#arma3_scenario | ARMA | Page 47

vivid herald May 11, 2020, 8:54 PM

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copy the text in?

vestal flare May 11, 2020, 8:54 PM

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i dont have anything as conditions

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_group1 setCombatMode "RED";
_group1 setBehaviourStrong "COMBAT";

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and those are the onactivation

vivid herald May 11, 2020, 8:54 PM

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Right on. How is the trigger triggered then?

vestal flare May 11, 2020, 8:54 PM

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the group exists

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its triggered by bluefor

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type is present

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i did have another problem of entities not loading in the multiplayer once

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with a truck

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but nothing else

vivid herald May 11, 2020, 8:56 PM

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When you say the trigger doesnt exist, do you mean the trigger module itself never spawns in, or the trigger doesnt work?

vestal flare May 11, 2020, 8:56 PM

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so

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i put it down ya

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i save

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and i press to play

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i right click as zeus

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and press the add entity

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set it to 250m

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everythig i placed down

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becomes an editable entity

vivid herald May 11, 2020, 8:57 PM

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Got it. And what is _group1 in this case?

vestal flare May 11, 2020, 8:57 PM

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but the trigger doesnt appear

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group1 is the name of the group

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the _

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is used to signal the command

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so that it actually works

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i thinks

vivid herald May 11, 2020, 8:58 PM

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Is group1 a group of playable units or AI?

vestal flare May 11, 2020, 8:58 PM

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AI

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they are the ones supposed to switch from peaceful combat mode

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to not peaceful

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aka from holding fire to fire at will

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and from careless to combat

vivid herald May 11, 2020, 9:00 PM

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I may be out of my depth ehre unfortunately. Everything you're saying makes sense. I suggset two things;

Delete and recreate the trigger (clear any mistakes or other mumbo jumbo)
Rename the AI group and change trigger to match that name. See if it was naming mess up

vestal flare May 11, 2020, 9:00 PM

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yeah that was my next action

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assuming that its the same situation

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as that truck

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and delete and replace

vivid herald May 11, 2020, 9:01 PM

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yeah kind of the IT restart the computer solution. fixes alot of problems, worth a shot

vestal flare May 11, 2020, 9:02 PM

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yeah im placing it again and retrying

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also a thing about zeus

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whenever i press Y to go into zeus

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it just freezes my screen for a solid 8 seconds

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is there a way to ease in?

vivid herald May 11, 2020, 9:03 PM

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Not to my knowledge. I believe its a factor of # of mods etc and complexity of mission/terrain.

vestal flare May 11, 2020, 9:03 PM

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cause its literally the reason why im going through all this trouble with auotmatizing the zeus role in the first place

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this is such bs

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still doesnt appear

vivid herald May 11, 2020, 9:05 PM

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Id recommend waiting for a more advanced scripter

vestal flare May 11, 2020, 9:05 PM

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and the trigger doesnt apear in my zeus view mid game either

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so that i could place it down mid game

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or something like that

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well there was another scripter that said he could help but i thought it was more of a mission thing

vivid herald May 11, 2020, 9:10 PM

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Well my high level diagnosis is that ive only seen this one other time and it was when i was referencing somethign that didnt exist

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so my suspicion is group name wrong

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or the way you're referencing the group is wrong

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maybe try the triger on a single unit and see if it works? name a individua unit and get away from group for a secon

vivid herald May 12, 2020, 12:00 AM

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Anyone got a down and dirty way to use ASL when above water and ATL (or just set pos) when above land?

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Thinking maybe im overlooking an existing option that does this.

tame needle May 12, 2020, 1:08 AM

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Depending on if waves are an issue, you can use AGL

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

vivid herald May 12, 2020, 1:22 AM

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Waves shouldnt be an issue. I am using another script to spawna floating base.

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Running into issues moving playable slots* when used on maps with water at 0,0,0

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_randompos = [[[[-4,-20,31], 5]],[]] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;
this setPos _randompos

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Not sure how to modify that to respect sea level

tame needle May 12, 2020, 1:23 AM

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setPosASL?

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making sure z is 0.

vivid herald May 12, 2020, 1:25 AM

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Yeah its starnge, that was my go to as well, but the playable spot still spawns short of the base which is offset [0,0,30] at [0,0,0]

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My thought is that _randompos is being set at ATL

tame needle May 12, 2020, 1:27 AM

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You want to spawn something on top of something?

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On top of another object.

vivid herald May 12, 2020, 1:28 AM

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Essentially, but the issue is the object being spawned in is done via init.sqf. So the playable units have to be repositioned simultaneously

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The object being created is the terminal from A3

tame needle May 12, 2020, 1:30 AM

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So your object is spawing below the deck of that base, right?

vivid herald May 12, 2020, 1:30 AM

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That is correct.

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The ocean is rather shallow at 0,0,0 on altis, so my suspicion is that its measuring 31m from the bottom of the ocean - while the base is correctly offseting from sea level.

tame needle May 12, 2020, 1:42 AM

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@vivid herald When i test your code it spawns be at 31m above sea level, that is the intended behaviour, right?

vivid herald May 12, 2020, 1:42 AM

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Yes.

tame needle May 12, 2020, 1:43 AM

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if so, you might have missed a semicolon after "_this setPos _randompos"

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_randompos = [[[[-4,-20,31], 5]],[]] call BIS_fnc_randomPos; 
this setPos _randompos;

instead of

_randompos = [[[[-4,-20,31], 5]],[]] call BIS_fnc_randomPos; 
this setPos _randompos

vivid herald May 12, 2020, 1:43 AM

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Ill check it out

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Thank you for helping

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I believe I have determined the issue.

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The script must add some marginal level of space when aligning to sea level. Its not exactly 0. So I believe the buffer space is shifting the spawned composition some (x)m above true +31M sea level.

tame needle May 12, 2020, 1:46 AM

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spawn it at 31.5m and call it a day, :)

vivid herald May 12, 2020, 1:46 AM

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ahhaa im about to be right there

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The script if you're curious. its for spawning compositions
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/191902-eden-composition-spawning/

late breach May 12, 2020, 1:50 AM

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Keep in mind that sea level is fixed, although water level is not!
Waves will affect how high/low objects are on the water, which is a known "issue" for spawning objects on ships (like the USS Freedom).

vivid herald May 12, 2020, 2:34 AM

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i found the offset, idk why its high

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But anyways

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if (surfaceIsWater[0,0]) then {_randompos = [[[[-4,-20, 61], 5]],[]] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;} else {_randompos = [[[[-4,-20, 31], 5]],[]] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;};

this setPos _randompos;

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Is there a syntax issue there?

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Placed in unit init. Doesnt move unit at all atm.

barren dove May 12, 2020, 2:35 AM

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_randompos isnt defined outside the if statement

tame needle May 12, 2020, 2:36 AM

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private _randompos = [];
if (surfaceIsWater[0,0]) then {_randompos = [[[[-4,-20, 61], 5]],[]] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;} else {_randompos = [[[[-4,-20, 31], 5]],[]] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;};

this setPos _randompos;

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Is what connor means

vivid herald May 12, 2020, 2:37 AM

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That worked perfectly. Do you guys have a beer fund

barren dove May 12, 2020, 2:39 AM

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simplified

private _randompos = [[[[-4,-20, [31,61] select surfaceIsWater[0,0]], 5]],[]] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;
this setPos _randompos;

vivid herald May 12, 2020, 2:50 AM

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Thank you guys. It was the final piece to a project will save a significant amount of time ove rhte long haul

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It basically lets me copy and paste sqm from map to map with 0 adjustment.

cinder holly May 12, 2020, 12:38 PM

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Do you guys have a beer fund
Good idea, actually

flat jewel May 12, 2020, 10:13 PM

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hello is anyone good with texview2 and ace slideshow because i cant get neither to work

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do u need a .paa file or a jpg

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and also it cant find the file source for my images

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and also texviewer crashes

late breach May 12, 2020, 10:31 PM

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TexVieww is very simple; open source image (I prefer TGA files when using transparency) and save as PAA, or use JPG directly in mod/mission.
ACE Slideshow is relatively simple to use, as long as you follow the instructions (and warnings) of https://ace3mod.com/wiki/framework/slideshow-framework.html

Although I have only used the scripted version, not the module.

flat jewel May 12, 2020, 10:45 PM

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grezvany13 whats the scripted one like is better or?

late breach May 12, 2020, 10:58 PM

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it's just easier to manage and modify (IMHO), although since I'm a programmer and used to it I'm most likely biased 😉

flat jewel May 12, 2020, 11:32 PM

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cheeky maybe you could send said script over

wooden garnet May 13, 2020, 12:57 AM

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hey yall - without using any mods whatsoever, except for 3Den Enhanced...what syntax controls the squad name in the role assignment screen? ACE3's command in the description is 'soldier name@group name;' I tried setGroupID in the init field and even my startup scripts...this isn't working...

I'm working on a VR map that is designed to be used with whatever mods the player chooses and thus has no dependencies whatsoever...it's making reconfiguring it a challenge...

tame needle May 13, 2020, 1:07 AM

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in short, you can't with out addons

But, most addons require CBA, which is the one that makes "soldier name#group" work.

wooden garnet May 13, 2020, 2:44 AM

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damn. so the groups just stay stuck at Alpha 1-1, Alpha 1-2, etc?

tame needle May 13, 2020, 2:45 AM

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Yes, i'm afraid.

wooden garnet May 13, 2020, 2:45 AM

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meh. ok XD thank you

tame needle May 13, 2020, 2:45 AM

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No problem mate

barren narwhal May 13, 2020, 8:41 AM

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Howdy

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I have a question bout tasks

cinder holly May 13, 2020, 8:42 AM

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a guide is here for you! 😄

barren narwhal May 13, 2020, 8:42 AM

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Is there a way to create tasks and task sequence that goes from like task a to task b without scripting

cinder holly May 13, 2020, 8:42 AM

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(I may help, but there is also a written guide here https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Task_Framework_Tutorial)

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without scripting, I guess triggers and/or logic waypoints

barren narwhal May 13, 2020, 8:43 AM

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Is there a guide for that somewhere

cinder holly May 13, 2020, 8:44 AM

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not me 😐 try and error with synchronisation

barren narwhal May 13, 2020, 8:45 AM

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😂 alrighty will see what I can do. If anyone knows how to hide a task let me know

tame needle May 13, 2020, 8:46 AM

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unassign it?

cinder holly May 13, 2020, 8:46 AM

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*crawls back to #arma3_scripting*

barren narwhal May 13, 2020, 8:46 AM

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Same issue

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It still shows on the missions

tame needle May 13, 2020, 8:48 AM

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Missions? in the map screen?

barren narwhal May 13, 2020, 8:52 AM

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Yes the tasks

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Even if it’s unassigned

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And a parent id is set

tame needle May 13, 2020, 9:09 AM

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@barren narwhal
Setup your task, then sync a trigger to the create task module.

The task won't show until the trigger fires

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to create a chain just:
trigger to assign first task -> create task 1
trigger when task 1 is complete -> create task 2
trigger when task 2 is complete -> create task 3

barren narwhal May 13, 2020, 9:35 AM

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Alrighty thank you will try it now

brazen cape May 14, 2020, 6:31 PM

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hey gents, looking to create a task "Locate building" and complete it the task once you put eyes on it with Bino's. I'm having trouble figuring out the completion part after putting eyes on. Ideas? Thanks.

tame needle May 14, 2020, 6:41 PM

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Have you already found a way to check if the player has layed eyes on it?

