarkerPos "marker_4"

[peak saffron]

thank you i’ll try that

[signal coral]

hello. Working on a mission that spawns enemies after mission start.

I'm trying to find a script that removes NVGs and adds flashlights to blufor, opfor, and independant units as they are spawned throughout the game

[astral bloom]

addMissionEventHandler, entityCreated

[signal coral]

thank you! where would I put this?

[astral bloom]

Somewhere that runs that code. Like init.sqf or initServer.sqf etc

[signal coral]

thank you so much. I was using a while loop and it was cursed. this works great

[wanton pagoda]

for the purposes of triggers, do zeus remote controlled units count as players?

[astral bloom]

No

[kind flame]

so I like when I asked originally I was missing the point I was trying to get to or not explaining myself well enough.
So, I want a way via a mission file to change an object's base inventory, e.g., the Huron Cargo Container or "B_Slingload_01_Cargo_F," so that if the object spawns via an Add Action script, it has the items i want in its inventory. Normally I would achieve this via a config.ccp in a mod by doing

CfgVehicles
{
 Class B_Slingload_01_Cargo_F;
 Class B_Slingload_Custom_1_Cargo_F : B_Slingload_01_Cargo_F
 {
  class TransportMagazines
  {
   class EF_30Rnd_65x39_caseless_coy_mag
   {
    magazine="EF_30Rnd_65x39_caseless_coy_mag";
    count=5;
   };
  };
 };
};```
so on and so forth but i don't want to have to make a mod for one maybe two objects. is there a way I can do something similar in just the mission file?

[shell fox]

@kind flame You'll have to script that, probably something like this:

_something addAction ["Create Container", {
  private _container = createVehicle ["B_Slingload_01_Cargo_F", ...];
  /* Clear _container's inventory with clear*Cargo commands ... */
  /* Add stuff to _container's inventory with addItemCargoGlobal, addBackpackCargoGlobal, ... */
}];
```You would have to use appropriate commands from https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Command_Group:_Vehicle_Inventory and https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Command_Group:_Containers to manipulate `_container`'s inventory.
You could extend that script so that you can define inventory compositions for it in `description.ext` if you really wanted to, but setting that up is way too much work if you just need it for one or two custom inventories. Just hardcode them in SQF (e.g. `_container addItemCargoGlobal ["EF_30Rnd_65x39_caseless_coy_mag", 5]`) and be done with it.

[signal coral]

I'm getting some weird behavior from the AI, I have placed AT-guns in the editor and made them pointing towards the road...
But when I drive on the road and approaching the enemy, the enemy AI does a 360 with the AT-gun... and totally misses the shot haha
is it a setting or just a really weird AI behavior?

[frosty furnace]

Working on a Zeus mission set in the Half-Life universe

Conscripts stationed in the outlands, the old seabeds of Earth are ripe for antlion harvesting.

[random kraken]

Hi guys, just a question: is there any way to improve enemies (AI) health from editor when using vanilla arma?

[thorny plaza]

define "improve"

you can manage how the game handles damage for specific units using event handlers if this is what you're looking for

[random kraken]

I mean: I've been playing arma 3 missions with star wars mods for a long time (including ace); but this time I'd like to play without ACE medical (using ACE no medical) and I found out that players received the good amount of damages to be killed.. but the enemies npcs just take 1 shot everywhere...

so I'd like to improve npcs hp os at least to not let them be oneshotted everytime everywhere

[spiral vigil]

wow that Half-Life universe Looks Awsome m8

[lethal anvil]

hi, i had a funny thing happening to me and some friends on a lan server: so i made a barebones zeus scenario for us (just some spaen points, inf and the zeus modules, proper named). my friends found the server and joined and one of them cant see other players. does anybody knows why this could be happening?
mods: just cba3 and zeus enhanced

edit: spawned dudes via zeus are working and i could shoot and see him but he wont die. other way around there are only blood particles showing when he hits me (we lined up in a door frame). weird to me.

[south olive]

You should give your enemies armour, lol. Unarmored enemies will normally die in 1-2 shots, while enemies with armour will take somewhere between 3-6 shots depending on your caliber and where you're shooting

[random kraken]

Of course they have armours, that's why I'm asking for help, couse they should not die that easily😂

[south olive]

Well, are you headshotting them? I don’t really know why your enemies die that easy with good armour

[dreamy dagger]

when using mods, guns can have edited damage output

[fallen blaze]

Dunno if anyone can help in here, currently trying to setup the default loadout for my mission however when testing in MP the loadout goes to the arma default loadout of the unit placed. This does not happen in SP

[signal coral]

I have a cursed thing that saves the loadout you have when you die and loads it when you respawn, but kind of a problem when you run out of ammo.

I’ll mess with it some more, but do you want what I’ve currently got?

[fallen blaze]

I have a workaround for now, i think its the 3CB loadout system misbehaving

Whilst ive played a tonne of arma im still new to scripting and stuff

[shell fox]

@fallen blaze That is the default behaviour of the respawn system; you need https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Respawn#Restore_Loadout_on_Respawn to adjust it.

[signal coral]

I'm having trouble finding information on making a thumbnail picture for a mission on the steam workshop. Could someone help me or direct me in the right direction?

[signal coral]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzBHex0NA_U used this. all good now

[hazy inlet]

Is anybody able to tell me how i add ammunition crates to the cargo of helis and the airdrop it at a lz for ressuplies?

[edgy turret]

You can use the vanilla resupply requester module

Sync it to u, then sync a Supply Provider (either physical or virtual) to the requester module

In the provider module will be a Crate Init field you can script to have the items, gear or ammo u want in the resupply

Last part requires some scripting tho

[bold delta]

if a coop mission performs quite well everywhere but very badly in kavala, should I look for a specific problem in the mission, or is it the same for everyone else ?

[spring sierra]

Does anyone know what tank mod this is?

Scimitar. nvmnd

Is this mod still on the workshop?

[spring sierra]

Tank is FV107 Scimitar MKII

[hexed veldt]

Not really a A3 mission maker, I work more in enfusion and reforger. But, my group plays A3 and regorger. I have a question about KP liberation and thought someone here might know. When OPFOR is knocked uncon, it turns to CIV while unconscious, then back to OPFOR when he wakes up. If you kill a unconscious OPFOR it counts as killing a CIV and increases CIV aggression. I noticed the FIA stays FIA when unconscious so I wonder why it changes for OPFOR and is there a way to fix it.

[signal coral]

Sounds like you’re playing with ace. Go into addon options, find ace medical in the drop down menu, then find a setting called ai unconscious and turn that off

If not, there’s a command that you can change your civilian reputation with I’ve got saved somewhere

[hexed veldt]

Perfect, we do use ace. I'll send this to my A3 guys, I really know nothing about this stuff. I got involved and understand reforger fairly well. If it doesn't, I'll DM you, if that's ok?

[signal coral]

Sure

There’s also a KP liberation discord. Those guys will probably know more than me

[hexed veldt]

Perfect I'll look it up, too. But TBH, this sounds like the fix. I appreciate you, homie

[wintry tide]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1755268799

[spring sierra]

Thank you!

[fallen blaze]

Hoping someone can give me some guidance here as im very new to scripting etc, im hoping to make a vehicle spawner with a screen to interact with to control it but have no idea where to start or how to do it, has anyone done this before?

[glad barn]

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

[north stone]

Find a ready-made solution.

[glad barn]

Google is a friend.

[signal coral]

I usually see people use addAction and createVehicle

You’d write something using these and put it in the init of an object you want to be your button. For the position part of create vehicle, I’d use a named invisible object like an invisible heli pad or grass cutter

[fallen blaze]

That would be a pretty easy solution, thank you!

[frosty furnace]

Some shots from a Half-Life wasteland series I am working on

[final basin]

Kavala is kavala. You can't really do much about how badly it lags in their due to the sheer number of objects clients have to draw.

[south olive]

Hey, so question, how do I make sure that it reads the task object as a task rather than an object? Like, if I sync it, the trigger doesn't complete the task and doesn't go to the next task and the tasks disappear, as well. I was looking at stuff online, but I can't figure it out

[north stone]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/vehicleVarName
But I wouldn't store task IDs in vehicle vars.

[signal coral]

I’m trying to make a script that runs every hour in multiplayer. Would it be bad to use a while loop and have it sleep for 3,600 seconds?

[north stone]

I think you don't have any other option.

[near dock]

fyi might be easier to use the set task state modules

depending on how your tasks are set up

[covert bison]

Hello, I'm working on a scenario and the action takes place in a big city with lots of open junctions and streets (Sa'hatra), that means players get to see a lot of emptiness and I was wondering if anyone has any (vanilla) suggestions as to how I could fill some of that emptiness and make it look like there's "stuff happening".
So far, I've placed down some props (barricades, wrecks, cars, etc) and civvies to fill some of the emptiness on the streets. Some civs are grouped up as they're "talking" and others run/walk around. I've tested out the vanilla Civ Presence modules, but they're kinda lacking and don't spawn the right type of civs.

If anyone has some ideas, I'd be grateful if they'd be shared with me. Here are some random screenshots from said scenario: #screenshots_arma message

[south olive]

How do I do that, what's the difference?

[near dock]

You can just sync the modules to the trigger and then the task module with no coding necessary

[vivid cloak]

Need your help to think... haha
I want to create a scenario where it is a "frontline" . I am on the south side of it and the enemy of the north. And i want the enemy to have the ability to send troops to the line. For an ongoing event.
Is this even possible? Would be really fun
Looking forward for smart thoughts and help

[astral bloom]

"script" is one answer

[south olive]

Huh, alright

[teal raptor]

Am I the only one who just really sucks at having any ideas for missions? Lol. I'm pretty much limited in scope by having no friends to play with so I can't make any big ops that would take a squad of real people to accomplish, but everything I do make to play in singleplayer pretty much ends up being "walk to this area and shoot a bunch of dudes" haha. I just find it really hard to come up with ideas that are doable when it's just me and AI squad mates. I'd love to orchestrate a combined arms assault somewhere, I could probably make the mission, but I'm hamstrung by AI. Anybody have good ideas for what I could make for singleplayer stuff? Or maybe a good way to actually control the AI squadmates?

[gentle bone]

heyo! having an issue with the "Edit Terrain Object" module isnt working as it should be. any thoughts?

[gentle bone]

try looking into high command, its a toggleable mode that allows you to controls other groups of AI outside of your own group.

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_High_Command

you can hit Ctrl + Space to enter high command mode when you have synced the commander module to a unit (and are playing as that unit ofc)

[teal raptor]

Woah, how new is that?

Never heard of it before lol

[gentle bone]

been in the game forever lol

[teal raptor]

[gentle bone]

i believe its actually been a feature of arma since Arma 2 lol

[teal raptor]

😭 It's pretty cool though from my limited messing around

It would be nice to be able to do a "suppresing fire" command though through it

[thorny plaza]

it does not work in multiplayer environment. Use Hide Terrain Objects module to hide them instead. Or script the functionality.

[gentle bone]

ah bummer, i always found it easier to use the "Edit Terrain Objects" module over the hide terrain objects :(

[thorny plaza]

well it is what it is

[gentle bone]

how come it works with everything else then??

[thorny plaza]

@spare arrow you need help with something?

[gentle bone]

it seemed to work in local multiplayer with everything else, just not those two sheds specifically

[thorny plaza]

ask the devs. The code is written in this way that multiplayer makes it desynced

[south basin]

Anyone willing to help me and my friend out with making some missions for arma we could use some help we are not very good at this stuff

[young patrol]

Plz

[gentle bone]

anyone know why this isnt working?

i dont think ive got a spelling mistake in there

same error for both files

[north stone]

Provide the path to the file where the path is specified, and the path itself.

[gentle bone]

apologies but im not sure what you mean?

from my missions root directory, i have the folders: assets\textures\whiteboards and inside that whiteboards folder, there are: MapBoard_formations_sqWedge.paa and MapBoard_formations_column.paa
so i used "assets\textures\whiteboards\MapBoard_formations_sqWedge.paa" is that not correct?

[north stone]

That's correct.

[shell fox]

Sometimes you need https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getMissionPath, give that a try.

[gentle bone]

if it helps, im putting this into the whiteboard object

i dont believe id need getMissionPath for an in eden object no?

[shell fox]

Try without the "

[gentle bone]

still doesnt work

[rough pebble]

Does anyone know a fix for eden not showing missions in the editor I have made

[gentle bone]

did you actually save them? if so, did you save them in missions or mp missions?

[rough pebble]

Yea i have saved em

I can see all the files and stuff in the documents and everywhere else they are supposed to be

Eden just will not pull them up

[gentle bone]

did you change profile?

[rough pebble]

Nope

only have the one

[gentle bone]

strange, im not entirely sure then.

[shell fox]

Eden hides missions that depend on mods that are not currently loaded (e.g. if you make a mission with ACE and then load the game without mods).

[gentle bone]

ah good point yea

[rough pebble]

Ive got the same mods loaded

I guess I should say I was working on this about an hr ago. Saved and exited out and now none of the missions are showing

[gentle bone]

was it showing previously?

[rough pebble]

Before now yea

[north stone]

As workaround, use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setObjectTexture.

[gentle bone]

try creating a new profile and porting your missions over and see if the issue persists

[gentle bone]

alright gimme 2 mins, im restarting my game to see if that fixes the issue

[rough pebble]

Yea that doesnt even show up lol

In game it does but not in documents

[gentle bone]

yea still not working

[north stone]

Any error?

[gentle bone]

no error

sqWedge_board setObjectTextureGlobal [0, "assets\textures\whiteboards\mapboard_formations_sqwedge.paa"];

[north stone]

Then maybe your texture is not suitable for the game.

[gentle bone]

strange, should be, its .paa, 2048 x 2048 px

passed through GRADs paa converter just fine and that usually picks up any errors

[shell fox]

This is one of those whiteboards from an unbinarized mission.sqm:

type="Land_MapBoard_F";
class CustomAttributes {
  class Attribute0 {
    property="ObjectTextureCustom0";
    expression="_this setObjectTextureGlobal [0,_value]";
    class Value {
      class data {
        value="CUP\Terrains\cup_terrains_worlds\pictureMap\zargabad_ca.paa";
```Looks like that whiteboard class already uses `setObjectTextureGlobal` under the hood.
I know that it worked as expected with this whiteboard, so `getMissionPath` is not required.

