Does arma not like it when scripts attempt to call a named npc which has a low probability of existing?
#arma3_scenario
proven aspen
sinful rampart
Arma doesn't like attempting to call something that doesn't exist
proven aspen
Fair enough
prime dome
add an isNil check
like if (!isNil "named_npc_varName") then {do stuff}
@proven aspen
proven aspen
Thank you!
dawn tinsel
I'm attempting to overide set nopop by adding a laptop with init "this addAction ["Pop", {nopop=false}, "NoPop", {nopop=true}];" Arma feels like killing my poor attempt, what should I do to fix the returned error?
sinful rampart
"the error" which error?
dawn tinsel
"...Error type code, expected number..." at mission loading (MP)
sinful rampart
Ah. Yeah youa re using https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction wrong
You either need one addAction to toggle pop
Or two. One to enable and one to disable
you can use the condition parameter to only show the correct action if you go for the two actions variant
dawn tinsel
Reading up on addAction but it's still like a foreign language ๐
sinful rampart
English is foreign to me too ๐
dawn tinsel
how do I pull the nopop value?
dawn tinsel
ah! I'll try to wrap my head around it!
sinful rampart
I could also write it for you if you want. But you'll learn more by doing it yourself ๐
dawn tinsel
so true! It's hard but one has to do it. I reserve myself he option to ask again in a bit!
cinder holly
Hello gents, I figured out a "new" setting in description.ext: CfgTaskDescriptions (see wiki)
does anyone know how to set destination subtitle in it though... I guessed "title" and "description" parameters properly, but "destination", "marker" or even "displayName" don't work
storm geode
nice work
cinder holly
(https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext#CfgTaskDescriptions for info)
I am still trying to figure the "destination" property... if it is in it! ๐ค
sinful rampart
That is script only config and not used in engine. Not my field.
I'd say.. Unpack all functions* pbo's and use notepad++ to do a search for CfgTaskDescriptions through all scripts
neon raptor
@cinder holly Check this https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_setTask
desc: Array or String - Task description in the format ["description", "title", "marker"] or CfgTaskDescriptions class
Best check the source of that function to make sure the description about what it does is actually correct
cinder holly
Notepading... next step I'll kick BIS fnc methods ๐
seems to be either marker or destination... I'll check when I'm back home and update the wiki (and let you know)
this CfgTaskDescriptions thing is great, it would allows proper task translations (I think)
sinful rampart
You can also properly translate in script
cinder holly
by just sending "STR_(...)" ?
afaik the server-created tasks will be in server language
ah, yes, I meant "translated in client-set language" ๐
wooden dove
use localize
cinder holly
yes, I know
but if you use BIS fnc taskCreate with localize, it will send the new task in server language
I expect (but may be wrong) that CfgTaskDescriptions gets the text from the customer
I don't know if I am clear here, I am looking for a way to have tasks translated client-side
e.g server in German, currently it sends the task in German to customers even for English, French, Spanish clients
maybe (!) using CfgTaskDescriptions it will get the English translation for the English client, French for the French client, etc.
sinful rampart
Ah yeah. That's true.. But that's a big maybe ๐
cinder holly
and from what I could read in the fnc that's not the case =]
dawn tinsel
@Dedmen Well I realise that I have months ahead of me. Embarrased but is it even getting hot? if (nopop=true) then { this AddAction ["Pop", {nopop=false [_this select 3]}, nopop] }, this AddAction ["Nopop", {nopop=true [_this select 3]}, nopop];
wooden dove
.....
sinful rampart
wtf
I said. as the condition parameter
if you look at the wiki page you will see a parameter called condition and there are also examples with it
balmy jasper
Is it possible to custom face in a mission_
Like mission file contains a custom face and force that to palyer?
sinful rampart
Depends if you can use CfgFaces in description.ext
wiki says no
Could be wrong tho
wooden dove
not only that but CfgFaces is very fucking special
neon raptor
CfgIdentities ?
wooden dove
if you wanna keep your sanity never stray into CfgFaces
sinful rampart
was that the subclass mess thing?
sinful rampart
The fact that I remember it by "subclass mess" says enough
neon raptor
player setIdentity "CustomId";
//--- Description.ext
class CfgIdentities
{
class CustomId
{
name = "Givens";
nameSound = "Givens";
face="WhiteHead_06"; //--- Try set path to texture here
glasses="None";
speaker="Male05ENG";
pitch=1.1;
};
};
@balmy jasper
sinful rampart
Wiki says that's classname in CfgFaces
neon raptor
well then i will ๐ myself ๐
clever acorn
Made a task to blow up a load of stuff and it's not working so I broke the task into sub tasks to debug. Seems the vehicles and guns are destroyed fine, but I've got problems with various types of objects not actually being killed when a demo block is placed. These include the Satelite dish, ammo crates and pallets of oil barrels. Is there anything I should do in this instance other than just remove those objects. I've double checked they're all set to enable damage and simulation.
prime dome
@clever acorn you could force to them to get destroyed, maybe, via setDamage command
empty cedar
Evenin' all, looking for a hand with a drama I'm facing, others might've been facing the same issue. Basically, all the vehicles I've placed into the mission explode upon loading the mission in Multiplayer.
All the vics are clear of any and all obstructions with the ground, other scenery objects, and each other.
And they do not detonate in SP/offline testing.
wooden dove
..... do you have any "respawn scripts" ?
that sounds like bad scripting and vehicles spawning on each others
empty cedar
Using the vanilla respawn module, which a buddy of mine used in a similar mission with no issues.
No other scripts.
Modset includes ACE, and the CUP Terrain mods.
The interesting thing to note is that the ground vehicles that I've placed (under items like sheds and inside a garage) are the ones exploding, while the aircraft that sit completely exposed do not.
clever acorn
@prime dome isn't that going to mean a bunch of monitoring to check if there's an explosion near each object etc? Just never experienced objects that truly were indestructible
prime dome
well, you can just check if one of the destructable objects get destroyed (using a killed MP eventHandler) and set the other damage states according to that
also, y'all need to stop putting whitespaces in your discord nicknames ๐
storm geode
what discord client do you use? err "what" I mean do you use browser?
prime dome
no, desktop/win10
storm geode
heh?
storm geode
roger, well before -FM- kills us for offtopic, when you put in @ and few characters and hit tab, discord adds the #848389438934 numbers there, you need to backspace those out, then the names work. no offense to you but it baffles me how 99% of people dont figure that out. ok I dont backspace but arrow key move and hum SHIFT-END select and DEL wipe the whole numbah thing ๐
prime dome
@storm geode unfortunately it still doesn't work sometimes ๐คท๐ฝ
prime fractal
anyone know why BIS_fnc_animatedBriefing is coming back as an undefinded variable?'
wooden dove
because it doesn't exist.
prime fractal
you know that was just what I was afraid of lol
that will be a couple hours gone
wooden dove
unless those funcs are inline
which is also possible
it exist!
it's because it's a tac-ops func, it's not in my unbinned data ๐
altho it doesn't return anything, here's the header:
/*
Author: Zozo, modified by Riccardo Argiolas
Description:
Plays the Animated Briefings. Basically, it is a wrap function for the eventTimeline function.
Parameters:
Select 0 - 2D ARRAY : timeline in format [ [1.0, {code} ], [2.0, {code} ], [2.3, {code} ], [4.7, {code} ] ]
Select 1 - NUMBER: index of the event to play
Select 2 (OPTIONAL)- ARRAY: markers to hide before the briefing starts and when the briefing has been completed
Select 3 (OPTIONAL)- ARRAY: markers to show after the briefing has been completed
Select 4 (OPTIONAL)- STRING: marker to zoom to instantly when the briefing is over
Select 5 (OPTIONAL)- BOOL: will the player have the ability to close the map at the end of the briefing?