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@brazen cape

brazen cape May 14, 2020, 6:43 PM

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I have not, trying to figure that out too.

tame needle May 14, 2020, 6:46 PM

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~~I don't know the max distace but~~ you could take a look at "cursorObject"; cursorObject's max range increases when you use bino's.
This is probably the easiest approach;
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/cursorObject

~~Should that not work at range, "intersect" is what you need.~~
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/intersect

brazen cape May 14, 2020, 6:47 PM

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ill give it a shot, thanks, i appreciate it.

rancid imp May 15, 2020, 12:15 AM

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http://prntscr.com/sgzy1v

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I cant find that file

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😦

tame needle May 15, 2020, 12:17 AM

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@rancid imp
Where, what?
Why is that file called "Mission.sqm.Mission"?

rancid imp May 15, 2020, 12:17 AM

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I dont know

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I cant find that file

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Mission.sqm.Mission

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Now I was told by @wraith cloud to change the name

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But I cant find that file

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😦

wraith cloud May 15, 2020, 12:19 AM

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FYI: change the name to mission.sqm

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not to what it is now

rancid imp May 15, 2020, 12:19 AM

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Yes I know but I cant find that fil

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File

wraith cloud May 15, 2020, 12:19 AM

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anyway, no clues. i'm out

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leaving it to more experienced hands here

tame needle May 15, 2020, 12:24 AM

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Is there any file with the .sqm extesion in your mission folder?

rancid imp May 15, 2020, 12:27 AM

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So I go to Missions Folder and it gives me a read.txt

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MPMissions

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None of them say mission.sqm.Mission

late breach May 15, 2020, 12:31 AM

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it looks like your mission.sqm is broken and is missing the Mission class

tame needle May 15, 2020, 12:32 AM

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@rancid imp Is there a file called mission.sqm in your mission folder?

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Or any other file of type sqm?

rancid imp May 15, 2020, 12:33 AM

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In TempMission

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There is sqm files

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Not in Mission

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Sorry not Temp

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MPMission

late breach May 15, 2020, 12:33 AM

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that doesn't matter... your mission.sqm is broken...

rancid imp May 15, 2020, 12:34 AM

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So make a new mission?

late breach May 15, 2020, 12:34 AM

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that probably works best, since something went wrong saving the file or you changed something in it which shouldn't be changed

rancid imp May 15, 2020, 12:35 AM

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I didnt change anything 😦

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But ok I will start a new file

novel epoch May 15, 2020, 1:20 AM

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It almost sounds like wero is looking in his arma mpmission folder and not the profiles or other profiles.

late breach May 15, 2020, 1:21 AM

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or trying to manually write a mission.sqm file 🤔

tame needle May 15, 2020, 1:21 AM

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I didnt change anything 😦
But he didn't change anything

craggy steppe May 15, 2020, 3:27 AM

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To update my mission if I have already published, do I have to republish to steam or is there another way??

vernal brook May 15, 2020, 3:33 AM

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yes

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open publisher, find your addon in the list and just update from there

craggy steppe May 15, 2020, 4:53 AM

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Thanks

frigid dock May 16, 2020, 3:59 PM

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is flyInHeightASL broken? I've tried to use it several times in the past and it never seems like it does anything

cinder holly May 16, 2020, 4:02 PM

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yes

frigid dock May 16, 2020, 4:04 PM

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any alternative way to do what it does?

brazen cape May 16, 2020, 4:06 PM

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What does the ASL version do? I googled it, I don’t understand about scripts on the BI wiki.

frigid dock May 16, 2020, 4:08 PM

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it's supposed to force aircraft to fly at a consistent height ignoring terrain

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right now it'll always try to retain a certain altitude above the ground

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which means if there's hills, it'll go up and down

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even if it's like 2km up

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flyInHeightASL is supposed to make it follow a certain altitude above sea level

brazen cape May 16, 2020, 4:09 PM

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Ohhh ok gotcha.

regal hatch May 17, 2020, 1:06 AM

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Howdy guys

regal hatch May 17, 2020, 1:34 AM

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I’m making a mission based on the al bagdadi raid last year and I want to add the presidential address by trump right after the raid and I’m wondering is there a way to add a clip from the YouTube video as the outro to the mission?

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So everyone disembarks the ch-47s at main base and as there walking of runway the screen fades to black and fades back in to the video

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Is that possible

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?

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Thanks in advance

late breach May 17, 2020, 1:39 AM

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You can have an outro on a (SP?) scenario which fades in/out, although I'm not entirely sure about video's. Those should be possible when embedded in the mission pbo (in ogv format), which means you'll need to get the source file and render it as ogv.

regal hatch May 17, 2020, 1:50 AM

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way out of my pay grade

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and it multiplayer

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*coop

regal hatch May 17, 2020, 3:49 AM

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anybody know if theres a physical ejection seat object i can put in a mission ?

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just found this

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_ejectionItems = [
"B_Ejection_Seat_Plane_Fighter_01_F",
"B_Ejection_Seat_Plane_CAS_01_F",
"O_Ejection_Seat_Plane_CAS_02_F",
"O_Ejection_Seat_Plane_Fighter_02_F",
"I_Ejection_Seat_Plane_Fighter_04_F",
"I_Ejection_Seat_Plane_Fighter_03_F",
"plane_fighter_01_canopy_f",
"plane_fighter_02_canopy_f",
"plane_fighter_03_canopy_f",
"plane_fighter_04_canopy_f",
"Plane_CAS_01_Canopy_f",
"Plane_CAS_02_Canopy_f"
];

^Ejection seats & canopies.

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how would i get these in the eden editor?

astral bloom May 17, 2020, 4:17 AM

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Use create3DENEntity

azure wraith May 17, 2020, 12:54 PM

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Having issues with CfgMissions\MPMissions

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Mission appears in the missions select screen but will not load

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class CfgMissions {
    class MPMissions {
        class ARC_SANDBOX_01 {
            briefingName = "ARC Sandbox: Altis";
            directory = QPATHTOF(MPMissions\arc_sandbox_01.Altis);
        };
    };
};

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that is the current structure

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P:\x\arc_misc\addons\sandbox\MPMissions\arc_sandbox_01.Altis

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that is the current path

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Looking at it in configviewer it shows as this:
directory = "\x\arc_misc\addons\sandbox\MPMissions\arc_sandbox_01.Altis";

tender grail May 17, 2020, 3:24 PM

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Dedi box seems to be 'ignoring' my vanilla medical settings. Trying to set it to basic so I always go unconscious. I've tried both the description.ext and/or setting the eden attributes but I still die outright and get sent to the respawn screen. I'm 99% sure I've missed something simple.

Edit: Hosted MP works fine.

Anyone know why this might be?

frosty breach May 17, 2020, 4:22 PM

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@azure wraith Arma usually doesn't like extra \ on the back left of a file path. e.g. might work with:

"x\arc_misc\addons\sandbox\MPMissions\arc_sandbox_01.Altis";

azure wraith May 17, 2020, 4:27 PM

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Well that was an easy fix

short moss May 17, 2020, 6:02 PM

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Ok have something for mission makers that make missions for a given community. Auto join teamspeak from a link in the briefing

https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/229303-txu_infolinks-briefing-with-external-working-links/

left mountain May 18, 2020, 12:32 AM

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anyone have any experience with BIS_fnc_TO_AS_ShowStaticText? Trying to make a A3 style intro with parallax images, but I keep getting this error whatever I do Error position: <BIS_fnc_TO_AS_ShowStaticText;. I couldnt find any documentation about it whatsoever, and TacOps is still locked so I cannot fully access it and examine the functions.

sterile bane May 18, 2020, 5:30 AM

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Anyone use the civilian modules much? I'm using them to great effect, except one problem- I can't seem to make them flee reliably. They're even being attacked in some cases, and not running away. Any way to force them to be in flee mode full time?

sterile bane May 18, 2020, 5:51 AM

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I tired adding this setBehaviour "COMBAT"; to the module, but there was no change.

azure wraith May 18, 2020, 7:30 AM

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Do you have the "Use Agents" checkbox ticked?

sterile bane May 18, 2020, 8:01 AM

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Tried it with and without that ticked.

cursive jackal May 18, 2020, 4:03 PM

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Hi does anyone know any good tutorials for mission making? I'm trying to make small scale missions

late breach May 18, 2020, 4:35 PM

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Youtube has some good tutorials, even those from 2014-2015 (or even from the Arma 2 era) for the basics. And on the official forums, Reddit and even Steam Guides you can find a lot of information.

vernal brook May 18, 2020, 4:36 PM

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Marcus that is thhe best way to start

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some thinks to keep in the back of your mind:

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break your ideas down to the smallest parts

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the best you can do is to combine various small scripts an such to something larger

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like, make stuff like, find intel piece, on intel piece found, go to area, kill group, do you need to put in a marker on group location? dod you want the intel to be in a random preset spot?

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even the most basic things can be great fun if you spice it up a little

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everything you can think of has been done before and a quick websearch like "arma 3 editor how to XXXXX XXXXX" will show you various examples 🙂

cursive jackal May 18, 2020, 6:07 PM

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thank you very much

restive bane May 19, 2020, 5:33 PM

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what's the thing I'm looking for to make an AI antiaircraft emplacement scan horizon? so that it can identify and shoot aircraft behind it without having the aircraft needing to move in front of its static line of sight?

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specifically AI tied to a ZU-23-2

vernal brook May 19, 2020, 5:36 PM

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if you group it to something looking in that direction that is an ez fix

restive bane May 19, 2020, 5:38 PM

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hmmm so have the ZU-23 crew in addition to a couple squad mates looking different directions?

vernal brook May 19, 2020, 5:42 PM

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place down a squad next to thhe zu

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or a small group

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just a sentry team is enough

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then make some waypoints, make sure the last waypoint is a cycle waypoint and put it next to where you placed the group

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then group thhe zu guys to that group

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not the other way around

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this way the zu team will be last in the squad and thhe otherr group will walk arorund patrollling and firre at the plane when lead spots it

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set the first waypoint to AWARE

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they will constantly be looking for enemies

restive bane May 19, 2020, 5:50 PM

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ok cool. so it relys on the fact that targets are shared instantly through a group. i also tried it with just the zu group and other groups around and it doesn't work which leads me to believe that targets are not shared between groups (or at least delayed significantly in communication)

vernal brook May 19, 2020, 5:51 PM

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to understand how that works, play as the lowest ranking solier in a large group

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send thhem into combat agaainst a lot of enemies

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make sure all helpers are turned on in didfficulty settings

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you will quickly understand how ai works

restive bane May 19, 2020, 6:16 PM

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So I have some AI around that are for filler. They are using animations and such. If I wanted to disable AI calculations for these units to decrease server load, but still want them animated, would I have to disable everything under disableAI or is there a better way?

vernal brook May 19, 2020, 6:18 PM

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that's what I ddo

restive bane May 19, 2020, 6:19 PM

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does it actually help performance for you?

vernal brook May 19, 2020, 6:20 PM

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not that i'd notice but by all reasoning it should

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also use dynamic simulation

restive bane May 19, 2020, 6:21 PM

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i use dynamic simulation as well. but i think the commander is going to be in the base all the time so for base fillers, they won't be disabled

cursive jackal May 19, 2020, 6:54 PM

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Does anyone know how to restrict AI movement to a certain area. Can't find a specific tutorial for it.

restive bane May 19, 2020, 9:06 PM

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how small of an area do you want?

cyan arrow May 19, 2020, 9:06 PM

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Hoping someone could give me a hand. Is there a solution to vehicles exploding because they are placed in the eden editor where a building has been removed with the object hiding modules?

restive bane May 19, 2020, 9:20 PM

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@cyan arrow try setting the module to operate locally. notice how theres that slight delay after loading the mission (like small load screen). thats the server syncing the modules and since vehicle could be spawning first before the hide module is run, then it explodes

cyan arrow May 19, 2020, 9:20 PM

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I've tried that, unfortunately no dice

restive bane May 19, 2020, 9:26 PM

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what about having the vehicle invulnerable that times out with a trigger shortly after server load?

cyan arrow May 19, 2020, 9:27 PM

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I'm not good enough with scripting to do that

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I doubt so, though

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due to vehicles flying into space

restive bane May 19, 2020, 9:28 PM

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still worth a test. let me figure one out

cyan arrow May 19, 2020, 9:28 PM

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I simply think a script to spawn the vehicles or make them actual vehicles instead of simple objects or something would be the best option

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Unfortunately, scripting is not my thing

restive bane May 20, 2020, 2:46 AM

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Any specific thing I can do to keep placed units that have been garrisoned with 3den to stay garrisoned while still in a group without disableAI pathing?

viscid wraith May 20, 2020, 9:35 AM

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Hi guys, I'm trying to edit the factions in KP liberation mission, when I do and repack the PBO, I can't play the mission anymore, when I click play it does nothing, any ideas?

cinder holly May 20, 2020, 9:36 AM

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save with Eden?

viscid wraith May 20, 2020, 9:39 AM

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Can you not just edit the config inside the PBO then restart the mission?