[gentle bone]

so you cant change the texture?

[north stone]

You can.
Try adding suffixes: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/TexView_2_Manual#How_to_use_it

[gentle bone]

alrighty gimme 2 seconds

[shell fox]

Could try some vanilla texture, could try a different class of whiteboard (or laptop or monitor), could try placing the texture file in the mission root (instead of under assets).

[gentle bone]

same issue, cant find the file, changed the name in the files and on the #texture 0 in the object properties

[shell fox]

Could also try a JPG, those should work too.

[gentle bone]

doesnt seem to work just in the assets folder, tried it on the rugged laptop as well, fruitless.

i guess ill try a jpg

still nothing

does someone have a random PAA file they know works they can lend me?

i want to see if it will work with a different file

maybe for some reason my files corrupted???

[delicate hinge]

if you get not found error then the file is not an issue.

[shell fox]

\a3\Ui_f\data\GUI\Cfg\CommunicationMenu\artillery_ca.paa should be part of the base game

[gentle bone]

still doesnt work lmao

[shell fox]

Not sure if it needs the leading \.

[gentle bone]

same issue after removing

[shell fox]

Uhhh ...

Verify game files I guess 🤷‍♂️

[gentle bone]

is there a good place i can submit a bug report? i feel like something isnt working as it should lol

[gentle bone]

oh god

i have over 500gb of mods...

[delicate hinge]

how/where are you setting the image path

can you post the code?

[gentle bone]

into the texture #0 of the whiteboard object

[delicate hinge]

post the code

It looks to me like you have the quotes in the path

IIRC the error does not add quotes to the path

[delicate hinge]

but I might recall wrong

remove quotes from the path

[north stone]

#arma3_scenario message

[gentle bone]

still doesnt seem to work

also yea i tried earlier without quotes

[north stone]

Then... https://feedback.bistudio.com

[gentle bone]

and the tooltip when you hover over "Texture #0" says to use quotes

[delicate hinge]

the default path in there does not have them

and a3\Ui_f\data\GUI\Cfg\CommunicationMenu\artillery_ca.paa works just fine

[spiral vigil]

lol i have 0 mods lol @gentle bone

[gentle bone]

didnt seem to work for me?

[delicate hinge]

then your game files is incomplete

[shell fox]

Well that would indicate that either the specific whiteboard class you are working with is somehow broken (but you tried the rugged laptop too) or your game needs fixing (which brings us back to verifying game files) 🫤

[gentle bone]

amazing

cant wait to verify over 500gb

(kill me)

progress check.

[spiral vigil]

oops lol

[silk axle]

did you try shutting down the "server" (e.g. by going back to main menu) and trying again?

[past sparrow]

I wish there was a way to automatically send the user's .rpt file to the mission author upon error, because requesting players to send it seems to be too much to ask XD

[lean compass]

what causes this?

After 5 deaths, the menu position just locks up resulting on the mission needing restarted

[cinder holly]

no more respawn tickets?

[lean compass]

well i never had them

I was going off of using the menuposition spawn only - unless they're tied together?

[west, 100] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets; when it happened using the debug but it remained the same

[delicate hinge]

in my experience BI respawn menu is buggy and it can simply stop working for no reason.

[past sparrow]

due to lag maybe https://feedback.bistudio.com/T183228

[delicate hinge]

due to poorly written SQF

[lean compass]

Oh so i've got ALiVE running with the mission - could the initial surge of spawning AI cause enough lag for the respawn to shit the bed?

[past sparrow]

try without the AI

[hazy inlet]

Ive got a little thing idk how to solve.
The logistics of the unit recently colapsed into air and thus, zeus needs to do the ressupplies, air will do the inserts (although not consistent)
Is there a way I can properly automate it without there being the need of zeus interferance. For example: using the jtac as such, or like a pole where you can hail the heli taxi and the jtac only needs to tell the taxi where to land.
Im guessing supplies are easier than reinfills

pls ping when answer

[gentle bone]

i mean i tried restarting my game entirely. still didnt work

also hello i am back, same issue, verified my files and everything, still not working.

[signal coral]

In the editor, you could make a button somewhere that spawns an arsenal or a supply crate with the stuff you need (using addAction and createVehicle) and have the air people sling load it where it’s needed.

Alternately you could have people rtb when they need ammo, have them use guns that share ammo, accept that it’s going to be inconvenient to zeus, or find another unit.

I would play around with addAction and createVehicle. For the position part of createVehicle I’d use a named object like a grass cutter or invisible helipad. Be sure to save it as a composition when you’re done

The community wiki has documentation for how to structure the stuff you put in the object inits

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

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

[trail basin]

How would you trigger something when a AI gets into a vic? I got a AI that will get into a vic and want to trigger the convoy to then move.

[trail basin]

Also, I placed the Livonia Police Station in my mission and the AI from outside will just walk through the wall and be in the floor. Anyone know if that structure is just broken and AI can't path in it or what?

[hazy inlet]

Shqll have q look at this, thank you

[elder belfry]

Put UnitGetIn_Con = True code in the AI unit's waypoint init box

Then on the trigger you wanted, put the condition as UnitGetIn_Con and the trigger should fire

[elder belfry]

Making waypoints work properly in a structure in Arma is a bit nifty so idk

[silk axle]

The better way is using a condition that actually checks if all units got in:

units myGrp findIf {alive _x && !(_x in myVic)} < 0

[sinful rampart]

Make it fail, then send a RPT of that game run afterwards.
Preferably make it fail with a vanilla texture

[knotty plover]

Question:
Does anyone know if there is a way to disable the respawning mechanic of Killed AI within the Civilian Presence module(s) (In ArmA3)?

Context
I'm working on the last stage of a Multiplayer Zeused mission where the objective for the players is to move through and clear a town made up of a mix of civilians and enemies. During this phase of the mission, the Players are tasked to avoid civilian casualties if possible. However, it should still be possible for the players to kill the civilians. To do this I'd like to use the civilian presence module.

However, I have noticed that after the AI are killed they will respawn on the custom respawn positions (which are used to spawn them in the first place) and will continue to do so to reach the module's target population.

Is it possible to disable the module's ability to respawn killed AI entirely once the AI is spawned and pathing between waypoints?

Desired Outcome
Preferably, I'm looking for a method that should allow the AI to start spawning off a trigger and then disable the module's ability to create new spawns upon the activation of another separate trigger or after a set time. (However other solutions are welcome.)

I do have alternatives to this which are more labour-intensive but would be guaranteed to work if this isn't something that can easily be done, without lengthy scripting or installing additional mods.

Thank you in advance for any help and advice here.

Disclaimer
(Apologies if this isn't clear, I have very limited experience with mission-making outside of the most basic scripts and modules. This is also my first post, I apologise if this isn't the right place to post this question.)

[past sparrow]

idk if there is variable for that , maybe you just need to delete one of the modules to stop respawning

[knotty plover]

That's definitely an option and If all else fails I'll probably do it that way.

[past sparrow]

I would like to create extension for this but I don't know if that would be legit? (Of course it would ask user to send the report). Also I don't know whats the best way to implement the server. - Just some thoughts out of boredom 🙂

[trail basin]

Im not waypointing them, they just do it on their own.

[viscid sundial]

ArmA and cities never have been any good.

[trail basin]

That doesn't work for me as its an AI that lands from a Heli and gets into a car so he starts in a vic.

Oh, nevermind. I see the line for naming the the vic

[rough pebble]

Ik I asked before didnt know if anyone else had some ideas

itd be much appreciated

the missions are in the correct file locations its just that arma is refusing to read them it seems

[trail basin]

Are you putting them in the right profile folder?

[rough pebble]

yes

[trail basin]

Are these PBO'ed missions or the editable missions?

[rough pebble]

both

I have the pbos and the editable stuff

ive also tried converting the pbos out to see

eden just simply will not show anything

[signal coral]

Are you putting them in the right folder?

Should be something like documents/arma 3/other profiles/missions (or mp missions)

[rough pebble]

yes

[signal coral]

Hmm

Are you using that profile they’re in?

[rough pebble]

Like I said the issue is they are all in the correct file locations yet arma will not read them in eden

yes

I only have the one profile

[signal coral]

That’s odd. I’m not sure what else to do. Sorry

[rough pebble]

no worries

thx for the responses

[trail basin]

the mission folder has a .Altis or other map name?

[rough pebble]

yea

[signal coral]

Do you have screenshots of the file location and where you’re trying to access them in game by chance? Maybe that would help

[night jackal]

What’s the difference between this channel and the editor channel?