Select 6 (OPTIONAL)- CODE: code that will be executed when the briefing is over or is skipped
Returns:
none
so it's only available to Tac-Ops for the time being I suppose
wooden dove
No, everyone can use it
I just didn't find it right away because I never look at the function viewer, instead I just run a quick search on my P drive
prime fractal
[_timeline, 0, nil, allMapMarkers, _showMarkers, "unk_zoom4",false] spawn '#'BIS_fnc_AnimatedBriefing;
error shows that BIS_fnc_AnimatedBriefing is undefined and I followed all the format in the wiki
wooden dove
because of that '#'...
prime fractal
heheh that is where it shows the number sign in the script error window
i put the '' around it so discord wouldn't make a mess of the number sign
thanks for the assistance alganthe! much appreciate you taking the time to look into it!
cinder holly
well, no BIS_fnc_AnimatedBriefing in Func Viewer (in main branch) so... idk
wooden dove
check under the tac-ops category
cinder holly
so I did and could only find the civilian spawn scripts
and by showing them all alphabetically too
because of main branch maybe?
wooden dove
hm... i'm on dev
can't check main branch right now but i'd be surprised if they removed them for the tac-ops release
cinder holly
regarding mission making, did anyone else observe since the last patch a longer loading time for "just" starting with one single unit on the map, no AI, object or anything? like it would load AI or recompile functions
prime dome
Yeah, loading's been longer
empty cedar
Okay, got a small drama. Got two players linked to a zeus Game Master module both by a 'sync to...' and through the "owner" field in the game master module. SP test: works. Hosted MP (from my system with people connecting to me): works. Dedicated server MP: doesn't work.
GM module 1:
Variable name - ceozeus
Owner - ceo
Name - Chief Executive Officer
Zeus player 1:
Variable name - ceo
GM module 2:
Variable name - cpozeus
Owner - coo
Name - Chief Operations Officer
Zeus player 2
Variable name - coo
fathom meteor
Hey guys, quick question... I have some vehicles (RHS ones) that I want to place down, and want them to be deployed in a specific state that is triggerable.. (Ie... through scroll menu, I can "Deploy Masts"). Is there any way to accomplish this pretty easily??? Im kind of new to the scripting/mission making scene so I'm very unsure about what can and cant be done.
empty cedar
I think with some of them, if you right click on the item in 3Den you'll find a option saying "Edit Vehicle Appearance".
That'll let you set if some features are deployed/visible or not.
But it's hit or miss with the RHS ones as they mightn't be encoded that way.
fathom meteor
Turns out youre right and Im a doofus.. Thanks!
empty cedar
All good mate!
fathom meteor
@restive shore What about for briefing material... doing as they do in the pre made missions and tying words to specific locations on the map... so click this word and show this part of the map.
empty cedar
That I have no idea about mate.
fathom meteor
Okay no worries.
empty cedar
Adding onto my Zeus issue from earlier. A friend of mine gave me a mission of his that we know 100% worked on our old server (on a different hosting service). I've accessed it, saved it without having made any changes, exported to a pbo, loaded it onto our new server and trialed it. The Zeus permissions still do not load.
Is it possible that there is a mod conflict that is preventing Zeus operations? Modpack includes CBA, ACE, ACEX, RHS, CUP and the relevant compatibility mods.
rapid hatch
How to make a custom music available from Zeus "Play music" module? Is adding it to CfgMusic in description.ext enough? (I don't see it)
hollow prairie
@empty cedar we have the same issue. Neither sync nor owner works really well. The only methods we found working nearly 100% are UIDs as owners and the adminlogged owner.
So if you know who is gonna be ceo or coo you can use their UIDs. If they are chosen on the spot that is bad luck.
fathom meteor
@restive shore(PIX) none of those mods should cause Zeus issues... If any would I'd say it would be like Ares/Achilles.
Since they deal with adding more functionality to Zeus.
To anyone that is wondering after finding it in a youtube video.. I beleive I found my answer to have links that take you to different places on the map. Its using the init file and diary.sqf.
If anyone awnts a link to the video that explains it I can post it.
fathom meteor
Anyone know of a way to make text on map markers larger via the editor?
carmine spear
Looking for a video formatting program to make .OGV ? I would like to use the video in game as a breifing tool.
cinder holly
https://convertio.co/fr/mp4-ogv/ ? for example
carmine spear
I did not know that VLC converts videos.
sinful rampart
I think you want Theora+Vorbis
carmine spear
Thank you for that.
Once I convert it, I can just place it on a editable objective? Correct?
sinful rampart
editable objective?
I only used them as intro/outro
playing full screen
using BIS_fnc_playVideo
carmine spear
Would that work for MP?
sinful rampart
yeah
Can't find a video with the mission with intro video. Only have them seperate. So I can't show you how it would look
carmine spear
Could I make it repeatable or on demand via mouse wheel or something to that effect? Would everyone joining the server have log on at once to see it? Or could I have everyone gather around a TV in game and run the video. Like a Intel officer doing a premission briefing.
sinful rampart
We made it so that you see it immediatly when you join the mission
Unless the mission is already running for over 30 seconds
carmine spear
I suspect it's not supported.
sinful rampart
You can start it via an action yes
You can use remoteExec and start it manually on each player after they sat down in front of the TV
I don't think you can play it like.. on the TV
wooden dove
.... I wonder
carmine spear
Thank you. You have given me a good starting point.
sinful rampart
@wooden dove tell
cinder holly
@carmine spear you can use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_playVideo for starter
and, in init.sqf something like
if (hasInterface && not didJIP) then { /* playVideoOnStartup*/ };
@sinful rampart there was this KK's post about that:
http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-ogv-to-texture/
sinful rampart
Ah
sinful rampart
Actually not magic at all
Didn't know KK had a post about it
I saw some life developer brag about the awesome technology he "invented" and he built a cinema with it...
That was like a year ago
sinful rampart
I knew I saw it somewhere previously but didn't remember where
You know now @dry whale
KK wrote how to do it 4 years ago in his blog. Linked above
^^
dry whale
well no, I believe they did it a different way
the video in that fnc has to be local, yea?
in a3pl
you put in a youtube link
and it played the vid in their movie theater
sinful rampart
Yeah
they download and convert the video
locally and then play it
Atleast that's how I would do it
sinful rampart
Well just like you watch a video on youtube. Also downloads fast ^^
dry whale
when you watch a video on youtube it loads the beginning first
then loads as you watch
then stops to buffer for twenty fucking years
then keeps playing
๐
sinful rampart
You can optionally disable DASH
That's the. Split video into many small parts and download seperatly
dry whale
ah, okay
maybe I'll play around with it someday when I have more time
Would be cool as hell to have the "instructional milsim videos" play on our new training terrain once it's complete ๐
sinful rampart
Static videos are way easier than dynamically playing yt ^^
dry whale
mmmhmm
sinful rampart
like download/convert and then load via filePatching
carmine spear
If I can just link a YT video and have it play on demand. That would be the cat's meow.
cursive forge
Wanted to make some tutorials, but this game has become a bug fest since I last played
wooden dove
You must be high on drugs then
wooden dove
dude
sinful rampart
Maybe I don't notice these bugs because I became so used to it
wooden dove
initial release was a bugfest
but anything post nexus can't be called "a bug fest"
not even remotely close
cursive forge
You must be high on drugs then
wooden dove
show me on the doll where BI touched you
cursive forge
@wooden dove How about the simple fact that AI vehicles won't move to waypoints?
Well, certain vehicles anyways
Like APCs and Hunters
wooden dove
they do tho.
cursive forge
Except, they don't..
wooden dove
I remember that being an issue when AI driving was getting touched up on 1.59 / 1.61 but it got fixed
cursive forge
The group leader orders the commander to move
The commander orders the driver to move (yellow text)
driver remains still
Sometimes they will move
prime dome
well, they do move usually, so you may be encountering a specific bug
wooden dove
the one time they won't move is that if their pathing fails
prime dome
since they refuse sometimes, but i haven't seen it all lot of times so far
cursive forge
Then it fails all the time
prime dome
seems to happen at specific road points on specific maps
if it fails all the time, then create a bug ticket with repro steps and a repro mission
cursive forge
Get in / Load waypoiint sync is also broken on the Prowler
wooden dove
without mods
wooden dove
which variant, armed or unarmed?
wooden dove
on dev
cursive forge
I'm on stable
prime dome
i'm pretty sure get in works fine on stable too
wooden dove
going to try it, just in case, but i'm fairly sure it works fine
unless you're on the linux / mac branch
prime dome
not that there may not be exceptions in some cases, but without a ticket/repro mission it's hard to test like this
cursive forge
Happens any time I've tried it on any terrain, anywhere
prime dome
and BI's not really going to spend effort fixing a bug they can't reproduce.
cursive forge
Crewed prowler with a Load and Move waypoint. Another group with a Get In waypoint. Get In and Load waypoint synced
Prowler moves to load waypoint then instantly gets the move waypoint, and the other groups get in disappears
prime dome
are there enough seats?
