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signal coral Mar 15, 2018, 4:12 PM

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Okay.

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How do I do that. I'm new to mission making

prime dome Mar 15, 2018, 7:24 PM

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use moveInCargo https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/moveInCargo

harsh prism Mar 15, 2018, 10:57 PM

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In some missions I've played (such as Endgame) on the map there would be a black border around the game area with everything outside of it darkened.
How can I replicate this in the Eden editor?

prime dome Mar 15, 2018, 11:01 PM

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use the "cover map" module

harsh prism Mar 15, 2018, 11:02 PM

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thanks

smoky warren Mar 16, 2018, 1:51 AM

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Could someone explain to me how the tracer module works? The ones I place down don't fire, I'm assuming I need to do something more

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Though I saw one throw a smoke grenade once for what that's worth

wooden dove Mar 16, 2018, 1:59 AM

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those are invisible AI that are told to fire in the sky from time to time

cinder holly Mar 16, 2018, 8:45 AM

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@smoky warren they won't fire if you get close, that may be the issue
It's only an environmental asset

wooden dove Mar 16, 2018, 12:28 PM

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it's not an environmental asset tho

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it's literally hidden dudes firing up in the air hahahahha

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they don't even spawn the bullets, they spawn AI and hide them and tell them to shoot

tawdry ermine Mar 16, 2018, 12:35 PM

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Lol. That’s great. Did you take a look at the module’s script or something?

wooden dove Mar 16, 2018, 12:37 PM

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yes, a while ago

neon raptor Mar 16, 2018, 12:38 PM

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there was some function, like "ambient firefight" or something like that... same there, couple hidden ai shooting each other 😀

cinder holly Mar 16, 2018, 12:40 PM

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dang! ha ha ha

tawdry ermine Mar 16, 2018, 12:45 PM

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Always refreshing to look at one of those and see how they aren’t just a black box. CAS module was cool.

earnest plover Mar 16, 2018, 1:40 PM

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@harsh prism Or, use rectangular marker with Alpha = 100% & black Solid-non transparent settings.

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Make it as big as you wish )

storm geode Mar 17, 2018, 12:20 AM

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@cinder holly https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Campaign_Description.ext#cutscene I would rephrase that cutscene will be played at campaign start, not before mission. or at least change it to "before first mission".

Campaign Description.ext

cinder holly Mar 17, 2018, 12:22 AM

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Not in this case, it's actually a setting per mission

storm geode Mar 17, 2018, 12:23 AM

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in this case?

cinder holly Mar 17, 2018, 12:24 AM

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I am not sure but I think there can be a cutscene parameter for the campaign itself too (and work as you said)

storm geode Mar 17, 2018, 12:26 AM

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also author is located in different classes in campaign header of the wiki page and full example.

cinder holly Mar 17, 2018, 12:32 AM

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Huh indeed! I'll revise it

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Thanks for the proofreading, keep'em coming

cobalt patio Mar 17, 2018, 6:53 AM

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Anyone have an issues with ace adv medical

vapid cloak Mar 17, 2018, 9:27 AM

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i want to check during game how much Ai i have in mission how do i do it?

cinder holly Mar 17, 2018, 9:33 AM

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@vapid cloak (count allUnits) - (count allPlayers) should do the trick

vapid cloak Mar 17, 2018, 9:33 AM

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thanks

prime dome Mar 17, 2018, 9:35 AM

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Probably use playableUnits instead of allPlayers, depending on where you're counting

cinder holly Mar 17, 2018, 9:39 AM

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allPlayers - entities "HeadlessClient_F" then 👌

cinder holly Mar 17, 2018, 10:38 AM

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@storm geode fixed

storm geode Mar 17, 2018, 5:41 PM

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looking good.

sinful rampart Mar 18, 2018, 4:12 PM

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@mild minnow Cross posting is against the rules.

mild minnow Mar 18, 2018, 4:18 PM

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Fair enough. I got my answer.

sinful rampart Mar 18, 2018, 5:47 PM

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Cross posting is against #rules @loud flicker

loud flicker Mar 18, 2018, 5:48 PM

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oops, sorry

cobalt patio Mar 18, 2018, 6:51 PM

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What are some good ways to use ALIVE to make static missions a bit more dynamic? I want to do something along the lines of move into said AO, clear out opposition. But I wan't the AO we move into to to just be a bit less static, was thinking of using ALIVE to do this.

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I am not trying to populate a whole map, just a few desired areas.

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Also, anyone know if alive can be mixed in with scripted events such as timed ambushes / etc.

mild minnow Mar 18, 2018, 10:26 PM

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@cobalt patio you can use placement radius within the editor. At the bottom of attributes window. (Just double click on a unit or waypoint.)

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That will place the AI within a predetermined area

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Same with waypoints

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Also shows up as a broken line for the area it could be

cobalt patio Mar 18, 2018, 10:42 PM

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Yeah

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But I was hoping ALIVE could make things a bit less predictable.

harsh prism Mar 19, 2018, 4:17 AM

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How can I make a large ground decal (like the helipad marker) but much bigger

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For a mission

neon raptor Mar 19, 2018, 4:30 AM

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"ground decal" 🤔

cinder holly Mar 19, 2018, 10:12 AM

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@harsh prism you would need another 3D object I think (ooor... multiple helipad side by side, hacky hacky)

karmic lynx Mar 19, 2018, 2:03 PM

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@cinder holly Or a user texture thingy. Never seen them used much except along the walls of buildings. As I believe the helipad "decal" paints itself on the terrain

cinder holly Mar 19, 2018, 2:09 PM

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Since you can set user textures on posters and billboards, maybe you can on "ground crack" too - I'd have to check

lyric furnace Mar 19, 2018, 3:24 PM

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anyone here know the classname of a good BGM track to use as a mission intro?
has to get the blood pumping but subtle/subdued enough so as to not drown out a mission briefing voiceover

ive been listening to random tracks that are over 60s long, so far its either blistering loud, or nap time psy emitter

cinder holly Mar 19, 2018, 4:21 PM

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@lyric furnace , do you know https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Utilities#Jukebox ? it sometimes helped me to find the good one

lyric furnace Mar 19, 2018, 4:26 PM

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damn i made my own jukebox script without realizing there was already existing bis tool?!?! ;facepalm

cinder holly Mar 19, 2018, 4:32 PM

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welp... 'twas good training? :-p

karmic lynx Mar 19, 2018, 5:22 PM

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Just remember that BIS functions / methods may not always be what you are looking for. Nor may they be very good methods.

tawdry ermine Mar 19, 2018, 5:41 PM

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You can always copy it and modify something you don’t like.

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Just don’t say that you made it yourself

karmic lynx Mar 19, 2018, 5:42 PM

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No point, might as well do it yourself

tawdry ermine Mar 19, 2018, 5:43 PM

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I’ve done it a few times with functions that were called as variables saved to the...missionNamespace?

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Was accessible as a global variable

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So I copied the function, modified it, and changed the global variable to be the new function

karmic lynx Mar 19, 2018, 5:44 PM

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Okay? What does that have to do with making your own functions? I can call a function I have defined in CfgFunctions just the same

tawdry ermine Mar 19, 2018, 5:45 PM

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Has to do with what you do when a BIS function is almost what you want

karmic lynx Mar 19, 2018, 5:45 PM

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Once again, you might as well do it yourself so that you understand the effects of everything you are executing, if nothing else for experience

tawdry ermine Mar 19, 2018, 5:46 PM

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You still have to understand it to some level to modify it

karmic lynx Mar 19, 2018, 5:47 PM

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Not necessarily. You'd need more context to assume that.

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Something complex versus super simple.

tawdry ermine Mar 19, 2018, 5:51 PM

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I tend to look over BIS functions before using them anyway. Some of them make me wonder if they have documentation that they're keeping from us.

karmic lynx Mar 19, 2018, 5:52 PM

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I am sure there are some internal macros.

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I don't think they are keeping anything we can use away from us.

cobalt patio Mar 19, 2018, 6:27 PM

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I love reading this, and seeing people who know nothing about programming other than arma 3 scripting talk to people who know about programming.

sinful rampart Mar 19, 2018, 6:28 PM

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I do both. It's awesome

tawdry ermine Mar 19, 2018, 6:28 PM

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k

cobalt patio Mar 19, 2018, 6:29 PM

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Haha.

karmic lynx Mar 19, 2018, 6:31 PM

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🤷 , don't need to if I'm talking about using SQF in general.

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But if you have insight that you think I should listen to, please share.

cobalt patio Mar 19, 2018, 10:20 PM

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Just, people thinking they need to re-work the wheel to do something BIS already does.

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It's kind of a novice statement to make, as a programmer (scripting is programming, just with a limited environment).

wooden dove Mar 20, 2018, 12:47 AM

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In BI's case most often the not the wheel is a block of concrete with round edges

cobalt patio Mar 20, 2018, 2:42 AM

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You are not wrong Alganthe.

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@wooden dove

wooden dove Mar 20, 2018, 2:42 AM

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that's a weird way of saying i'm correct

cobalt patio Mar 20, 2018, 2:43 AM

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Haha, I suppose it is.

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I think the BIGGEST problem with BI is failure to document things.

wooden dove Mar 20, 2018, 2:43 AM

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^ 100% truth right there

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it's going to be the downfall of dayZ / arma 4 if they don't start documenting enscript right now

cobalt patio Mar 20, 2018, 2:43 AM

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SOOO much of the little bits of sqf that I have had major issues with, has been a community discovered solution.

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oh god.

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en isn't going to use sqf..

wooden dove Mar 20, 2018, 2:44 AM

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yes, and it's not documented

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at all

cobalt patio Mar 20, 2018, 2:44 AM

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Here we go with re-inviting the whell.

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wheel*

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I just wish they could somehow make OOP a bit easier to implement, or have some sort of object model for us.

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So we don't have to basicly use C style code to get anything complex done.

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Actually.

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No, fuck that.

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I want them to make the whole schedlude and unscheldude shit SIGNIFICANTLY more predictable.

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Like, some kind of promise call or something.

wooden dove Mar 20, 2018, 2:47 AM

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hahahahahahahahahahha

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no

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your expectations are a taaaaad too high

cobalt patio Mar 20, 2018, 2:49 AM

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I know.

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Call me a dreamer.

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I wish there was some way to write or parse JSON

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D:

wooden dove Mar 20, 2018, 2:50 AM

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weeeelll

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intercept

cobalt patio Mar 20, 2018, 2:51 AM

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?

wooden dove Mar 20, 2018, 2:52 AM

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https://github.com/intercept/intercept

cobalt patio Mar 20, 2018, 3:06 AM

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I thought they gave up on this.

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Forking now.

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99% feature complete.

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Wat

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This was like, a concept, last time I looked at it.

timber palm Mar 20, 2018, 11:54 AM

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Is there a way that, if someone passes a through a trigger, it removes all of the ammo in their inventory?

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setAmmow ould make the count 0, but want to take out the mgazines as well (no matter what they are)

prime dome Mar 20, 2018, 12:05 PM

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

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

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so you could probably do sqf {unit removeMagazines _x} forEach (magazines unit);

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@NovaInfuse#0910

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@timber palm

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(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

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damn you discord and your broken mentions

sinful rampart Mar 20, 2018, 12:17 PM

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@wooden dove yes, and it's not documented Completely wrong.

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@cobalt patio I just wish they could somehow make OOP a bit easier to implement Nope they won't. You can only have one constructor. And if you do then you have to overwrite it in each subclass with the exact same parameter types. And if you know how the Backend works you'll grow a beard and it will fall of by itself.
So we don't have to basicly use C style code to get anything complex done. Enscript is C style code.
Like, some kind of promise call or something. I don't see what that would change?
I wish there was some way to write or parse JSON AFAIK someone made a JSON parser SQF library.
This was like, a concept, last time I looked at it. Intercept was a half working concept before I joined in yeah.

timber palm Mar 20, 2018, 12:26 PM

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@prime dome Awesome, I'll give that a go

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Thank you

prime dome Mar 20, 2018, 12:28 PM

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cheers

timber palm Mar 20, 2018, 12:32 PM

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@prime dome I just tried popping that into an On Activation on a trigger but it didn't seem to work

prime dome Mar 20, 2018, 12:34 PM

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what did you write??

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how is your trigger set up?

timber palm Mar 20, 2018, 12:34 PM

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Straight up copy and paste

prime dome Mar 20, 2018, 12:34 PM

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well of course it won't work 😄

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unit needs to be something in your game

timber palm Mar 20, 2018, 12:35 PM

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Welp

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That makes sense

prime dome Mar 20, 2018, 12:35 PM

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so for example

timber palm Mar 20, 2018, 12:35 PM

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Is there a way to handle it for a server, and just have it as "player"

prime dome Mar 20, 2018, 12:36 PM

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{
    private _unit = _x;
   {_unit removeMagazines _x} forEach (magazines _unit);
} forEach thisList;```

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that should work too

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player is local to the client so can't use that

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unless you make the trigger global

timber palm Mar 20, 2018, 12:38 PM

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Ah right. That's very useful to know :)!