[west silo]

This is for mission editing the other one for questions about the editor itself. Although this often gets ppl confused

You can also check the channel description. They usually explain what they are for.

[signal coral]

If I place a artillery gun, and remove the crew+add new crew, will the ammo disappear or is the ammo "stored" in the artillery gun?

[past sparrow]

arty should be just like any vehicle, it just may not move

[fair spade]

can i ask about how to make the arsenal have a limited amount of weapons here

i wanted to used the virtual arsenal in a PvP mission but i wanted some weapons to not be infinite. but i only seem to be able to set virtual arsenal weapons to none or infinite

[little halo]

Slightly roundabout, but you could put the limited stuff in the inventory and the rest in the arsenal

[fair spade]

yeah its that pretty much all is limited on this one. my idea is making a PvP mission with a bit of resource managing

it will be the alternative i'll go for if i don't figure the virtual arsenal thing out. the virtual arsenal is just way more accessible

[little halo]

Yeah I get that for sure

[last agate]

Hey guys I couldnt find a good spot for this so I figured it would be here!
I made a mission in eden... It plays perfectly all zeus enhancment mods and what not. When I drag the mission to the server a lot of the zeus enhancments are removed and a lot of zeus functionality. Is it eden or server related?

[astral bloom]

Maybe because the server doesn't load the Mod?

[fair spade]

i'm still looking for help on this

[fair spade]

you have a Rented server or such?

[past sparrow]

there are some modded arsenals around that does this, but getting it to work may require some scripting skills

[fair spade]

do u know any from the top of your head? i was looking for sometimes

i remember antistasi has kinda of that feature but i suppose its built into the gamemode

[past sparrow]

yeah

I tried this before: https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/219677-release-virtual-arsenal-shop-system/

[fair spade]

thanks i'll look into it

[fair spade]

after messing with it. it unfortunately does not seem to work

i couldn't even get the menu to work or any answers on it

[past sparrow]

sorry to hear, idk if the author is active anymore. maybe google for some others

[fair spade]

i think i'll go with the normal storag

ethanks anyway

[trail wedge]

Is there a way to set the name of the mission visible in the server browser, and by extension through the Steam rich presence? Currently it just uses the PBO name, and I have a full description.ext

[past sparrow]

I think its the "hostname" in https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Server_Config_File

[trail wedge]

Hostname works as hostname, but the mission name is separate :v

[past sparrow]

ok nvm i see what you mean, was looking at host name

did u try briefingName

[trail wedge]

Yes, no joy

[north stone]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Eden_Editor:_Scenario_Attributes
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext#Mission_Information

[trail wedge]

👎

[north stone]

Problem reading and doing?

[trail wedge]

I've read and done all that

Doesn't change mission name in server browser

[cinder holly]

did you restart your server between tests?

[trail wedge]

Yes, no matter what I have set, it only takes the name of the pbo

[north stone]

Show us what it looks like now and what you've tried.

[quaint smelt]

Wouldn't it be great to be able to color-code the triggers in 3DEN?

[signal coral]

💰

[near dock]

I think one of the antistasi or antistasi-like missions has something like that, maybe overthrow? Might be worth it to look at what they use/do

[fair spade]

nah at this point i just came with something else

i have these civilians here set to hostages. u can release them by interacting

i wanted to connect a trigger that once they were freed the task would be sucessful

[near dock]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setCaptive
and to check if they're free
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/captive

[fair spade]

thanks

another thing i'm trying to make is a spawn zone where one team can't attack the one spawning but still can be killed

i tried to use someone else's trigger on this but doesn't seem to work

[near dock]

my first guess would be a 'fired' eventhandler running in the area/all players in the area that checks what side a unit is and then deletes the bullets of the side that shouldnt be able to fire

havent done something like that before though

[fair spade]

i see

i'm trying to figure out the captive thing still

its my first time ever making a mission

i was able to make some target eliminatin tasks

but the captive one and the destroy cache one have been tricky

[worthy kayak]

Hello! Just a couple questions:

1. Will using the Hcoll Disable AI module save performance equivalent to only spawning the AI when needed?

2. If anyone has used the 'Madrigal' map, does anyone know how to stop the AI from walking off the freeway in the main city? And how to place units in zeus on the bridge and not on the floor the bridge stands on? (If this is the wrong place, could someone point me to the OPTRE discord?)

[past sparrow]

spawning the AI when needed is probably faster because the engine doesnt have to process any of the AIs things and they also need to be rendered so Id favor spawning when needed

[south olive]

Alpha version of a level I am working on. Take care, I die a lot, it is pretty freaking hard, lol:
https://youtu.be/uSmheZulEdc?si=R1EpbOKJRIaN3kzt

CQC, Delta Force-style mission

It turned out pretty well thus far

[wanton pagoda]

how would you guys design an op in which the players are insurgents?

making COIN ops is (relatively) easy but making something where the players are doing the guerilla warfare themselves feels like a harder challenge and i'd wanna hear some of your thoughts

[near dock]

More hit and run style attacks rather than taking and actually holding ground, that kinda stuff

convoy ambushes, IEDs, etc

[tawny plinth]

Hey guys can i get a hand with exporting missions. never had issue before but with new PC when i export mission it only has mission.sqf none of the scripts etc

[astral bloom]

What have you done. What I mean is, what step did you done to "export"

Also what is your goal

[loud kindle]

@vivid cloak Or remove the driver, or disableAI "MOVE" on the driver, but yeah removing the fule is an option

[spring sierra]

Is there a map that is has the Altis, Stratis, and Malden islands all together? I thought I have seen it before

[scarlet dove]

There shouldn't be, since the vanilla maps have not been released for editing by modders
There are some combined maps in the CUP terrains, maybe United Sahreni ?

[gentle bone]

does the "presence" value not work in multiplayer? i have all of these guys set to 50% presence but they all seem to spawn in.

oh wait, nevermind it is working there was just wayyyy more people there than i was expecting lmao, i set it lower now.

[night jackal]

What location is that?

[hazy inlet]

Poor players, xD

[gentle bone]

town in the south on the map North Takistan

[gentle bone]

theres not meant to actually be that many 😭 i added a ton of them then set most of them to presence like, 20% or 30% so its kinda randomised where they are lol

[hazy inlet]

Lmao

[signal coral]

define "good"

[devout steppe]

so i'm having a problem with paradropping troops from Mi transports, i made a video to exemplify the problem, anyone got ideas here?

i have ACE and a bunch of other shit, so if it's a non vanilla solution i don't mind.

https://streamable.com/q6q4lc

[past sparrow]

not exactly sure whats the problem but you could make the heli fly higher if you want the men to parachute out of it. with this command: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/flyInHeight

[restive panther]

Bit of an inquiry:

Working on a mission using Spearhead 1944.

For some reason, when I start to test the mission, after a few seconds, I am able to see every unit on the map's current location.

Is this like, a known issue with SP-1944, or have I probably just screwed something up royally here? I've ripped out all of the external mod assets, and even plopped down two units on a completely fresh and empty mission, and it still does this.

---

Also just tested it with no mods enabled - fresh map, two units down far away from each other, can see every unit. So it is, definitely, an SP1944 thing. Any clues on how to get rid of that?

[wanton pagoda]

check your attributes, General > Misc, make sure 'Hide Friendly Units' and etc are ticked

@restive panther

[restive panther]

I appear to have no such tag under General - Misc.

[wanton pagoda]

hmm

might be a 3den enhanced thing?

I never have it off so I kinda take a lot of things like that for granted

[restive panther]

I was using that initially for the mission - but this test was performed in vanilla and the issue persists there, on a completely fresh mission with no mods.

[glad barn]

Under difficulty settings
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Difficulty_Settings#Difficulty_Menu

[restive panther]

No no, altogether different problem. This occurs set even to the hardest difficulty.

[glad barn]

Map content friendly/ enemy

[restive panther]

Upon spawning in, every unit on the map is marked, whether they're known or not.

[viral whale]

Im trying to recruit a zeus for my unit due to ours having to leave due to life issues, can someone steer me in the right direction on where to recruit one from? any help would be greatly appreciated thanks

[night jackal]

You could probably try Zeus discussion

[cinder holly]

#communities_arma3

[lethal lintel]

Im trying to use western saharas alchemist module

Im trying to make a single unit have the powers but synchronizing the module with that unit is not working (everyone in the server can use it)

[north stone]

https://discord.com/channels/105462288051380224/902548502075306014

[vivid cloak]

Sorry for question that's been here before...
But, trenches that are built by the map creator, can they be used by AI somehow? any mod that makes it work? Playing Spearhead.
Too bad to not use them since they are so well done and perfect for fighting positions

[tough bluff]

Hey could someone help me setup costs modules for a zeus v zeus scenario?

dm me pls

[cinder holly]

oh, this is #arma3_scenario and not #mission_makers anymore

[harsh coyote]

Hi guys. Do you know if there's a way to place doors? Gates are too big for me, and you can most of the time see trough them, so i was looking for an alternative to place doors.

[river nymph]

There are no objects in the vanilla game that are just doors

You might be able to use the wooden construction panel and some scripting

[harsh coyote]

Yeh, kinda was hoping there are some hidden ones.

[sinful rampart]

Most people call it missions, 🤔 confusion incoming

[cinder holly]

I realised only yesterday that it is addMissionEventHandler, when we want to promote scenario

[sinful rampart]

"MPMissions"

[bold delta]

what would you guys prefer if you had the choice : 10 fps, or a 200 meters view distance in Kavala

(i'm taking an extreme example yes)

[devout warren]

Okay what's the setting in the init field of an occupied vehicle? I am trying to set it so that the AI doesn't turn on it's lights in the dark.

[cinder holly]

I believe you can only set their behaviour as combat or stealth

[devout warren]

Combat is fine, I just need the code to use

[cinder holly]

this setBehaviour "COMBAT";

(iirc)

[devout warren]

Sounds about right and thanks

[edgy hearth]

Why might a mission's time not be increasing?
"time -> 0"

[astral bloom]

Context?

[edgy hearth]

Trying to make an intro scene for map, but the screen is black and running "time" gives 0

[astral bloom]

You sure accTime is not 0

[edgy hearth]

why is it 0-

[astral bloom]

Because something set it so

[edgy hearth]

oh ye, but like- where would it be xD
hmm- I mean, I might be able to just try to set it to 1 in the sqf file maybe?

inb4 not having a character present causes the issue

[astral bloom]

Yes

[edgy hearth]

oh

how do I add a character to an intro-

it seems to just be getting deleted

[astral bloom]

Place a character in Eden and it is placed. Otherwise, something is deleting them

[edgy hearth]

well- I save the mission, while in intro, and the I reload and it is missing.

unless it's just for the loading of an intro-

[astral bloom]

Do you even mean you placed no units in Intro? Playable scene is not intro scene

[edgy hearth]

It's for my map. So main menu. But then I see tanoa's mission.sqm has a guy present

class ScenarioData
{
    author = "KarelMoricky";
};
class Intro
{
    class Intel
    {
        startWeather = 0.29999998;
        startWind = 0.099999994;
        startWaves = 0.099999994;
        forecastWeather = 0.29999998;
        forecastWind = 0.099999994;
        forecastWaves = 0.099999994;
        rainForced = 1;
        lightningsForced = 1;
        year = 2035;
        month = 6;
        day = 6;
        hour = 12;
        minute = 0;
        startFogBase = 250;
        forecastFogBase = 250;
        startFogDecay = 0.018;
        forecastFogDecay = 0.018;
    };
    class Entities
    {
        items = 1;
        class Item0
        {
            dataType = "Group";
            side = "West";
            class Entities
            {
                items = 1;
                class Item0
                {
                    dataType = "Object";
                    class PositionInfo
                    {
                        position[] = {7468.612,4.615899,7295.12};
                        angles[] = {0.026662467,0,0.05062324};
                    };
                    side = "West";
                    flags = 6;
                    class Attributes
                    {
                        skill = 0.6;
                        isPlayer = 1;
                        isPlayable = 1;
                    };
                    id = 7;
                    type = "B_Soldier_F";
                    atlOffset = -4.7683716e-07;
                };
            };
            class Attributes{};
            id = 6;
            atlOffset = -4.7683716e-07;
        };
    };
};

section of the mission.sqm, from tanoa

[astral bloom]

Okay, do you load any Mods. Any scripts you wrote

[edgy hearth]

mods yea- but surely they'd be doing it to all the main menu senarios?