cursive forge
When I say crewed, I mean jusit a driver
wooden dove
dunno, works fine here
wooden dove
got a fireteam to get in a prowler in a tight spot
prime dome
the get in needs to be on the prowler
it'll snap to it
otherwise use GET IN NEAREST
cursive forge
@prime dome Not when syncing
prime dome
try it
cursive forge
@prime dome That's a different thing entirely
GetIn / Load waypoint works for any other vehicle and has always been the way to do transports
It's simply broken on the Prowler
prime dome
i know
i'm saying attach the wapoint to the prowler
along with the sync
and/or use GET IN NEAREST
If it still doesn't work
then create a ticket along with a repro mission
cursive forge
It does
It's just the Get In / Load sync that's broken. Case in point https://youtu.be/h0xTQjpw_dA
prime dome
Ah, so you're driving the thing.
cursive forge
Doesn't matter if it's me or the AI driving
Both skips getting in
Something's broken about the Get out waypoint too (which I reported already). If an AI unit has ever activated a Get out waypoint, it can never ever be put in a vehicle again by a script (It'll instantly eject. No amount of moveIn* commands or assignAs* commands will keep it in).
cursive forge
And something's wrong with AI self preservation too. Hold fire command will keep units from shooting at enemies, even when taking fire danger close
wooden dove
in an alternate timeline:
"My AI don't hold fire when I tell them to"
cursive forge
Right
prime dome
GET IN NEAREST doesn't work
cursive forge
@prime dome Are you on stable or dev?
prime dome
Stable profiling
I've always attached the GET IN waypoints to the the vehicles, and synced them
Never had an issue doing this
But, this does seem to be a bit wonky
especially with get in nearest not working
So yeah, create a report
As a workaround, I'd suggest placing a move waypoint before the GET IN and LOAD respectively, and then sync these two together
then attach the get In to the prowler and sync with the prowler's LOAD
cursive forge
Finding workarounds is not the problem. The problem is I want to make some tutorials, and I don't want to have to explain workarounds for every broken thing instead of explaining what you're supposed to do
AIs also don't defend themselves most of the time if they receive the regular "Hold Fire" command. https://youtu.be/IIYZm0rqVI4
But considering high prone is completely broken (which I'd consider a core gameplay feature), and reported back in June of 2017, I don't have much hope for "less serious" issues like these getting fixed anytime soon. https://youtu.be/8H0KB5cxhZg
earnest cove
i dont even remember the last time "get in nearest" was working
think i havent used it in years
prime dome
I tried it once I think, a year or two ago. Don't remember it working then either, but I probably just assumed i was doing something wrong with it.
grave harness
TFAR Detection by AI: https://imgur.com/qv4u97H
๐ฎ
wooden dove
that header ๐คข
cursive forge
@earnest cove @prime dome It works, but only on empty vehicles.
earnest cove
that would explain it then
but tbh, i dont need it either way, as i'm always scripting everything
i feel like having more control over my mission flow this way
sinful rampart
@grave harness And?
January 2018? That has been in TFAR 1.0 since like.. January 2017
Really nice that he made some code that he could've just copied
signal coral
Could I ask... is playSound3D broken, or am I just really dumb ? I can't get it to work...
sinful rampart
worked last time I tried
signal coral
Thing is, I'm trying to put a audio file from the mission folder to work.
Aaaand... it doesn't work
sinful rampart
wss format?
signal coral
nope, actually a voorbis .ogg
sinful rampart
I think we talked about that recently
all examples use .wav or .wss
no .ogg
I think that was the issue
signal coral
ah, I'll try then, thanks ton, you're awesome
sinful rampart
Can you try and then reply in #community_wiki. So that someone will add a note to the wiki if that is really the case
signal coral
yup, trying right now
nope, but it's gotta be my fault
MISSION_ROOT = call {
private "_arr";
_arr = toArray FILE;
_arr resize (count _arr - 8);
toString _arr
};
I put this into the init.sqf
playSound3D [MISSION_ROOT + "sounds\callout.waw", loudspeaker, false, getPosASL loudspeaker, 10, 1, 10];
and this went into the init field of the loudspeaker (It's variable is obviously called loudpeaker)
river nymph
You might need a other \ in there, depending om how that MISSION_ROOT formats
signal coral
meaning where exactly ?
prime dome
@signal coral like MISSION_ROOT + "\sounds...." instread of MISSION_ROOT + "sounds..."
signal coral
Mission making is mission files right
prime dome
I don't know what you mean, but mission.sqm is the mission file.
signal coral
not pbo?
prime dome
pbo is an packed form of all files related to the mission.
but it's used for mods as well
so it's more of an "add-on" file
so i don't know what your actual question is, but if it's related to making and editing missions then this is the place to ask/discuss it
neon raptor
pbo -"A PBO file originally meant 'packed bank of files'. The acronym can be read as "Packed Bohemia Object". from wiki ๐ค
clever acorn
Anyway of keeping a successfully completed task icon on the map? Maybe turned green or something?
river nymph
I don't think you can do so very easily, the system is very opaque. If you look very hard into the system that draws the icon you might be able to, but its all wierdly formatted strings handled by the engine as far as i can see.
prime dome
might just be easier to draw a marker and then turn it green
that's what i do anyway ๐
river nymph
Yea me too
The drawIcon set of commands might make things neater if youre willing to invest
clever acorn
cheers. TBH, a green "Cleared" marker might well be absolutely fine
signal coral
@prime dome using the \ there doesn't help really. No change.
clever acorn
At the moment I have an issue that theyr'e all automatically being completed because DAC isn't spawning any enemy on our dedi HC.
๐คฆ
river nymph
You could access DAC zone variables possibly, mahbe it has a variable for zone activated or whatever
prime dome
@signal coral I should have an example lying around somewhere, will send it your way in the evening.
signal coral
That'd be awesome. Thanks !
clever acorn
Anyone any experience of DAC here? I've a mission which initialises the DAC zones and units in about 120 seconds. On the dedi HC, I got to 35 minutes and it still hadn't finished...
storm geode
porting some old OFP missions, one was in malden. enemies were on the mainland and friendly forces were on SE in the small island at the base, when mission started I could see the bad guys in mainland due 3500m viewdistance while this was unheard of in OFP heh. damn, time flies and stuff changes I guess...
hollow prairie
Is the waypoint activation executed globally or local to the group?
In my case is it an AI group so it should be server.
cursive forge
@hollow prairie Globally
earnest cove
out of curiosity, is there a skilled helicopter pilot around who could do a unitrecord for me?
i need a short landing, but i'm just not good enough to do this on my own
hollow prairie
Thx Mulle
fathom meteor
Hey for those of you who use Ares/Achilles to Zeus missions... if you turn an AIs spotting distance and skill all the way to 0, does that make them unable to detect enemy combatants? I want to try and make a mission where our guys can disguise themselves and infilitrate a base.
And if so, is there a way to work that into a script for AI behavior at all?
Oops wrong place lol
Nvm
My question still atands
cursive forge
@fathom meteor Or just set their behaviour to careless
Or set the disguised units as captive
wooden dove
set friendlies as captives
fathom meteor
Okay, and then when I want them to become hostile to them again unset?
karmic lynx
_coolUnitDude setCaptive true; //not hostile to this target
_coolUnitDude setCaptive false; //hostile
,Although, if you don't have other teams they need to react to, I'd just set the enemies' behaviours to careless
setCaptive changes the units' teams to civilian, so triggers, etc. stop working
fathom meteor
Triggers arenโt an issue since Iโll be Zeusing and pretty much manually โtriggeringโ the mission along.
cursive forge
@fathom meteor Well, just keep in mind that the units side will change with setCaptive, so side _unit == blufor would return false on a blufor unit with setCaptive true
fathom meteor
Yeah. But I mean as long as I change them back in case thye get "discovered" I should be good correct??