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Thank youf or the help!

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I'm guessing it doesn't remove the one in the mag because it's technically in the gun at that point

prime dome Mar 20, 2018, 12:39 PM

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yeah that could be the case, although i'm not sure

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there are probably other commands to handle that

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so you could use things like primaryWeapon and ammo to figure that out

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wiki should help

timber palm Mar 20, 2018, 12:40 PM

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Excellent okay. I'll look into those

prime dome Mar 20, 2018, 12:40 PM

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oh there's also primaryWeaponMagazine

timber palm Mar 20, 2018, 12:41 PM

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Ah good. Well thank you for all the help! Really that's all amazing

prime dome Mar 20, 2018, 12:41 PM

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It's no problem :)
Good luck!

cobalt patio Mar 20, 2018, 10:50 PM

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@sinful rampart coulnt they add some json type object for us?

sinful rampart Mar 21, 2018, 7:00 AM

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SURE they could.

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That will be really useful for the 5 people that want to parse JSON in SQF that might aswell just use a self-made extension.

cobalt patio Mar 21, 2018, 7:08 AM

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No, I mean a simpler way to represent persistant data structs rather than lists of mission global vars.

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Don't understand why you are being so hostile.

sinful rampart Mar 21, 2018, 7:09 AM

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Array 😄

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I'm not hostile. Just realistic

cobalt patio Mar 21, 2018, 7:09 AM

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Are arrays growable in sqf?

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I can't recall

sinful rampart Mar 21, 2018, 7:09 AM

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What? Yes sure they are

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Ask BI to implement something that very few people need. And then wait for 20 years till the next Arma game and see it still not implemented.
That's how that works.

cobalt patio Mar 21, 2018, 7:11 AM

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On another note. I have been having some issues with VCOM AI, sending my AI squads off on wild adventures. VCOM seems to be "trying" to do flanking moves, but ends up spending them to random fields WAAAY far away from the current combat happening, usally just running away,...

I have checked around, and can't seem to find any instructions on how or if I can change this in any way, and am wondering if anyone else noticed this kind of stuff with VCOM

wooden dove Mar 21, 2018, 7:35 AM

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are you sure they aren't retreating ?

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set their courage to 1 and try to reproduce, if it doesn't happen then it's just them fleeing

cobalt patio Mar 21, 2018, 8:46 AM

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Okay I will, also I recall seeing a snip to throw in groups that NEED to follow a scripted waypoint

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To keep VCOM from taking over.

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But I can't find it anywhere.

cobalt patio Mar 21, 2018, 9:35 AM

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I think it's the faction ai setting

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I cranked up the command AI and they did fine.

hollow prairie Mar 22, 2018, 4:06 PM

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Anyone ever made a good working amphibious operation with AI landing on a shore? And wouldnt mind share that mission via pm?

signal coral Mar 22, 2018, 7:08 PM

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@sinful rampart - too real.

wraith shuttle Mar 23, 2018, 2:26 AM

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Can anyone help me get my ai to keep pushing forward even when they have initiated contact

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They always stop and try to return fire, and even if an area seems clear, they don't even try to push forward

cobalt patio Mar 23, 2018, 4:13 PM

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You using a in-editor waypoint?

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@wraith shuttle

wraith shuttle Mar 23, 2018, 4:22 PM

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I have, but as soon at the APC takes fire the BLUFOR stops and refuse to push even when they seem to have eliminated the OPFOR

signal coral Mar 23, 2018, 7:20 PM

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is it possible to edit squad names in eden?

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and if so

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how

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?

cinder holly Mar 23, 2018, 7:22 PM

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group names you mean?

signal coral Mar 23, 2018, 7:22 PM

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ye

karmic lynx Mar 23, 2018, 7:22 PM

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CBA

cinder holly Mar 23, 2018, 7:22 PM

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if so, yes - double-click on the group icon, over the leader's head

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Alpha 1-1 put whatever you want instead of that

signal coral Mar 23, 2018, 7:23 PM

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thanks 😃

karmic lynx Mar 23, 2018, 7:24 PM

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If you mean lobby group names - cba

fallen moat Mar 23, 2018, 11:48 PM

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Probably a super simple question coming, but how do I give people other than admin/server owners access to MCC in missions?

rich loom Mar 24, 2018, 10:05 PM

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Wondering if someone can help me, I am designing a mission which starts off in a heavily damaged plane that you have to eject from. The problem is that when testing, I jump out o fthe plane, the plane crashes and then within a minute the planes respawns on the spot it crashed and teleports me back in to the pilot seat. Is there any way to prevent this?

cinder holly Mar 24, 2018, 10:08 PM

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well... which script is doing this =) this is not normal game behaviour

prime dome Mar 24, 2018, 10:43 PM

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^

dry grove Mar 25, 2018, 1:53 AM

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Hi, i am currently making a mission where i need to store variables to a player's profileNamespace. All is working well, but i was wondering if anyone knew of a 'Best Practice' sort of thing with regards to archiving or backing-up this player data, such that i could restore the data in the event that their local profile was deleted,corrupted or otherwise lost. I was hoping there would be a way to export certain data to a custom file, but from what i've been reading on the wiki there isn't an effective way of doing this.

Question: How do all of you guys go about doing this, if at all?

orchid echo Mar 25, 2018, 2:05 AM

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Aside from using extDB there is only one other way to persistently save info that I can think of.

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You could diag_log an array of the variable values to the rpt.

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But for that to be viable you would need to archive all of your rpts.

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Or have some external tool read the rpt for a the array of variables. And this method is only viable for simple variables (integers, and strings).

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You could have something like```
diag_log format["PLAYERDATA:%1",_playerdata];

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There would be no way to read the data back into the game via script. So profile restorations would need to be done manually.

dry grove Mar 25, 2018, 2:48 AM

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Yeah, i thought of the RPT thing before hand, but it seemed too tedious and inefficient.

extDB is a addon right, so it doesn't create any dependencies?

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Thanks for the help btw.

grizzled meteor Mar 25, 2018, 9:20 AM

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Would not recommend using diag_log. And if you choose to anyway, be warned it has a rather restrictive number of characters per line, so you would have to manually split data.

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I have been thinking about writing an Key-Value store using Sqlite as backend with asynchronous API, since unless you have other uses and just want persistency, setting up a dedicated SQL-server is overkill IMO. But never actually had the need for it, so never made it.

fathom meteor Mar 27, 2018, 3:37 PM

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Hey guys, if I have an AI with disable pathing/damage enabled... That should keep them from moving on their own and getting any damage? Including unconciousness?

I am making a mechanized mission for my group and due to personnel constraints want to just have 2 slots for the IFV (Commander/Driver & Gunner) to save personnel for the boots on the ground. So I'm using an AI in the driver position and attaching them to the squad so when the commander holds "foward:" the driver executes the command.

turbid hamlet Mar 27, 2018, 5:11 PM

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see if you can add one of those "fake" AIs that used in UAVs/UGVs

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iirc they don't have a model and can't bail from vehicles

fathom meteor Mar 27, 2018, 5:34 PM

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Headless ones? How would I happen to manage that?

turbid hamlet Mar 27, 2018, 6:01 PM

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try spawning a B_UAV_AI unit as driver for your vehicle

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try this in console while looking at an unmanned vehicle:

_grp = createGroup (side player);
_ai = _grp createUnit ["B_UAV_AI", getPos player, [], 0, "NONE"];
_ai moveInDriver cursorTarget```

fathom meteor Mar 27, 2018, 6:07 PM

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Will try. Thanks.

dire wagon Mar 28, 2018, 12:31 PM

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Help needed. I want to give a unit its own patch ingame. Basically a SquadXML for an AI. Is there a way to add an imagefile to the mission folder and then put it as the units patch easily?

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Or can I at least enforce my own SquadXML in the editor for making pictures? I could not get it to properly spawn in SP yet.

cinder holly Mar 28, 2018, 12:35 PM

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you can use insignas?

sinful rampart Mar 28, 2018, 12:35 PM

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No you can't overwrite SquadXML in mission.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Unit_Insignia
Don't know if you can add insignias in mission config. But you could take a look at BIS_fnc_setUnitInsignia. There is probably a way to do it without

cinder holly Mar 28, 2018, 12:35 PM

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^ you can in Description.ext yes

sinful rampart Mar 28, 2018, 12:35 PM

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Oh. you can add in config.cpp and description.. Meaning ACE Arsenal has a bug

cinder holly Mar 28, 2018, 12:37 PM

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"If it's possible to add a cfgUnitInsignia class in a description.ext, please note that the path of the texture differs for server and client in MP environment. Config.cpp (addon) is more reliable. Description.ext, in this case, should be used for SP mission only. This function calls the setObjectTextureGlobal, which is a broken command in MP (see feedback tracker) August 2016."

sinful rampart Mar 28, 2018, 12:38 PM

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Don't remember that being broken

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But that's what I thought. Just use setObjectTextureGlobal instead. and directly set the image onto the shoulder

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I think you can even setObjectTexture the SquadXML insignia

dire wagon Mar 28, 2018, 12:39 PM

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so what would i need to do? the wiki page is not exactly giving me answers, I used that one before

sinful rampart Mar 28, 2018, 12:40 PM

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You can try adding Insignias in description.ext or use setObjectTexture to set the texture directly. Look into BIS_fnc_setUnitInsignia on how to do that

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wait.. Didn't I say the exact same thing a few minutes ago?

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I did! woah.

dire wagon Mar 28, 2018, 12:42 PM

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great

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I hardly know what it means

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whoah

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hence me asking how to do it

sinful rampart Mar 28, 2018, 12:42 PM

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Well...

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Read the wiki page. And look into the script function

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they will show you how

cinder holly Mar 28, 2018, 12:50 PM

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@dire wagon
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext#CfgUnitInsignia
to declare insignia
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_setUnitInsignia
to use it

grizzled meteor Mar 28, 2018, 1:12 PM

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It is setObjectTextureGlobal that is broken. Not BIS_fnc_setUnitInsignia

novel rune Mar 28, 2018, 1:14 PM

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Then back to the original question:

Is there a way to add an imagefile to the mission folder and then put it as the units patch easily?
No.

grizzled meteor Mar 28, 2018, 1:18 PM

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@dire wagon I got my own version of setUnitInsignia that works in MP. Minor issue is that if a player switches uniform, the insignia will not reappear until he closes his inventory again. You interested?

signal coral Mar 28, 2018, 5:45 PM

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there a way to get it so i can a fully AI scripted deck crew that works with launch animations and stuff tied to the catapults?

tawdry ermine Mar 28, 2018, 5:52 PM

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Assuming all the assets to do that exist, probably.

crude jacinth Mar 28, 2018, 5:53 PM

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Any of you guys use Orbat?

karmic lynx Mar 28, 2018, 5:53 PM

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@tawdry ermine Yeah Jets DLC totally didn't have any animations for crew and launch or anything

signal coral Mar 28, 2018, 5:53 PM

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guys can we not start drama

karmic lynx Mar 28, 2018, 5:54 PM

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It's just kind of a dumb thing to say

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Anyways, short answer yes

signal coral Mar 28, 2018, 5:55 PM

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yay

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long answer?

sinful rampart Mar 28, 2018, 5:55 PM

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Exact same answer as the last two times

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Btw deleting a message and then reposting it. Doesn't make it less spam

signal coral Mar 28, 2018, 5:56 PM

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yes but i never got a response.

sinful rampart Mar 28, 2018, 5:56 PM

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What?

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That "Chanka" guy on ACE Slack is not you then?

tawdry ermine Mar 28, 2018, 5:56 PM

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Midnight, no reason for you to be like that. Not everyone has looked through all the animations

signal coral Mar 28, 2018, 5:56 PM

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no

sinful rampart Mar 28, 2018, 5:56 PM

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Weird.. A guy with the same Name as you. Asks the same question as you on the same day that you asked it twice.

karmic lynx Mar 28, 2018, 5:56 PM

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No Jed, but I am pretty positive most have seen the crew move if you saw the showcase or the trailer.

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it's one of those "not everyone is an expert" kind of responses I get from people.

sinful rampart Mar 28, 2018, 5:58 PM

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That other "chanka" That is apparently a different chanka than this Chanka asked about the Animations from ACE Extensions

signal coral Mar 28, 2018, 5:58 PM

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im just asking if i can tie AI actions to catapults man

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and if yes, can i have help in doing so

sinful rampart Mar 28, 2018, 5:59 PM

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Same answer as before. Yes. Scripts can do that.

signal coral Mar 28, 2018, 5:59 PM

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thats great but scripts are basically black magic to me man

sinful rampart Mar 28, 2018, 5:59 PM

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Oh..