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All I'm trying to do is change like 2 or 3 numbers in the config file and then carry on @cinder holly

cinder holly May 20, 2020, 9:40 AM

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which config file

viscid wraith May 20, 2020, 9:43 AM

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kp_liberation_config.sqf

cinder holly May 20, 2020, 9:43 AM

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and how do you "repack"?

viscid wraith May 20, 2020, 9:45 AM

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So I'm right clicking the pbo, extracting to folder, editing the config, then right clicking on the entire folder, repacking into pbo

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Then I go onto the create server screen, select the play button on the mission and clicking play doesn't work, get no messages or anything

astral bloom May 20, 2020, 9:46 AM

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What program you use?

cinder holly May 20, 2020, 9:47 AM

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save with Eden

viscid wraith May 20, 2020, 9:49 AM

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PBO manager, I figured out what it was though, I needed to resign it

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Thanks for your help Lou

cinder holly May 20, 2020, 9:51 AM

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(and POLPOX)

quartz shoal May 20, 2020, 9:51 AM

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@cyan arrow
May I suggest trying something along the lines of this:

/* execute the code in init.sqf, since the following has global effect we only need to execute it on the server*/
sleep 5; /* Waits until 5 seconds after mission-start. */
vehicle_1 setPos getMarkerPos "marker_1"; /* Places the vehicle at marker_1. Should be placed right on the ground AFAIK.*/

For the marker place an empty marker and note it's variable name. Also in the editor place the vehicle somewhere "safe" from where it will be teleported 😉 .

cinder holly May 20, 2020, 9:52 AM

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```sqf

quartz shoal May 20, 2020, 9:52 AM

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Do I get sqf-markdown that way? 👍

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Nice, thanks Lou. 👌

deep linden May 20, 2020, 6:17 PM

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I'm trying to get a trigger to do the following without luck:
• when opfor & blufor is present = nothing
• when opfor is present, no blufor = nothing
• no opfor, no blufor = nothing
• no opfor, but blufor present = trigger and do XYZ
The only "solution" I found was on Armaholic and it doesn't seem to work. Am I just messing up the two trigger method or is there another way I should be doing it? Thanks in advance.

frosty breach May 20, 2020, 8:17 PM

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@deep linden Off the top of my head:

(if trigger activation is Anybody and type is Present)

(thisList findIf {side _x isEqualTo BLUFOR} != -1) AND 
{thisList findIf {side _x isEqualTo OPFOR} isEqualTo -1}

That in the trigger condition.

EDIT: Made it account for BLUFOR specifically.

hollow gorge May 20, 2020, 11:02 PM

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USA has deployed it's forces in South Asia ! and the civilians are very happy with it but the Dictator is against this Invasion. US has sent a patrol party to a village but it is ambushed by Gov funded militia and South Asian army, they are pinned down and they have attained some causalities and many are injured. They need to be medevacked and and the helicopters can't reach them because large number of enemies. Here US army send's its Most elite armor brigade MECHA. So we reach them in tanks but its a little far and the enemy have dug in defensive positions. Now i have got the task for armor but i need something for helicopters( we don't use planes because it might become too powerful). But by the time we reach the pinned down patrol all of the soldiers have attained martyrdom . ** Any suggestions or new ideas { pm me } **

vernal brook May 20, 2020, 11:05 PM

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Miller comes, and he's super angry he wasn't invited!

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and he has a tank!

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and a small army of darter drones

hollow gorge May 21, 2020, 1:30 AM

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If i attach mines to triigers will they explode when a certain Ai/Person activates that trigger

cyan arrow May 21, 2020, 1:47 AM

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@quartz shoal Thanks for the suggestion, How would I make that work for many vehicles? Do I simply make many markers and variables for the vehicles? Will the vehicles retain their rotation when teleported? Again, thanks

(code for reference)

/* execute the code in init.sqf, since the following has global effect we only need to execute it on the server*/
sleep 5; /* Waits until 5 seconds after mission-start. */
vehicle_1 setPos getMarkerPos "marker_1"; /* Places the vehicle at marker_1. Should be placed right on the ground AFAIK.*/

tranquil wigeon May 21, 2020, 5:00 AM

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@hollow gorge mines should explode when someone gets near them regardless of the trigger, but i'm sure with a bit of scripting you could have one of those detonate them as well

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without scripting im not certain

hollow gorge May 21, 2020, 6:28 AM

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I don't know scripting can you help

quartz shoal May 21, 2020, 1:05 PM

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@cyan arrow I'm a bit unfamiliar with this myself but in this case it might be better for us to use setVehiclePosition as it has a parameter allowing us to avoid collision. 😅

{this setVehiclePosition [getMarkerPos "marker_1", [], 20, "NONE"]} forEach [v1, v2, v3, v4];

This should probably do the trick. Do note that this will place the vehicles randomly in a circle from "marker_1" with a radius of 20 metres. The setting "none" is choosen as an alternative to the two "CAN_COLLIDE" or "FLY", as I assume we are dealing land vehicles. 😉 In regards to retaining orientation, the wiki leads me to believe that objects do retain orientation. https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVehiclePosition

Disclaimer: If you just want to place the vehicles in a field or on an airstrip the above is probably among the easiest solutions to implement, but if you want them neatly placed in formation I'm afraid you might have place vehicles individually as you said: So essentially a setPos per vehicle.
Hope my very limited experience with .sqf and Arma gave you any help 👍

sly hare May 21, 2020, 1:07 PM

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Is 11mb big for a mission? i got a bunch of images and a slideshow

quartz shoal May 21, 2020, 1:08 PM

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I'd say so, I've heard plenty of people complain about 700kb 😉

vernal brook May 21, 2020, 1:10 PM

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naahh

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it's not

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chuck some voice acting in there and it gets much larger

quartz shoal May 21, 2020, 1:13 PM

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Out of the 202 missions in my MPMissionsCache four of them are above 10mb, so I'd argue that it's big. But not necesarily too big.

vernal brook May 21, 2020, 1:16 PM

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my smallest is 2mb

sinful rampart May 21, 2020, 1:18 PM

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besides time needed to download (Which you can improve), I don't see any problem with that

vernal brook May 21, 2020, 2:08 PM

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ppl who complain about mission file size can stick to single objective s&d missions without any immersive qualities :)

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meanwhile everyone else can enjoy nice things like voices and other artwork included :P

sly hare May 21, 2020, 2:24 PM

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whats s&d?

vernal brook May 21, 2020, 2:29 PM

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search and destroy

sly hare May 21, 2020, 2:35 PM

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boring lol

quartz shoal May 21, 2020, 3:15 PM

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I'm all for immersion, ACE-slideshows, and playSound3D. I just advise people to think about their friends with poor connections. 😉

tame needle May 21, 2020, 3:16 PM

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You can alsways make a custom addons that includes all the resources, keeps the mission file small

frosty breach May 21, 2020, 3:16 PM

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I've taken to just making datapack mods.

cinder holly May 21, 2020, 3:28 PM

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Just don't pack mods you did not make 👀

tame needle May 21, 2020, 3:29 PM

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not only mods, respect the copyright of images aswell as music!

vernal brook May 21, 2020, 3:29 PM

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lou means moderators

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don't pack the moderators, it becomes cramped and uncomfortable for them in pbos xD

hollow gorge May 21, 2020, 10:59 PM

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So i made a large campaign type thing where there are 5-6 missions, is there a way i can make enemy units used in other missions which i m not doing disappear or don't move, so it doesn't burden cpu

cinder holly May 21, 2020, 11:18 PM

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If this is really made as a campaign (with a description.ext and everything) missions are loaded/unloaded one by one, they do not "overlap" @hollow gorge

hollow gorge May 21, 2020, 11:49 PM

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"Type thing". I have madr 25 missions for a story and i don't know how will i load them one by one or i can just place all the missions together in a map

cinder holly May 22, 2020, 12:14 AM

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you can create each of them separately, and "assemble" them with a description.ext
See https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Campaign_Description.ext @hollow gorge

Campaign Description.ext

hollow gorge May 22, 2020, 12:45 AM

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Tganks

cinder holly May 22, 2020, 8:38 AM

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Icy dead people

vernal brook May 22, 2020, 12:54 PM

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all the time @cinder holly ?

cinder holly May 22, 2020, 1:16 PM

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around the Titanic mostly @vernal brook

cinder holly May 22, 2020, 8:32 PM

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@fast hull Star Wars mods are illegal, and so is discussion about anything related.

fast hull May 22, 2020, 8:32 PM

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Oh

tranquil wigeon May 22, 2020, 9:32 PM

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wait what

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i can vaguely see why the mods would be illegal but why discussing them

vernal brook May 22, 2020, 9:50 PM

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cause that would be kin to encouraging them?

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and at worst promoting them and stolen things

tranquil wigeon May 23, 2020, 2:11 AM

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i mean why are the mods even illegal

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is it a copyright issue or stolen assets or what

late breach May 23, 2020, 2:12 AM

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because they break copyright laws...

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although that's more a question for #other_ip_topics

tranquil wigeon May 23, 2020, 2:14 AM

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i still don't see any issue with helping someone with their zeus op

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it being star wars is just a side detail anyways and there's not even that much reason to believe that what he's using would be relevant to copyright law

late breach May 23, 2020, 2:15 AM

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I do see a problem helping someone who is using stolen content... just as a car mechanic wouldn't fix your broken car if he knows it's stolen 🤔

tranquil wigeon May 23, 2020, 2:16 AM

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if it's copyrighted that's entirely different from something being stolen anyways

tame needle May 23, 2020, 2:16 AM

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using copyrighted material is still theft

tranquil wigeon May 23, 2020, 2:16 AM

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assuming that whatever he's using is copyrighted

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and for that matter wouldn't fall under fair use

late breach May 23, 2020, 2:17 AM

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Star Wars belongs to Disney, and they forbid any usage outside of their production... so illegal in all possible ways

tranquil wigeon May 23, 2020, 2:17 AM

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@fast hull i'll pm you with some stuff on how to set up zeus on maps that don't have a scenario already

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also disney is not the US government and its word is not law

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fair use still applies to disney's property

late breach May 23, 2020, 2:19 AM

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Copyright Laws are followed by the US government (or any government).
And Fair Use still doesn't mean breaking copyright laws... The fact that people don't know what Fair Use means doesn't make it legal...

tranquil wigeon May 23, 2020, 2:20 AM

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once again disney cannot override us fair use law

tame needle May 23, 2020, 2:20 AM

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What is Fair Use of litteraly implementig battlefront in arma? You arn't transforming the IP in anyway.

tranquil wigeon May 23, 2020, 2:21 AM

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so if this star wars mod was non-commercial (which im assuming was the issue of some prominent one) and isn't part of the arma 3 base game it should reasonably fall under fair use

late breach May 23, 2020, 2:21 AM

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negative

tranquil wigeon May 23, 2020, 2:21 AM

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and i highly doubt 100% of star wars mods for arma completely implement an entirely separate game into the arma 3 engine

tame needle May 23, 2020, 2:24 AM

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🤦 That is not what is being said, either way, using someones IP with out transformation (e.g reviews or complete redraws using the IP only as an inspiration) is copyright infringement and is procecutible under US and EU law as theft.

fleet steppe May 23, 2020, 8:44 AM

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I have a Warlords mission that works perfectly in the editor and even when launched from my PC but when I put it on my server it doesn't work (all normal objects get spawned as usual but none of the modules are there/work). I tired launching a standart warlords mission on from the server and that worked fine leading me to the assumption that there's something in my warlords mode that is causeing the problem (strangely only one the server and not when launched from my PC or in the editor).