cursive forge
@fathom meteor Yes. As long as you keep in mind that while they're captive, their side is not their actual side
So a trigger or script that checks their side will fail while they're captive
storm geode
here is a bit of a problem when porting OFP missions. back in the day I used many bird, dog, cricket etc sound effects by placing them in side -> EMPTY -> sound effect. these were created in mission.sqm like this: cpp class Item15 { position[]={4982.754395,18.781836,11770.610352}; azimut=235.000000; special="NONE"; id=33; side="EMPTY"; vehicle="BirdSinging"; leader=1; skill=0.466667; };
so this BirdSinging is still available in arma3 only as BirdSingingSfx class name and under trigger -> trigger: effects -> SFX -> bird singing. eden editor creates this mission.sqm entry for it: cpp class Item0 { dataType="Trigger"; position[]={4779.707,24.922279,11658.307}; class Attributes { sizeA=0; sizeB=0; effectSoundTrigger="BirdSingingSfx"; }; id=0; type="EmptyDetector"; };
I tried looking in eden editor but cant seem to find a way to place side -> empty -> sound sfx -> bird singing. am I outta luck, do I just have to leave those effects out or recreate them with triggers from my memory?
if I change in the original mission.sqm the vehicle="birdsinging"; into vehicle="birdsingingsfx";, arma3 eden import cannot find such class.
also old 2d editor load of that mission.sqm with vehicle="birdsingingsfx"; wont find it.
well, I'm outta ideas.
fathom meteor
Ive looked on YouTube and Iโm kinda new to using the Eden editor in proper.... but are there any really solid videos explaining the ins and outs of using the editor. No really basics but specifically using the modules/triggers/waypoints/ and even scripting to do advanced things for missions?? Iโve found a few but must donโt tend to explain to well. I looked through BIs docs on the Eden editor and it doesnโt go much deeper than what I already gleam by hovering over various fields for things in attributes menus, not real docs like how to properly use the modules and such.
Iโm mostly looking for good example driven guides.
sinful rampart
Language? I have something german. But i don't know how good that is as I don't really build missions
wooden dove
and for the "advanced stuff" I wouldn't trust youtube
prime dome
for other things there are biki pages
wooden dove
helL... I wouldn't trust youtube tutorials AT ALL
prime dome
especially triggers and waypoints
They're not bad, I've seen some good ones
But a lot of them are old, from the 2D editor days
wooden dove
shudders
prime dome
Which doesn't necessarily mean they're outdated
wooden dove
member when placing shit took ages....
prime dome
just that you need to fill in the blanks should there be any
Otherwise for waypoints - https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Waypoint_types
And Triggers - https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/2D_Editor:_Triggers
Lots of Eden Editor information - https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Eden_Editor
@fathom meteor
The rest depends on what you're doing specifically, so I'd suggest getting started with the mission(s) and then learning as you go along
Almost all of my mission making was with F3 http://ferstaberinde.com/f3/en//index.php?title=Main_Page and some of it with TMF https://github.com/TMF3/TMF - but i've always made community focused missions. The framworks usually took care of much of the trickier stuff and let me focus on the editor stuff, but may not suit your use case.
fathom meteor
Awesome... thanks guys. And yeah alot of the youtube ones werent very good. Like I said... and english. But thanks for the links.. Ill save this and use it tonight.
And yeah Im making mine for the community I run with now.. they usually get about 12 or so for their actual 'misison' nights which are coop missions that are made and then zeus'd.
So I am trying to make something that works up to that, but do something a bit more immersive with some really good briefings and even an intro video if I could.
prime dome
(and well, official F3 hasn't been updated in a long while)
fathom meteor
And being able to mess with advanced stuff would help me alot on that front.
Or at least automate alot of it so as Zeus I can focus MORE on just controlling the flow of players/ take enemy control every so often to manually make contact vs them.
cursive forge
@fathom meteor I'm planning on doing some indepth tutorials on Eden and scripting some time
Once they fix some of the blocking bugs
fathom meteor
But really the stuff Im envisioning is pretty basic stuff like having stuff thats "Pickupable" and spawns or deletes map markers and creates new interactable intel (hover over word and it shows you where on the map the marker is linked to)
And stuff like having someone pick up a picture set of intel which shows in the intel menu a photo of the guy they need to kill.
hollow prairie
@Dedmen would you link me that german video? ๐
sinful rampart
If you mention me properly I wouldn't be able to miss your message ๐
hollow prairie
Yeah i noticed it. But as you started typing nearly right away i thought i didnt need to do it again @sinful rampart ๐
hollow prairie
Thx
faint whale
Is syncing waypoints together wonky for anyone else?
prime dome
no, but wonky how?
faint whale
It seemed pretty bulletproof in arma 2 but in 3den it always seems to break eventually
Like, you could sync several waypoints and they would all wait until all were complete
But in a3 it only seems to work with two for me
prime dome
I've managed to get three to work, never tried more
Not sure if placebo on my part but the source and destination of the sync seemed to matter
but i think keeping the same source should mostly keep it consistent
faint whale
Hmm
That may be it
I remember doing that a lot in a2 but I haven't really played arma in like 4 years
Is this just a ghetto way of going about it?
prime dome
kinda yeah (that i know of, maybe someone else has better ideas)
you could also resort to scripts of course https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/synchronizeWaypoint
faint whale
The language in the biki seems to imply that it's meant for connecting several wps to a trigger
So maybe the direction does matter
raven whale
afaik thereโs issue with sync if the group is transferred to hc
wait syncing waypoints to waypoints?
is that even possible
cursive forge
Syncing is so slow in Eden because you have to right click and then open some submenu, and then choose sync. Not to mention, the right one
storm geode
nothing beats F5 + drag.
wooden dove
no you don't
you can press left ctrl + drag
or is it left alt...
but there's a key combo for syncing grouping only :/
also, very "fun" fact, you can enable auto-saves
topaz oar
i'm barely touching the surface of mission making..but is there a way to make a respawn point follow a squad, but from a certain distance? (IE : Dynamic recon respawns) or scripts must get involved
wooden dove
scripts needed
topaz oar
that'll do, thanks
spice dragon
Hi,
I have an AI doing this animation:
S_1 disableAI "MOVE";
S_1 disableAI "ANIM";
S_1 switchMove "passenger_flatground_crosslegs";
But i have about 50 more I want to do the exact same thing. Is there a way to have the actions here target all those AI (all are named S_x, where x is a number), whitout having to do the same for every unit?
spice dragon
Ok, the loop part I think I can manage to figure out. But use macro to merge S_ and number, that's new to me. Are you able to guide me in the right direction to find some resources on this? (a quick google search wasn't very fruiitful)
clear falcon
Im sure this has been asked a million times but all my google searches havent been very helpful. What is the easiest way to implement scoring on a range. or in other words to have a way to see who shot a target and how many times and maybe how far away they were?
I should add that I would like to be able to call up the score of the target at a distance if at all possible
tender hare
Search for a shooting range mission and rip the code u need. There a millions out there
gilded blaze
Hey guys,
I am making a mission, and I have encountered a problem.
I made it into easier model, where I have two civilians, two triggers for each of them to check if they are alive and radio Alpha trigger.
Killiing the civilians makes GRP1 and GRP2 change to false, and using radio Alpha sets ALPHA to true.
I have problem making the fourth trigger run, to check the following statement:
Trigger's Condition: ( GRP1 or GRP2) and ALPHA
Trigger's activation: TRIG1
GRP1, GRP2 and ALPHA change how they should, but TRIG1 doesn't work. Could You please, give me a hint what am I doing wrong?
Sincerely, Matt
gilded blaze
it is another variable that should be set to true
prime dome
What do you mean by trigger's activation? The On activation field, or what?
Might help if you could upload a screenshot, actually ๐ค
prime dome
I'm not sure how you're setting TRIG1 to true
because you'll have to write TRIG1 = true
in On Activation
i.e. it's the code that executes after the trigger is activated.
But if TRIG1 is an actual trigger, then i don't think this will work
prime dome
upload to imgur
or dropbox or something
(you can just drag and drop into the imgur homepage, no account needed)
gilded blaze
gilded blaze
GRP1, GRP2 and ALPHA work fine, i have checked them in debug console
TRIG1 is only the name of a variable
prime dome
Well, in that case TRIG1 = true should set it to true.
btw when you say "work fine", you mean the combined expression of ( GRP1 or GRP2) and ALPHA returns true?
gilded blaze
no, I 've meant every single one
gilded blaze
Hm. Ok I think I can see what is the problem
When GRP1 and GRP 2 are false, the whole statement cannot be true
so there is error in the statement itself?
prime dome
and use TRIG1 = true; hint str (TRIG1); in the on activation, you'll see a hint in the top right when it activates
so there is error in the statement itself?
well, except the operators being used, i can't see any
wooden dove
that statement needs to return a bool
prime dome
you need either GRP1 or GRP2 to be true before the trigger is triggered
wooden dove
if it doesn't return a bool there's an error
gilded blaze
OK, i got it working, I used GRP to indicate if units are alive, and then used (GRP1 or GRP2) where it should be (!GRP1 or !GRP2), now it works fine
prime dome
that's good ๐
gilded blaze
Still, thanks for making me run my head and debug ๐
I know the basics of programming, but I have almost zero experience. :<
wooden dove
what the fuck did you think || and && were ?
prime dome
keyword keywords
gilded blaze
From what I've already read from BISwiki you can use them both.
gilded blaze
@wooden dove The statement will not return the bool if some of the variables are non existent at the moment of testing them
wooden dove
no shit
prime dome
getVariable could be useful in such a case
allows setting a default value
although you could initialise the variables somewhere, too
novel rune
and and or are aliases for && and ||.