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Weird. The other Chanka that you said was not you said the same

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Without scripts. No you can't.

karmic lynx Mar 28, 2018, 6:02 PM

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https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/204720-ai-takeoff-from-uss-freedom/ , take a look at this,
as well as just open up the mission bohemia made for the showcase as long as it's not ebo (which I don't think it is considering LoW just got pbo'd)

fathom meteor Mar 28, 2018, 9:00 PM

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Hey guys. So my community consistently runs Zeus missions. I've noticed something hinky. I have my view settings to Max. Whenever I play a normal slot they work fine.

Whenever I Zeus hoeever, it brings it waaay down. Making it a pain to say take control of an A10 and do a proper CAS run on a Laser Designated target.

Any suggestions? Settings still show me as max VD as Zeus.

icy comet Mar 29, 2018, 11:16 AM

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I have a short and simple question...
Is it possible to make those custom circle bars which fill when you hold space which are used by the vanilla revive and the IDAP Showcase?

neon raptor Mar 29, 2018, 11:17 AM

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yes, with this https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd

icy comet Mar 29, 2018, 11:18 AM

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THX

icy comet Mar 29, 2018, 5:21 PM

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Okay I got another problem now...
Context: Im making a simple convoy mission where a group of players needs to drive 3 trucks and 2 armed vehicles from location a to location b with some roadblocks in their way which need to be cleared.
Problem: How can I make sure that the player will follow the main road and not just drive around all the roadblocks avoiding what makes the mission interesting.

I was thinking about using a trigger or a marker along the road but its not completly straight and has curves and such. I guess the best way to do it is using multiple markers and checking player position with a script?

novel rune Mar 29, 2018, 6:09 PM

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Blow up the car by script if it leaves the road for too long.

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"mines"

cinder holly Mar 29, 2018, 6:12 PM

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there is somewhere a BIS_fnc_disablePlayer or something, killing the player according to its vehicle

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_neutralizeUnit here it is

novel rune Mar 29, 2018, 6:26 PM

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How boring. They made the fun part for us and put it in a function.

icy comet Mar 29, 2018, 6:36 PM

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is there a way to detect if someone is on a road or not?

sinful rampart Mar 29, 2018, 6:37 PM

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Hm.. I don't think so

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although.. Maybe... https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/isOnRoad .. Oh.. Nah.. I don't think that'll work

icy comet Mar 29, 2018, 6:39 PM

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well there is this note:
Some roadobjects will return false when using this command. invisibleroadway_square_f.p3d is found by the nearRoads command, yet will return false for isOnRoad.

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but I guess they will be just unlucky if the park on that square

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Then again, there are multiple "roads" leading to the target location...

sinful rampart Mar 29, 2018, 6:42 PM

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yeah.. You might park on a invisible road

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and still want to handle it like it is a road although there is no road there

icy comet Mar 29, 2018, 6:44 PM

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I guess the function will return true for dirt roads and normal roads too...

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I think im better of using multiple invisible marker areas

novel rune Mar 29, 2018, 6:55 PM

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Of course there is a way. inPolygon

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

icy comet Mar 29, 2018, 7:27 PM

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LOL NICE

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@novel rune THX

broken tendon Mar 29, 2018, 8:55 PM

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good evening! are there any good beginner tutorials about the commands and configs?

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or whatever is that things like limitspeed and changing colours should be classified as, seems like they're different pies

neon raptor Mar 29, 2018, 9:12 PM

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commands and configs?
or whatever is that things like limitspeed and changing colours
what ?

novel rune Mar 29, 2018, 9:18 PM

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No tutorials, you dive right in. Either you make it, or you drown.

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We really need a script that turns a set of markers into something usable by inPolygon.

icy comet Mar 30, 2018, 7:37 PM

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Is it possible to do the visual area denial like the zeus area editing / camera but for normal players?

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so that they basically see a blue wall which they can not go through?

jaunty marsh Mar 30, 2018, 7:38 PM

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Yes.

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I think it's called Zone Restriction.

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in Modules.

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

icy comet Mar 30, 2018, 7:42 PM

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well I dont really want to use modules...

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I wish I could have only the visiuals...

cinder holly Mar 30, 2018, 7:52 PM

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Why not? It's a perfectly viable solution?

icy comet Mar 30, 2018, 7:52 PM

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well I dont want them to be hunted, more like insta kill or an invisible wall

cinder holly Mar 30, 2018, 7:56 PM

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Zone Restriction kills

jaunty marsh Mar 30, 2018, 7:57 PM

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That's just a part of the module.

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It's an example.

icy comet Mar 30, 2018, 7:58 PM

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ah okay.

faint whale Mar 30, 2018, 9:51 PM

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is there a more elegant way of generating a random position inside a rectangular or elliptical marker than just generating random positions and throwing out ones that return false for inArea?

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ah, I found CBA_fnc_randPosArea

trail raven Mar 31, 2018, 8:42 AM

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So Im trying to put a pair of binocs on a desk as a prop... they initially show up but as soon as I try to put an addaction on them they visibly disappear, although the object box is still there.... Any ideas?

novel rune Mar 31, 2018, 8:45 AM

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Show the script.

trail raven Mar 31, 2018, 8:45 AM

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nul = this addAction ["View Distance settings", CHVD_fnc_openDialog, [], -99, false, true];

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thats all I am adding to it..

novel rune Mar 31, 2018, 8:45 AM

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The binocular is editor placed?

trail raven Mar 31, 2018, 8:46 AM

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yes,

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drop them on desk... visble... edit their attribs to have that line in the init... ok... disappears

novel rune Mar 31, 2018, 8:47 AM

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Sure it's not stuck under the desk after editing it?

trail raven Mar 31, 2018, 8:48 AM

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show model is still ticked

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nope.. the object box is still there... but the item is invisible

novel rune Mar 31, 2018, 8:53 AM

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Can repro.

trail raven Mar 31, 2018, 8:53 AM

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https://imgur.com/a/qqc2p

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left, just dropped... right tried to edit attribs

novel rune Mar 31, 2018, 8:53 AM

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I'd say just use a simple object instead of a gwh, but you probably don't know how.

trail raven Mar 31, 2018, 8:54 AM

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what exactly do you mean?

novel rune Mar 31, 2018, 8:55 AM

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Binoc model created by script, instead of a weapon holder that contains a binocular item that can be picked up.

trail raven Mar 31, 2018, 8:55 AM

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ok

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marker... then create vehilce blah vblah blah

novel rune Mar 31, 2018, 8:56 AM

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Not really that way. Sadly busy atm.

trail raven Mar 31, 2018, 8:56 AM

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no prob...

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seems to be anything that fall sin the inventoryitem category has this

novel rune Mar 31, 2018, 9:04 AM

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Yeah, pretty much everything in there is actually a dummy model (ground weapon holder, gwh) that contains one item in cargo. The items model is shown as proxy. GWH is the object that is created when you drop an item via inventory in the game.

trail raven Mar 31, 2018, 9:07 AM

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i just surrendered to simplicity and chose a prop that isnt a problem

novel rune Mar 31, 2018, 9:08 AM

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Nah, give me a minute..

trail raven Mar 31, 2018, 9:08 AM

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you sure?

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hate to bother.. but appreciate the help

novel rune Mar 31, 2018, 9:12 AM

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this call {
    if (!isServer) exitWith {};
    params ["_item"];

    private _pos = getPosWorld _item;
    private _dirAndUp = [vectorDir _item, vectorUp _item];

    private _newItem = typeOf _item createVehicle [0,0,0];

    _newItem setPosWorld _pos;
    _newItem setVectorDirAndUp _dirAndUp;

    deleteVehicle _item;

    _newItem addAction ["View Distance settings", CHVD_fnc_openDialog, [], -99, false, true];
};

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Put this into the init box. It just deletes the old item and creates a new one, and adds the action to that.

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lol

trail raven Mar 31, 2018, 9:13 AM

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implementing...

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I hope BI sends you guys all Birthday cards or something... I am not sure where the game wold be without you all

novel rune Mar 31, 2018, 9:16 AM

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I got APEX for free for reporting a script security bug.

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So...

trail raven Mar 31, 2018, 9:17 AM

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iis there an easy way to keep it a static object that cant be picked up... you get the reference, I hope... view distance settings.... its a prop on a desk for people to use to change that setting... I dont want them walking off

novel rune Mar 31, 2018, 9:18 AM

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"iis"?

trail raven Mar 31, 2018, 9:18 AM

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is

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sorry... getting late...

novel rune Mar 31, 2018, 9:19 AM

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sec

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Doesn't appear like it. Sad, seems like you'll have to create a simple object after all.

trail raven Mar 31, 2018, 9:22 AM

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oh, you script has me thinking other thihngs, thank you

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your

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thanks Commy... I appreciate the help

novel rune Mar 31, 2018, 9:37 AM

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this call {
    if (!isServer) exitWith {};
    params ["_item"];

    private _model = "A3\Weapons_f\binocular\binoculars_proxy.p3d";
    private _pos = getPosWorld _item;
    private _dirAndUp = [vectorDir _item, vectorUp _item];

    private _newItem = createSimpleObject [_model, [0,0,0]];
    _newItem setPosWorld _pos;
    _newItem setVectorDirAndUp _dirAndUp;

    deleteVehicle _item;

    [_newItem, ["View Distance settings", CHVD_fnc_openDialog, [], -99, false, true]] remoteExec ["addAction"];
};

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@trail raven Think that should work. Simple object as I said, but it seems like one can copy position and rotations from the gwh and it fits. Also fixed the action only appearing on the server and not on the clients by using remoteExec.

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Would've written something that can pull the _model from the gwh too, but would require a CBA function, and idk if you're vanilla or not.

lyric furnace Mar 31, 2018, 4:01 PM

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is there a vanilla oil rig u can plop down from editor?

ionic thorn Mar 31, 2018, 5:25 PM

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no

novel rune Mar 31, 2018, 5:25 PM

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A2 had oil derricks iirc. Maybe in CUP.

ionic thorn Mar 31, 2018, 5:26 PM

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I do believe he means the offshore type

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(I could be wrong though)

neon raptor Mar 31, 2018, 5:33 PM

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with CUP we have this https://gyazo.com/4711b87e76b43920f3b690667aab786e

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and for "the offshore type"... afaik there was some addons

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(puzzles with... things in ocean)

ionic thorn Mar 31, 2018, 5:51 PM

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https://secure.i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02980/shell_olympus_2980757k.jpg

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Oil Rig

neon raptor Mar 31, 2018, 5:56 PM

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puzzles with... things in ocean https://gyazo.com/7d9e6df15e783a59721a59ac9d27d059

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

ionic thorn Mar 31, 2018, 6:29 PM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

trail raven Mar 31, 2018, 9:04 PM

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so playing with dev branch and I see that the APC's have been given the tropical treatment and we have green for Tanoa... but what about trucks and MRAPs???

prime dome Mar 31, 2018, 9:08 PM

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They haven't.

trail raven Mar 31, 2018, 9:24 PM

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how is it that a community member has succeeded in doing something so obviously necessary for game continuity but BIS has not?

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I guess I just keep running one more mod

prime dome Mar 31, 2018, 10:18 PM

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One party has deadlines to meet and a shit ton of content to produce

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In the grand scheme of this release MRAPs having an extra camo isn't really that big a deal.

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Also how is this related to #arma3_scenario ?

trail raven Mar 31, 2018, 11:29 PM

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Make missions by placing vehicles and other assets

prime dome Apr 1, 2018, 12:14 AM

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I'm still not seeing the relevance to #dev_rc_branch

ionic thorn Apr 1, 2018, 12:22 AM

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☝

nocturne yew Apr 1, 2018, 7:28 PM

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Is there a way to have Ambient Animation in MP missions?

novel rune Apr 1, 2018, 7:31 PM

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Sure, why not.

nocturne yew Apr 1, 2018, 7:42 PM

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It says its disabled to save performance

signal coral Apr 1, 2018, 7:47 PM

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How do I remove randomization of headgear on units?

novel rune Apr 1, 2018, 7:51 PM

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Devon, if you're refering to those functions from BI, then yeah, they're bad. You'll have to write your own.

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Redrum, init box:

this setVariable ["BIS_enableRandomization", false];

nocturne yew Apr 1, 2018, 7:53 PM

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Thanks commy2, Is there a post about this on the forums or part of the wiki I can reference?

novel rune Apr 1, 2018, 7:54 PM

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Maybe, never seen anything like that.

signal coral Apr 1, 2018, 7:56 PM

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Thanks @novel rune, anyway why is it even a thing? Probably just to make mission makers life miserable

novel rune Apr 1, 2018, 8:01 PM

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Why headgear and glasses are randomized for civs and indep? Flavour.