If someone with more knowledge could take a look at it and maybe find whatever is causeing the error, that would be awesome. Please DM me if you could be able to help.

lethal jacinth May 23, 2020, 2:21 PM

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Hello, guys! Anyone knows worthy "Crowd" animations? For the demonstrations, protests etc

restive bane May 23, 2020, 3:56 PM

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like cheering, pitchforking, making fists etc?

upbeat osprey May 23, 2020, 5:22 PM

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The only animations I can think of for that stuff is in POLPOX Artwork Supporter
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1341387001

But they might just be poses and not useable for any missions.
@lethal jacinth

lethal jacinth May 23, 2020, 5:27 PM

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thanks, i also have found good arma 2 animation pack https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=475097974

true burrow May 24, 2020, 1:59 PM

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Hey, does anybody know if it's possible to have a custom launcher that when pressed on "Play" will instantly load and play a custom scenario/mission, without actually needing you to select a scenario?

astral bloom May 24, 2020, 2:04 PM

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playMission or playScriptedMission I believe

true burrow May 24, 2020, 2:11 PM

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Yeah, it's playMission, cheers @astral bloom

tribal belfry May 24, 2020, 5:09 PM

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Are the Old Man mission modules MP compatible?

sinful rampart May 24, 2020, 5:10 PM

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They were built for a singleplayer mission, so most likely not

tribal belfry May 24, 2020, 5:19 PM

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ok thnx

autumn stone May 24, 2020, 7:08 PM

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I have a Warlords mission that works perfectly in the editor and even when launched from my PC but when I put it on my server it doesn't work (all normal objects get spawned as usual but none of the modules are there/work). I tired launching a standart warlords mission on from the server and that worked fine leading me to the assumption that there's something in my warlords mode that is causeing the problem (strangely only one the server and not when launched from my PC or in the editor).

If someone with more knowledge could take a look at it and maybe find whatever is causeing the error, that would be awesome. Please DM me if you could be able to help.
@fleet steppe

Did you have mods running in the editor? If so, the server needs to be running the same mods. That’s a good place to start.

fleet steppe May 24, 2020, 7:29 PM

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@autumn stone Nope, no mods just plain old warlords with more sectors...

autumn stone May 24, 2020, 8:06 PM

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@autumn stone Nope, no mods just plain old warlords with more sectors...
@fleet steppe

What modules are you using? Have you verified they are MP useable?

fleet steppe May 24, 2020, 9:11 PM

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@autumn stone It's quite a list but whenever I tried the mission in the 3DEN editor in multiplayer or launched it from my PC in multiplayer everything worked.

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@autumn stone Whenever I start my Warlords mission in 3DEN editor (singleplayer) I get the following error message:

_owned = _sectorsListed # 0;
_available = _sector...'
Error Undefined variable in expression: _sectorslisted```and in the log-file it says```14:07:55 Error in expression <rsArray%1", side group _this];
_owned = _sectorsListed # 0;
_available = _sector>
14:07:55   Error position: <_sectorsListed # 0;
_available = _sector>
14:07:55   Error Undefined variable in expression: _sectorslisted```but after a few seconds it disappears and the mission works just fine.

tough moon May 24, 2020, 11:52 PM

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If the mission works fine and it doesn't effect the game, then its an error in the function and can be ignored for your use, might be worth reporting it, only if its the BIS fncs though

fleet steppe May 25, 2020, 10:07 AM

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@tough moon The thing is it doesn't effect the mission while played in the editor or launched from my PC but when I put it on my server it doesn't work at all.

tough moon May 25, 2020, 10:16 AM

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Then whatever you're using, scripts or modules, arent mp compatible

cinder holly May 25, 2020, 10:17 AM

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*affect, both of you 👀

fleet steppe May 25, 2020, 11:45 AM

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@tough moon But why does it work when I play it in multiplayer in the editor or laumch it as a multiplayer mission from my PC?

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@cinder holly I don't understand what you mean. Can you explain?

tough moon May 25, 2020, 11:47 AM

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We both used the wrong affect/effect

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A instad of E

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In the editor you're the server and client

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in the dedicated server

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you're the client

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The code is running on server only atm

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so you never see the affect

cinder holly May 25, 2020, 11:48 AM

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the effect 😁

tough moon May 25, 2020, 11:49 AM

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😛

cinder holly May 25, 2020, 11:49 AM

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ez way: effect is a noun, affect is a verb 😉

tough moon May 25, 2020, 11:49 AM

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Dude i'm British and still don't know 😅

cinder holly May 25, 2020, 11:49 AM

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schooled by a frog, my my what a bad day 😂

tough moon May 25, 2020, 11:49 AM

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hahaha

torn iris May 25, 2020, 11:49 AM

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Affect/Effect, a battle that has affected people for centuries

tough moon May 25, 2020, 11:49 AM

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Go wave the white flag somewhere kekw

fleet steppe May 25, 2020, 11:50 AM

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I am not but my English teacher would probably still kill me if she knew about this... XD

torn iris May 25, 2020, 11:50 AM

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But yeah that problem sounds like its caused by being when on a dedicated server.

tough moon May 25, 2020, 11:50 AM

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remind me again, its warlords or something right?

torn iris May 25, 2020, 11:50 AM

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So I'd just go through and see what might cause issues where the server knows something but clients don't.

fleet steppe May 25, 2020, 11:51 AM

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@tough moon But you can play Warlords on a server (I put a standard Warlords mission on it and it worked) so how do I fix this?

tough moon May 25, 2020, 11:51 AM

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It needs to be setup properly

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_MP_Warlords

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Read this

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A quick 2 second glance looks like it shows you how to set it up

fleet steppe May 25, 2020, 11:56 AM

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@tough moon I read it before and I am quite sure it set it up exactly as shown but I'll double check.

tough moon May 25, 2020, 11:57 AM

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Double check, then try again

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But i'm sure that it would have been reported if that guide was outdated. I mean, warlords isn't that old so I doubt very much the guide is wrong 👍

fleet steppe May 26, 2020, 8:17 AM

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@tough moon @autumn stone @torn iris Thank you very much everyone. I found the error. The problem was that I linked the Warlords Init module with the Warlords Base modules because I had seen it in a Video. I am quite certain that this is what caused the error. The thing was that in the 3DEN editor, when I launched the mission directly from my PC as well as when I joined the server while the mission .pbo was in my MPMissions folder the error appears to have been fixed "on the fly" but when I joined the server without the original mission .pbo file im my MPMissions folder like every other player would the error caused the mission to be virtually nonexistent.

So special thanks to you, @tough moon since double checking the bistudio wiki page of the Warlords game mode, reading through it carefully step by step and looking at one of the default Warlords mission let to the discovering and solving the error.

(PS: I hope I don't get a warning for posting this message in here since it's strictly speaking not about mission making but I thought I should thank them to keep them going because they are doing an amazing job helping people out. On the other hand this message also includes the solution to my mission related problem so if anyone else has a similar error reading about what caused it in my mission might help them to find it in theirs so this might belong in here after all.)

autumn stone May 26, 2020, 8:19 AM

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Hey glad you found it. It’s always a small detail. I about gave up once over a semicolon! Cheers

cinder holly May 26, 2020, 8:23 AM

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@fleet steppe you are now perma-banned.

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j/k, good job ^^

tough moon May 26, 2020, 8:30 AM

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Hey no problem man! 😁

cinder holly May 26, 2020, 8:31 AM

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better have the "here is the solution" message than "it's OK guys, I got it working" and nothing else 😄

tough moon May 26, 2020, 8:49 AM

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Hahahah

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The one that gets me is: Here is my problem, someone else come up with a solution

restive bane May 26, 2020, 9:33 PM

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what settings do you like to keep your dynamic simulation at?

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do you like the default settings?

cinder holly May 26, 2020, 9:36 PM

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it depends on the mission settings and terrain, actually
are you on an aerial vehicle at some point or do you only have ground action, etc

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forest vs urban vs valleys

restive bane May 26, 2020, 9:38 PM

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its more open. my players have a heli to use. currently populating bases away from the AO so that they activate if my players just decide to go WAY out there for no reason (so they shoot them down). so i guess it doesn't really matter. I just don't like creating a kill zone w/ warning wall around an AO, takes away from the immersiveness.

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would a 2k distance be good for valley infantry that is open? or maybe 1k?

cinder holly May 26, 2020, 9:52 PM

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I can't tell specifically, it really belongs to the eye of the mission maker
Also note that view distance can vary depending on the server

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the Dynamic Simulation also varies depending on the vehicle type / movement (there is a wiki page, but I am not on my computer rn)

restive bane May 26, 2020, 9:54 PM

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yeah i was looking at that. you can add multipliers based on movement.

restive bane May 26, 2020, 11:20 PM

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Is Moving Multiplies the entity activation distance by set value if the entity is moving (default: 2x).

Is this for the waking unit or the disabled unit?

late breach May 26, 2020, 11:28 PM

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it's a modifier for the activation distance, so the multiplier will kick in if the entity (disabled) is "dynamically" moving (eg. a patrolling infantry group, or jet over the AO)

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at least that is how I understand it

restive bane May 26, 2020, 11:29 PM

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hmmmm mk

late breach May 26, 2020, 11:30 PM

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further on the page it has this note:

Vehicles in the open are fine. If you set Is Moving to some higher values, like x2 or even x3 you can quite seriously lower the activation distance for vehicles, to lets say 512m. If they are static they will look fine, player won't see the activation transition. When they will move, the activation distance will be with x3 multiplier 1536m.

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so I believe it will trigger the activation (with multiplier) when the simulation thinks the vehicle should move

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it will only wake up when in range, not when you shoot near it

restive bane May 26, 2020, 11:33 PM

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even if said target takes damage

late breach May 26, 2020, 11:35 PM

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it will be disabled completely when not in range, even when you drop long-range artillery on it

restive bane May 26, 2020, 11:36 PM

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hmmmm almost would be better to make a trigger area that enables/disables AI rather than simulation in that case

late breach May 26, 2020, 11:36 PM

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technically it's just a massive trigger

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although the benefit is that is disables simulation, which in AI heavy missions will help server FPS (and therefor lag on clients) to stay low

restive bane May 26, 2020, 11:37 PM

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wouldn't disabling all the AI categories offload as well?

late breach May 26, 2020, 11:39 PM

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simulation (which is included in props, statics, buildings, vehicles, etc. as well) always takes FPS, because even if you disable FSM on AI, all the scripts and stuff will still run in the background.

restive bane May 27, 2020, 12:26 AM

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just a quick question, if blufor and indie are allies, can weapons see each other's laser designators?

sly hare May 27, 2020, 1:51 PM

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I edited the loadout of a specific Opfor unit and i specifically gave him clothing choice because he is supposed to be some sort of target, but when i commence the mission he has some random gear on

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this unit is from "Islamic State" from the project Opfor mod

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i press apply in the bottom right aswell while modifying him

cinder holly May 27, 2020, 1:57 PM

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yep, this is due to BI randomisation

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(facewear/headgear)

vernal brook May 27, 2020, 2:01 PM

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in armory, save loadout

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then you can execute the sqf after mission is loaded in the script

green zodiac May 28, 2020, 11:44 AM

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I'm trying to play a sound globally when someone interacts with an object, but i'm failing miserably. I've seen on the wiki that i need to use remoteExec for it to work, but i dont know how to incorporate it into this script:
this addAction["<t color='#0000FF'>Play Sound</t>", {_soundPath = [(str missionConfigFile), 0, -15] call BIS_fnc_trimString;
_soundToPlay = _soundPath + "sounds\sound.ogg";
playSound3D [_soundToPlay, radio, false, getPos radio, 10, 1, 0]];}];
Can anybody help out?

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It only plays locally for the person who interacts with it

sinful rampart May 28, 2020, 11:47 AM

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[(str missionConfigFile), 0, -15] call BIS_fnc_trimString;
no.

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

green zodiac May 28, 2020, 11:52 AM

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Alright, I changed that

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But i still dont have the sound global

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Would execVM work?

cinder holly May 28, 2020, 12:01 PM

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this addAction[
  "<t color='#0000FF'>Play Sound</t>",
  {
    playSound3D [
      getMissionPath "sounds\sound.ogg",
      radio,
      false,
      getPos radio,
      10,
      1,
      0
    ]
  }
];

But: you cannot remoteExec playSound3D easily as filepath could change.

better define a CfgSounds, the sound in it and use playSound

sinful rampart May 28, 2020, 12:02 PM

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getMissionPath +
no 😢 wiki

cinder holly May 28, 2020, 12:02 PM

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true

hollow prairie May 29, 2020, 7:45 AM

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Hey guys, can someone tell me how i can stop the "HQ" from spawning? For me they spawn with a unit attached to it and that even though i placed survivors for each side so they wouldnt spawn (i thought they spawn only if there is no other unit from that side around)

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Talking about these dudes: https://i.imgur.com/GwbPRlF.jpg

cinder holly May 29, 2020, 7:49 AM

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centers are automatically created in Arma 3

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If you are talking about Zeus, no idea

hollow prairie May 29, 2020, 7:50 AM

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yeah but they spawn with an infantry unit. That is actually kinda killing my mission cause i want a new wave to start when all enemies are dead. But the HQ dudes count as enemies. And i cant have a guy swim to 0,0,0 😄

cinder holly May 29, 2020, 7:51 AM

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go there and kill him!