Sorry I justed wanted to write this sentence.
wooden dove
plus they take longer to type ๐
prime dome
debatable actually ๐ค
wooden dove
nah
gilded blaze
not if You use Caps Locjk instead of shift ๐
neon raptor
๐ฟ
prime dome
the pipe symbol and ampersand are kinda far away, need shift pressed
or is two characters, and is super convenient
novel rune
or 2 stokes
and 3 strokes
&& 3 strokes
|| 3 strokes
wooden dove
you have to take the placement and repetitions of the letters
for my keyboard layout AND is 3 strokes and && 2
novel rune
Repetitions are arguably slower than two different keys though.
gilded blaze
- dvorak intensifies*
novel rune
Yeah, you have to release first.
With different keys, you can press the next one before you release if you use more than one finger ๐
gilded blaze
Ok, thanks for the help, and have a nice day (well, night in my time zone) ๐
wooden dove
what are you typing on, a mushy non mec?
novel rune
A laptop. I thought you know me.
topaz oar
is it possible to use a vehicle as infrantry respawn point ? and have the vehicle respawn at a set location wih a vehicle respawn point?
wooden dove
topaz oar
thanks
spice dragon
Hello again.
I got some answers here yesterday, trying to start the same animation for a number of AI.
The suggestion was using a "for do loop", that part I have down working nicely, basically looking something like this:
for "_i" from 1 to 50 do
{
S_1 disableAI "MOVE";
S_1 disableAI "ANIM";
S_1 switchMove "passenger_flatground_crosslegs";
};
Now, to change the number in "S_", suggestion was to "use a macro to merge the S_ and number", which I then guess i have to attach to the loop somehow, so that it counts up as it goes.
Now, with my limited experince with this (or possibly just general stupidity), I have now spent close to 8 hours trying to get it to work.
Could need a push in the right direction, or even just an outright explanation of how it should be. ๐
raven whale
for "_i" from 1 to 50 do {
private _unit = missionNamespace getVariable [format ["S_%1", _i], objNull];
_unit disableAI "MOVE";
_unit disableAI "ANIM";
_unit switchMove "passenger_flatgroundcrosslegs";
};
^ use that instead of the macro
novel rune
lgtm as long as these units don't respawn, which I doubt.
spice dragon
Thanks guys! I'll have a look into it later today, to get it to work and to understand how it works. (y)
signal coral
Good morning/afternoon .. Im trying to get a heli to patrol and area .. shooting anything in range .. . I can get it to patrol the area.. just never stops to smell .. er ah Shoot every player in sight .. just blows right past .. any tips to get this thang to slow down and shoot ?
topaz oar
quick guess is to use the limited speed option in waypoint's attributes..as for the firing part..dunno, make it's crew member absolute beasts?
signal coral
Worthless damned heli lol .. just circles around players in the field and never opens fire
a3xai does a better job of that . but they tend to wander away
topaz oar
if it's on fire at will, then i have no idea why your helo is being retarted
earnest cove
anyone around who uses pboproject and worked on campaigns?
storm geode
yes but not packing campaigns with pboproject, I just use makepbo from cmd line.
earnest cove
i'm packing my addon right now and noticed weird bugs ingame. for example, one string isn't being recognized, which makes no damn sense. also starting any mission results in error messages.
stuff that works perfectly fine in 3den suddenly doesnt work anymore
the pbo project error log says no errors found
storm geode
what sort of string is not recognized, something from stringtable?
karmic lynx
do the rest work?
earnest cove
also it works perfectly fine when punching the addon through addon builder
storm geode
ok no idea about that one, I dont usually use them, have some old OFP missions ported which do and was planning on removing them (stringtable.csv heh).
earnest cove
i am wondering if it might be related to the files being binarized by pbo project
wooden dove
sounds like true -> 1 magic again ....
earnest cove
dont tell me i should rewrite all "true" to "1" :p
earnest cove
i cant binarize with addon builder
karmic lynx
wooden dove
... then you got an error
sinful rampart
Just use pboProject and just.. don't binarize
Problem solved (โฉ๏ฝ-ยด)โโโ๏พ.*๏ฝฅ๏ฝก๏พ
storm geode
how does the campaign look like when you unpack the pbo with extractpbo, everything in order, anything missing etc?
karmic lynx
What is that supposes to be?
earnest cove
"how does the campaign look like when you unpack the pbo with extractpbo, everything in order, anything missing etc?" <<< yeah, at least on first glance it seems all in order.
karmic lynx
punching a star?
storm geode
so the mission works in eden, but when you pack it to addon, it doesnt?
earnest cove
yup, via pboproject
sinful rampart
Can you maybe show some of these error messages
or give examples of stuff that works perfectly fine in 3den suddenly doesnt work anymore ?
earnest cove
i just tried and ticked "dont binarize mission files" for test, but it changes nothing
storm geode
I have it another way around, my missions dont work in eden but work in campaign dir pbo (not addon) heh, but yeah that is because I use scripts\ dir ๐
earnest cove
21:50:16 Error in expression <this animate [Unarmed_Rear_Cage_Hide, 0];
^ example
from the error message it seems that "" is missing, but it's in the mission file
sinful rampart
Uh
earnest cove
21:50:16 Error Type Any, expected String
sinful rampart
Do you save the sqm binarized from Eden?
earnest cove
no, unbinarized
sinful rampart
Maybe try the opposite ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
I thought there were problems with binarized sqm's in campaigns. But might aswell be the opposite
earnest cove
sure can do. but that still wont explain why that one string cant be found on the showcase menu
this is exactly the kind of shit i hate arma for. you spend hours on trying to debug this crap
novel rune
The quote marks are missing.
earnest cove
thing is, i can pack my callsign minotaur campaign without any issues. it's not working much different actually. i used most of it as base for the new project.
sinful rampart
No I don't. ^^ You might tho ๐
earnest cove
the quote marks are not missing in the mission file
sinful rampart
@novel rune You didn't read conversation
novel rune
"mission file"
The error clearly says the quote marks are missing.
Is this a mission.sqm?
storm geode
and when you unpack with extractpbo, are the quotes in mission.sqm then?
earnest cove
they are missing in the binarized file if i extract it from the pbo project package
novel rune
Make them double quotes and try again.
earnest cove
this is interesting
but if i make them double quotes, they dont work in 3den anymore ๐
storm geode
well ok clearly something goes belly up in pboproject then, maybe you should give the details to mikero and see what he suggests.
storm geode
hint "hello world"; in eden editor turns into mission.sqm entry of "hint ""hello world"";"
earnest cove
yes. and if i then pack that file with pbo project, the binarized mission file will say "hint hellow world;"
storm geode
are you confusing these things somehow, or does pboproject really strip quotes?
earnest cove
interestingly if i save the file binarized via 3den and then pack it with pbo project, it won't do this-- i'm guessing because pbo project doesnt try to binarize it again
sinful rampart
If you pack a unbinarized sqm it get's binarized by pboProject?
earnest cove
yes
sinful rampart
And you are sure you disabled binarization?
earnest cove
should i make a screenshot?
sinful rampart
Well if you think you disabled it it's enough I guess
Mikeros fault then if it for some reason still binarizes ....
novel rune
Maybe it's an old and bugged version of pboProject.
earnest cove
possible. but that doesnt explain why it works with my old project which i just recently repacked again :>
novel rune
A bug can explain everything.
sinful rampart
binarize settings in the Setup... ?
earnest cove
says same "do NOT binarize" etc
sinful rampart
Interesting.. There is no "don't binarize configs" option
earnest cove
it's verson 1.73 as the title says
earnest cove
nah
novel rune
Tried single quotes?
earnest cove
what do you mean, tried single quotes
earnest cove
dude. of course i did. otherwise it wouldn't work in 3den.
novel rune
Dunno how else they're called.