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So the bots don't look all the same. Especially not for regular military ones.

signal coral Apr 1, 2018, 8:09 PM

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Yeah, especially when you use some mods and civilians spawn with gas masks

novel rune Apr 1, 2018, 8:12 PM

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That's probably just a shitty mod being shitty.

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Bad config.

icy comet Apr 2, 2018, 7:37 AM

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hey guys, I got another question...
This one is more opinion based but ill ask it anyway? How would you guys sort / order loadouts for respawn in a pvp mission?
Currently ill seperate them all into different roles with the loadout attached to it having the name "Normal". How would you guys do it?

novel rune Apr 2, 2018, 7:44 AM

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"Normal" -> "Rifleman"

icy comet Apr 2, 2018, 7:59 AM

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okay. now lets say I have: Rifleman; Grenadier; Machinegunner; AT Guy; Minelayer and Spec - Ops. How would I do that then? Everything to normal except spec ops + minelayer?

neon raptor Apr 2, 2018, 1:47 PM

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if you making your loadouts with "sqf scripts" and not using respawn templates (inventory (so you dont have "config loadouts")), just make files "myCoolLoadOut_1.sqf" for every loadout you have, put them in folder and name that folder "loadouts" or whichever you like... done

rocky sinew Apr 2, 2018, 7:42 PM

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Has anyone here experienced any ACRE issues where the radio works fine and when server restarts then voice and proximity works fine but radio's are completely broken then (no notice bottom right, no ACE self interact option). Same mod line - same mission - random success on reproducing the error.

sinful rampart Apr 2, 2018, 7:43 PM

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@old tiger I can tag you UwU. And I do cuz you prolly know best

old tiger Apr 2, 2018, 7:44 PM

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hah!

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first time I heard of such an issue, but it sounds like something with your general setup or mods

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I guess you mean just a mission restart, not full server?

rocky sinew Apr 2, 2018, 7:46 PM

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full restart seems to fix it (but not always)...

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@old tiger we were running ACE, ACRE, CBA and ShackTac for last week or so and worked fine... i reduced it to minimum milsim type mods to try and find issue

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i added a retexture mod then on first start its fine then, restart then all goes tits up

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thought it could have been mission script related but been having the same issue from very basic custom mission, with Liberation and now with Patrol Ops

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// ACRE2
force acre_sys_core_fullDuplex = true;
force acre_sys_core_ignoreAntennaDirection = true;
force acre_sys_core_interference = false;
acre_sys_core_postmixGlobalVolume = 1;
acre_sys_core_premixGlobalVolume = 1;
force acre_sys_core_revealToAI = true;
force acre_sys_core_spectatorVolume = 1;
force acre_sys_core_terrainLoss = 0.4;
force acre_sys_core_ts3ChannelName = "ACRE-PatrolOps";
force acre_sys_core_ts3ChannelPassword = "ACRE-PatrolOps";
force acre_sys_core_ts3ChannelSwitch = true;
force acre_sys_core_unmuteClients = true;

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current settings

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@old tiger any suggestions, im getting to my wits end and slowly but surely loosing players due to this persistent issue...
oo and by the way we also use Vcom AI server side mod

old tiger Apr 2, 2018, 8:08 PM

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tbh, could be anything

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but I am pretty sure it's nothing in ACRE, because we've been doing mission restarts forever

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make an issue if you believe it's ACRE and a developer will take a look

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make sure to include as much data as possible

rocky sinew Apr 2, 2018, 8:15 PM

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ive been in contact with magnetar over at ACRE's slack... he is stumped aswell, im 99% sure its not ACRE it self but i have no idea how to fix this issue. Our entire training and milsim mission schedule is up in the air and i really would rather not go back to TFAR

old tiger Apr 2, 2018, 8:48 PM

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it's definitely weird

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I'd love to help you further, but am really stomped with work atm

rocky sinew Apr 2, 2018, 9:44 PM

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👍🏽

icy comet Apr 3, 2018, 8:13 AM

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Hey, I dont know if this goes to scripting or not but I want to make a reinforcement script...
And my problem is: How can I make the unloaded troops go to position XYZ after being unloaded. I already thought about waitUntil but isn't there a way to solve they same with a waypoint?

lyric furnace Apr 3, 2018, 8:21 AM

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@icy comet doesnt stacking addwaypoints work? or it doesnt wait for all the troops to unload first?

icy comet Apr 3, 2018, 8:21 AM

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well... if I add the waypoint to the truck it will drive there but I guess you mean I should add a waypoint for the seperate group in the truck?

lyric furnace Apr 3, 2018, 8:22 AM

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yeah cargo in truck must be different group

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while crew of said truck is its own group that has the unload

icy comet Apr 3, 2018, 8:22 AM

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yeah okay

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thanks

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^^

lyric furnace Apr 3, 2018, 8:22 AM

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

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

icy comet Apr 3, 2018, 8:52 AM

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Side Question for somebody who is very bad at making stuff that looks good (UI). What colors would you guys recommend me for good UIs? For sure bright red, yellow and other bright colors for non important stuff are right off the list, right?

icy comet Apr 3, 2018, 12:58 PM

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Hey, can somebody epxlain to me what the difference beetween the UNLOAD and TRANSPORT UNLOAD Waypoint ist?

cinder holly Apr 3, 2018, 12:58 PM

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afaik:
UNLOAD is getting everyone out of the vehicle, crew included

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TRANSPORT UNLOAD, the non-crew only

icy comet Apr 3, 2018, 1:19 PM

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Unload
The group will move to the waypoint (spatial or object), then any of its units that are in cargo space of any vehicle will disembark. Units in crew positions will not disembark. One note, on a dedicated server when using this with A.I. controlled Helicopters. This command only works if there is an A.I. team commander present in the cargo of the vehicle. If there are only human players, the helicopter will not land. It will hover too high in the air to safely disembark.

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it looks like its the same but I guess its only for the group?

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while transport unload works for other groups?

cinder holly Apr 3, 2018, 1:26 PM

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Unload is for the group that hopped in the vehicle
if you set "unload" to a vehicle, its crew will get out

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in case you have all the units in a same group, and they all are in a vehicle, use "Transport unload" so the soldiers walk along the vehicle

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you can test in 3den (:

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@icy comet where did you get this description? I may have to correct the wiki

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

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meh, I'll check tonight - I may have mixed up a couple of things too, please disregard / see as unsure my previous statements

harsh prism Apr 3, 2018, 4:24 PM

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How do I unbinarize a mission.sqf file?

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It won't let me open it in the editor, my game just hangs forever

sinful rampart Apr 3, 2018, 4:25 PM

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Arma 3 tools CfgConvert. Mikero's deRap

harsh prism Apr 3, 2018, 4:25 PM

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thank

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CfgConvert is trying to binarize it

sinful rampart Apr 3, 2018, 4:27 PM

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maybe rename it to mission.bin

harsh prism Apr 3, 2018, 4:27 PM

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ok

sinful rampart Apr 3, 2018, 4:27 PM

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so it can see that it's a bin

harsh prism Apr 3, 2018, 4:28 PM

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that worked

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thank

signal coral Apr 3, 2018, 8:24 PM

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hey, so. this is gonna sound a bit weird but when putting together a base im kinda having trouble making stuff feel like it fits.

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like it actually belongs there

stuck sable Apr 3, 2018, 8:26 PM

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@signal coral, shoot me some screenshots of your base. I'll send you some of mine, if you want some inspiration or input.

signal coral Apr 3, 2018, 8:27 PM

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alright

harsh prism Apr 4, 2018, 12:54 AM

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How can I set up the sector control module for zeus?

dire wagon Apr 5, 2018, 9:55 AM

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A while back I asked how to change the Group name inside the slotting screen so that it is not alpha1-1, alpha1-2 etc etc.

You guys ( @novel rune and @sinful rampart ) said that the solution we found ( class Attributes
{
name="rif_b_1";
description="#Rifleman@Alpha";
isPlayable=1;
}; )

Is a feature from CBA

Now i found out that you can also simple change the name of the leading unit of that group to "Rolename@Groupname" and that works just as well. Is this also a CBA feature or would that be possible in vanilla?

sinful rampart Apr 5, 2018, 10:08 AM

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🙄

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https://github.com/CBATeam/CBA_A3/wiki/Name-Groups-in-Lobby

dire wagon Apr 5, 2018, 10:08 AM

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so yes

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cool

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Much easier than just manually changing it in mission.sqm

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No idea with OP did not realize its the same

rocky sinew Apr 5, 2018, 11:08 AM

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@old tiger - that issue i had with ARCE a few days ago where radio's dont function apon restart..seems to have been corrupted mod...redownloaded server and all mods...FIXED!!

old tiger Apr 5, 2018, 12:24 PM

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Nice!

novel rune Apr 5, 2018, 1:38 PM

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TehFocus, you did the same thing twice. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

harsh prism Apr 5, 2018, 4:31 PM

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How can I set the camera position of two zeuses to two different spots? The set camera position module is not working for me

timid plume Apr 5, 2018, 4:32 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Curator @harsh prism

harsh prism Apr 5, 2018, 4:33 PM

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nevermind I got my variables mixed up

vivid zinc Apr 5, 2018, 7:16 PM

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Guys i've wanted to ask something, i've wondered if its possible to use Layers in editor, i've managed to create them i don't know how to add something to them, like my cursors objects or selected one, anyone could help? https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/get3DENLayerEntities

raven whale Apr 6, 2018, 6:51 AM

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right click? iirc

sinful rampart Apr 6, 2018, 11:42 AM

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@hoary lichen Please have a read of #rules because spamming is against them.

hoary lichen Apr 6, 2018, 11:42 AM

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copy

sinful rampart Apr 6, 2018, 11:42 AM

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UI stuff is #arma3_config because it's a UI config.

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If you delete your old post and repost it elsewhere it's fine-ish. Atleast no one will kill you for it. Theoretically it's still spam but if you don't go too far with it no one will care

hoary lichen Apr 6, 2018, 11:44 AM

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aight, sorry

signal coral Apr 6, 2018, 2:04 PM

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Hey, does anyone know how BI made the Dialogs between the different groups and persons in the Tac-Ops Campaign?

tawdry ermine Apr 6, 2018, 2:13 PM

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

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Bit of a learning curve, but it’s really useful if you want to use the in-game radio sounds that are unique to each voice.

signal coral Apr 6, 2018, 2:24 PM

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Isnt kbTell for the voice only? I actually mean the text thats displayed in the bottom center of your screen.

cinder holly Apr 6, 2018, 2:25 PM

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no, that's BIS_fnc_showSubtitles or something

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Conversations for you 😉

signal coral Apr 6, 2018, 2:29 PM

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Thank you ^^

cinder holly Apr 6, 2018, 2:30 PM

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yw!

sinful rampart Apr 6, 2018, 2:30 PM

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What a coincidence that there is so much use for that. So shortly after the Wiki page for it was reworked

cinder holly Apr 6, 2018, 2:31 PM

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👀

signal coral Apr 6, 2018, 5:04 PM

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Is there a specific function which BI uses for: Hold Space to skip, Press Space to Skip, etc. ?

tawdry ermine Apr 7, 2018, 1:38 AM

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Yes

fallen moat Apr 7, 2018, 6:31 AM

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Hey, if this is the wrong place to post this please let me know, but I’m looking to make a Red Dawn style mission for my group, looking for map recommendations to fit with small town America and any advice on how to build guerrilla focused missions, especiallyhow to randomise loot drops so they have to really scavenge to prepare to fight off those dirty reds.

wicked reef Apr 7, 2018, 11:33 AM

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Hello,
Anybody know if the effect of this command https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVectorDirAndUp is really broadcasted when objets of this command are local to the client is executed on ?

signal coral Apr 7, 2018, 3:20 PM

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How would i COMPLETELY disable map damage to buildings?

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I don't want buildings to be able to be destroyed, at all

ionic thorn Apr 7, 2018, 3:30 PM

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

allowDamage

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?

winter sedge Apr 7, 2018, 7:28 PM

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I have an issue with my server that causes the loading sequence to be wrong in regards to how quickly the "remove all objects" module functions. I presume that the loading sequence is the issue anyways, considering that the vehicles that are placed in those areas become destroyed because of the objects that were intended to be removed, but were removed too slowly. Does anyone have any idea of how to resolve this issue? I'm running the mission through a dedicated server.

harsh prism Apr 7, 2018, 9:10 PM

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Does anyone know how to restrict a zeus so that the only module they can use is the remote control module?

dusk oyster Apr 8, 2018, 2:58 AM

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is there anyway to play an .ogv video cutscene during a mission? BIS_fnc_titlecard is only at the start and cant be run again

karmic lynx Apr 8, 2018, 2:59 AM

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BIS_fnc_playVideo ?

dusk oyster Apr 8, 2018, 3:04 AM

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yep, perfect!

fathom meteor Apr 8, 2018, 2:21 PM

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Is there any way to tune down the sound vehicle engine noises give out? I'm making a mission using ghosthawk/Comanche assets in use under the guise of "stealth" and I would like to try and make them somewhat quieter if I can.

novel rune Apr 8, 2018, 2:22 PM

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Certainly not without editing the vehicle configs.

sinful rampart Apr 8, 2018, 2:23 PM

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you can turn down the general volume of everything. That would also make vehicle engine noises more silent.

novel rune Apr 8, 2018, 2:23 PM

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"more silent" 🤔

fathom meteor Apr 8, 2018, 2:24 PM

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Lol. Unfortunately the rest of the sound needs to be about the same. I'm making it as a multiplayer mission for my group.