Which game mode? Zeus? Any scripts? Mods? Pangolins?

hollow prairie May 29, 2020, 7:52 AM

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A LOT of scripts, and mods are CBA, Ace, Acex, TFAR and BWMod. But i wrote the scripts and nowhere am i spawning a unit (at least not at that point in the mission).

cinder holly May 29, 2020, 7:52 AM

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¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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maybe some mods create them!

hollow prairie May 29, 2020, 7:53 AM

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Okay. Then i´ll just put a marker over that area and kill everything inside at game start. That should work...

cinder holly May 29, 2020, 7:54 AM

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…but may break things 🙃

hollow prairie May 29, 2020, 8:00 AM

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Well i killed them with Zeus for a long time now and never noticed strange behaviour. So i´m gonna assume that i can savely do that. Cause i cant just account for them in the code as they sometimes like to drown. So i cant just +1 them in the scripts.

cinder holly May 29, 2020, 8:01 AM

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no, but maybe put the units you want to account for in an array (instead of direct allUnits)

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not mandatory though

hollow prairie May 29, 2020, 8:05 AM

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That would be an option but quite a big rewrite... so i am gonna put that off until i notice some unwanted behaviour from killing them 😄

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Thanks for the help though

fleet steppe May 29, 2020, 9:39 AM

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Which corpse manager mode (garbage collection) would you recommend for a large multiplayer Warlords mission on Altis with ~115 sectors (some large one's included)? Also what happens to the units that are not managed by the manager?

cinder holly May 29, 2020, 9:44 AM

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mode?

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@fleet steppe
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext#wreckManagerMode ?

fleet steppe May 29, 2020, 9:50 AM

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@cinder holly Yes, which one of those is the best to have bodies laying aroud but still get rid of them before they start impacting the server performance to much?

cinder holly May 29, 2020, 9:52 AM

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well the description makes it pretty much clear?

use corpseManagerMode and wreckManagerMode to your will, depending on what respawns, what doesn't, etc

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it's corpseLimit/wreckLimit that maybe would be an issue if you kept them too high

fleet steppe May 29, 2020, 9:59 AM

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@cinder holly So if I have it on 2 (only units that respawn) all the AI corpses from the sector garrisons will lay around indefinitely?

cinder holly May 29, 2020, 10:00 AM

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yeah, if those AI are not set to respawn

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a good AI is a dead one, CPU-wise

fleet steppe May 29, 2020, 10:05 AM

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@cinder holly So it's best to set it to all to avoid slow servers and too high RAM?

cinder holly May 29, 2020, 10:07 AM

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if you kill an AI, you already decrease CPU usage
if you clean up after, you decrease RAM usage (and slightly the CPU)

fleet steppe May 29, 2020, 10:08 AM

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I wish I knew the setting on the official Warlords servers...

cinder holly May 29, 2020, 10:08 AM

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if your server cannot run well the mission at first, it will be better to delete everything

but the server shouldn't run the mission to begin with 😅

fleet steppe May 29, 2020, 10:09 AM

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@cinder holly Please elaborate.

cinder holly May 29, 2020, 10:10 AM

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your server runs the mission - uses 50% CPU, 50% RAM
you kill a unit = -1 AI
45% CPU, 50% RAM

you delete the corpse = -1 body
45%CPU, 45% RAM

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the main risk is having respawned unit corpse__s__ accumulating again and again and again
if you avoid that, it's 99% problems avoided

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because +1 corpse +1 corpse +1 corpse +1 corpse etc

fleet steppe May 29, 2020, 10:11 AM

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@cinder holly My problem was/is that after some time the sector garrisons would spawn very slowly (like between one and three people every 30 seconds or so) and later they wouldn't spawn at all leaving the sectors completely empty...

cinder holly May 29, 2020, 10:11 AM

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they wouldn't spawn
wanted behaviour?

fleet steppe May 29, 2020, 10:15 AM

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@cinder holly No, defiantly not. When a side first targets a sector a sector garrison is meant to spawn (the number of AI relative to the sector size). The problem I had was that you targeted a sector for the first time but no AI would spawn at all and you could just walk in, take it and proceed to the next sector where the same thing would happen...

cinder holly May 29, 2020, 10:16 AM

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I don't think it is a performance issue, more like a group limit issue

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and you are telling me they don't respawn, then you tell me they (re?)spawn? thonk

fleet steppe May 29, 2020, 10:19 AM

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@cinder holly The sector garrison only spawns once when the sector is targeted for th first time and (if taken by either BLUFOR or OPFOR) another sector garrison (from the side that owns it) will be spawned once the other side targets it for the first time...

cinder holly May 29, 2020, 10:20 AM

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ok - so non-respawnable units, but createUnit'ed

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mode = 2 for corpse removal, else bodies will pile up indeed

fleet steppe May 29, 2020, 10:21 AM

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@cinder holly Ok, thanks.

hollow gorge May 29, 2020, 10:44 PM

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How can i make the ai's move when players reach a certain point, Like when i reach a city and an enemy convoy starts moving

cinder holly May 29, 2020, 10:47 PM

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synchronised waypoints, trigger, or scripting

hollow gorge May 30, 2020, 5:22 AM

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No i know i can make it work with triggers but i was trying it out and i m like using it wrong or something

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We connect the trigger with the move marker or the vehicle

autumn stone May 30, 2020, 8:50 AM

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Set a trigger with condition to Bluefor Present, execute the convoy script in the trigger.

If your convoy is an AI group and you aren’t using a script (good luck with a convoy) , sync trigger to the move point.

Convoys in ARMA are notorious for issues.

main pelican May 30, 2020, 6:32 PM

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Certain player slots have loadouts in their init. Whenever someone connects, the kits of the other people are doubled and so on as more people connect. How do I prevent this. Lmk if you need to see the config

cinder holly May 30, 2020, 6:46 PM

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@main pelican
1/ don't use init fields for this (it's run every time someone connects)
2/ surround your code with ```sqf
if (isServer) then {
/* your code */
};

night ridge May 30, 2020, 6:49 PM

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working on a single-squad op for my group
does anyone know what the lambs danger waypoints allow you to do?

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garrison, camp, and patrol in particular

summer badger May 30, 2020, 6:52 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/user/kalenderken this is the YT channel of the Lambs creator, he explains everything in his videos

night ridge May 30, 2020, 6:53 PM

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thanks

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i've already got a basic trigger thing set up and working
when the squad engages a checkpoint early on in the op, a truck will drive in from a nearby town to reinforce the small group at the checkpoint

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there's only 4 at the checkpoint itself, with no medic, so the players will probably clear out most, if not all before the truck gets there

main pelican May 30, 2020, 7:24 PM

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So,

if (isServer) then {
this add etc etc arsenal export
this add etc
this . . . .
};

@cinder holly Whereabouts should I put the code instead of the init on the unit(s)?

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There's ~50 slots with different kits on them in their init fields

summer badger May 30, 2020, 7:26 PM

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Why not play dress-up in the Virtual Arsenal? With the copy loadout (if you're using ace) you can easily copy and paste and make slight adjustments

sinful rampart May 30, 2020, 7:26 PM

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2/ surround your code with
usually "local this" is better

cinder holly May 30, 2020, 7:27 PM

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not in the case of deco/reconnection

main pelican May 30, 2020, 7:27 PM

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@summer badger The kits used to come from a scroll wheel box which loads stuff onto them. Because there i so many, I'ts 10x easier to edit the contents of the kit via config

sinful rampart May 30, 2020, 7:28 PM

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i only runs once (which is what you want) but you don't need to worry about locality/global commands, because you know its local

main pelican May 30, 2020, 7:28 PM

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Because of the stage my unit is at, I'd like the kits to load directly onto them instead of the box.

sinful rampart May 30, 2020, 7:28 PM

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As you say

hoping your code has a global effect, since it will be run only from the server

main pelican May 30, 2020, 7:29 PM

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I'll play around with it Dedmen and Lou, thanks for help 👍

sinful rampart May 30, 2020, 7:29 PM

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Who is Dedman?

main pelican May 30, 2020, 7:29 PM

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😳

cinder holly May 30, 2020, 7:31 PM

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Dedman is a unit of Dedmen; a Dedmen is a flock of Dedman!

sharp axle May 30, 2020, 9:04 PM

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Anybody have a idea/way of having a rifle sit on the ground with it's flashlight still active?

sharp axle May 30, 2020, 9:31 PM

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The only thing I can think of is making a light source, but I don't think you can make spotlight setups that way?

cinder holly May 30, 2020, 9:35 PM

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nope, just a "lightbulb" type of light, not a flashlight unfortunately

late breach May 30, 2020, 9:45 PM

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didn't the Contact DLC added coned reflectors to the editor?

sharp axle May 30, 2020, 9:59 PM

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Oh snap your right.

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literally listed as "Light Cone" as well 😄

sly hare May 30, 2020, 11:02 PM

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Quick question, today for the first time i played my Operation with my Unit, i put some pictures into the game that really aided me in my Briefing, they worked perfectly fine during my tests in the Editor and they worked fine for my friend who i sent it to aswell, but when hosted on the server, there was a large amount of data loaded when loading in for the first time, but when you finally spawned in it said "cant find "name of specific picture file"" and every single image i placed down in the editor had been replaced by their default texture

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We didnt have time to troubleshoot so i had to start the OP that way and i was upset i didnt get to show off the cool pictures and such

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Is there a reason why this didnt work, because it worked on both my PC and on that of a friends

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Other than that the Operation went great but they had some trouble ID'ing the target because i couldnt show a picture of the target

rocky carbon May 30, 2020, 11:29 PM

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you probably wrote the path wrong way.

sly hare May 30, 2020, 11:38 PM

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like i said it showed up perfectly in the editor

autumn stone May 31, 2020, 12:13 AM

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Assuming you had a folder in the mission file with the images? And this was pbo’d and uploaded to your server? Or was this a self-hosted op?

sly hare May 31, 2020, 12:33 AM

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yes, it had its own folder called "Pictures", but according to the friend who uploads it to the server, our missions do not get pbo'd to the server

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@autumn stone

rocky carbon May 31, 2020, 12:36 AM

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missions are pbod before putting them on the server I suppose

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also if you have a C:\something_path\to\misssion\folder\textures\thingy.paa it might work locally but not on server

late breach May 31, 2020, 12:40 AM

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missions are not required to be pbo-ed on a server, although I remember something about images in mission which do require to be in a pbo.

sly hare May 31, 2020, 1:06 AM

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I put the images into a folder inside of the mission folder so i only have to write "Picturesfolder\texture.jpg" in the appropriate place, that way all included images are inside of the mission folder

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I will test it out tomorrow with the mission pbo'd to see if that works

summer badger May 31, 2020, 1:07 AM

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All I know is that in a Lambs+VCom AI combo I managed to get an AI A-10 and 2 Apaches to come to support a group with actual rockets and missiles and I'm super happy

strange river May 31, 2020, 4:09 AM

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i dont use vcom anymore, ai seem kinda dumb and suicidal

sharp axle May 31, 2020, 11:28 PM

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So I'm trying to make a APC go backwards into a wall. But SendSimpleCommand doesn't seem to work beyond reaching it.