[astral bloom]

Do you mean what? You're making an intro for main menu?

[edgy hearth]

yes

manually setting accTime to 1 fades the intro in and gives this

heh- I'm all over the discord b/c idk if it's terrain, senario, scripting- xD
My apologies!

https://gyazo.com/3e6746d72971408f2b4e28efec4dac51
The thing I want-

oop

https://gyazo.com/3e6746d72971408f2b4e28efec4dac51.mp4

there

[edgy hearth]

https://gyazo.com/dd01d0c1cca3f726d9bb942e5f60eafb.mp4
SUCCESS

[wanton pagoda]

anybody know any good maps to double for Stalingrad?

[grizzled fractal]

can someone help me to make a convoy?

[bold delta]

cool

i have an extended options module, i'll add an optional setting for people to set the bare minimum fps they're going to tolerate

and then dynamically adjust the view distance until the fps is reached

you mean the diag_fps command is really costly ?

or something else ?

it needs at least 16 frames to produce a result anyways

i guess i'll check every 5 seconds or so and only adjust if 3 consecutive checks are below the required amount

so stutters don't cause further stutter when the script starts panicking

of course

[median pelican]

Does it have huge numbers of AI? (>50 SP/>150MP?)

[limber hawk]

Im new to arma as a whole and im starting out with arma 3... Im wanting to make a whole campaign based on a zombie apocalypse story i been worldbuilding for a while

Its gonna take a while to learn Eden fully... and Im seeing straight up coding... some Python shit

[limber hawk]

@tender creek

Basic Rifleman

Big: Light Soldier

Small top: Heavy Soldier

Small bottom: Marksman

[tender creek]

first of all choose map 🙂

because of the map is winter short sleeve will look bad

[limber hawk]

alr

the map themes i have already

Urban and rural areas

[tender creek]

did you choose mods or all vanilla ?

[limber hawk]

i use a mix of vanilla and mods

The games place is also important ig lol

its set in America mainly so I gotta work with that

Altis isnt a map with super urban areas like the US so yah i may have to do work to turn Altis into the US

[limber hawk]

I have a uniform too of the CDC Security Forces

the bad guys technically when you play the campaign

[limber hawk]

Also for the map i have to make it post apocalyptic ;-;

[tender creek]

placing many objects will ruin performance

there are a lot of post apocalyptic maps

like Namalsk, Chernarus, Taviana, etc

there is Chernobil map too

[limber hawk]

Hmm alen

[limber hawk]

Don’t think I have any big DLC’s, so my map choice is a bit limited

If you’re talking about Arma 3

[tender creek]

more maps than dayz 🙂

Namalsk is really good, but Taviana is bigger and with much more urban areas

and is post apocalyptic straight away - destroyed vehicles, vegetation overgrow, corpses and bones etc

I have script for radioactive zones if you need one

you don't need DLC for them

[vague raptor]

how do I connect a uav to a screen?

or some other camera feed

[shell fox]

@vague raptor http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-uav-r2t-and-pip/

[warm urchin]

anyone got recommendations for getting my friend into the game? Looking for anything wild. Zombies, cartel, robots, whatever. Not sure where else to ask for this of any arma 3 channel

[vivid cloak]

If i have several enemy tanks patrolling an area, what will happen when their fuel runs out? Can I place a fuel truck in the area so they can refuel automatically? Or will they just leave the tanks

[west silo]

I think they just stop.
If you use 3den Enhanced you can set the fuel consumption code to 0

Otherwise

If (local this) then {this setFuelConsumptionCoef 0}```

In the init of each tank

[woven ingot]

"i'll add an optional setting for people to set the bare minimum fps they're going to tolerate and then dynamically adjust the view distance until the fps is reached" - just arma things

[final basin]

inb4 view distance at absolute minimum and people start screaming about the crazy fog

[hollow crest]

When joining a specific mission file on a dedicated server, everyone is able to join the server, select a slot, and then when they attempt to load into the actual game, they crash with the Exit code: 0xC0000005 - STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION error. It happens to every player, regardless of using profiling, after verifying their files and mods, and regardless of the slot or team they take.

The issue is not present in the modpack itself, as the modpack has been extensively used over the last six months. It's not an issue with the server, as the server is used with that same modpack just as often. It's an issue with the specific mission file.

However, the mission is also completely functional when the mission maker tests it on a locally hosted server, and also functions when tested using the "Play in Multiplayer" option from the Eden editor. The issue occurs when that specific mission is played on a dedicated server specifically.

I don't expect someone to give me a "here, this is the issue and how to fix it" but if we could be pointed in a good direction to check out, that would be appreciated. Surfing the forum and google hasn't brought us any luck so far.

[strange rampart]

Can we see the mission file(s)?

[hollow crest]

Of course

[trail basin]

Is there a way to make a player have more health and armor but not using op vests and helmets? Im doing a 1 vs all type op and want the player thats by themself be a little beefier than the other players. The caveat is the single player is to stay dressed a certain way.

[past sparrow]

thats actually quite common question. look here for increased armor: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#HandleDamage

[trail basin]

So this works for a player and not just a vic. So I could assign this to a player or would I need to assign it to part of the uniform?

[past sparrow]

the event must be added to unit which damage you want to modify. so for example player

[vale grotto]

how do I get rid of this screen when transitioning from an 'Intro' scenario into the actual scenario itself
I've tried disabling the briefing in the Eden attributes, to no avail. Also trued "briefing = 0" to also no avail

[north stone]

http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-how-to-skip-briefing-screen-in-mp/

[cinder holly]

try not to crosspost, thanks

[vale grotto]

Nobody seems to be helping regardless of where it is, besides the question "Happens when a unit doesn't have a map" like I didn't know that despite the whole point was getting rid of this for the transition phase between intro and scenario.

Plus I was told this is the place to post it

[north stone]

Have you read the article?

[cinder holly]

Nobody seems to be helping regardless of where it is
doesn't grant the right to crosspost 🤷‍♂️

if you were told to move it here then it is fine
I am just telling you the rule, don't do like others that spam everywhere to get attention - that's it

[vale grotto]

Yea I just noticed that, apologies. Thanks @north stone

[vale grotto]

Yea not meaning to be rude or anything, was just confused about being told not to do it despite being told to do it. Thanks for the reply anyway.

[cinder holly]

mb for the confusion!

[vale grotto]

sound as mukka G, happy new year to you all btw

[cinder holly]

no u!

[pure delta]

Hey!! I want to get some of the hearts and minds scenarios working on my dedicated server, is there anyone that can help me with this as I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong

[cinder holly]

hi, that would be more of a #server_admins question I believe 🙂 cheers!

[bold delta]

@median pelican it depends on lot on server settings and what's going on elsewhere on the map, but if you consider 150 ai overall to be huge then yep it's huge

[trail basin]

Is it possible to add a TFAR LR to a vic that doesn't come with one? I got a civ car that Id like to add a LR to if possible.

NM, I found the script

[atomic harness]

hey, not sure if this is the right chat but does anyone know if theres anygood objects that are "fleshy", im planning a Strain tactics campaign and was wonderinf if anyone knew any flesh tendrils or blobs that could be used in scenario.

[median pelican]

Zbug: "count allUnits" will give you the full count. You can freeze them or spawn them in as needed to improve performance. Getting it to 40 running at a time substantially improves performance.

[magic drum]

Hey not sure if this is the right place but does anyone know of any multiplayer/co-op ai mission generated scenarios using RHS or FIR AWS? Mainly using the Helicopters or planes?

[cinder holly]

. . . LM CAAS does support mods :3

[magic drum]

Ty

[signal coral]

trying to make mortars fall when you walk into a trigger. for some reason this shi is not working.

_center = getPos thisTrigger; // Trigger center
_radius = 100; // Dispersion radius
_numShells = 20; // Number of shells
_delay = 0.2; // Delay between shells

// Mortar shell logic
for "_i" from 1 to _numShells do {
_randomPos = _center getPos [random _radius, random 360]; // Random position within radius
_altitude = 100; // Altitude for shell
_randomPos set [2, _altitude]; // Set altitude

// Spawn mortar shell
"ARTY_Sh_82mm_AMOS" createVehicle _randomPos;

// Optional delay between shells
sleep _delay;

};

Anyone see a problem? Keeps giving me invalid number in expression
pasteing into a triggers "on activation"

[astral bloom]

!code

[open remnant]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[astral bloom]

And you cannot use a comment in Trigger

[north stone]

And delays.

[signal coral]

Hmm. I guess I'm completely lost then... Anyone by any chance know a working in-trigger script for mortars? Or, if there isn't, how to get ai that are firing mortars to like, 50x the dispersion.

[north stone]

Move your code in file and launch it from trigger.

[unreal hull]

Does anyone know why when starting and loading a scenario initially, compositions and props load correctly in their right sizes and rotation, but when disconnecting and reconnecting they no longer appear in their proper positions, while extremely slowly, slowly restore said positions/rotation?

[rough perch]

Hi ! I had an idea recently and I just wanted to have feedback if its feasible.

In MP I would like to have units arrive via heli the first time they connect to the server. (The Heli has to land)
The thing with this is the problem of One heli per player, which is not really good (If 6 players spawn and there is only 4 LZ then what about 2 two other heli that have to wait ?)
How would you takle this problem ?
I thought about making people wait into the lobby and launching the mission only when everyone is here so that multiple people can be grouped into a heli, but I don't really like this idea.
Make then join a heli even if it's already started ? (That would kill a bit of the effect I wanted the start of the mission with)

[cyan mauve]

OMG I'm in here looking at the same thing. I got it partially working but again, checking to see what's what with these modules. I kinda want the KP Liberation experience without all the bells and whistle. If I could find a cut down script version of the sector control stuff, that would be perfect :). I could try and write it, but it would be faster for me to walk around the globe

[signal coral]

haha I'll join you on the walk cause my script knowledge is -90

[cyan mauve]

haha we can do a screen share later and a chat if you like and see where we're up to with this. I'm close and can share my troubleshooting to find what will work using the mods

[still wasp]

is there any way to remove these map object markers? using 3den enhanced (i think) i can create my base markers but i wanted to know if i could remove the other markers of hidden ruins next to my base

[astral bloom]

No

[signal coral]

Hey, i recently made a big ol' ukraine mission with a bunch of trenches and goodies, but I forgot to set all the inanimatestuff to local only, and now I have 30fps no matter what. The mission took probably 10-20 hours to make so, does anyone know a way to set objects to local on a large scale so i dont lose my whole mission and feel like a dumbass (arma 3

[cinder holly]

good thing, because it is the Arma 3 scenario channel 😃
select all the objects at once / by group then right-click → properties → check the local checkbox → save

[signal coral]

Thank you alot 🙏

[zealous bloom]

Hey guys. So I'm having some problem with objective markers sometimes not showing on the map or in game while using ALiVE mod and I'm lost

[open remnant]

Are you looking to play with people?
pick one channel:
#looking_for_game to tell others you want to play
#looking_for_unit to tell others you are looking for a group
#communities_arma3 to browse through advertised groups

Note: Please follow the templates in those channels (if applicable), and don't use them for discussions.