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With editing the vehicle configs.. is that locslised to only the mission? Or is that something that is a setting changed across of the entirety of the Arma install?

sinful rampart Apr 8, 2018, 2:25 PM

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it would be a addon/mod.

silk salmon Apr 11, 2018, 8:19 AM

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Hey all. Anybody know a quick way of making a restricted ace arsenal? I'm currently using an init.sqf with all of the classnames put in by hand.

sinful rampart Apr 11, 2018, 8:20 AM

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that is the way to do it

silk salmon Apr 11, 2018, 8:20 AM

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Yeah just takes alot of time, no tools or shortcuts?

sinful rampart Apr 11, 2018, 8:21 AM

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there are shortcuts to get the list of all possible classnames. Instead of looking every single on up manually

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but no tool like "select each item you want"

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sounds like it could be made into a quick and easy web tool thingymabob though

silk salmon Apr 11, 2018, 8:23 AM

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Thats what I thought, or one where I put in my classnames and it comes out formatted, I can't type and keep getting an extra comma or space when I copy it over

sinful rampart Apr 11, 2018, 8:27 AM

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you can quickly do that with notepad++.
one classname per line. And at the end just replace, regex, \r\n with "," Then you add the [" at the front and "] at the end and boom you have a array of classnames without any missing commas

silk salmon Apr 11, 2018, 8:56 AM

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thanks man, I'll give it a try

daring pendant Apr 11, 2018, 5:38 PM

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Does anyone know if you can make a respawn attach to a playable unit?

novel rune Apr 11, 2018, 5:40 PM

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Just name any object mission_respawn and add this script to your mission:

// initPlayerLocal.sqf
params ["_unit"];

_unit addEventHandler ["Respawn", {
    params ["_unit"];
    _unit setPosWorld getPosWorld mission_respawn;
}];

daring pendant Apr 11, 2018, 5:41 PM

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ok, thanks a bunch! do i name this script "initPlayerLocal.sqf"

novel rune Apr 11, 2018, 5:41 PM

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Yeah, that's a hard coded name of a script that runs when your player object is created.

daring pendant Apr 11, 2018, 5:42 PM

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oh, i think im being dumb. does this go in the init of a playable char? or in the mission folder?

novel rune Apr 11, 2018, 5:42 PM

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mission folder

daring pendant Apr 11, 2018, 5:42 PM

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ok, thanks again

novel rune Apr 11, 2018, 5:42 PM

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You can read about it here: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Event_Scripts

daring pendant Apr 11, 2018, 5:42 PM

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thanks

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IF i wanted two people to be able to respawn on, would they both be called mission_respawn_x ?

novel rune Apr 11, 2018, 5:44 PM

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The way the script is written atm means, that any player respawns, and then is automatically moved to the position of mission_respawn.

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If you want different objects to teleport the specific players to, you need to edit the script.

cinder holly Apr 11, 2018, 5:45 PM

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I think he wants the respawn point to move with the unit, a.k.a respawning close to the guy

daring pendant Apr 11, 2018, 5:45 PM

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^

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that exactly.

novel rune Apr 11, 2018, 5:45 PM

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Which guy?

daring pendant Apr 11, 2018, 5:45 PM

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Squad Leader/2IC

novel rune Apr 11, 2018, 5:45 PM

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What if the squad leader dies?

daring pendant Apr 11, 2018, 5:46 PM

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then would want the 2ic to become the resapwn

novel rune Apr 11, 2018, 5:46 PM

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What if everyone is dead?

daring pendant Apr 11, 2018, 5:46 PM

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and if both dead, game over.

novel rune Apr 11, 2018, 5:47 PM

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OK, sec

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This I think.

daring pendant Apr 11, 2018, 5:51 PM

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ok, so do i need to name the Squad Leader and 2IC anything via their variable in the editor?

novel rune Apr 11, 2018, 5:51 PM

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No.

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I wonder if this works for the group leader actually, let me change something to make sure.

daring pendant Apr 11, 2018, 5:52 PM

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ok

novel rune Apr 11, 2018, 5:53 PM

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// initPlayerLocal.sqf
params ["_unit"];

_unit addEventHandler ["Respawn", {
    params ["_unit"];

    private _target = leader _unit;

    if (!alive _target || {_target == _unit}) then {
        _target = ((units _unit select {alive _x}) - [_unit]) param [0, objNull];
    };

    if (isNull _target) then {
        systemChat "you loose";
    };

    _unit setPosWorld getPosWorld _target;
}];

daring pendant Apr 11, 2018, 5:53 PM

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ok, let me test that real quick.

novel rune Apr 11, 2018, 5:54 PM

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I edited in some parenthesis that I think are needed.

daring pendant Apr 11, 2018, 5:54 PM

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ok

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seems to work so far.

novel rune Apr 11, 2018, 5:56 PM

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When everyone's dead, it's a bit lame.

daring pendant Apr 11, 2018, 5:56 PM

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that's cool

novel rune Apr 11, 2018, 5:56 PM

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Just prints some string in the chat and keeps you at wherever the actual mission respawn is.

daring pendant Apr 11, 2018, 5:56 PM

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it works is the main thing

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really do appreciate it

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also means if the squad leader goes down

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he can respawn on the 2ic

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Thanks again!

novel rune Apr 11, 2018, 5:57 PM

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yw

hazy gale Apr 12, 2018, 4:20 AM

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HEYY I was wondering if yall can help me with a quickie

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I want to set up the Official Zeus Gamemodes to work with Mods! What do I need to edit? I've got the mission files/folders unpacked from the pbo on my desktop. They open just fine in editor

sinful rampart Apr 12, 2018, 12:53 PM

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You might have to set the curator modules to "all addons" instead of "vanilla only"

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otherwise you don't have to edit anything

wheat kiln Apr 12, 2018, 3:41 PM

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How might one go about sending a radio message to all players in a server in the editor? From my understanding, just using this sideChat "Saying stuff..." won't send the message to all players. It says in the wiki to use remoteExec, but I cannot decode how it would work in this scenario.

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(im really bad at scripting, if you couldn't tell)

novel rune Apr 12, 2018, 4:11 PM

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unitName sideChat chatText;

->

[unitName, chatText] remoteExec ["sideChat"];

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@wheat kiln ^

wheat kiln Apr 12, 2018, 4:12 PM

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perfect! thanks @novel rune

hazy gale Apr 12, 2018, 4:26 PM

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okay @sinful rampart I'll give that a try

wheat kiln Apr 12, 2018, 4:58 PM

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@novel rune Sorry, but I'm having trouble with this. Should the correct script be [zeus, "Saying stuff..."] remoteExec ["sideChat"]

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With zeus being the Variable Name of the player

novel rune Apr 12, 2018, 4:59 PM

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lgtm, but why is the player named "zeus". 🤔

wheat kiln Apr 12, 2018, 5:00 PM

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the op will be a small 4-man thing, where i am both zeus and the team leader

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Sorry, it was just me being an idiot and not giving zeus a radio

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thanks, it works

earnest plover Apr 12, 2018, 11:02 PM

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https://i.imgur.com/rZDpA2b.jpg
Just worried why no mags?
And how i can drop (via editor obviously) the rifle with attachments & loaded mag on the floor?

hazy gale Apr 13, 2018, 3:12 AM

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the only change I made was "all addons(including unofficial" and now when zeus starts there are no RHS units except a russian drone

sinful rampart Apr 13, 2018, 7:05 AM

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@earnest plover you can't.

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You can only place pre-made weapons that include attachments. And I think most of them that exist don't show up in Eden

earnest plover Apr 13, 2018, 7:09 AM

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I try'd the script+trigger way which was found on BIForum, but it won't work...

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And... ofc i tested in scenario...

hollow prairie Apr 13, 2018, 12:59 PM

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Someone else here havin this: https://imgur.com/a/9LjeV error? Any idea how i can remove that it gets shown?

raven whale Apr 13, 2018, 1:11 PM

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report it to the cup devs

wheat kiln Apr 13, 2018, 5:14 PM

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I need some help with the suppressFor command. The idea of the scenario is: 3 or so BLUFOR walk up to a BLUFOR Present trigger, and to simulate an ambush, the trigger has the command enemy1 suppressFor 10; so that the BLUFOR units are suppressed, but make it out alive. So far, when the trigger fires, the AI only fire one shot, which is just pathetic. Does anybody have experience with this?

hazy gale Apr 13, 2018, 6:04 PM

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can any <@&105622502444711936> help me with this issue?

sinful rampart Apr 13, 2018, 6:17 PM

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Why did I get notified for that

hazy gale Apr 13, 2018, 6:19 PM

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idk, but I tried just editing the addons portion of the game master module, and it left me with a functioning zeus mission still without mods

daring pendant Apr 13, 2018, 11:48 PM

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How would i go about when shooting a target it stays down until a triggers condition is met?

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the pop-up target is what im talking about

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this would be for a multiplayer mission

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^

Update

I have named all my targets t1 up to t22

I have a trigger so that when Blufor are present this is what activates

t1, t2, t3, t4, t5, t6, t7, t8, t9, t10, t11, t12, t13, t14, t15, t16, t17, t18, t19, t20, t21, t22 animate ["terc", 0];

within each target, it has this in the init (x being the number of the target)

tx addEventHandler ["HitPart", {tx animate ["terc", 1];}];

It isn't working, could anyone explain why?

Thanks!

novel rune Apr 14, 2018, 12:10 AM

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Lord, read: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/forEach

daring pendant Apr 14, 2018, 12:13 AM

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so in the trigger would i do something liek this?

{
    _x addEventHandler ["HitPart", {animate ["terc", 0];}];
} forEach units group this;

?

novel rune Apr 14, 2018, 12:14 AM

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Doesn't look right, and animate having no argument on the left side is definitely invalid.

neon raptor Apr 14, 2018, 12:14 AM

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also

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_target setVariable ["popDelay", 30];    //--- set automatic target popup delay
_target setVariable ["nopop", true];    //--- disabe automatic target popup
_target animate ["terc", 0];            //--- popup target manualy (0 - up, 1 - down)

daring pendant Apr 14, 2018, 12:14 AM

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I'm completely a noob when it comes to this.

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so i could do?

_t animate ["terc", 0];

within my trigger in the on Activation

neon raptor Apr 14, 2018, 12:17 AM

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no

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_t < local variable

daring pendant Apr 14, 2018, 12:18 AM

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so i need to define what _t is

earnest plover Apr 14, 2018, 12:18 AM

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U still can group them also.

daring pendant Apr 14, 2018, 12:22 AM

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would this work?

{
    _x animate ["terc", 0];
} foreach doopopup;

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within my trigger?

earnest plover Apr 14, 2018, 12:29 AM

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How @neon raptor said, u need to watch locallity of variables.
Try.

daring pendant Apr 14, 2018, 12:30 AM

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Ok, I'll do some more googling tomorrow, thanks for not just handing me the answer, i really do appreciate it as im now forced to understand and learn it.

If that comes across sarcastic, I do not intend it to be like that.

Thanks!

marsh rampart Apr 14, 2018, 6:54 AM

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Ok I've obviously done something while building my mission and I don't know a) what it was or b) how to fix it.
I've got a number of vehicles and a couple of props placed down on the map, everything is fine when I preview the mission in the editor, but when I upload it to the server the vehicles and props disappear. When you go into Zeus you can see icons for them but not the models. This happened last night and after a while the models actually appeared somehow and all was right with the world. I've got a feeling it has something to do with dynamic simulation but even when there players are right next to the vehicles they still don't appear>
Anyone have any ideas as to what I've missed???

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Ok I just deleted the Simulation Manger module and that solved the problem. Still not sure why the vehicles weren't showing even when standing right next to them

prime dome Apr 14, 2018, 8:51 AM

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Dynamic simulation can be buggy

wheat kiln Apr 14, 2018, 7:08 PM

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Use of doSuppressiveFire

I'm trying to get some enemy AI (variable name m m_1 etc) to suppress a vehicle (variable name suv) on a trigger BLUFOR Present trigger. This is what is currently in the Activation field:

m enableAI "ALL"; m hideObject false; m doSuppressiveFire suv;
m_1 enableAI "ALL"; m_1 hideObject false; m_1 doSuppressiveFire suv;
m_3 enableAI "ALL"; m_3 hideObject false; m_3 doSuppressiveFire suv;
m_2 enableAI "ALL"; m_2 hideObject false; m_2 doSuppressiveFire suv;

In the Init field of the AI I have the script:

this disableAI "ALL"; this hideObject true; this forceWeaponFire ["rhs_weap_aks74n","FullAuto"];

so that the Ai fire in full auto. This isn't what happens however, and the Ai fire single, slow shots at suv.