You can escape quote marks without single quotes. No idea what you mean by it wouldn't work in 3den without them.
novel rune
And where are the single quotes in this screenshot?
earnest cove
ok, now i get what you mean.
i'm not trying it though, because this can't be the problem.
novel rune
OK, bye.
earnest cove
the problem is somewhere else.
novel rune
Good luck.
earnest cove
thanks.
sinful rampart
Ah.. Yeah. Bye
earnest cove
it's impossible that this is the problem for a simple reason: my other project works perfectly fine and it uses exactly the same.
also the other project has no issues with strings not being found outside of missions.
conclusion: issue has to be somewhere else.
storm geode
try to pack the campaign with makepbo directly.
earnest cove
there is one more thing i can try first.
hehe i think i found one part of the problem
binarizing with addon builder is funny too. it ignore most files, especially mission files.
i really wonder what kind of black magick people have to do in order for it to work correctly.
novel rune
"Files to copy directly.", but I doubt Addon Builder works for missions.
wooden dove
they read the documentation
sinful rampart
They use proper tools
wooden dove
or that
sinful rampart
(armake hint hint)
sinful rampart
Yeah
You only want to pack files into a pbo without any binarization or processing
armake is perfect for that
novel rune
Does it "work" or can I use it to get something I can actually play with,
sinful rampart
as in. You disable binarization and it actually disables binarization instead of still binarizing without telling you about it
It will work fine
novel rune
Don't believe this shill.
earnest cove
' ' seems to semi-work. i still don't believe in it being a true fix, though. more like a shitty workaround for a problem i have yet to find.
ah, fuck it. i'm too tired to waste more time with this now.
wooden dove
and like commy predicted, it's single quotes
earnest cove
it's not
string still does not show up
therefore, the issue obviously lies somewhere else :>
it could be wherever. maybe some fucked up config entry or whatever. i should have checked this 4 months ago when everything was still fresh and tiny. now it's big busywork.
wooden dove
cough versionning
earnest cove
yeah, i could revert until everything works. but not today anymore.
wooden dove
oooor, you could use git blame or check the history of what you think breaks everything
earnest cove
that's the problem. the thing that i think could break everything can be anywhere in the version history, as i edited the file(s) quite often. i guess the easiest approach would be to jump back to half the revisions, see if it works, if not then jump back another half, etc. until i made it.
files are just so big now. my stringtable alone is 2.5k lines
signal coral
Is mission making sqm or pbo
novel rune
Both.
prime dome
I can swear I answered this question last week
Don't remember if it was the same person
novel rune
Looks like the same person to me.
neon raptor
maybe just identical nicknames... and avatars ๐ค
prime dome
ah good ol internet sarcasm ๐
novel rune
So you were joking when you said it was a different person or do you have bad eyesight?
prime dome
i'm assuming the former ๐
novel rune
Aha. Funny...
neon raptor
๐
novel rune
Is Black Dog also a funny guy repeating a dumb question again and again disingenuously or are they really confused?
neon raptor
he asks every day same thing just to make sure...that the things didn't changed since the last time..
stuck sable
I haven't heard of Armake. Mikero's tools are so old. Arma 3 Tools I have, but I don't know how to make it unpack the PBO anymore.
This is what I get for putting Arma down for eighteen months. I remember nothing of value.
SO frustrating. I forgot why I stepped away. This game never does what's expected... like ever.
storm geode
whats this has got to do with mission making?
stuck sable
I have to use a vanilla mission for someone's event, because for no explicable reason that I can find, Zeus spawned vehicles on the dedicated server for a super simple mission do not move. It's sickening.
Thanks, @wooden dove.
Why are the mission files thrown randomly about the game files? I need the Tanoa vanilla west Zeus mission.
dawn tinsel
Looking for lightest and best practice to designate/name player vehicles, i.e. when player looks at vehicle a small name for that vehicle appears "EA", "FA" etc. MP Coop dedicated server. Nothing fancy, only practical. Any recommendations on solution?
frosty pilot
Anyone know what other textures are available for the APEX laptops? The "Device Readings" texture is the default, but I know there's more.
neon raptor
you can try this
copyToClipboard str (getObjectTextures _laptop);
so
copyToClipboard str (getObjectTextures _laptop01);
or
copyToClipboard str (getObjectTextures _LAND_Laptop_01_A);
As in, the placed laptop's name, or the name of the generic object?
neon raptor
placed or you can do cursorTarget or cursorObject
neon raptor
then there is only one in config for that model
mild coral
this must get asked a lot, and i should know better by now but... includefile "\a3\Functions_F\Params\paramRevive.hpp" not found - how to fix locally in a mission im creatign that i wish to put on an mp server and use #missions to access it
bascially for a while now, any mission icreate on my pc i cannot run on an mp server because of this
even exporting as MP does not work
i've added an init file and a description.ext wit hbasic revive settings etc, but still no beans
anyone know the answer? cheers
fixed! `add this to description.ext
class Params
{
// #include "\a3\Functions_F\Params\paramRevive.hpp"
};`
neon raptor
file:paramRevive.hpp
inside looks like this:
#include "\A3\Functions_F\Params\paramRevive.inc"
file: paramRevive.inc
inside looks like this: https://pastebin.com/ZuyP0Evm
@mild coral
sinful rampart
You can't include "external" files from description.ext in some types of PBO'ed missions. No fix.
You can try to pack the pbo using a different packer (Mikero makePbo) or you can try to run the mission from folder. But I think from folder also doesn't work
novel rune
Just copy paste the file from P drive and put it into the mission. Then include the copy.
plucky glade
I'm feeling very stupid today, perhaps someone can help me. I want to create a diary record like this (Server Info -> Events -> Friday Event and then in Friday Event diary records for "Warmup","Gametypes","AAR info"
However I can't wrap my head around how to create a second level to a previously existing diary Record
plucky glade
createDiarySubject makes a diary entry in the main "root" of the diary, createDiaryRecord then creates the next level
So is there a way to make another sublevel to this?
plucky glade
So I guess I'd have format the entries and make work somehow.
sinful rampart
I guess you can add whitespace to the start of the title
plucky glade
Ok then, I hoped for a more elegant solution ๐
rocky sinew
Hallo, i hope someone can help me with some troubles ive been having with custom sounds.
Want vehicle to play song that loops once done but it should also have the option to be turned off.
1 - Vehicle should play .ogg sound file via addAction - DONE
2 - Once sound is started is should loop till player decide to disable (via addAction) - STUCK HERE
3 - Addaction that will stop sound from playing - and STUCK HERE
Question 1 - how do i make the the sound played, via the addaction, loop when done?
Question 2 - is it possible, if so how do i make the the sound played via the addaction stop playing?
addAction in vehicle...
h1 addAction [ "MUSIC ON", {
h1 say3D ["music1", 1000, 1];
} ];
From my search ive found this for the loop, have no idea how to integrate into addAction (if possible) ...sqf while{true} do { h1 say3D "MUSIC ON"; sleep 25; };
Should i rather change it so addAction activates MUSIC_ON.sqf (with loop command in it?).... then with another addaction that stops the MUSIC_ON.sqf ?
sinful rampart
replace the true in the while loop by a variable
you can spawn the loop from your action
rocky sinew
could you point me to correct wiki page for this ... im streaching the boundries of my scripting knowledge. Will need to read up how to add variable ( i assume the variable will some how run the loop once the MUSIC ON is activated)
sinful rampart
The correct wiki page is spawn and... Eh... Using variables. I don't think there is a wiki page for that
that's like the most basic thing in scripting.
rocky sinew
im still realising my shortcomings scripting wise...
would running a music.sqf not work better?
Run addAction on vehicle with ..sqf null=execVM "music.sqf";
in music.sqf...
while {true} do {
object say3D "music1";
sleep 25;
}; ```
imma test this and see if work, then just need way to stop itThere is a page for variables https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Variables, but people tend to respond annoyed and angry when I post it despite thinking they should read it carefully.
wooden dove
and then they don't read it
rocky sinew
@novel rune thx
novel rune
The page is also rather bad, but it's better than nothing.
rocky sinew
ok so that idea work great, currently i have it as follows...