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Is there something I missing with how the AI interacts with those commands?

bold zenith Jun 1, 2020, 12:59 AM

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Hey anyone know how to get building destruction to work properly on a dedicated server? For example using the edit terrain object module in editor works fine in testing, but on my dedicated for some reason there is the damaged/destroyed building, but an undamaged building spawns on top of this so there are 2 buildings spawned inside eachother. Not sure how I get them to sync up. Or some other method to destroy specific buildings that would work would be appreciated as well, I've tried googling and can't find anything on this topic.

deep knoll Jun 1, 2020, 8:38 AM

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Useful script for those mission makers that want to have alot of enemies

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https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/229503-release-grid-caching-system-gcs/

sly hare Jun 1, 2020, 1:33 PM

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Could anybody point me to a tutorial that will show me how to add music to my mission? basically i just want a small radio player that plays a couple songs on loop at the spawn

deep knoll Jun 1, 2020, 1:55 PM

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Check my Compilations Masterlist https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/229297-all-arma3-compilations-masterlist/ Might be a tutorial or guide amongst one of the complilations, maybe the one for the editor may have one.

tame sage Jun 1, 2020, 10:01 PM

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@sly hare You want to look up PlaySound3D and how to add cfgsounds to a description.ext . There's several tutorials online with those keywords. Be aware that the syntax is... Very rigid!

sly hare Jun 1, 2020, 10:01 PM

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wdym by rigid?

tame sage Jun 1, 2020, 10:03 PM

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I mean that the game accepts no alternative syntax for those things, and if something is wrong it will not give an error message. So you have to write it exactly correct.

cinder holly Jun 1, 2020, 10:04 PM

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it's a syntax, it is to be respected yes 😛

inner belfry Jun 1, 2020, 10:06 PM

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Hello! I'm trying to find all of the gear classnames from the following mod to add them to a custom KP-Liberation arsenal":

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1496363537

Is there a way for me to export all classnames for every uniform, vest, backpack, etc. to a clipboard and/or some sort of text file? I found this, but can't get it to work:

https://gist.github.com/Wolfenswan/82eb0019f2f3b0319ead
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

tame sage Jun 1, 2020, 10:21 PM

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At risk of overkill, what I mean with no alternative syntax is that PlaySound3D isn't as flexible as, say select :

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

And often the error/typo in your object init, script file, or description.ext results in the same outcome: no sound played in the mission, without a helpful error. It's just a bit tedious the first time you do it.

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@sly hare Here's two links that explain step by step:

https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/159171-how-to-integrate-custom-sound-files-in-missions/

http://ofp.toadlife.net/downloads/tutorials/tutorial_sound/tutorial_sound.html#step 1

sly hare Jun 1, 2020, 10:22 PM

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will that play the music from objects

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like you know, a radio

tame sage Jun 1, 2020, 10:25 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/playSound3D

"Description: Plays positional sound with given filename on every computer on network."

soft rover Jun 1, 2020, 10:43 PM

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Trying to get the ammo classnames of a turret

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command for this?

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if there is one

signal coral Jun 1, 2020, 11:00 PM

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Hey everyone,

I have an open question. I want to include humanitarian workers in a COOP mission (along with "regular" soldiers). The major difference being that the humanitarian players can't use weapons or carry heavy gear.

I am thinking of an elegant way to removing this part of gameplay. All I can come up with is a tedious check of the players backpackItems , uniformItems , and vestItems with a long array of classnames, with subsequent removeItemFromBackpack . But this seems inefficient, and it will probably irritate players in that they can pick up items that disappear from their inventory.

Ideally the players would not be able to interact with weapons at all. However things like removeAction only work with user added actions, not default ones (such as take).

Anyone have any ideas? Or is there a better way of removing gunplay from particular players?

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hiho, is there any reason why only the leader of my squad is entering buildings with waypoints? i set up me as subordinate in a squad. and i miss the buildings positions in 2D Editor. you could choose them... meowhuh

dusty lion Jun 2, 2020, 12:35 PM

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Anyone know if theres an MSO out there for arma 3? Just like ace3 no alive mod? Dying to play some clafghan MSO like the good old days and there dosent seem to be one 😦

summer badger Jun 2, 2020, 11:25 PM

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@signal coral I was wondering the same thing, but my solution will be that if they carry a weapon, they will become targets. https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/hasWeapon

dark fern Jun 3, 2020, 12:25 AM

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Hey guys, can addaction and setObjectTexture be used in conjunction with one another?

I.e. this addaction ["Show Slide", "slidescreen showObjectTextureGlobal [0, "slide1.paa"];];

And if so what would be the correct way to write it out? Im pretty sure thats not right above haha

tame sage Jun 3, 2020, 2:04 PM

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@dark fern you wouldn't happen to be making a slideshow script, would you? 😅

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@summer badger thanks. Although in my scenario, the humanitarian workers are the target. Will ask elsewhere.

dark fern Jun 3, 2020, 8:40 PM

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@tame sage Haha, sort of ... I find the addaction 'action' to be a little easier to use than the ACE Slideshow UI

plush plover Jun 3, 2020, 11:32 PM

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i have a problem here i need help with
i have a police mission triggers set up and all but one thing is missing.... dialogue. I cant for the life of me how to add dialogue. i want to have a simple back and forth.

They move to a trigger task complete.
player: bla bla bla
dispatch: bla vbla vla
player: bla vla vla

trigger
bla
bla
bla
how do i make that happen?

summer badger Jun 4, 2020, 1:58 AM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KapzuebsbDg a video every mission maker should watch

wild zenith Jun 4, 2020, 5:05 AM

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oh yeah, watch that three times actually

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@plush plover i know im a bit late to this response, but https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_EXP_camp_playSubtitles might be what your looking for.

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if you are making it for dedicated server, you may need to call it with remotexec to ensure all clients get it.

trim ginkgo Jun 4, 2020, 9:29 AM

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Mafia Team Work Freemode - Teaser ! 😁 - GTA like gamemode [Single, Coop, PvPvE] - release date, June 19, 2020 🥳 https://youtu.be/qCbt2z06lQ8

plush plover Jun 4, 2020, 12:02 PM

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@wild zenith im making SP/COOP not interested in servers but either way thank you for the information

plush plover Jun 4, 2020, 12:27 PM

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quick question when i make a mission using 3den enchanced do players have to have 3den enchanced to play the mission??

tame needle Jun 4, 2020, 12:29 PM

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3den enhanced in itself does not need to be installed for the mission to run, no.

plush plover Jun 4, 2020, 12:29 PM

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thanks

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animations will still work right?>??

tame needle Jun 4, 2020, 12:40 PM

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3den enhanced itself doesn't add animations.
If you have installed mods that add animations, players will need those

plush plover Jun 4, 2020, 1:03 PM

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ow kk

plush plover Jun 4, 2020, 1:22 PM

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hey @wild zenith im having trouble understanding a word BI is saying

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where do i type that stuff out
do i type it into a trigger a certain module or do i need to look for a specific are in the mission file to type it in

sterile bane Jun 4, 2020, 4:03 PM

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Anyone have a good way to simulate combat nearby? Tracers, explosions, gunfire, that sort of thing?

vernal brook Jun 4, 2020, 4:06 PM

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in editor you have effects modules

summer badger Jun 4, 2020, 4:07 PM

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Modules->Effects

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Then tie some triggers to them

vernal brook Jun 4, 2020, 4:07 PM

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it is better to spawn and despawn them via scripts

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for that valuable cpu

sterile bane Jun 4, 2020, 5:31 PM

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I know there's modules for tracers and gunfire, but they don't seem to repeat. Unless simply being in the trigger will loop it?

vernal brook Jun 4, 2020, 5:34 PM

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tracerrs do repeat

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPnIMNrFI9c

YouTube

bludclot

ArmA 3 2019 11 27 03 08 46 11

derr

▶ Play video

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using them in this insertion sequence

shut lake Jun 4, 2020, 10:24 PM

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I was looking for it but couldnt find anything, is there a way to make trigger SFX/music/effect appear only to few selected ppl? Like everyone can activate it but effects of it ie. music/screen shake appear only to selected few

cinder holly Jun 4, 2020, 10:37 PM

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if you make the trigger local ("not server-side only") and only trigger the condition locally yes

shut lake Jun 4, 2020, 11:12 PM

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only trigger the condition locally
@cinder holly could you explain how to do this?

cinder holly Jun 4, 2020, 11:13 PM

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well, if you link the trigger to "player" and the said player enters it, it will only trigger for the current player, not the others

shut lake Jun 4, 2020, 11:14 PM

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or maybe you have link to wiki or smthing. So effects will only appear to synchronized player? Just to be sure, testing it in SP isnt working for me.

cinder holly Jun 4, 2020, 11:16 PM

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the best I have is this link
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Multiplayer_Scripting

tame needle Jun 4, 2020, 11:19 PM

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you could write a simple condition that checkes if the player is in the synchronizedObjects of the trigger.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/synchronizedObjects

shut lake Jun 4, 2020, 11:21 PM

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To be precise what i want. We have a group of 8 people, all players and i want to shake screen for only 3 of them. Will synchronizedObjects work like that?

tame needle Jun 4, 2020, 11:22 PM

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If you only synchronise those 3 players to the trigger, then yes only those players will be in the synchronizedObjects array.

shut lake Jun 4, 2020, 11:22 PM

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Ok, thank you. I will try it

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So it will be easier if i ask, how would you do it? i am quite bad in arma scripts.

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_objects = synchronizedObjects _logic; this one didnt work

tame needle Jun 4, 2020, 11:36 PM

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just check if the player is in synchronizedObjects

player in synchronizedObjects thisTrigger;

shut lake Jun 4, 2020, 11:39 PM

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invalid number in expression?

tame needle Jun 4, 2020, 11:41 PM

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yeah, forgot to tell it what object to find synchronizedObjects for, oops

shut lake Jun 4, 2020, 11:49 PM

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ok, thanks for explaining i will try to make it work for me 😄

jolly nest Jun 5, 2020, 6:58 AM

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Anyone know of any backpack on chest scripts compatible with ACE? I seem to only be able to find mods for this, not scripts

jolly nest Jun 5, 2020, 7:44 AM

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nvm, found a mod with a license that allows me to put it in my mission as a script

velvet wolf Jun 6, 2020, 2:38 AM

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Is it possible to restrict players from spawning on certain spawn points until after a certain time/a timer is reached? For example, when the players load into the mission, they are randomly assigned a faction and are spawned at only certain spawn point and upon respawn they can spawn at any of the other spawn points?

signal coral Jun 6, 2020, 2:48 AM

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yeah

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hold on

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

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you'd want this in like

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initServer.sqf

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if you just want it to hit as a timer

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so what you'd do is something similar to this;

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//initServer.sqf
_countdown = time + (number of seconds you want to wait);
waitUntil {time > _countdown};
[west, myRespawnAPC] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition;```

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keep in mind if you do it this way you will need to put this at the very bottom

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because waitUntil will suspend execution of the script at that line until its conditions are satisfied

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i don't like sleep because it's not as reliable

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if you have to have other stuff below this code for whatever reason you will need to spawn the above code snippet

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so it'd look something like

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[] spawn {_countdown = time + (number of seconds you want to wait);
waitUntil {time > _countdown};
[west, myRespawnAPC] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition;
};```

velvet wolf Jun 6, 2020, 2:54 AM

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Got it! Thanks very much!

signal coral Jun 6, 2020, 2:54 AM

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no problem, ping me if you have any questions or run into problems, i got super burnt out on missionmaking so it's been like a solid year since i've cracked open the editor

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i'm a touch rusty

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oh, actually, you may need to call it

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oh. wait, nah, you don't

ruby siren Jun 6, 2020, 12:18 PM

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How do you delete objects using a trigger

vernal brook Jun 6, 2020, 12:19 PM

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

deleteVehicle

hidden plover Jun 7, 2020, 1:26 AM

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When I'm dropping down my Create Diary Record modules, it's organising them in the Briefing tab in the inverse of the order I've put them down in - is this intended, or is there a way I can re-organise them correctly?

normal axle Jun 7, 2020, 5:45 AM

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Ok I need help with this line

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_aspawn1 = ["atspawner","atspawer1"] addAction ["<t color='#00FF00'>Spawn Target (CLOSE)</t>", "scripts\atarc.sqf"];

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I want both Variables to work with the code

astral bloom Jun 7, 2020, 5:52 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction
["atspawner","atspawer1"] is intended to be used as an argument for the atarc.sqf?

addAction

cinder holly Jun 7, 2020, 9:22 AM

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@hidden plover intended - new ones are created on top of the others

hidden plover Jun 7, 2020, 11:35 AM

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Ah, that's a little irritating. I'll have to remember to create them in reverse order in the future. Thank you @cinder holly! ❤️

velvet wolf Jun 7, 2020, 5:01 PM

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So I'm trying to create a "CCTV" area where you can view different cameras (essentially, uav's with simulation, damage and show model disabled) in a certain area. However, I do not want the player to grab the UAV Terminal with them always to connect to them and view it. Is there a way to make the player use a specific object (like a static keypad) or even a designated area to use the UAV Terminal?

signal coral Jun 7, 2020, 6:16 PM

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why not just use cameras?