Does the doSuppressiveFire command not work with forceWeaponFire?

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Sorry, to correct, the AI fire small FullAuto bursts every 5 seconds or so

orchid echo Apr 14, 2018, 7:33 PM

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That might be how doSuppressiveFire works. It probably just has the ai fire every x seconds. If you want them to fire full auto constantly, use bis_fnc_fire and put it in a loop.

wheat kiln Apr 14, 2018, 9:03 PM

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I'll try this, cheers

tired oyster Apr 15, 2018, 10:30 PM

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Hello, I'm messing with an idea but since I have limited scripting knowledge I'm having trouble working it out. My idea is to have civilians go through a security checkpoint where they will ACE surrender, have their inventories checked, and then released. I so far have successfully managed to get a single civilian to surrender when I activate this trigger via addaction on a table. {if (side _x == civilian) then { ["ace_captives_setSurrendered",[_x,true]] call CBA_fnc_globalEvent;}} foreach thisList;

dull wigeon Apr 16, 2018, 2:24 AM

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Trying to make a mission and I want to take some screen shots using the splendid camera. And I get a black box with text in it. And it wont go away.

'...;
};
_isActive = {
{BIS_fnc_camera_keys |#|select _x} count (actionkeys _this) > 0
...'
Error Zero divisor
File A3\functions_f\debug\fn_camera.sqf [BIS_fnc_camera], line 492

And no there is not scripts in the mission yet. I do however had a controller plugged in and activated. Could that be the issues?

neon raptor Apr 16, 2018, 5:38 AM

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bis_fnc_camera uses actionkeys which is not reliable and in some cases fails when players have custom keybinds/macro/controllers... so maybe you can try just change settings for your controller or unplug it... 🤷

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@dull wigeon

signal coral Apr 17, 2018, 1:16 AM

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Anyone know if there is a way to make it where you can add entities to the BLUFOR side, without having players spawn where the entities are placed?

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Make it where zeus has to place a respawn position for players to spawn in

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instead of spawning in as soon as the mission starts

balmy jasper Apr 17, 2018, 3:09 AM

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Are you using the vanilla respawn system?

paper violet Apr 17, 2018, 3:21 AM

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You could set a Base and then just use a Teleport pole using Ares to get them to a certain location. I think this would be easier. @signal coral

hollow prairie Apr 17, 2018, 8:56 AM

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@signal coral if you want to have them not spawned right away i would recommend the respawn template "MenuPosition" with an addition respawnonStart = 1 parameter in description.ext

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Respawn

daring pendant Apr 17, 2018, 9:21 AM

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Hello, guys, still trying to make a decent kill house, and keep it so the targets stay down once shot, until my reset script is called via a trigger.

Basically, it can not detect any of my targets placed, I'm using GameLogic called iCenter to detect them within a 50m radius and using the "Moving Target 1 - Front" targets. Nothing is working..

//init.sqf

//disable targets from moving automatically
nopop = true;

//start the main script
_0 = [50] execVM "reset.sqf";
//will affect all targets in 50m area around iCenter

//reset.sqf

params [["_dist",50,[1]],["_center",player,[objNull]]];                    //in params
_targets = nearestObjects [position _center, ["TargetBase"], _dist];    //take all nearby practice targets
if (count _targets < 1) exitWith {
    systemChat "No compatible targets were found.";                        //exit if no targets have been found
};
{_x animate ["Terc",0];} forEach _targets;                                //get all targets to upright pos
{_x addEventHandler ["HIT", {                                            //add EH
(_this select 0) animate ["Terc",1];                                    //if hit, get to the ground
(_this select 0) RemoveEventHandler ["HIT",0];                            //remove EH
}
]} forEach _targets;
//systemChat "Ready.";

Any help is appreciated!

neon raptor Apr 17, 2018, 12:06 PM

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maybe you can try it this way
name your targets somehow T_1,T_2,T_3... add nopop = true; in targets init

//--- file:init.sqf
gvar_targetsArray = [T_1,T_2,T_3,T_4,T_5];

now add action to any object you want for the "reset action" with this action script

[gvar_targetsArray, {_this apply {_x animate ["terc", 0]}}] remoteExec ["bis_fnc_call",2];

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@daring pendant

sinful rampart Apr 17, 2018, 1:51 PM

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#headless_client you idiota

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And why don't you just message me on steam :U

royal void Apr 17, 2018, 1:51 PM

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Ima sorry 😄

daring pendant Apr 17, 2018, 2:31 PM

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@neon raptor my targets are called t1 up to t22, so simply just change your array.

As for the addaction you mentioned, do you mean something like this?

this addAction [gvar_targetsArray, {_this apply {_x animate ["terc", 0]}}] remoteExec ["bis_fnc_call",2];

Thanks.

neon raptor Apr 17, 2018, 3:14 PM

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do you mean something like this?
yes... but you need check wiki https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction

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@daring pendant

daring pendant Apr 17, 2018, 3:21 PM

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I'm trying to get the script to activate during a trigger when blufor is present

opaque fiber Apr 17, 2018, 7:11 PM

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I'm trying to find the sound file that gets played when a tank fires, but looking in the config viewer under the CfgVehicles listing, no gun sound is present. Where would I need to look to see where that sound is referenced?

jaunty marsh Apr 17, 2018, 7:12 PM

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Check the ammo perhaps

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is it a vanilla tank

opaque fiber Apr 17, 2018, 7:13 PM

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no, RHS, but rhs launchers use vanilla sounds, might be the same thing

jaunty marsh Apr 17, 2018, 7:15 PM

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Looking rn.

opaque fiber Apr 17, 2018, 7:21 PM

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rhs_ammo_M1069 has a bunch of hit and flying sounds but no fired one from the looks of it

jaunty marsh Apr 17, 2018, 7:22 PM

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I found the vanilla sounds.

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It sounds like a tank firing to me, at least.

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cannon_1

opaque fiber Apr 17, 2018, 7:23 PM

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do you have the full path?

jaunty marsh Apr 17, 2018, 7:24 PM

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sec

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arma 3 is being dumb

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I have the file path via extracted arma 3 files, if that helps.

opaque fiber Apr 17, 2018, 7:27 PM

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sure ill take what i can get

jaunty marsh Apr 17, 2018, 7:28 PM

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a3\sounds_f\weapons\Cannons\cannon_1.wss

opaque fiber Apr 17, 2018, 7:28 PM

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nice, I think that'll work. thanks for your help!

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yep definitely works, thanks 😄

hollow prairie Apr 17, 2018, 7:58 PM

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Is there a possibility to implement the steam list of the official time trials into a self created scenario?

jaunty marsh Apr 17, 2018, 8:16 PM

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yes

signal compass Apr 18, 2018, 6:17 PM

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Does anybody here knows how to unbinarize mission without Eden editor?

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i made a mission with a mod and the owner of that mod change some configs now i can't open the mission

sinful rampart Apr 18, 2018, 6:22 PM

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Arma 3 tools CfgConvert should be able to unbinarize it

signal compass Apr 18, 2018, 6:30 PM

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don't know how it works

timid plume Apr 18, 2018, 6:32 PM

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Open the cfg convert tool, select the sqm as source, select destination, bam

jaunty marsh Apr 18, 2018, 6:32 PM

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pbo manager could work as well tbh

sinful rampart Apr 18, 2018, 6:32 PM

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pbo manager can unbinarize files that aren't even in a pbo? since when?

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I always thought pbo manager was the dumb tool that can only do the most basic stuff

timid plume Apr 18, 2018, 6:33 PM

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Woah woah woah, pbo manager? No.

jaunty marsh Apr 18, 2018, 6:34 PM

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mbad i thought he like exported it or someshit

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forgot about the whole "check to binarize" in editor

timid plume Apr 18, 2018, 6:35 PM

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Just use cfgConvert 🤷

signal compass Apr 18, 2018, 6:38 PM

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oh it is a tool

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i thought it was a command

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thanks

hazy gale Apr 18, 2018, 7:16 PM

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@daring pendant when you get that kill house down are you going to upload it to the workshop? would love to see that in action

daring pendant Apr 18, 2018, 7:45 PM

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Well it is for my Unit's training yard. But I'll upload if the other creator is happy to.

main gyro Apr 18, 2018, 11:23 PM

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I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask, but I have encountered a weird problem when export a mission from the editor.

class ScenarioData
{
    author = "R3ign";
    overviewText = "JTF2 & 1-SOFD gear up for a night insertion and a dual snatch and grab .";
    overViewPicture = "images\operation.jpg";
    onLoadMission = "Date: April 18th, 2018 <br/>" \n "A joint group gears up for a night op.";
    loadScreen = "images\operation.jpg";
    respawnDialog = 0;
    disabledAI = 1;
    respawn = 2;
    class Header
    {
        maxPlayers = 20;
    };
};

The issue being

onLoadMission = "Date: April 18th, 2018 <br/>" \n "A joint group gears up for a night op.";

Is this actually valid? It is messing up a script of ours that reads mission.sqm files.

earnest plover Apr 19, 2018, 7:12 AM

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@main gyro https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/cutText
But a bit strange to see what '\n' stay between two quotation marks.

sinful rampart Apr 19, 2018, 7:27 AM

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@main gyro It's not va......... Actually that is valid yes. was added with 3DEN. Don't ask why. I also don't know...
And that has nothing to do with cutText

raven whale Apr 19, 2018, 6:06 PM

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@main gyro yeah. which script?

main gyro Apr 19, 2018, 6:07 PM

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A c++ script that converts the mission.sqm to a JSON object

raven whale Apr 19, 2018, 6:07 PM

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arma-class-parser was updated to handle it, but that's Node

main gyro Apr 19, 2018, 6:08 PM

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We updated our script to handle it, I was just really suprised to see that and was confused by it

raven whale Apr 19, 2018, 6:08 PM

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it's definitely a weird way of doing it

sinful rampart Apr 19, 2018, 7:05 PM

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c++ script doesn't make sense

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it's either a c++ program. Or a non cpp script

shrewd summit Apr 19, 2018, 9:40 PM

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I'm trying to play an animation, but I when I play the animation. It teleports the unit to a different position from where I had the unit. How do I remedy this?

tawdry ermine Apr 20, 2018, 11:40 AM

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Offset the unit

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Animations like the walking surrendered one start the unit somewhere else

last jewel Apr 20, 2018, 12:22 PM

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Is there a way I can create a task by shooting a character a few times?

cinder holly Apr 20, 2018, 12:23 PM

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yes

last jewel Apr 20, 2018, 12:44 PM

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Cool.

cinder holly Apr 20, 2018, 1:02 PM

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do you have any more details about what you want to accomplish?