Police vehicle to play custom siren with option to stop siren
in vehicle init i have ...sqf this addAction ["ACTIVATE SIREN", "siren.sqf"];
this activates siren.sqf ....sqf while {true} do { police say3D ["music1", 500, 1]; sleep 25; };
So this activates the siren sound effect with loop added.
but now i need to figure out a way to stop say3D from playing once it started...any suggestions?
cinder holly
while { true } is usually bad practice anyway
novel rune
The only way to stop say3D is to kill the object.
rocky sinew
aaa dammit i feared that might be the case
sinful rampart
According to KK's last comment on the wiki page though...
You can get the sound object
sinful rampart
but you probably need to attach that to the vehicle
novel rune
True, but that should be no problem.
rocky sinew
yeah im on the wiki, dont think this will work..im gonna use what i have now in future mission and would preffer it to be customizable.
This test will kinda be basis for all scripted missions i have in mind that would requires custom sounds files
i think i would have to make the sound file like 20 sec with one or two repeats, after the player will have to reactivate it
work around for a STOP music command
novel rune
createSoundSource handles this by looping automatically.
cinder holly
oooh, good to know ๐
novel rune
createSoundSource also works in MP, while say3D you'd have to broadcast, because it only plays the sound on the local machine.
So idk, createSoundSource all the way.
Delete the source, and it stops immediately.
sinful rampart
"Hey. Here is a perfect solution for your problem"
"Don't think this will work. I'll have to use what I have now"
Oh.. Okey... Well then.
novel rune
Yeah, ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
rocky sinew
on first glance it seemed like you have to use default sounds, my bad ..obviously not so
sinful rampart
Since Arma 3 v1.69.141183 it is possible to define sounds for use with createSoundSource in mission config
novel rune
He said first glance.
rocky sinew
delete the source that would work like a charm
sinful rampart
You should really invest a little more effort into this. You'll never learn how to do it yourself if you always stop after the first glance
rocky sinew
which is why i ask point me to wiki so i can learn, also mentioned that im at the limit off my scripting knowledge trying to figure it all out.
no everyone is on veteran scripting level..have to start somewhere
thx for help sofar thou ...appriactiate it
novel rune
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createSoundSource
It's pretty much all you have to do. Except that you also have to attachTo the sound source to the police car, so the sound source follows around the car.
rocky sinew
good thing im familiar with attachTo ...thx
karmic lynx
Doesn't it get distorted when moving?
novel rune
I'd also store the sound source as object namespace variable on the police car. Using setVariable. And the version that broadcasts the value to all machines. So that you can turn off the sound when somebody else turned it on and left the car or disconnected from the server.
rocky sinew
doppler effect will be a thing
novel rune
I'm not sure Arma does the doppler effect correctly. It would just get louder and come from a different direction.
sinful rampart
Afaik it doesn't
rocky sinew
mm good point...just loader softer
karmic lynx
It sort of gets really high pitched.
opaque raft
can i post a dump of my init.sqf here to ask a question while a conversations in progress
karmic lynx
@opaque raft hastebin or pastebin
opaque raft
ok
Basically s1 through s8 are player units, I want their positions to be updated by the markers i've placed down every 30 seconds, but on dedicated server it doesn't work somehow, and it does it realtime.
karmic lynx
0_0 why tf do you have so many spawns? This should all be one loop if anything
opaque raft
idk I'm really new to this stuff
novel rune
Checked the RPT? It probably ends the script, because these units are undefined and therefore it errors out.
opaque raft
no i haven't yet
cinder holly
Regarding the Doppler effect I had a "strange" experience, moving towards the sound source will start a modified sound, but stopping or even going away won't change the Doppler until the sound has finished playing
novel rune
0 spawn {
while {true} do {
sleep 30;
isNil {
{
_x params [["_unit", objNull], "_marker"];
_marker setMarkerPos getPosWorld _unit;
} forEach [
[s1, "marker1"],
[s2, "marker2"],
[s3, "marker3"],
[s4, "marker4"],
[s5, "marker5"],
[s6, "marker6"],
[s7, "marker7"],
[s8, "marker8"]
];
};
};
};
Just more evidence of the scheduler being shit. I'd write it like this maybe.
balmy jasper
[
[s1, "marker1"],
[s2, "marker2"],
[s3, "marker3"],
[s4, "marker4"],
[s5, "marker5"],
[s6, "marker6"],
[s7, "marker7"],
[s8, "marker8"]
];
๐ค
_arr = [];
for '_i' from 1 to 8 do {
_arr pushback [(missionNamespace getVariable [(format['s%1',_i]),objNull]),(format ['marker%1',_i])];
};
๐
@novel rune
sinful rampart
๐
balmy jasper
maaybe ?
novel rune
What if you want to give the marks and units real names?
medic1, marker_medic?
karmic lynx
Wouldn't writing static info be faster than grabbing already known info?
cinder holly
or better, only take the units array as input and create/update markers in the script
(if all markers are the same, that is)
sinful rampart
@karmic lynx Yeah. Nigels is slower
novel rune
Sure, but having them all definied in one place is already better than in 8 lines separate from each other.
sinful rampart
Or make a proper framework for it and just set the marker name in the unit's 3DEN attributes
karmic lynx
Is it possible then to attach 3DEDEN EVH's and Commands with just the mission file?
sinful rampart
Can you explain that better?
novel rune
I don't think so. preInit would execute in the editor, but that is executed only once and not when you load a mission. I think it's also executed when the previous mission was on a different map, but that is not reliable.
karmic lynx
@sinful rampart What i mean is: User is using eden evh in editor: no mods: mission file alone
sinful rampart
what eden evh :u
karmic lynx
Okay, would that be time sensitive Commy?
novel rune
Midnight, it would be very unreliable as I wrote, so I doubt it's possible. The problem is that no script from the mission can be reliably executed from the mission. I guess CBA could work aroudn that, but then you'd need CBA.
balmy jasper
I'd probalby just make 1 array of units that need markers and then create markers in loop and attach variable to unit with the marker or an array with unit / marker. Roledescription for marker name and side or group name for color
sinful rampart
make a global variable. Init it to empty array in preInit
then use the unit's init box to add the unit and marker name to that array
and then loop over that array periodically to move the markers
novel rune
One array of the units with dynamically created markers would work. But no idea what the markers here are supposed to look like as they're placed by hand in a mission I don't see.
balmy jasper
@novel rune
balmy jasper
wrote @ commy2 and pressed tab then \ infront of it
novel rune
I have a tripple dubs in my id.
balmy jasper
๐ฒ
balmy jasper
works
rapid hatch
Is it possible to make 4 man AI fireteam look more natural when deployed to guard some place instead of them sticking to formation (wedge or some other) like robots? I could ungroup them but they would lose their coordination ability without that. Is there a third way?
cursive forge
@rapid hatch Safe mode
@rapid hatch You could also use a Dismissed waypoint. They'll walk around randomly until they encounter enemies. Although, they could potentially walk several kilometers away from the point
rapid hatch
so safe mode will make them turn around somewhat randomly here and there @cursive forge ?
dismissed is too much, yes, they stop guarding anything ๐
aye lads, let's buy ourselves a pint and go for a night out
cursive forge
@rapid hatch There's some funky shit going on with Safe mode after they made it retarded
So they might
rapid hatch
ok thanks
Safe
It is possible to choose also Careless in mission editor, that expands the behavior for even more free movement (loiter) in range up to 150m.
will use roads, groups travel in convoy (overrides formation command)
stance with lowered weapon
turned out from vehicle
lie down when scared
less turning head, less observing surroundings (limited rate of target database)
According to Wiki.
rapid hatch
well, is it?
they feel safe, why should they stand idle? In my case it's a very useful change.
cursive forge
It's a shit change
It used to be useful when you're not engaged with anyone. Now it's useless since they all have to scramble back into formation
Not to mention the fact that formation is now retarded in Aware mode
Safe used to be the best to get to somewhere fast without the AI taking cover behind every single fucking tree
plucky glade
@rapid hatch BIS_fnc_taskDefend will make them do semi random stuff, man weapons, stand around , sit, patrol
Makes it look a bit more "natural"
low scaffold
Hello there I'm struggling with the RHS vehicles : how can i get rid of their default inventory ? thanks for helping
tawdry ermine
@low scaffold, we do this to clear out vehicles:
clearMagazineCargoGlobal _vehicle;
clearWeaponCargoGlobal _vehicle;
clearBackpackCargoGlobal _vehicle;```That's for MP
neon raptor
Where you paste it ? ๐
low scaffold
in my helo's init field ? shouldn't I ?