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setObjectTexture
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/camCreate
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/cameraEffect

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could do some finangling with VR objects and setting textures on them to have multiple CCTV screens on like, a single "main" screen

signal coral Jun 7, 2020, 6:50 PM

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Hey guys, could any scripter give me hand? I couldn't find an answer online. I'm making a killhouse for training and I'd like to put a bunch of target objects (thinking of the VR humans) which a script that I could implement in an addAction. The point of the script would be to spawn a random number of these targets on predefined spots in the house and maybe having a 'cleanup' addAction as well? Basicaly allowing to repeat an exercise and allowing for a bit of random?

Here is a little pseudocode I made of my idea, not sure how much of this can be done as I know no SQF.

get edenPlaceObjects as array

if addActionSpawn then
  get i from 8 to 10 as int
  spawn i number of edenPlaceObjects randomly
elseif addActionClean then
  for i
    remove edenPlaceObjects
  end
end

Thanks in advance for any help 🙂

signal coral Jun 7, 2020, 10:42 PM

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The point of the script would be to spawn a random number of these targets on predefined spots in the house
Why not just place all of the VR entities in whichever position you want and then set their attributes to be like 25% probability of existing or whatever? No coding needed

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Alternatively if you want to be able to reset the house without restarting the mission, just roll a dice with X amount of sides for each unit that deletes them if the dice roll is a certain value

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something like

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[code that spawns units in all possible locations and sticks their objects in a single array]
{
_dice = random [0, 2, 4];
if (_dice > 3) then {deleteVehicle _x};
} forEach arrayVariable```

late breach Jun 7, 2020, 10:49 PM

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I actually made a killhouse and placed some dummy objects (eg. a pole or road cone) at the spots I wanted targets to spawn; used nearestObjects to find those objects and get their positions and orientation; and with a script I placed pop-up targets or actual AI units based on the setting I selected.
Near the killhouse I placed a desk with a laptop which has different presets (easy, medium, hard || targets, static AI, active AI), which calls the above script to put down the correct units.

signal coral Jun 7, 2020, 11:09 PM

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@late breach that sounds really interesting, may I have a look at your script?
@signal coral I was looking at the % system but I'm a bit confused at the part you explained to reset the house without mission restart

late breach Jun 7, 2020, 11:21 PM

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that script is part of a larger (private) framework, so difficult to share...

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although what I wrote before should give a good indication on how its done

signal coral Jun 7, 2020, 11:23 PM

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I understand, id does indeed make sense but as I said I totaly lakc SQF knowledge so as muh as I understand what it does, I've got no idea how or what 🤷‍♂️

late breach Jun 7, 2020, 11:25 PM

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And that's where the fun starts ;)
Although that's more a question for #arma3_scripting, but you'll be able to find a lot of information on the wiki and forums

signal coral Jun 7, 2020, 11:26 PM

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arrrrg I remember putting my nose into SQF but damn thing is confusing af

dusty sky Jun 8, 2020, 12:05 AM

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Anyone know why keyframe animations will not play unless you set the timeline to loop?

autumn stone Jun 9, 2020, 12:10 AM

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Do you have the module set to adminlogged or to your player ID?

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@signal coral

dusty sky Jun 9, 2020, 12:59 AM

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i presume addCamShake is local function, is that correct?

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so would it be enough to remoteExec it on each connected client to get the desired effect

night stratus Jun 9, 2020, 11:54 AM

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I have a mission that basicly crashes everyones ArmA, or the mission itself crashes when being loaded onto a dedicated server. In EdenMP it kinda worked fine tho and I have absolutely no clue why. If someone is willing to help, that`d be appreciated, gonna upload the Mission on G-Drive or send it per PM then

signal coral Jun 9, 2020, 12:13 PM

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probably a description.ext issue if it crashes as soon as you load, better off sending us your .rpt

sinful rampart Jun 9, 2020, 12:18 PM

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FYI You are probably talking about Arma @night stratus ?
ArmA would be #end_of_life_arma.
It crashes yeah? that means you have RPT and .mdmp files for the crash?

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Can you just create a crash ticket on feedback tracker?
https://feedback.bistudio.com/w/ft_a3_howto/gamecrash/
Missions shouldn't be able to crash the game

night stratus Jun 9, 2020, 12:26 PM

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I suppose the .rpt is being stored somewhere in the sever log files? Like ArmA only crashes when I load this mission, so it has to be something in there that isnt just working correctly

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oh and i can`t seem to find the .rpt or .mdmp files

sinful rampart Jun 9, 2020, 12:31 PM

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So are you talking about ArmA or Arma?

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There isn't any ArmA support around anymore

night stratus Jun 9, 2020, 12:31 PM

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uhm arma 3?

sinful rampart Jun 9, 2020, 12:31 PM

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Thats Arma 3 then, ArmA was Arma: Armed Assault

night stratus Jun 9, 2020, 12:32 PM

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so how should I proceed, still need the log files?

sinful rampart Jun 9, 2020, 12:33 PM

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the log files say why it crashed, without them one cannot know

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they are wherever it crashed, if you say it also crashes clientside then these would work too

night stratus Jun 9, 2020, 12:34 PM

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Is it stored in ArmA root directory?

sinful rampart Jun 9, 2020, 12:34 PM

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As I said, there is no ArmA support anymore

night stratus Jun 9, 2020, 12:34 PM

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ArmA 3 root

sinful rampart Jun 9, 2020, 12:34 PM

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There is no ArmA 3

night stratus Jun 9, 2020, 12:34 PM

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Arma 3?

sinful rampart Jun 9, 2020, 12:35 PM

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There was only ever one ArmA.
If you mean Arma then please say so. I can only help with Arma 2/Arma 3, but not with ArmA

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The link I sent above explains where its stored for Arma

summer badger Jun 9, 2020, 12:37 PM

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What a troll @sinful rampart

astral bloom Jun 9, 2020, 12:37 PM

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Telling the truth to tell the truth is a troll? notlikemeow

summer badger Jun 9, 2020, 12:39 PM

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It took me a while to understand, but he's trolling through spelling

sinful rampart Jun 9, 2020, 12:39 PM

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I'm not

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ArmA and Arma is a definite difference.
As I said I can help with Arma stuff, but specifically ArmA I don't know anything about and cannot help with.

astral bloom Jun 9, 2020, 12:39 PM

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There's some story and meaning behind those words, that's it

night stratus Jun 9, 2020, 12:40 PM

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So you want me to send the Arma 3 files in here or to the feedback tracker

sinful rampart Jun 9, 2020, 12:40 PM

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I cannot look at them now, a feedback tracker ticket would make sure that I can't forget

summer badger Jun 9, 2020, 12:44 PM

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Looking through the wiki, the commands on ArmA are pretty much the same as Arma

sinful rampart Jun 9, 2020, 12:44 PM

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Arma also has script commands that were added back in ArmA/OFP yes

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pretty much the same not really though, many were updated/changed since then, and also all the new ones

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plus the underlying engine has 14 years of extra development in it, changing lots of stuff

summer badger Jun 9, 2020, 12:45 PM

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That is what you hope for in the versions of the game, iteration on things already built and improve them

spring oxide Jun 9, 2020, 3:15 PM

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hello just a question
idk if it is possible but i want to have the bullet amount and weapon on top right disabled for players but when i do that they cant see what grenade they are holding
is there a mod/a script that will enable players to see only what grenade they are holding but not the ammo and weapon?

cinder holly Jun 10, 2020, 6:53 PM

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@nocturne mirage wrong channel

glacial glacier Jun 11, 2020, 2:30 PM

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right so, the situation: I've bolted an RHS SPG-9 to the top of an M113 as a poor man's ACAV using attachTo. Issue is that as a static weapon it has the Disassemble SPG-9 on the scroll wheel, and that you can hit that while inside the vehicle. I don't want anyone to accidentally select that while trying to do other things inside the vehicle, so is there a way to disable actions? My googling has found that I can disable actions, but only ones that I have placed myself, not ones that are already there. I'm going to keep searching while waiting for an answer

cinder holly Jun 11, 2020, 2:41 PM

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@glacial glacier
have you checked https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/enableWeaponDisassembly ?

glacial glacier Jun 11, 2020, 2:44 PM

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that'll do it, thanks

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yep, it worked. big thanks

cinder holly Jun 11, 2020, 2:53 PM

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w/ pleasure!

dark fern Jun 11, 2020, 9:59 PM

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Any ideas why this wouldnt be working on a dedicated server guys?

this addEventHandler['hitPart', {[(_this select 0 select 0), true] call ACE_captives_fnc_setHandcuffed;}]; this allowdamage false;

on AI* i should add

late breach Jun 11, 2020, 10:02 PM

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While you can add "HitPart" handler to a remote unit, the respective addEventHandler command must be executed on the shooter's PC and will only fire on shooter's PC as well. The event will not fire if the shooter is not local, even if the target itself is local.

dark fern Jun 11, 2020, 10:12 PM

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Thanks @late breach , any advice on making it work on dedicated?

The idea is simply to make an AI that is hit go into the handcuffed

late breach Jun 11, 2020, 10:19 PM

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you could try 'HandleDamage' EH, check if damage > 0, set in handcuffs and return 0 (so other EH's won't bother). No need to set allowdamage false either

dark fern Jun 11, 2020, 10:20 PM

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Ill look into it, thanks mate

teal raptor Jun 12, 2020, 4:19 AM

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Hey guys, im brand new to mission creation, so I want to make it possible for the AI to call in air support, and as an optional objective you can destroy a radio tower that will disable them being able to call air support, is this possible? I'm fine with downloading mods.

night stratus Jun 12, 2020, 11:09 AM

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Hey Demen, did you have a look?

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Hey guys, im brand new to mission creation, so I want to make it possible for the AI to call in air support, and as an optional objective you can destroy a radio tower that will disable them being able to call air support, is this possible? I'm fine with downloading mods.
@teal raptor there is an CAS module, place it whereever you want the CAS to happen, link it to a trigger and set it to "Radio Alpha" for example.
You can also use the virtual/normal support, where you can basicly call an CAS at any desired location real time. You will need an extra support module in order to call it

karmic glade Jun 12, 2020, 12:23 PM

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When I start my arma 3 editor I cannot see any of my missions. When I save new one, the path of missions is changed from my profile path in Documents/missions to arma 3 root/missions folder. Anybody have same issue ?

night stratus Jun 12, 2020, 1:38 PM

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you can save and export missions. Exported missions will be saved as an PBO in arma 3/missions or mpmissions. Saved missions will be under documents/arma 3...
Do you save or export them?

sharp axle Jun 12, 2020, 4:02 PM

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So I'm making a scene with a very...very large object in the background. I get that you can make models visible at any distance, but what about particles? Is it possible to adjust how far they get viewed out?

karmic glade Jun 12, 2020, 4:54 PM

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I save them, they are saved in arma3/missions

woeful fulcrum Jun 12, 2020, 7:29 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Particle_Effects smokeGenMinDist and smokeGenMaxDist however these should override video settings, so be carefull regarding performance

cinder holly Jun 12, 2020, 7:29 PM

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@sharp axle ↑

sharp axle Jun 12, 2020, 7:33 PM

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Sweet, yea the object is only one time and for a 2min very tailored cutscene.

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Its just so massive it would be very illogical to have it up in your face and not question why the ground below you isn't already vaporized 😄

restive bane Jun 12, 2020, 10:11 PM

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any good ACE nightvision settings? been messing around trying to find a nice balance. Default seems too unforgiving for my units playerbase

austere oxide Jun 12, 2020, 10:12 PM

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is there any British aircraft carriers on the steam workshop?

late breach Jun 12, 2020, 10:16 PM

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@restive bane this is what we have on our server and seems to work pretty well:

force force ace_nightvision_aimDownSightsBlur = 0;
force force ace_nightvision_disableNVGsWithSights = false;
force force ace_nightvision_effectScaling = 0.1;
force force ace_nightvision_fogScaling = 0.132903;
force force ace_nightvision_noiseScaling = 0.1;
force force ace_nightvision_shutterEffects = false;

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IMHO still god-mode version, but works well in bad-lit locations

restive bane Jun 13, 2020, 4:09 AM

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what about advanced fatigue?