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@last jewel

last jewel Apr 20, 2018, 2:05 PM

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Trying to set up somewhat of a interrogation deal where you have to shoot a character a few times without killing them in order for a task to be created afterwards as if you're getting information from them.

mossy lava Apr 20, 2018, 2:08 PM

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Maybe use FiredNear event handler.

sinful rampart Apr 20, 2018, 2:09 PM

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you shoot people to interrogate them?

mossy lava Apr 20, 2018, 2:10 PM

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You don't? =p

sinful rampart Apr 20, 2018, 2:10 PM

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I usually use the bright light directed straight into face tactic

timid plume Apr 20, 2018, 2:14 PM

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And if they say "officer that isn't mine" what do you say?

mossy lava Apr 20, 2018, 2:15 PM

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"Bake'em away, toys."

cinder holly Apr 20, 2018, 2:23 PM

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add event "Hit", and in it something along

if isNil "var" then "var" = 0;
var = var + 1;
if (var >= 3 and alive guy) then { addTask };

timid plume Apr 20, 2018, 2:25 PM

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Damn, it's 4/20/18

sinful rampart Apr 20, 2018, 2:26 PM

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no it's not. it's 20.04.2018

timid plume Apr 20, 2018, 2:26 PM

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@cinder holly FiredNear could trigger a "scared" phase and you can detain them from there

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Right, it's actually 04/20/18

wooden dove Apr 20, 2018, 2:26 PM

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no ded

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it's 2018-04-20

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any other time format is heresy

timid plume Apr 20, 2018, 2:26 PM

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Madness

wooden dove Apr 20, 2018, 2:27 PM

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ITS STANDARDIZED FOR A REASON GUYS

timid plume Apr 20, 2018, 2:27 PM

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Wrong

wooden dove Apr 20, 2018, 2:27 PM

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ISO 8601 says hi

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601

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we're technically exchanging data since we're on the internet, thus i'm right

cinder holly Apr 20, 2018, 2:29 PM

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^ +10e10

timid plume Apr 20, 2018, 2:29 PM

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👮

sinful rampart Apr 20, 2018, 2:30 PM

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Actually it's 2018-04-20T14:30:26.046+02:00

wooden dove Apr 20, 2018, 2:30 PM

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even better

sinful rampart Apr 20, 2018, 2:31 PM

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Fun fact. That time is actually correct to the millisecond.
I wonder when we can use ISO time displays in Arma

wooden dove Apr 20, 2018, 2:31 PM

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we can just use ZULU

tawdry ermine Apr 20, 2018, 2:32 PM

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That time is way off by the time you post it

wooden dove Apr 20, 2018, 2:32 PM

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aka 1632 right now for me 😄

sinful rampart Apr 20, 2018, 2:33 PM

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@tawdry ermine Yes. But I edited it afterwards to match exactly

tawdry ermine Apr 20, 2018, 2:33 PM

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doubt it

sinful rampart Apr 20, 2018, 2:34 PM

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Well. Do that then. But that is the exact timestamp discord gave to my message when it assigned the message ID on it's worker.

grizzled meteor Apr 20, 2018, 3:21 PM

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About times, if anyone needs to format them, I have an almost complete strftime https://gist.github.com/senevoldsen/018ee3fbf91931de997ae7556dc0a73c

ionic thorn Apr 20, 2018, 3:22 PM

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Keep in mind that ISO is private and standards cost money.

sinful rampart Apr 20, 2018, 3:30 PM

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FM destroying all the fun

ionic thorn Apr 20, 2018, 4:06 PM

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There's just something wrong about the "International Standards Organisation" charging money for people to use their "standards"

sinful rampart Apr 20, 2018, 4:08 PM

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I can see that for physical standards. As they also sell things made according to the standard.
and thus they should also sell the guidance to make something according to standard.
But I don't see that for something "virtual"

ionic thorn Apr 20, 2018, 6:18 PM

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“To abide by our internationally recognised standards, you need to pay us money 💰 “

last jewel Apr 20, 2018, 10:37 PM

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@cinder holly Do you have the BI page for more help with that line? I'm not understanding how it works really.

cinder holly Apr 21, 2018, 7:07 AM

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@last jewel sure!
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#Hit

gleaming junco Apr 21, 2018, 8:45 AM

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What could cause a player to spawn at their death location for a split second before they are respawned at respawn_side with the RESPAWN option as 3 (base)?

signal coral Apr 21, 2018, 10:14 AM

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Someone kan help me

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https://gyazo.com/4e223b50678a53e8604ecbac0d940022

sinful rampart Apr 21, 2018, 10:15 AM

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Actually no

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You need to ask a question to be able to get an answer.
Or state a problem to be able to get a solution

signal coral Apr 21, 2018, 10:16 AM

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you can see the problem on gyazo

sinful rampart Apr 21, 2018, 10:16 AM

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No I can't really..

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But if you tell me about what it is I'm sure I can quickly give you an answer

cinder holly Apr 21, 2018, 12:16 PM

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The player is in water.

is it expected behaviour?
does it change after mission startup?
is a script the culprit?
is the respawn template to blame for it?

so many questions 👀

sinful rampart Apr 21, 2018, 12:22 PM

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is the player being in water even the problem or is that supposed to be like that

orchid echo Apr 21, 2018, 4:41 PM

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Arma does have boats after all.

wooden dove Apr 21, 2018, 4:42 PM

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which are used once in a blue moon.... "going in" the water is a once in a 10 000 years experience huehuehuehue

cinder holly Apr 22, 2018, 5:37 PM

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aaand I still have this problem where sound files are played at a 20× rate, making Mickey Mouse voices - and sometimes restarting the mission, it's all fine

timid plume Apr 22, 2018, 5:44 PM

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@cinder holly what's the sample rate?

cinder holly Apr 22, 2018, 5:45 PM

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16 bits, 44100Hz, mono

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about wss
converting with -d4 doesn't help, -d8 is "fine" (but still, the problem is not always reproducible!)

I'm trying to convert to ogg and see if this is a safe workaround

timid plume Apr 22, 2018, 5:48 PM

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Ogg may be more consistant in that case.

cinder holly Apr 22, 2018, 6:01 PM

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and here I had voices like that:
player, hq, player, hq, player, hq

the three HQ go fast, player's voices work fine – so OK, maybe it's a wrong HQ wss saving

I restarted Arma, recreated the wss, to no avail.

I replace the first HQ voice with an ogg, the rest unchanged, and voilà , everything works fine e_e

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I would burn this wss bug down… If I could find it!

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...restarted the game, same issue with the .ogg. fuuuuuuuuuuu

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could it be... that... it's because HQ is a (well created I suppose) logic e_e
I'll look into it

cinder holly Apr 22, 2018, 7:38 PM

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... I think it was that!

stable delta Apr 22, 2018, 8:52 PM

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Is it possible to make an arma 3 campaign where weapons and stuff you pickup carry over like in the vanilla campaign?

sinful rampart Apr 22, 2018, 8:53 PM

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"Is it possible to do something that somebody else already did" ?

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If somebody else did it.. How did they do it if it's not possible to do that

storm geode Apr 22, 2018, 8:56 PM

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controllerless: https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=arma3:missions:campaign-weaponpool

deep blade Apr 22, 2018, 9:19 PM

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would it be possible to overwrite a function class from a mod in a mission by using the same classname?

cinder holly Apr 22, 2018, 9:20 PM

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@sinful rampart to be fair it's not evident that you can do everything the studio did - it's quite specific to Arma I'd even say

stable delta Apr 22, 2018, 9:20 PM

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Well obv i didnt know someone else did it already.... thanks snake man

novel rune Apr 22, 2018, 9:21 PM

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@deep blade
allowFunctionsRecompile = 1;
Then overwrite the global variable in postInit / init.sqf / whatever.

deep blade Apr 22, 2018, 9:22 PM

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that goes into description.ext?

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also I am talking about a "CfgFunctions" function class not just a script variable

novel rune Apr 22, 2018, 9:28 PM

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That goes into description.ext.

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And CfgFunctions is just a wrapper to set what in the end is just a "script variable".

deep blade Apr 22, 2018, 9:31 PM

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So can I just redefine the function in the mission's description.ext and add the allowFunctionsRecompile = 1; line into it and it will 'overwrite' the original function?

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Or do I need to do it in .sqf somewhere

novel rune Apr 22, 2018, 9:31 PM

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No, but you can, as I said, put allowFunctionsRecompile into the description.ext and then redefine functions from CfgFunctions with a script.

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The only reason
BIS_fnc_initDisplay = {/nothing/};
doesn't work, is because those functions are protected from, I guess being recompiled, the name doesn't fit.

deep blade Apr 22, 2018, 9:42 PM

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Ok, thanks. I'll give it a shot

slow dagger Apr 23, 2018, 10:20 AM

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hello everyone!
can somebody tell about script command attachTo in a3.
i try attach zu_23 from rhs to some object like squareblock on screenshot, and after when i try get in zu and do fire i cant control weapon - dont turn it (left,right,down, up), and after first shot weapon blocked.
https://i.imgur.com/8sSHBfj.jpg

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zu-23 have name zu_23, platform under it, zu_base, and command : zu_23 attachTo [zu_base, [0,0,2.07]];

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if set zu_23 on platform without attach it will be "jump" every time when gunner will fire

sinful rampart Apr 23, 2018, 10:23 AM

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you cannot control something that is attached to something else

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The simulation of the attached object is disabled

slow dagger Apr 23, 2018, 10:23 AM

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ah...ok.

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thx you 😃

sinful rampart Apr 23, 2018, 10:24 AM

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I see what you are trying to do. I don't think that's possible. Atleast I can't think of a way right now

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Although. https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setMass

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maybe you can use that. To make it so heavy that it won't "jump"

slow dagger Apr 23, 2018, 10:25 AM

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it try it, no have results.

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it is tvt mission, and when mission was started on server, zu fly in the sky :]

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will try use setpos in high without attach, and "play" with mass param, thx @sinful rampart

cinder holly Apr 23, 2018, 12:52 PM

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I wonder what happens if you attachTo then enableSimulation (I don't have high hopes though)

sinful rampart Apr 23, 2018, 12:53 PM

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It is disabled on a lower level

cinder holly Apr 23, 2018, 12:55 PM

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btw I think it was you that asked Maruk about SQS/SQF thing? I guess no answer?

sinful rampart Apr 23, 2018, 12:58 PM

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no wasn't. What thing?

cinder holly Apr 23, 2018, 12:58 PM

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Status Quo Syntax/Status Quo Function thing

sinful rampart Apr 23, 2018, 12:59 PM

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Someone posted a twitter post of him saying that it's called Status Quo

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but I think only about SQF. Not SQS

cinder holly Apr 23, 2018, 1:01 PM

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this shall remain an Arma secret…

fiery lava Apr 24, 2018, 9:11 AM

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Is it possible to make a mp mission start with players in an airborne plane including a player pilot?

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Ive seen it done with an ai pilot but not a player one

sinful rampart Apr 24, 2018, 9:12 AM

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I don't see why not

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The plane might start with engines of and falling towards the ground.. but if the pilot reacts quickly enough that shouldn't be a problem

fiery lava Apr 24, 2018, 9:13 AM

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haha i was thinking that, just chuck them really high up 😉

sinful rampart Apr 24, 2018, 9:13 AM

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you can use setVelocity to give it a initial velocity so that it won't plummit straight down

fiery lava Apr 24, 2018, 9:14 AM

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oh nice hadn't thought of that

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Is their anything special that needs to be done to get players to start in a vic?

sinful rampart Apr 24, 2018, 9:20 AM

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I know you can already place them inside it in 3den

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so I guess not

cinder holly Apr 24, 2018, 9:22 AM

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if a plane is put with alt > 20-30m in 3den Editor, the vehicle is placed in "FLY" mode and will have its engines on and initial velocity 😉 just drag & drop units in the plane and you're good to go

fiery lava Apr 24, 2018, 9:24 AM

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awesome thanks

prime dome Apr 24, 2018, 12:49 PM

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@cinder holly @fiery lava yeah but in MP, it very well might be plummeting to the ground, so that's something to be careful about

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we've had that once

cinder holly Apr 24, 2018, 12:49 PM

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how, when, whooo? 👀

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such a lust for plane crash

prime dome Apr 24, 2018, 12:50 PM

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helicopters hover though, so they're fine

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although if both pilots and passengers start inside the helo, and the helo is on the ground, it may explode

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if it's flying then it should be fine

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no problems with ground vehicles though

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unless someone joins in progress... in which case weird things can happen with editor-mounted units

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(unless AI is turned on, in which case it should be fine)

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(moveInCargo should always work correctly though)

cinder holly Apr 24, 2018, 12:52 PM

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did you encounter this w/o mods and with empty init fields?

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(and a flying plane when starting in the editor of course)

prime dome Apr 24, 2018, 1:49 PM

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yeah, no mods

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can't comment on the init fields

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usually not empty

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if you start in a plane in single player there aren't any problems

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on a dedi though

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exploding helicopter bug is some 5 years old at this point

cinder holly Apr 24, 2018, 1:51 PM

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oooh, dedi… okido, didn't know about this one

prime dome Apr 24, 2018, 1:55 PM

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all the special arma bugs emerge in MP/dedi 🤣

cinder holly Apr 24, 2018, 1:55 PM

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dedi especially, I would at least say that MP is quite stable these times :p

stable delta Apr 24, 2018, 11:41 PM

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What are some good static ships to use for a ship raid mission??

cinder holly Apr 24, 2018, 11:44 PM

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carrier, definitely?

stable delta Apr 24, 2018, 11:45 PM

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Yes i got the carrier and burke class destroyer, know of any cargo ships or anything?

cinder holly Apr 25, 2018, 12:07 AM

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everything is in the editor really. unfortunately Arma is not really filled with big fregates

stable delta Apr 25, 2018, 12:09 AM

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Well thats why im looking for more of a mod

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Sorry i didnt mention that

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 2:57 AM

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so... ace + tanks + 3Den vehicle respawn = broke

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anyone have a vehicle respawn script to reccomend?

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 3:13 AM

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@trail raven I don't think ace3 + tanks + 3Deden = broke , necessarily. I think they just aren't compatible, ace doesn't handle damage like vanilla arma does. You'll need to design a respawn script based on ace kill events, not arma ones.

feral gate Apr 25, 2018, 3:19 AM

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"need to design a respawn script based on ace kill events, not arma ones."

I think in this case that means that one's broken.

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:19 AM

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ace + eden respawn = popcorn

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its amazing

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dozens upon dozens of insta resapwns...