neon raptor
then use this instead of _vehicle
neon raptor
hmm
0 = this spawn {
clearItemCargoGlobal _this;
clearMagazineCargoGlobal _this;
clearWeaponCargoGlobal _this;
clearBackpackCargoGlobal _this;
};
vehicle init ^
low scaffold
nope thoses things are hard in that chopper
low scaffold
you don t wanna know
i just realized what i said
english's not my language please forget that
neon raptor
ok... done ๐
low scaffold
so can i send screens ?
prime dome
upload to imgur/dropbox/etc and paste the link here
low scaffold
ok 'll do
neon raptor
take your time
low scaffold
So this is in the Helo init http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2018/07/6/1518827121-20180217012446-1.jpg
And this is what I get http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2018/07/6/1518827121-20180217012446-1.jpg
neon raptor
๐
low scaffold
same here
neon raptor
not sure on which screenshot you have a problem... ๐ค
maybe that's because they are the same...
low scaffold
ok i messed up
this is the 2nd one http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2018/07/6/1518827123-20180217012006-1.jpg
neon raptor
can you try it one more time... but after you will close the heli init, press CTRL + S
if not, restart the game maybe...
low scaffold
yeah ill try both
saving alone isnt enough
i m restarting
(i'm off to bed thanks for the help i'll come back at it tomorrow)
Thanks for the help anyway
cursive forge
@low scaffold Why don't you just remove them under "Object: Equipment Storage" ?
rapid hatch
Green friendly hexagons, can't get rid of them. I'm running custom difficulty, group indicators are disabled, friendly tags are disabled. I have ACE but can't find anything inside that could change that.
novel rune
They have to be set to 0, and ACE doesn't have any hexagons.
rapid hatch
class DifficultyPresets
{
class CustomDifficulty
{
class Options
{
groupIndicators=0;
friendlyTags=0;
enemyTags=0;
detectedMines=0;
commands=0;
waypoints=0;
weaponInfo=2;
stanceIndicator=2;
reducedDamage=0;
staminaBar=1;
weaponCrosshair=0;
visionAid=0;
thirdPersonView=0;
cameraShake=1;
scoreTable=1;
deathMessages=1;
vonID=1;
autoReport=0;
multipleSaves=0;
tacticalPing=0;
mapContentFriendly=0;
mapContentEnemy=0;
mapContentMines=0;
};
aiLevelPreset=3;
};
class CustomAILevel
{
skillAI=1;
precisionAI=1;
};
};
this is from my .Arma3Profile
low scaffold
@cursive forge It was my first shot but it wasn't working either
neon raptor
๐ค
just checked for RHS_UH60M_MEV2
vehilce init https://gyazo.com/21993c7125a6f502dcf6199480a69567
result https://gyazo.com/fa4754b0d4a67a58600405c271752eda
works ๐
@low scaffold
low scaffold
ok ... and you pasted this
0 = this spawn {
clearItemCargoGlobal _this;
clearMagazineCargoGlobal _this;
clearWeaponCargoGlobal _this;
clearBackpackCargoGlobal _this;
};
karmic lynx
raven whale
that spawn is literally useless
neon raptor
object init field is unscheduled...
raven whale
so?
prime dome
yeah i don't think you need spawn there
neon raptor
why ? ๐
raven whale
why would you?
neon raptor
object from addon... problem that guy cant get his code working from object init... which way more reliable ? unscheduled vs scheduled ? ๐
and why ?
neon raptor
takes cookie
karmic lynx
@neon raptor takes cookie away
neon raptor
bulli ๐ฅ
humble tree
Hey, is there anyway to copy a base from one mission file to the other and have everything like walls and vehicles paste in the same place they were in the original
karmic lynx
@humble tree Import feature.
Whilst in eden -> Scenario -> Import
humble tree
Thank you, I knew there was a way to do it, just been that long since Iโve not just updated the old File
karmic lynx
Yep yep
timber grotto
what would be a debug command to grab all the positions of roadsigns? such as this Land_SignRestrict_01_speedLimit_70_F, I have used the command before to get gas pump pos.
sinful rampart
@timber grotto Stop the spam. Delete the other messages and keep it to one channel
old comet
can any one help me out when i put this in my trigger for my sector control it works fine [[WEST,EAST], .5, 1, 10] call BIS_fnc_bleedTickets; but i have 5 sectores and you have to own 3 of them for the tickets to start counting down i have tryed [[WEST,EAST], .1, 1, 10] call BIS_fnc_bleedTickets; but will wont work does anyone no a fix for this
turbid hamlet
@neon raptor better late than never, but if you still haven't figured the vehicle gear out, try using :
clearItemCargoGlobal this;
clearMagazineCargoGlobal this;
clearWeaponCargoGlobal this;
clearBackpackCargoGlobal this;
the difference being that we are now using this instead of _this (since you need to use this in object init fields)
also no spawn or anything else
neon raptor
๐
turbid hamlet
I pinged the wrong person, didn't I?... oh welp. ๐คฆ
sinful rampart
Well.. Not completly. He was part of that conversation about that stuff..
turbid hamlet
myeah, but "knapp daneben ist auch daneben" ๐
hollow prairie
isnยดt it "knapp daneben is auch vorbei"?
sinful rampart
German 101 for Armarists.
low scaffold
@turbid hamlet I'll Try this
karmic lynx
@shell bay #creators_recruiting
Okat nvm? This is disussion for creators alike, not to seek creators.
shell bay
karmic lynx
You're wasting no ones time, just read the channel description next time.
hearty pivot
Any ideas to get a helicopter to pick up a squad wherever the squad is? My infantry are following random waypoints, so i can't just place an invisible pad at a predetermined location
So far I've tried: place hold waypoint on squad leader, script landing - Helicopter lands ON squad leader, crushes squad, everyone dies. Attach invisible pad to follow squad leader from 50m - pad is located in tree, helicopter attempts to land on tree, blows up, wreckage falls on squad, everyone dies
prime dome
Lol
I think there was a command to find an empty space or something
Not sure though
hearty pivot
isFlatEmpty perhaps?
hearty pivot
"Given position will be magically transferred into given position + getTerrainHeightASL value"
tiny magnet
Hey, is anyone available to help out with an Exile mission? Trying to figure out how to piece all of this together and I am completely lost on how to do it
balmy jasper
Tried exile discord?
signal coral
Hi, I want AI to die at the start of the mission, but when I reduce their health in the attributes menu, they just fall like they're just unconscious. They're not ragdoll.
What should I do to make them ragdoll
raven whale
this setDamage 1
signal coral
I tried that already
I now checked in my dedicated server and there they are ragdoll
.-.
Is there an explanation for that?
neon raptor
for dramatic scenes
0 = this spawn {
_this playAction "Die";
sleep 2;
_this setDamage 1;
};
just ragdoll fix
0 = this spawn {
_this setDamage 1;
_this switchMove "";
};
@signal coral
proud rock
hey Im new to mission making and have a few questions. BTW i know the basics of where to put the scripts. first im trying to make an ai unit salute when i get close how do i do that.
proud rock
another one is im trying to make these 2 soldiers walk or/stand around but were it looks like there talking .
signal coral
@neon raptor Thanks alot ๐
gilded blaze
Hello guys,
I have a little issue on createDiaryRecord - text in MP every DiaryRecord is shown twice. I have not found any advice on BISwiki/forum. In SP it looks normal.
Thanks for any help!
sinful rampart
How do you add it?
gilded blaze
Well... it seems like as usually for me, sharing a problem with other people made me instantly check what is wrong and... now I know
Setting "Owner of the module"
gilded blaze
Thanks, @Dedmen :D
But i still feel like a moron ๐
But still - having set "All playable units" makes the double text. Why is that?
Earlier I had one createDiaryRecord working fine - it was set to "Synchronized units" but was synchronized to nothing and worked, I dunno how.
rapid hatch
Is it possible to put custom textures on house wall or floor without creating a new retextured object?
from what I've seen hiddenSelections are [] for house objects
rapid hatch
so considering the array is blank, that means no ๐ฆ
sinful rampart
No that just means they are not officially exported
Might still be ones in the model that the guy that wrote the config just didn't see a use for making them accessible
rapid hatch
how to know if they can be changed? By setObjectTexture command with random number?