[elder belfry]

Does Unitcapture work in MP?

[alpine ingot]

What'Ss everybody's favorite music tracks to add into their missions? I wanna add a couple of music triggers for ambience and am a bit overwhelmed by the selection, I think listening to all of them would probably take hours 😂

[alpine ingot]

There are definitely too many tracks: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_CfgMusic

Marksmen DLC lead track 02 goes hard in my opinion

[west silo]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Utilities#Jukebox You can use this to listen to them.

[trail basin]

Is it possible to script a SOG civ boat to go faster than 30kmh?

[scarlet dove]

Maybe
You can definitely use scripted motion to go faster, but then it is fixed on rails
I think making it go faster for players would need a config patch

[signal coral]

Hello.

In multiplayer, I’m trying to find a way to have an addAction make a global hint that shows the name of the player who activates it.

Does anyone know a way to do this?

[astral bloom]

hint remoteExec name player etc are the commands

[signal coral]

Thank you

[rough perch]

Do you want to capture in MP or play the capture in MP ? The first one I don’t know. probably yes if you have admin permission the second absolutely yes via any kind of script playing it

I’ve captured some thing in SP to be played in MP without any problem

[elder belfry]

It's the latter. Thanks man

[green grove]

Hi guy,
I'm looking for a way to create intel in eden editor.
I would like to use the Hold Action system of ACE that allow you to easily add an Hold action to an item. On complete this hold action would add in the diary a new entry with the intel.
It's for a multiplayer mission, and if one player pick the intel every player must have it in the diary.

[graceful matrix]

You can use this instead of the HoldAction by putting it in init box of the prop object in Eden. Modify the script you get in Ex 1.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_initIntelObject

[nocturne tree]

i cant find \Arma 3\dubbing_f_beta.pbo\a3\dubbing_f_beta\showcase_combined_arms\01_Ready_up\showcase_combined_arms_01_ready_up_GOT_0.ogg in CFGSounds to use it with playsound. in which config entry is this .ogg file stored?

[astral bloom]

dubbing_f_beta?

[astral bloom]

Well why you need a config when you have the filepath?

[nocturne tree]

because playsound "a3\dubbing_f_beta\showcase_combined_arms\01_Ready_up\showcase_combined_arms_01_ready_up_GOT_0.ogg" dont work

or player say2d "a3\dubbing_f_beta\showcase_combined_arms\01_Ready_up\showcase_combined_arms_01_ready_up_GOT_0.ogg" also dont work

[astral bloom]

Because they use config, not path. Make one in your description.ext

[nocturne tree]

have tried that, dont work

[astral bloom]

IIRC you need @ in your filepath prefix

Explained in CfgSounds description.ext BIKI article

[nocturne tree]

thats it, it works, thank you @astral bloom

[tired rune]

How do I place a single NPC into the for example gunner seat

Aka. BLUFOR into an empty OPFOR vehicle

[west silo]

Drag it onto the vehicle in the edtitor

You can switch seats then via the right click menu

[tired rune]

❤️ ill try when I get home

[bold delta]

server has no issue, only clients

and there's no way i can get as low as 40 units in the entire mission

[tired rune]

@west silo also dyk how do i set up spawns for MP

Since all that happens is "spawning is disabled"

[signal coral]

Youtube

Can show / explain it faster

[bold delta]

i already have 50 server fps and 50 fps on all 3 headless clients with 250 ai

the issue is : client fps in kavala

player count is anywhere from 3 to 40

% of ai that's hard to tell

i'd like to say 100%

there's AIs defending the city and reinforcements coming from elsewhere on the map

HCs are usually around 50

on our server which is an old i7

[west silo]

You haven't seen me explaining yet

[bold delta]

i agree

but client fps is crap :p

in kavala and sometimes athira or paros (only very large towns)

personally i'm getting 30-40 everywhere with that AI count, and 10-15 in kavala

yep

i'm coding in the dynamic view distance right now

i guess as a test i'll let it go as low as 500 meters and see if it makes such a big difference

yep

i already have an extended options menu letting people choose their view distance, so i'll be going with 5% increments from what they chose

and also to avoid unnecessary changes i'll adjust view distance only if 3 consecutives checks are below the desired fps

checking every 3 seconds or something

well it should

but it's still a pretty radical solution

i remember arma 2 was able to manage way more AIs with no issue

i had a mission going as high as 400 and i was able to local host it

with more fps than what i'm getting in kavala at the moment with 150 ais

😦

that's also a solution for me

but when the mission objective is to liberate all major cities it kinda sucks to keep out of kavala and pyrgos

some people do that :p

i didn't put a big penalty for killing civies yet so, people use the sandstorm more than they should

i have a bunch of scripts doing that already

the major issue is not spawning units in buildings

it's having them stay in there and shoot out of the windows

but i've got that working

ha yep

i spawn these when players get into the AO (less than 1 km), which is one of the causes of kavala fps issues

but having the clean up balconies and windows is one of the fun parts of the mission

since only infantry can properly do that

yep that's the idea

so far i've made it crazy expensive

so it's actually worth the price

i know

:p

i'd rather limit it by putting a harsh penalty on civ killing

[novel pecan]

hey can anyone help me? i need a simple ACE Medical script that can be run on a scifi mission. Basically i need a script that would heal a player who used an action on a medical terminal to full. any help is greatly appreciated

[trail basin]

I got a problem that when I test my mission local MP the AI move normal but when I test it on my dedicated server they move super fast. Anyone ever see this problem before?

[celest cosmos]

Also -- might be because "every building is enterable" is the Arma 3 philosophy as opposed to Arma 2.
Although by their own admission they're cutting back on that for Tanoa... but what you describe reminds me of how Take on Helicopters (TKOH or TOH) had low-res/unenterable versions of OA buildings for performance reasons on the South Asia terrain

[viscid sundial]

Isn't this kinda an admission of failure for the engine that enterable buildings make it lag out?

[trail basin]

Is there a way to hide a trigger or create one with another trigger? I have objects hidden and appear with the show\hide module but I have a trigger that I dont want accidently triggered while the objects are hidden. Can I deactivate that trigger or have it created with the trigger that activates the show/hide?

[astral bloom]

enableSimulation

[celest cosmos]

@viscid sundial Quoting the paragraph in full to avoid omitting context: Our stance on building interiors has changed from the main game's terrains. In the broadest terms, fewer buildings will be fully enterable. You'll find more buildings that are partly enterable, and also some that cannot be entered at all. Kavala's hospital is an example of being partly accessible. There are various reasons for this approach. We all know that Altis had a great many enterable buildings, but they were void of furniture and felt suspiciously empty. We don't have the resources to solve this by producing top-notch varied interiors for all buildings. There is also performance to consider, which is helped by having more solid structures. This topic may be controversial, but we felt it better to be open about this at an early stage. We're still producing the final structures and experimenting with the balance, but it's quite clear not every building will have a full interior. http://dev.arma3.com/post/sitrep-00117

Mind you, this was by the outgoing project lead, who added separately on Reddit that "Making it clear when a building is or isn't enterable visually in a way that makes sense in the world is indeed part of structure production." https://www.reddit.com/r/arma/comments/3fseyc/sitrep_00117/ctrsqlr

Though the reactions thread ( https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/183573-the-struggle-enter-able-buildings-vs-nonpartly-enter-able-buildings/ ) was... varied about how appropriate a solution this was (or rather, what should be the solution if "all buildings enterable with a detailed interior" wasn't possible under the development constraints) and as I noted the above was despite the community helping out Bohemia with the buildings and other structures. 😦

[tawny forge]

Hey everyone what did i do wrong happy for any help 🙂

[trim seal]

what indeed https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#MPKilled

[tawny forge]

is there any example online that just sends a message in the chat as soon as a player killed something? I am trying everything but nothing works

[north stone]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Command_Group:_Radio_and_Chat + https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/remoteExec

[trail basin]

Where do I implement this and then turn it back on? I tried disabling the trigger that TP's then make the trigger that shows the object also enable the sim for the tp trigger but that doesn't work.

[raw tide]

Is there a simple answer to disabling player markers and re-enabling them later in mission on a dedicated server?

Scripting is fine, but just hoping I'm not stepping over a simple difficulty setting etc.

[spare kiln]

Should be possible with the setMarkerAlpha command from the server side: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Command_Group:_Markers.
Or by setting the type to undefined type, see here: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createMarker.

[raw tide]

Ah I see, thank you. This has got me on the right path, cheers :)

[cunning timber]

Where do y’all get your mission ideas from? A big problem I’m running into is trying to make a mission that’s unique as I feel it boils down to the same type of thing every time where you go to an area, kill the people, do whatever the objective was, and there’s a counter attack. I want to introduce cooler and more complex things to it that I don’t know WHAT

[trail basin]

Get ideas from movies and adapt them for ops. Dont be afraid to maybe throw in some PVP aspects. I find players will enjoy a little PVP when its against friends. I've done a few of those where a 3 to 4 man group has to infiltrate an AO and the rest of the players are to try and hunt them. I put AI at the objectives to make it more filled and do a little RP for the hunting players. They can ask questions and if the AI would have saw something, I report it.

[cunning timber]

I see, thank you so much! I’ve been trying to do some Halo missions for my friend group so I’m probably gonna copy some stuff with that, somehow did not think of that

[trail basin]

Halo is one where you got alot you can adapt from with all the games and stories out there.

[spare kiln]

I think that one of good ways to create a mission idea is to sit down with a blank paper and start writing down a simple scenario or a story and drawing images and sketches that will further drive you imagination.

[cunning timber]

good idea actually, gotta try that out

alright alright final thing, but with only about 8 people MAX, is it really fun or worth it in y’alls opinions to try and depict “regular infantry grunt” type activities, or with a group that small it’d probably be funner to depict “special operations” or something along the lines

[spare kiln]

Special operations are, in my opinion, easier to design, since they tend to not involve many units or complex maneuvers. But if you want to know what is more popular, you can search through the most popular scenarios on Workshop to get the idea.

Special operations also leave more space for intricate story twists. But they both can be equally engaging.

[cunning timber]

Yeah that’s what I was thinking, but it’s also that I’m not sure how I could depict the whole “regular infantry” scenario with just some of my friends without resorting to ai spam. Maybe I am unimaginative

[spare kiln]

It is like comparing Ghost Recon and Battlefield, you get the idea.

[cunning timber]

It isn’t out of what is better but if it’s possible even

[cunning timber]

Yeah I do understand

[spare kiln]

Both are absolutely viable, though, I would not probably make player do something like a gate keeper or a cell guard.