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the combo is broke... each one on its own is fine

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 3:22 AM

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@feral gate No, just as i explained ace handles damage differently. Meaning arma doesn't recognize ace kill events nor does ace recognize arma kill events.

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:22 AM

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It worked until tanks just fine

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so tanks added something that the acemod doesnt jive with

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 3:23 AM

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Armour simulation + damage was the only thing that changed. Which in fact could effect these mods.

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:23 AM

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yeah... its just armor vehicles

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 3:23 AM

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Only thing that changed in terms of armour rather

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Make sure they don't explode when being killed, what is happening is that they are respawning within a short time of each other

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In the same or near the same spot

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:24 AM

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no, its just set for delete

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 3:24 AM

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So the explosions of the old vehicle are exploding the new ones

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:24 AM

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30 second resapwn

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:24 AM

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What are we talking about? The vehicle respawn module?

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:24 AM

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yes, commy

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looking for a script

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:25 AM

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That has been broken since it's inception, and it is broken without ACE too.

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:25 AM

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Mmmm

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not here

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always worked

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until tanks

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:25 AM

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Wrong.

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 3:25 AM

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Just script it. Easy.

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:25 AM

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The problem with the vehicle respawn module is simple.

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:25 AM

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ok... im imagining things... but seriously we had no issue with 3den veh resp and ace until tanks

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:26 AM

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It creates a new vehicle on the wreck.

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Thus the new vehicle explodes.

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And a third one is created.

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Chain reaction.

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 3:26 AM

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3D Eden? What do you mean?

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:26 AM

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the veh resp in eden, Mud

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:26 AM

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3den is the internal name for the editor.

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 3:26 AM

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The respawn module was never exlcusive to 3d eden if that is what you a4e saying

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:27 AM

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The vehicle respawn module is older than 3den.

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 3:27 AM

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Yes

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:27 AM

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And it has been broken even back then.

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 3:27 AM

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Definitely.

feral gate Apr 25, 2018, 3:27 AM

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Idk, from what I've used of it it worked well enough

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:27 AM

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Just don't use it and create your own custom solution. kiled eventhandler plus createVehicle. It's all you need.

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And don't forget to delete the wreck.

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 3:28 AM

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I don't use modules, they're pretty much just for beginner drag drop stuff

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:28 AM

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And don't spawn the new vehicle ontop of another one.

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:28 AM

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commy I dont want to argue the finer points of a system that worked just fine previously.... I set them, synched them and my vehicles always respawed just fine until tanks

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:28 AM

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Obviously.

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commy I dont want to argue the finer points of a system that worked just fine previously.

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But it didn't.

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You're wrong about that.

feral gate Apr 25, 2018, 3:28 AM

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Commy, seriously, it did.

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:28 AM

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No it didn't.

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:28 AM

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ug

feral gate Apr 25, 2018, 3:28 AM

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Yes, it did. Look at how this debate is going.

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:29 AM

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Well, explain to me how the flaw I described wasn't a flaw before tanks.

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:29 AM

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ok... prior to tanks I could synch all my mission vehicles to the respawn module and when they were destroyed or diabled afield, they would respawn on their start location just fine

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after tanks, armor goes bonkers on respawn

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:30 AM

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That's because they respawn on top of another vehicle and collide, take damage and explode. If that happened not before to you, then you were just lucky.

feral gate Apr 25, 2018, 3:31 AM

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(actually need to launch ArmA to look at it again, brb)

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:31 AM

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ok, I was lucky... but the original question still stands... can anybody recommend a good vehicle respawn script

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:32 AM

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No, but I can tell you that it's done quicker than arguing against objective facts in a chat.

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Just google "arma vehicle respawn module". I'm sure there're funny videos on youtube from 2013 showing chain explosions.

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 3:32 AM

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I used it at release of arma 3, and pre apex release, and post apex release. The exploions occured in all releases. I can concur with commy's observations

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:33 AM

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Thanks.

feral gate Apr 25, 2018, 3:38 AM

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Looked at it again, bit confused.
Reviewing what'd been said, Commy was talking about an issue separate (but similar) to what LawnDart was talking about. What was it exactly?

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:39 AM

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pre tanks.... place all my mission vehicles, synch to 3den veh respawn module... set parameters (delete only, no explosions)

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have a veh disabled or destroyed in field... ite would respawn after 30 seconds on the start location

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:40 AM

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no explosions
Explain

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:40 AM

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now, same mission... veh gets diabled or destroyed in field... specifically armor), it starts respawning like popcorn

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there is delete wreck

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and delete with explosion effect

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I do not use the explositon effect

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just delete

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:41 AM

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What explosion effect?

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:41 AM

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look in the 3den options for the vehicle resapwn module

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you can just delete the affected vehicle

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or delete with explosion effect

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i just delte them

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:42 AM

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But?

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:42 AM

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but?

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:42 AM

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Where's the problem.

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:43 AM

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after 30 seconds ( the time I have set for veh resawpn) ... the vehicle in question resawpns about a dozen copies over and over and over and over

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a'la popcorn

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in the proper respawn location

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but not just one vehicle

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dozens and dozens and dozens

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over and over

feral gate Apr 25, 2018, 3:44 AM

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Tried placing dozens of respawn positions to see what would happen?

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:44 AM

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heh

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maybe

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really, kind people... I am just looking for advice on a preferred script that people have had luck with

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:45 AM

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I'm like 99% sure they just collide with some other object in the spawn location.

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:45 AM

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the module is broke

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they are colliding with my ability to play the game

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 3:46 AM

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It's pretty simple to write your own, commy has listed the needed commands to reproduce effects of the module

feral gate Apr 25, 2018, 3:47 AM

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(done testing without ACE, no issues whatsoever. Shifting to ACE)

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 3:47 AM

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ACE is not the problem.

feral gate Apr 25, 2018, 3:48 AM

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Testing that now.

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:51 AM

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Not saying ACE is the problem... but for me at least... I cant use the module when ACE is active... the two are incompatible

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 3:51 AM

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Yes, there would be no reason to think they are compatible

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:51 AM

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a works, b works but a + b does not

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 3:51 AM

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They handle damage differently

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:52 AM

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This isnt where I intended to go and I am out of time... sleep calls... later!

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 3:52 AM

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Okay.

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:52 AM

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private _fnc_replicate = {
    params ["_wreck"];
    private _position = _wreck getVariable "commy_spawnPosition";
    private _fnc_replicate = _wreck getVariable "commy_fnc_replicate";

    private _vehicle = typeOf _wreck createVehicle [0,0,0];
    deleteVehicle _wreck;

    _vehicle setPosWorld _position;
    _vehicle setVariable ["commy_spawnPosition", _position];
    _vehicle setVariable ["commy_fnc_replicate", _fnc_replicate];
    _vehicle addEventHandler ["killed", _fnc_replicate];
};

{
    _x setVariable ["commy_spawnPosition", getPosWorld _x];
    _x setVariable ["commy_fnc_replicate", _fnc_replicate];
    _x addEventHandler ["killed", _fnc_replicate];
} forEach [tank1, tank2];

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This is the simplest thing I can come up with. Dunno, it's pretty early and can't be arsed to test this.

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:53 AM

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ill have to read up on how to implement a fnc

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:53 AM

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It also has the same problem. If there's something on the location, it will chain react.

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init.sqf

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:54 AM

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positions are/were clear

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:54 AM

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Tanks named tank1, tank2.

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:54 AM

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yep... that I get

feral gate Apr 25, 2018, 3:54 AM

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Tested Vehicle Respawn with ACE, no issue either. No idea what the problem is.

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:55 AM

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did you destroy an armor piece?

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:55 AM

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They collide with something at their respawn location.

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:55 AM

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like the rhino or other apc

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even a tank

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doesnt affect cars, boats planes

feral gate Apr 25, 2018, 3:55 AM

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Destroying an armor piece didn't set off the respawn timer

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only destroying the tank started the timer and it respawned perfectly fine

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 3:56 AM

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The same thing happens with all vehicles, it's just very inconsistent

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In my experience with it, it was helicopters and hunters.

trail raven Apr 25, 2018, 3:56 AM

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heh... love ArmA

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ok... gotta go... thanks for the code commy, I will work on implementing

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 3:57 AM

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The vehicle respawn module has been broken since it's inception. I said this already, but you somehow refuse to believe it, which is very frustrating.

feral gate Apr 25, 2018, 3:58 AM

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What is broken about it? Seriously, not seeing an issue with it.

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 3:58 AM

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Just as it was explained above

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Many many times by lawmdart now

feral gate Apr 25, 2018, 3:59 AM

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Let's just say LawnDart's issue is separate. What was broken about it before, when LawnDart could use it without an issue?

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 3:59 AM

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Same issue.

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It's been an issue for a long time, since it's inception. Nothing has changed

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It's possible bi doesn't know about it if there is no ticket, thus it never gets a chance to be fixed

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 4:01 AM

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The module is just shit. If you look at fn_moduleRespawnVehicle.sqf, the script uses 8x spawn and addmpeventhandler twice.

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It's for the trashbin.

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 4:03 AM

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Yeesh, yeah no need for over complication. Write your own shiet

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 4:05 AM

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https://feedback.bistudio.com/T70482

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I can confirm this happens. After about 30 minutes or so the respawn module fails to respawn new vehicles also.

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This is so typical of scheduler scripting. Game gets slow, script's in scheduled show their ugly race conditions and bug out.

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Seen this shit for years now.

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Always the same core problems.

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 4:07 AM

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Aug 5th 2013....assigned to moricky. Was the above problem the same case as we are seeing it now?

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 4:07 AM

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There's probably 20 of those on the tracker.

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 4:08 AM

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Read last comment, mass closing of these tickets. Could be more since then, maybe. Maybe not. Most people like to complain about their problems and not report them

novel rune Apr 25, 2018, 4:09 AM

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I have \a3\modules_f\Multiplayer\functions\fn_moduleRespawnVehicle.sqf open and am looking at it, and I have no idea wtf is going on in there.

feral gate Apr 25, 2018, 4:10 AM

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Tried to test respawn with ACE and RHS but now the tank is literally indestructible. I give up.

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 4:10 AM

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Huh, wonder if senses were not so common the night of reviewal

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@feral gate Wonder why.

feral gate Apr 25, 2018, 4:11 AM

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Idfk, but wasn't the Vehicle Respawn. That would have come with notification spam. Wasn't LawnDart's issue either.

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 4:12 AM

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RHS hasn't updated to support latest tank changes, so it's expected for the tanks to act abnormally. Everyone was given a heads up and a dev version to make changes with shrug

grizzled meteor Apr 25, 2018, 10:25 AM

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Can confirm, reading through \a3\modules_f\Multiplayer\functions\fn_moduleRespawnVehicle.sqf was an issue in frustration. I envy a mind that can create such confusion that surprisingly works part of the time.

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In some cases it doesn't even respawn stuff at all: https://feedback.bistudio.com/T123940 , and then when you tell them exactly the problem, the cause, and even offer a solution, nothing gets done...

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But stay away from it, not worth your time, you deserve better: https://feedback.bistudio.com/search/query/TE.8rf7URd7Z/#R

signal coral Apr 25, 2018, 9:01 PM

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hey guys, I have a little problem that is driving me crazy, I've made a scenario in the editor and it works fine but when I export it and try to play it in single player it crashes when launching the mission... I've been looking on forums for about three days now but still cant find the answer and I think I've dug myself a hole there... I'm really new to the game and have no scripting experience so I'm absolutely lost and was hoping maybe someone could point me in the right direction

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 9:03 PM

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Hastebin a rpt

signal coral Apr 25, 2018, 9:03 PM

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basically I got an Invade and Annex SP scenario from the workshop and added the Ravage modules on it so I could have a Zombie Invade and Annex mission, I built my base and deleted the original one that came from the workshop mission but now nothing works and there was a ton of script in the original mission so I don't know what to change and what to keep to tidy it up and find out whats making it crash

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 9:03 PM

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hastebin a rpt

signal coral Apr 25, 2018, 9:04 PM

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Im sorry what does that mean? I'm a real noob when it comes to this...

timid plume Apr 25, 2018, 9:05 PM

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Hastebin.com

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Your rpt is stored underneath your application data folder

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WIN +R : %appdata%

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Go to local, select arma 3, you'll find a whole bunch of files generated by date ending extension being rpt

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Paste that into hastebin.com and click save

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Copy the link and send

signal coral Apr 25, 2018, 9:07 PM

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Ok im in the folder now, do I copy all of them or just the latest one?

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https://hastebin.com/ojamojasop.tex

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this is the latest one

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the mission works fine in editor but gives me a "Bad Module Info" error while trying to play it normally, everything else works fine

stark island Apr 26, 2018, 9:46 AM

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anyone know of how to make night time actually dark and counter gamma boosting?

grizzled meteor Apr 26, 2018, 9:50 AM

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Pick a moonless night then it will be pitch black.