[cunning timber]

What I mean is like the players are just a basic ol infantry squad, for example, just straight up a squad of UNSC marines, going out to do things doing missions that would be like being a part of a battle and taking towns over etc, the issue being small player count

Sorry if I’m not wording it very well

[spare kiln]

There's nothing wrong with having a squad of marines take a town. You just need to balance the difficulty properly - adjusting enemy AI skill, friendly AI skill, unit counts, weapons and vehicles. Start with a small unit count and gradually expand as you get more comfortable.

Even in a town assault, there are many engaging elements: tactics, navigation, communication and coordination. Whether it's blowing up a submarine or capturing a castle, the key is to present players with an interesting challenge that’s enjoyable to solve.

Capturing a town can be the grand objective, but you can break it down into smaller tasks like 1. destroying a barricade, 2. blowing up a radio tower, and 3. clearing an enemy outpost. If you haven't played Medal of Honor: Airborne, you might want to check it out on YouTube, it’s a great example of this approach.

[cunning timber]

Thanks a lot man you've been a great help

[tardy verge]

I would like to ask for clarity regarding DLC assets. I've bought all core DLCs and don't know how it's like without them.

If I make a scenario featuring assets(weapons, vehicles) from core DLC(like marksman or tanks) and all those assets would be completely optional(in weapons pool or arsenal, given to AI unit). Can players who does not own those DLCs enjoy the scenario in both singleplayer and multiplayer without any DLC pop-ups or watermarks as long as they don't use any of the DLC assets?

[astral bloom]

Use, as in, they hold no DLC weapon/get into no DLC vehicle they won't have any ad. So yes

[waxen radish]

uhm ... There is also performance to consider, which is helped by having more solid structures ...
how can buildings which are not rendered affect the performance?
but well ... finnally that would explain why in towns you loose performance extremly

[cunning timber]

Is there a general ratio y'all use for ai to player amount? Like for example I'm trying to have a climactic battle with 6 players for the final objective, and I have 20-24 AI on it for example, however I'm not sure if it's too much, or even too little. I feel it might be too little but at the same time they can die a few times from this section so I just am unable to gauge if it's difficult enough

[lime sleet]

Everyone knows armas occlusion culling is shit

[waxen radish]

well ... did not wanted to shout it out

[celest cosmos]

how can buildings which are not rendered affect the performance? but well ... finnally that would explain why in towns you loose performance extremly
See: Take on Helicopters (TKOH/TOH) using closed and I'm sure low-poly versions of OA buildings for South Asia

[spare kiln]

There was an article about balancing gameplay on https://community.bistudio.com, but I can't find it. I would say the ratio is around 1:3. But it also depends on difficulty settings and the situation - who has the advantage (elevated position, scoped rifles, cover, medic, ammo, etc.). If it is 6 human players vs. 20-24 units just at the end of the mission, it will likely cause a medium to high spike in difficulty compared to the rest of your mission. But you can always use a (time-penalized) respawn as a counterweight to the difficulty. But truly the only way to know for sure is to test, test, test, adjust, and test again.

If you have some scripting experience, I’d recommend using the dynamic skill function https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_EXP_camp_dynamicAISkill, but it may be intimidating for a beginner. The best approach for you is probably to leave all skills at their 50% default values and balance the gameplay purely through level design.

[spring girder]

I've just updated my single player [CAMP] Purgatory with full voice acting from elevenLabs and tons of new changes and improvements.

Download link:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3364010856

More info or discussion:
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/359408-camp-purgatory/

[viscid sundial]

There goes my #1 source of cover.

[waxen radish]

yup ... empty buildings > non-enterable buildings

[celest cosmos]

No matter what you choose, you'll piss SOMEONE off BohemiaProjectManagement.txt

[lime sleet]

They could fix thier culling.

[solemn vale]

they could fix their engine

[bold delta]

Also -- might be because "every building is enterable" is the Arma 3 philosophy as opposed to Arma 2.
9:53 PMWhaleTakistan has great frames.

iirc most buildings on Takistan are enterable

and have furniture

[tough mulch]

not sure if this is a right place, but is there a way to batch update several scenarios on workshop?

or i guess to be more clear, update scenarios on workshop outside of using game's workshop manager

[signal coral]

Hey guys whenever I try to play one of my scenarios I get a message saying “extension not found. [return code: -1]” and it closes the scenario out and returns me to the editor, anyone know a fix for this?

Deleted and redownloaded ace, for anyone else who has this issue that works

[viscid sundial]

I was considering building a script that places random furniture in houses, but only where there are players nearby..

[waxen radish]

you should create a "buffer" then @viscid sundial or that function will lag out every player 😃

[viscid sundial]

@waxen radish I was thinking about some cache-script. Not sure if to go the pre-fabricated or the randomized layout.

[waxen radish]

prefab

random will lead to ... "unexpected" furniture

eg. a bed on the balcony

[viscid sundial]

A burning bed on the balcony most likely..

[final basin]

Admit it, you could just say they were burning the evidence. If your players ask what evidence start throwing moon troopers at them till they stop asking.

[cunning timber]

silly question, but is it better to just go and zeus my own missions even if i got a small group of friends to play?

my issue is that im tryna do some halo stuff but some things such as webknights grunts not working with hbq reinforcements, or flood not being great

[shell fox]

Yes.

[coarse flume]

i agree with 1:3 as a general rule. you can adjust this based on player skill, weapons/optics, and enemy skill/armor/weapon/optics

give players stronger weapons and hard cover, and enemies less body armor = maybe 1:5 or 1:6

[trail basin]

The group I play with we barely ever get more than 10 at a time but we all do zeus rotations and its fun. I find smaller groups are easier to zeus for anyways as you can do more immersion stuff that a big group would cause problems.

[cunning timber]

Well I have about 1-4 other people I'm playing with, so like for example with 2 other people the issue is I will not be there to help them with a battle

Another thing is just that to do a cool moment such as a friendly transport landing with troops to support in a battle as enemies start coming in, it takes me personally pretty long to do and can be distracting

[trail basin]

Ive zeused with 3 people playing. The idea is to adapt it for the player base. If your making it so hard that they need more people then your not adjusting.

[signal coral]

Hey guys I want to make a cinematic scene in Eden editor like I put people dancing and I want to make an anti air shooting but I’m recording so I don’t want to ask him to shoot I want him to shoot automatically someone can help me please:(

[scarlet dove]

You might be able to do something using the CBA invisible targets, or using the force fire scripting commands

[trail basin]

I have this code so I can tp players into some caves but if I RC a unit, it teleports my character instead of the unit I'm RCing. Is there a way to get it to TP the RC unit?

  
1 cutText ["","BLACK OUT",1];  
  
sleep 2;  

player playAction "PlayerStand";  
player setPosASL (getPosASL objectName);   
player setDir 161;  

  

sleep 0.5;    
 
1 cutText ["","BLACK IN",1];  
  
  
}, nil, 1.5, true, true, "", "true", 5, false, "", ""];  

[glad barn]

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

[glad barn]

this addAction ["Button Title", {      
  
1 cutText ["","BLACK OUT",1];  
  
sleep 2;  
private _unit = if (isRemoteControlling player) then
{
    remoteControlled player;
}
else
{
    player
};
 _unit playAction "PlayerStand";  
 _unit setPosASL (getPosASL objectName);   
 _unit setDir 161;  

  

sleep 0.5;    
 
1 cutText ["","BLACK IN",1];  
  
  
}, nil, 1.5, true, true, "", "true", 5, false, "", ""];  

[trail basin]

Thanks!! You are AWESOME!!!

[cunning timber]

That is true, but I mean moreso that I do want to be a part of whats going on and even though I need to balance it for them, they end up all left alone

For those who also mission-make for themselves in singleplayer, do you script them heavily or keep it simple? Scripts such as stuff when it comes to the task module, reinforcements, music and chatter, etc

[empty minnow]

Im trying to edit a preset for KP Liberations but OPFOR just refuses to work for some reason I dont know why. I quadruple checked the .sqf for OPFOR but it just doesnt work it is almost like the game is trying to spawn them as when I enter the area the frames drop ridiculously but I dont know how to fix this. this is the .sqf for OPFOR and to my knowledge everything is properly put in

the cfg is properly edited to select the custom preset and BLUEFOR seems to be working just fine

[trim seal]

opfor_vehicles_low_intensity array is missing its closing bracket?

[empty minnow]

oml that was halting the entire thing I didnt even mess with that i must of deleted it by accident and just glazed over it assuming the commas or quotes were incorrect thank you i feel stupid lol

[tame pecan]

i try to play scenarios but i get the error message "steam operation failed" anybody got any idea?

[signal coral]

I don’t do too much, but the stuff I found interesting involves stuff like this

-hiding and unhiding objects when a certain event happens, (pressing a button to open a door, unhiding enemies for an ambush)

• Using unit capture to make better helicopter insertions

• making teleporter doors to get in and out of compositions I build

The news article function is also pretty neat, takes a minute to get pictures ready for it but adds a little more personality to a mission. I’m working on a singleplayer campaign right now but have to change a couple things and finish putting together a few more missions

You can do a lot of funny things with triggers

[cunning jacinth]

does anyone have a working link to the Antistasi Ultimate server? or does anyone have any experience of using the A3AUExtender?

[torpid lintel]

I am going to bash my skull against a wall with ALiVE

[tardy verge]

I'm failing to upload image to workshop scenario, it takes forever. I've tried Steam client and Firefox

[rare shell]

how to make my space marine engage in melee , i have all the mods installed but cant get the space marine to melee or the melee ai into the space marine armor (web knight mods and age of darkness)

[rare shell]

figured it out

there where special Ai with space marine armour and melee ai

[tepid parcel]

Yeah... Move to HAL NR6!!

[torpid lintel]

What's that

I just want a scenario where stuff happens and I get to run around and shoot my friends

[tepid parcel]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1877858319&searchtext=HAL+NR6 it is a mod that is somewhat similar with ALiVE in some aspects!

I highly recommend it! Take a look!

[torpid lintel]

Cheers, since I am kinda dumb I tried to set it up but the AI just sits there

[tepid parcel]

ALiVE is great... Needs some time to set up but it is great. Although, it is not supported anymore so it is getting a bit "old"... HAL is still pretty old but recently the person that took old HAL and made it a mod came back to it. Plus there is a pretty active community in their discord server that can help you with whatever you may need!

[torpid lintel]

How do I make a script when someone exits a zone it tells him to get back in or else he dies?

[smoky coyote]

My friend's placed some hide terrain object modules to get rid of buildings so he could place new structures and vehicles over them, and they work in singleplayer and locally hosted multiplayer, but in a dedicated server, the terrain buildings show up and immediately get destroyed, leaving behind ruins and ARMA'ing the vehicles. Any clues why this might be happening? I tried increasing their areas and changing the modules to operate locally, but no luck.

[smoky coyote]

This question is better suited for #arma3_scripting, but there is a handy command called inArea to check if something is inside a location, trigger, area marker, or scripted area:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/inArea
Example: ```sqf
// YourMissionFolder.Altis/initPlayerLocal.sqf
0 spawn {
private _area = "my_markers_variable_name";
private _warnings = 0;

while {true} do {
    sleep 5;
    if (!alive player || {player inArea _area}) then {
        _warnings = 0;
        continue;
    };

    _warnings = _warnings + 1;
    if (_warnings <= 3) then {
        private _message = "Get back to the mission area, soldier!";
        [side group player, "HQ"] sideChat _message;
    } else {
        player setDamage 1;
        _warnings = 0;
    };
};

};```

[scarlet dove]

Sounds like it could be a combination of locality and init order
Don't know enough to be certain about cause and fix
Not certain about the module, but I think the equivalent script you'd want to run on all machines as part of init (not certain about pre or postinit though)

[smoky coyote]

Well, if it ran in scheduled environment like init.sqf, that would imply objects are undergoing simulation, right? Sounds like preInit or an Init field would be the correct place to write it

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Initialisation_Order
The documentation notes that modules are initialized several steps after preInit/Init fields, so I'll try adding an init field to each module to hide them manually, even if its not ideal

[smoky coyote]

It worked! Thanks for the suggestion! Here was the Init code I used, derived from the BIS_fnc_moduleHideTerrainObjects function: sqf if (!isServer) exitWith {}; _filter = []; _area = [getPosATL this] + (this getVariable ["objectarea",[]]); _area params ["","_a","_b"]; _radius = (_a max _b) * sqrt 2; _objects = nearestTerrainObjects [this,_filter,_radius,false] inAreaArray _area; {_x hideObjectGlobal true; _x allowDamage false} forEach _objects; In my actual usage, I copied the exact filters used by the module, but I think an empty filter should work as well

[cloud edge]

I'm trying to make a simple sandbox, but my AI players are only walking. I have speed set to normal, I have Behavior set at safe. The AI refuses to run or have any actual pace other than walking slowly. They won't even get into formation. What am I doing wrong?

[scarlet dove]

Glad I helped with a solution
👍

[tardy verge]

#arma3_editor message

[unique echo]

If ayone can think of a work around or have any advice please @ me

[quaint kindle]

Western Sahara, interaction bug
So I have run into an issue in the new DLC where I dont get the prompt for those hold spacebar functions, like getting new mercs or using the arsenal, im now stuck because I cant "Hack laptop"

[astral bloom]

This is not a troubleshoot/report channel and I do believe last few topics in #western_sahara is about your issue

[cloud edge]

Thanks

[past sparrow]

just a quick ace question, if you have ace loaded and play some mission are all the ace features enabled by default? or do they need to be toggled on?

[twin path]

i am looking for a mostly or entirely prebuilt scenario
I want me and my friends to play in PvE, as 1980's soviets, on chernarus

please give suggestions for types of missions like "liberation" or "antistasi", the more specific the better

[twin path]

is there a way to change liberation so you play as opfor instead of blufor

[edgy turret]

You can try mission generators like Dynamic Recon/Combat Ops, load the one with the desired map/faction mods and play solo or with friends

[low gate]

is it possible to import plopper json into eden editor ?

[trail basin]

Is there a way to get a unit to move when initially set to "Stay On Position". I can't get them to move by waypoints or RCing.

[wild sparrow]

What is "Stay On Position"? Try using commandFollow ,doFollow, commandMove, or doMove scripting commands. For Zeus, you can make a composition to do that for you when you place it near a unit.

[teal elk]

Is there a mod to open zeus at any time?

Like with a single key

[torpid lintel]

Can someone help me put trenches in ArmA?

With deformer and stuff

[trail basin]

Its an option with 3den enhanced. Im having a problem where when the leader of a squad dies, all pathing gets turned on when I don't want it to. If I set "Stay On Position" they wont move but can't get the unit to move in RC mode like you can when disabling Path.

[wild sparrow]

Don´t use that I guess and if you're using mods you need to say so people can help you.

[south olive]

How do I get the "mission successful" or whatever it's called screen to come up when a player completes the mission? I have a trigger that triggers "mission complete" screen, but it's extremely underwhelming, because it just kicks you out of the game

[astral bloom]

BIS_fnc_endMission

[edgy turret]

Simple Single Player Cheat Menu has Zeus function you can enable

[spiral vigil]

@Mac
//this is called at the end of some script or in a trigger
//for the MISSION COMPLETE
["End1"] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_endMission"];//for the (End1) in the Description.ext
//
//this is called at the end of some script or in a trigger
//for the MISSION FAILURE
["End2", false] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_endMission"];//for the (End2) in the Description.ext

//then at the bottom of my Description.ext
//in the CfgDebriefing
class CfgDebriefing
{  
    class End1
    {
        title = "Hostiles Eliminated";
        subtitle = "MISSION COMPLETE";
        description = "All Enemy K.I.A";
        backgroundPicture = "";
        picture = "";
        pictureColor[] = {0,0,0,0};
    };
    class End2
    {
        title = "MISSION FAILURE";
        subtitle = "USMC KIA";
        description = "Failed To kill All Enemy";
        backgroundPicture = "";
        picture = "";
        pictureColor[] = {0,0,0,0};
    };
};

[tardy verge]

Don't know what you're trying to do, but BIS_fnc_endMission function has second parameter isVictory, which is by default true, so technically "End2" will be mission success too despite title saying failure

[spiral vigil]

maybe its a success of failure

mission ends and says MISSION FAILURE

[tardy verge]

That's just displayed text

[spiral vigil]

hmmm i see

[tardy verge]

It's not to complicated ["End2", false] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_endMission"];

[spiral vigil]

so your saying i should use this code ["End2", false] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_endMission"]; ?

[tardy verge]

Yes, without false mission might get marked as played in Workshop even when all players died. That would be funny 😆

[spiral vigil]

yes it would, cool thx man @tardy verge

so i would need the true, in the End1 part also right ?

[tardy verge]

It's true by default, so you can omit it

[spiral vigil]

ok cool thx alot m8

i edited it up there so it don't fuck people up ok

oh wow i see the differance its Awsome thx you so much @tardy verge yeah i saw the off collor text when i lost, its cool it really makes you feel like you lost

[humble robin]

Will Opfor eventually shoot civilians in Arma 3?
I want to create a scenario where the map is populated by either Opfor or Indfor and I am a civilian living my life maybe with a few homies doing like a survival/homestead type scenario. I wondered if I shot enough of the Opfor guys if they would turn on me? I know I've been a team leader as Blufor and through a few friendly fire incidents my AI squad mates turned on me and shot me. My thought is a scenario similar to Antistasi, where I go around causing chaos but also similar to the Old Man scenario.

[cinder holly]

if you "lower their rating", even BLUFOR will shoot at civilians
what you can do for a visual effect is to create a BLUFOR (or INDFOR) group, join civilians to it, then delete the leader - this will have them BLUFOR/INDFOR and they will be shot at by OPFOR, while BLUFOR will not

[humble robin]

Awesome. Thanks for the info. I'll give it a shot

[humble robin]

Now I'm thinking more like a Life server but with enemy occupancy within the map. Patrols and bases etc..

[south olive]

Where do I use this function? I am able to use endMission but I can't either see BIS_fnc_endMission come up in the autocomplete, nor does it actually run

[spiral vigil]

how are you trying to use it

[south olive]

Okay

Wait

Nevermind

[spiral vigil]

did you see my post up there

[south olive]

I fixed it

[spiral vigil]

ok

[south olive]

I thought it was the same function as endMission

Like

The same way it gets executed

Thanks

[spiral vigil]

so you Got it Fixed @Mac

[spiral vigil]

#arma3_scenario message

[south olive]

Yes

[trail basin]

Did what ever update happen on Thursday break the ability to play scripted audio? I ran a mission on Monday on a dedicated server that had audio and opening text that worked fine. Now today when running it, I get no audio playing during the opening text.

I dont get an error, it just doesn't play the audio

[astral bloom]

If there is something, it likely is profiling

[spiral vigil]

@tardy verge thx you so much for helping me with the end missions stuff its Awsome

[dense ravine]

Is there a mod to populate scenario maps with civilians, some cars dotted around etc? Basically add more life to a map other than the enemy population?

Also another question is when I play Dynamic Recon Ops I click start on certain maps and I can’t access them. Do I need to download certain maps, DLC’s etc in order to play them? Thanks in advance for any advice

[west silo]

Google "arma 3 ambient civilians".

There are a few mods.

[west silo]

You need to have the terrain.

[dense ravine]

Thank you very much I will do that now. Also regarding terrain how are these acquired? Is this through DLC payment or via steam workshop for free?

[west silo]

Both. Depends on the terrain.

[spiral vigil]

@dense ravine did you ever try COS see if you can find it COS may be what your looking for

[dense ravine]

Hey Scotty. I checked out the mod you mentioned. Actually looks good. What I play allot is (DRO) Dynamic Recon Ops which does have some civilians in there but no cars driving around. Wondering if this COS module can be played whilst in DRO? I have seen a tutorial on YT so I will try this out today. Thank you

[pine granite]

Hello , i hAve a mission that i create , uploaded on dedicated server , mission loaded in recive file map but after it jumped to the default server mission lobby

No error showed , any fix?

[undone creek]

I'm looking for a map that I could use for like Modern Asia/China, doing a campaign with Russian Pacific VMF vs Chinese PLA but cause the site is still down I can't get to the map list I usually use so would anyone have any suggestions?

[noble socket]

You can use Wayback Machine to view the forums.
https://web.archive.org/web/20250302162528/https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/236073-all-arma-3-terrains-compilation-list/

[undone creek]

Good idea

[empty rune]

Myself and a few players who run missions on a private server have been having issues recently, where certain player slots will load in without any equipment. When we test in isolation, or on the server before running the mission, we don't get these issues.

Last night, I ran a mission and experience that problem; only one specific role spawned with no uniform or vest, across two players. In simpler terms, two players chose Grenadier roles, and both spawned with no uni/vest. The loadout for them was identical.

On our server, we run a few mods, so those might be interfering. These particular loadouts were the only ones in the server to use an NIArms weapon.

I was wondering if anyone had experienced a similar issue elsewhere, or knew what could be causing this error?

I can give more details if needed; I'm just not too sure what else to add right now

[spiral vigil]

@empty rune did you have a look at the RPT file to see if anything is in there to help you see the issue

@empty rune C:\Users\your name\AppData\Local\Arma 3

[empty rune]

I can see what it spat out, yeah. I'm not the server owner or admin, though, so I won't be able to give much info on that side

[spiral vigil]

can you ask him or her to look at the RPT file

[empty rune]

yeah I can drop a line in our discord. hopefully he'll be able to get back to me

[spiral vigil]

good

its kinda hard to read the RPT file but you can get clues to some suff in there

[empty rune]

I've been told it's been looked into before, but I don't think a definitive reason was found. I was hoping maybe it might be something to do with the mission file, or something I could fix as a client

seems like that might not be the case, though 😦

[spiral vigil]

might be the Mod also as you said

i would remove the Mod and try the mission with the default game and see if it works that way 1st

we would need to see how you were setting up your loadout sqf or how your doing the loadout stuff to help i feel

might not be calling the correct names of the vests and other stuff

like some times in the BIS_Ammo box the name is diff from the correct name of the hat or vest or weapon i have found

like for ex booniehat_tan

[empty rune]

yeah... as for setting up the loadouts, I put them together in editor, via ACE Arsenal. the odd thing is that the equipment itself was all vanilla; just nato combat fatigues and gl carrier rig

it might have been the items inside the 'containers', as the only difference would have been the NIArms ammunition... but there wasn't any in the uniform, so I'm not sure if that covers it

all the other units used either CUP or Vanilla weapons

[spiral vigil]

well to tell you the truth im bad at mods cuz i use no Mods ever, so maybe someone can help you in here m8

[empty rune]

hopefully. all I've got at the moment from the group is that it's likely to be server-side, anyway. unless I can get a look at the .rpt and puzzle through that, I'm not sure i can do much more

[spiral vigil]

yes agree

i do feel its server side

[empty rune]

I appreciate the help and insight, regardless!

[balmy turtle]

Guys , in my mission AI ( not in my command , but one IA that command anothers xd)keeps getting in and out of the vehicle , you guys know why?? I Use Vcom to improve my missions but , i dunno...

[hallow egret]

Little bit late to the party but TPW mod is exactly what you are looking for, it adds ambient civilians, cars, parked cars, helicopter flyovers, ambient sounds like car alarms when car is hit and radio chatter, screaming of children, music from houses. Animals....and I could continue, works on every map and is higly customizable 🙂

[spiral vigil]

@hallow egret Nice

COS is Not a Mod really its just Scripting you can edit

as i don't use any mods at all

so that means we are not late to the party he he

[dense ravine]

Damn this sound perfect thank you so much for letting me know! I will download it soon and give it a try sounds good. Appreciate it

[raw imp]

I have this error that keeps showing up when I try to join our dedicated server. I've tried repairing my mods and reinstalling the mods on the server. My mods match the server as well. Any ideas on how I might be able to fix this issue?

[trail basin]

Anyone getting this error when trying to use the BIS_fnc_UnitCapture? Im trying to start the record.

[cinder holly]

how do you call it?

[trail basin]

trigger with a radio selected and activate rec = [objectName,timeSeconds] spawn BIS_fnc_UnitCapture;

[north stone]

Then your variables are undefined.

[trail basin]

they are though

That was just sample code

[north stone]

But the game doesn't agree with you.

[cinder holly]

so, typo? or _local variable instead of global?

[trail basin]

typo, but now I get an error when trying to play back so Im going over everything again with a fine tooth comb.

[cinder holly]

ah well ^^ good luck

[dire tulip]

Hey all, I think based on channel descriptions this is the right place for this, apologies if not. Working on a mission for my group, setting up a HALO jump into water. I'm having an issue where on landing I get stuck in the treading water or slowly swimming forward animation. I mean completely stuck, like nothing I do can get out of it. Even zeusing onto land I remain stuck in either animation. It happens consistently, but I'm not sure what is causing it. It appears slot based? Like on one slot everything works fine but in another I get stuck. I thought it might be loadout based so I tried with nothing but a parachute, the same loadout, different loadouts etc. but the problem remains, strangely it doesn't appear in single player but if I host locally it happens. I'm at my wits end, figured I'd ask here before giving up and finding another insertion method.

[lusty cradle]

anyone know what happened to the Sci-Fi Support+ mod? (steam workshop)

[misty thunder]

I'm making a map in the VR map, but I want to find the least performance-intensive large object to wall off part of the map that I can. Would it be the big, white VR blocks? One of the giant piers from the CUP map assets? Something else? Ideally, something as large as possible for as small of a performance impact as possible.

Also, does disabling simulation on objects that have no interaction/doors/etc do anything bad? IE, will the AI still use sandbags with disabled simulation as cover, etc?

(I'm very paranoid about too many objects causing lag. I don't know how many within a small area, even on the VR map, would affect performance.)

[misty thunder]

Additionally, what things should and should not be set as 'Local Objects'? Will it increase the strain on the computers of players in a mission?

Last of all... Will the decals in the Signs>Graffiti section cause any problems with the aforementioned performance?

[astral bloom]

• ”Just a prop without physics” aka houses do have really small impact on any performance
• Disable simulation mainly do something with physics and object updating. Pathfindings, collision etc are not affected AFAIK
• Local objects = processed only on player's end, and no info are passed over network. That means less network traffic, no (graphical) performance change
• You are making a mission not a map

[trail basin]

Does anyone know what the code means that you get when recording a unit?
[0,[6818.2,-2114.72,23.4706],[0,0.999999,-0.00170898],[0,0.00170898,0.999999],[0,0,0]
I know the first set 3 numbers in the first brackets is the physical position but what do the other number mean?

[trim seal]

_capturedData = _capturedData + [[(_timeCur + _timeOffset), (getPosASL _unit), vectorDir _unit, vectorUp _unit, velocity _unit]];```
from `fn_unitcapture.sqf`

time, one vector for position, two vectors for orientation, one vector for velocity

[trail basin]

Thanks!

[trail basin]

Is there a way to activate landing gear down with a trigger?

[north stone]

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

[undone creek]

Does anyone know a work around with the Civ Presence module that allows you to have custom civilian factions from mods like CUP, 3CB or CFP? Currently doing a campaign set in the middle east and none of the AI that are auto assigned to the module work for that setting

I've tried using GRAD Civilians but I always manage to get lost when trying to figure it out

[past sparrow]

I'm using the oncreated function to set the civilians clothes

[undone creek]

Was thinking that, tho I might use Alive

[torpid lintel]

Mission Summer%20Offensive.chernarus_summer: Missing 'description.ext::Header'

wtf does this mean

[north stone]

Obviously this means that description.ext file is missing Header class.

[torpid lintel]

I don't have a description.ext file. Also how do I find a header class?

[spiral vigil]

@torpid lintel https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext

[torpid lintel]

How do I turn an txt file into ext

[languid spoke]

you rename it

[torpid lintel]

description.ext.txt

It said that on the pbo manager

[languid spoke]

either enable file extensions in your windows explorer then rename
or
use the "save as" for whatever text editor ur using

[torpid lintel]

extensible markup language file?

[languid spoke]

thats not .ext so no?...

[torpid lintel]

nvm

figured it out

yeah my bad g

What does No Entry '.model' mean?

[astral bloom]

You have a Mod with badly made config

[torpid lintel]

Oh, great!

[trail basin]

How do I make it so a UAV Operator can't control the Mk41 VLS from the drone list? I only want them to control just their AR2.

[mossy lava]

You can use connectTerminalToUAV to connect an AI's terminal to the vls, or lock the vls so players can connect but can't control, or use disableUAVConnectability which works per-terminal item and can be tricky if players have arsenal.

[trail basin]

I'll give those a try. They are premade kits so maybe the 2nd option will work.

[storm shale]

I hope this is the correct channel for my question - and due to the BI Forums still in maintenance mode, I think I have to ask here.

Well I am building a mission at the moment. Start and End should be at the same location. I have 3 Tasks in my mission and what I want is, that the mission ends as soon as all 3 tasks are completed. Last task is Exfil to the starting location.
How can I activate the trigger for finishing the last task? Blufor present does not work for obvious reasons - Blufor is already there at the start of the mission.

My current workaround is that the final trigger is not at the exactly same position but a few meters away in the same area - it works, but chances are that one of the players runs by accident in the trigger.
So what can I do?

[scarlet dove]

Add a condition so that the task can only be completed once the mission tasks are completed
As far as I remember, you can have a trigger that activates when both a script or synced condition, and blufor present

[cinder harbor]

is it possible to place a rectangle on the map that is inverted, that is to say that the the only parts not coloured in are inside the bounds of the marker

(3den)

[west silo]

That's what cover map module does.

[cinder harbor]

ah thanks
also anybody got documentation for zone restriction module - doesnt seem to have any on the wiki

[faint ingot]

Im having an issue with our multiplayer scenarios that I can't find much help on. Anytime we set AI skill and precision, it gets reset after a few minutes back to 50%. I've tried using the Global Skill module through Zeus, manually configuring each individual prespawned units' skill in 3den editor, and setting the mission difficulty systems to cusom and adding the values associated with .1% precision and 80% skill to our server's difficulty, nothing seems to work. After a few minutes of runtime, they revert to 50% on all skill sliders, and become terminator aimbots.

[trail basin]

Are you using LAMBS or any other AI mod?

[final acorn]

@trim cave pls kindly check your dm

[faint ingot]

We were using VCOM, but have since disabled it.

[compact laurel]

How do you attack a position in a location from 3 different gates with bots and orders?

disabled, unable to run a game properly, refund players you bunch of shit

[cinder holly]

@compact laurel are you okay? how is your life?

it seems you are going through a rough patch - I hope you will be okay soon

[fallow grove]

@compact laurel Did you eat something that made you sick? May the Lord be with you and you get well soon!

[cinder holly]

@compact laurel please answer, I am a bit worried about you now

[compact laurel]

@cinder holly im aright, really nice

I try to understand this idiots bots

[cinder holly]

Then refrain from attacking, insulting and threatening people on this server.

!issueWarning 304039253120385025 insults and threats are not tolerated - glad you came to your senses

[quiet nexus]

Done.

[compact laurel]

Insulting leads nowhere and sometimes words can be harsher than actions, but hey I said to myself why not in a way where they made their money and maybe they don't care about player feedback, so I allowed myself to write messages that will attract all the attention and that bohemia works the ia

[astral bloom]

That will just lead us to open the door to step out from this server

[compact laurel]

I understand that this was not my goal.

[astral bloom]

Then just behave politely. That's how it works. Even feedbacks do

[cinder holly]

as I said, thank you for having deescalated it

the feedback is listened to, however Arma 3 itself will not see much more evolution on that aspect given it is an 11, soon 12yo game now

[compact laurel]

Yes, I'm talking about Arma 4. I also played Arma Reforger on Xbox. The AI ​​is sometimes a big problem. That said, Arma 3 is brand new to me and it's super interesting.

I prefer to finish all the DLCs in story and camp mode before starting coop or PVP and I think it must be very different in terms of time and understanding compared to AI.

[undone creek]

Ok...

Can anyone give me a hand with something? I want to set up a thing for players to do that will allow them to "repair" a generator. Essentially it'll be a prompt they can go up to and just hold interact until it's done but I want it to play the A3 repair animations. I'm not entirely sure how to set up either but if someone has a video that I could use it would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

I am also using 3den enhanced and this is only a 1 off thing I'd like to set up as a Holdaction

[tender hare]

hey guys. any idea whit what script/mod shacktac spawned the enemies in this vid? : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZBL3szPjXA

maybe DAC?1 but i don't think that they waited half an hour for dac to initialize regarding the mapsize and the amount of waypoints dac has to make

[blissful abyss]

hi guys is there any way that I can make my friend high command and add units to him AFTER we enter the scenario

the point is that I want to first generate an army for him with MCC

and mission points to defend

[fallen blaze]

With Zeus I believe you can

[blissful abyss]

oh yea, i got zeus, is there a module or something like that?

@fallen blaze do i just drag the units holding ctrl to him?

[fallen blaze]

Yeah just put him over the units

I believe thee is a module too, but I'm not at my pc

[distant kestrel]

How do i make this. I am making a singleplayer mission and my player comes home to bed. How can i make a black screen to transition to a later time to a diffrent map setup(something happened while the character slept) and to make it go from there

[cinder holly]

cutText + skipTime/setDate + setPosATL

[distant kestrel]

Thank you

[vale grotto]

Hey all, I'm using the BIS_fnc_showSubtitle command for a scenario I'm working on that's using subtitles.

I have them executed and they work, well the first line anyways

the second line doesn't seem to activate for some reason.

any guesses why?

Here's the structure.

[cinder holly]

it is most likely that you are trying to sleep in a trigger or some other place where you cannot

you can fix this by wrapping it in a 0 spawn { /* code here */ };

[vale grotto]

You genius

I was missing a sleep; command

thanks for the promt response

don't even know If I would've noticed that, so thanks for the pointer

[torpid lintel]

What are some good PvE/PvP fully customizable (faction wise) scenarios?

Me and some friends are looking for... a certain current event to play with

I thought about ALiVE but it's only beketov that is indexed

[torpid lintel]

:(

[wintry hedge]

@torpid lintel Hi