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I already have performance on 2.0, I don't want to raise it too high cause they like to load their kits around 60-75% and I want a little punishment

restive bane Jun 13, 2020, 4:27 AM

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@late breach

austere oxide Jun 13, 2020, 12:24 PM

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how do triggers work, I've tried setting some waypoints to activate once units walk into the trigger area so reinforcements will arrive for opfor

vernal brook Jun 13, 2020, 12:26 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Eden_Editor:_Trigger

Eden Editor: Trigger

austere oxide Jun 13, 2020, 12:27 PM

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that's all just gobbldegook to me

vernal brook Jun 13, 2020, 12:28 PM

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chexk some youtube tutorials

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basically trigger has owners

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and conditions

austere oxide Jun 13, 2020, 12:28 PM

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I've got mine set to Blufor, detected by opfor

cinder holly Jun 13, 2020, 12:30 PM

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if you just want "when blufor enter", don't set "detected by opfor"

austere oxide Jun 13, 2020, 12:31 PM

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the problem I'm having is the waypoints activate upon mission start instead of if opfor sees blufor

cinder holly Jun 13, 2020, 12:31 PM

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did you edit its "conditions" field?

austere oxide Jun 13, 2020, 12:31 PM

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of the waypoint?

cinder holly Jun 13, 2020, 12:32 PM

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of the trigger

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actually, the waypoint synchronised to the trigger will execute then be left "on hold"

you want to add a first waypoint to the reinforcements on their starting point and synchronise it to the trigger, and another waypoint that brings them as reinforcement

austere oxide Jun 13, 2020, 12:33 PM

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aah thanks

cinder holly Jun 13, 2020, 12:33 PM

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like
starting point → A (sync'ed with trigger) → B (destination)

austere oxide Jun 13, 2020, 12:57 PM

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hmm, random bunch of guys keep getting out of the transport trucks on the hold maker

signal coral Jun 13, 2020, 3:36 PM

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What would be the largest acceptable mission file for a multiplayer mission would you say?

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Also does removing objects add to the mission file?

cinder holly Jun 13, 2020, 3:42 PM

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removing objects removes from file (but a little)
Biggest parts are videos, sounds and pictures

tacit lily Jun 13, 2020, 10:22 PM

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removing object, makes the mission file bigger, no?
i mean, the removal logic gets placed, which needs positioning and everything and the settings it uses. The objects are only removed on mission start.

sinful rampart Jun 13, 2020, 10:23 PM

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the hide object module, yes

tacit lily Jun 13, 2020, 10:24 PM

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i guess thats what zeevo is asking for, as he is talking about removing object

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but, is there an actual way, to remove objects in a much smaller way?

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https://prnt.sc/sz8u0v
This here is 1 single edit logic

sinful rampart Jun 13, 2020, 10:25 PM

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the logic just runs script

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run the script manually

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without logics

tacit lily Jun 13, 2020, 10:26 PM

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guess i ll look more deeply into it then

wraith pumice Jun 14, 2020, 7:26 AM

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Hello everyone, a quick question about ACE and explosions.
Is there a way to simulate shrapnel at one point?

main pelican Jun 14, 2020, 5:43 PM

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When people die, it says ____ was killed

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How do I turn off, haven't encountered it before

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When changing to the mission on the server difficulty is set to Veteran

karmic glade Jun 14, 2020, 6:14 PM

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When people die, it says ____ was killed
@main pelican https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/server.armaprofile set deathMessages = 0;

night stratus Jun 14, 2020, 8:41 PM

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Deeeedmen my baby

sinful rampart Jun 14, 2020, 8:41 PM

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no time

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But I also didn't see a FT ticket

night stratus Jun 14, 2020, 8:42 PM

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https://feedback.bistudio.com/w/ft_a3_howto/gamecrash/

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its on the bottom

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by "DerWahnsinn" aka. me

sinful rampart Jun 14, 2020, 8:44 PM

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Creating Ticket:

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you wrote a comment under a wiki article, not a ticket

night stratus Jun 14, 2020, 8:54 PM

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that`s a big oof, where can I do that, cant seem to find it

sinful rampart Jun 14, 2020, 8:55 PM

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top right, the star symbol

night stratus Jun 14, 2020, 8:55 PM

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Bug Report or Private Bug Report

sinful rampart Jun 14, 2020, 8:56 PM

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do you want it to be private or is it fine if people can look at it?

night stratus Jun 14, 2020, 8:56 PM

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right, thank you

summer badger Jun 19, 2020, 2:09 AM

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I can't find the answer anywhere: is Livonia available to every player?

fervent dagger Jun 19, 2020, 2:09 AM

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It's a DLC

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Contact DLC

late breach Jun 19, 2020, 2:11 AM

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Livonia is part of the Contact DLC, and therefor only available for people who have bought the DLC. So missions made on that terrain, or server running a mission on Livonia are required to have it.

fervent dagger Jun 19, 2020, 2:13 AM

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Grezvany... For some reason... i love you ❤️

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in the good way

late breach Jun 19, 2020, 2:15 AM

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of course 😉

solid dew Jun 19, 2020, 2:58 PM

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having some wonky issues with a trigger that I've never experienced before in my time making missions, I have a simple trigger set up to activate by Any player Present, in the condition I'm checking if two other triggers have been activated or not with triggerActivated trg_target1 AND triggerActivated trg_target2
On activation I'm running end server mission with
"EveryoneWon" call BIS_fnc_endMissionServer;

now here's where the strange stuff starts happening - when the two triggers are activated, the mission immediately ends regardless of if any player is present in the trigger or not which is not intended, I've even tried using multiple condition clauses such as:
((triggerActivated trg_target1 AND triggerActivated trg_target2) && (vehicle player1 in thisList OR vehicle player2 in thisList OR vehicle player3 in thisList))

the intended effect here is that at least 1 player should have to be present inside of the trigger after the other two triggers have been previously activated, however this still doesnt work despite the simplicity of the condition, and now the trigger refuses to trigger at all

kindred relic Jun 19, 2020, 5:17 PM

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What part of a unit/group's attributes in mission.sqm controls which unit is the group leader? Looking for patterns suggests it's the flags parameter with flags=6 indicating group leader, but it's not really documented.

cinder holly Jun 19, 2020, 5:19 PM

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true (also partially because mission.sqm should not be edited by hand)

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if you have intel, gib to #community_wiki 👀 😄

kindred relic Jun 19, 2020, 5:20 PM

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I'm doing it for a Github upload, and going into the editor to change stuff also generates a number of unrelated file changes that make it annoying to read the commits

cinder holly Jun 19, 2020, 5:21 PM

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notably, camera position (e.g -0/0 replacements)

kindred relic Jun 19, 2020, 5:30 PM

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From a quick experiment it seems flags=6 controls group leadership to the extent that I need it for my specific case, but there are anomalies such as some group leaders having flags=2 and some units having no flags parameter at all, so I don't fully understand the system.

cinder holly Jun 19, 2020, 6:09 PM

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given it is named flags, it might be that there are boolean flags behind

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010 = 2
110 = 6

kindred relic Jun 19, 2020, 6:16 PM

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Yeah, but it's hard to figure out what they signify. Like, we've got:

6: group leader but...?
5: ???
4: not group leader (e: vehicles can have 4 as well)
2: group leader
no flag: ???```

cinder holly Jun 19, 2020, 6:17 PM

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boolean flags mean "1 = true, 0 = false"

so binary "010" ("2" in base 10) means false/true/false
binary "110" ("6" in base 10) means true/true/false

we could guess that the second boolean value means "isGroupLeader"

kindred relic Jun 19, 2020, 6:18 PM

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Oh, I see

cinder holly Jun 19, 2020, 6:19 PM

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you could also see it like this

#define isXXX 1
#define isLeader 2
#define isYYY 4
#define isZZZ 8
flag = isLeader + isYYY

kindred relic Jun 19, 2020, 6:23 PM

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That seems to correlate with 7 also indicating a group leader

cinder holly Jun 19, 2020, 6:26 PM

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so definitely flags, and definitely "2 = leader" too 😉

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4 + 2 + 1

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DedBoopeeer?

sinful rampart Jun 19, 2020, 6:31 PM

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dunno what talk

kindred relic Jun 19, 2020, 6:32 PM

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I haven't found any instances of flags 0, 1 or 3 in my...fairly comprehensive mission.sqm

cinder holly Jun 19, 2020, 6:41 PM

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we are talking about the flag value set on objects, in mission.sqm

kind relic Jun 20, 2020, 5:26 AM

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Are there any mods that allow for persistant base building in alive

wild quartz Jun 20, 2020, 3:47 PM

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It is possible to override difficulty settings (skill and precission, NOT for every single AI unit) on server?

cinder holly Jun 20, 2020, 3:48 PM

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you can setSkill units, you can force the server to run a mission in a given difficulty (by server configuration) but you cannot force this from the mission itself, as far as I know

wild quartz Jun 20, 2020, 3:49 PM

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Even using mod?

cinder holly Jun 20, 2020, 3:49 PM

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no way afaik

delicate hinge Jun 20, 2020, 4:11 PM

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You can't.

solid dew Jun 20, 2020, 5:36 PM

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is there any way to have the scroll wheel action menu show up during a screen being faded out with titleCut, or will it always conceal it no matter what?

restive bane Jun 20, 2020, 6:02 PM

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how do you guys like to balance your Unit having CAS? since air units are so brokenly good.

kindred relic Jun 20, 2020, 6:10 PM

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Remove thermals, introduce light AA threats, and have ROE restrictions on what they can engage without a direct and specific call from the ground

restive bane Jun 20, 2020, 6:10 PM

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i had a ton of light AA threats and they just pop flares right when they get a launch. they never really have to manuver

kindred relic Jun 20, 2020, 6:11 PM

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You may have a problem if their flares are 100% effective

restive bane Jun 20, 2020, 6:16 PM

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as in a problem with the mission or a problem with the targeting? The AI were using igla's

kindred relic Jun 20, 2020, 6:21 PM

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I mean there could be something wrong with the missiles or flares, I don't know. But it's absolutely going to be a major balance problem if the flares are guaranteed to defeat missiles every time.

restive bane Jun 20, 2020, 6:23 PM

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it def seemed like it. could be because those man pads are IR. I know the radar lock missiles are pretty much garanteed to hit

restive bane Jun 21, 2020, 6:08 AM

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whats a good view range you guys like to restrict for your units? I think that might be the best/easiest way to limit CAS heli effectiveness

zinc dawn Jun 21, 2020, 9:29 AM

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Does anyone know why I might get "Cannot load texture"?
I am trying to use the Strategic Map custom image module, and I have the .paa image in my missions root (same folder as the sqm).
I tried entering it as icon.paa, \icon.paa, /icon.paa and just icon, all result in "cannot load texture icon.paa"

cinder holly Jun 21, 2020, 9:30 AM

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@zinc dawn what are the dimensions?

zinc dawn Jun 21, 2020, 9:33 AM

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512 x 256

cinder holly Jun 21, 2020, 9:35 AM

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Hmm, so yeah it should work

zinc dawn Jun 21, 2020, 9:38 AM

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hmm, if I place down the strategic map mission module, and set the icon as image, it works, but in the custom image module, it does not. strange...

zinc dawn Jun 21, 2020, 10:06 AM

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loading an image from a pbo (like \A3\Ui_f\data\Logos\arma3_white_ca.paa), works...
is there a special path for a mission? thought it was just \

cinder holly Jun 21, 2020, 10:08 AM

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no prefix should work

zinc dawn Jun 21, 2020, 10:37 AM

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ah, it uses drawIcon internally, which cannot use relative paths.

cinder holly Jun 21, 2020, 10:42 AM

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then getMissionPath "icon.paa" @zinc dawn

zinc dawn Jun 21, 2020, 10:50 AM

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since it's a module, I can't put that in the value, but on init

_value = getMissionPath "m3_icon.paa";
this setVariable ['Texture',_value,true];

worked :)

sinful rampart Jun 21, 2020, 10:50 AM

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,true don't do that

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mission path can be different for different players/server

zinc dawn Jun 21, 2020, 10:51 AM

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it's a singleplayer mission anyways

sinful rampart Jun 21, 2020, 10:51 AM

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well that means its useless still

zinc dawn Jun 21, 2020, 10:51 AM

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okay, thanks for the headsup :)

restive bane Jun 21, 2020, 11:33 AM

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In I&A there are scripted AA tanks that can fire across the map
@signal coral

I guess I could use those SAMs that were put in with the jets DLC and script a reload and rearm. Didn't really think of just flooding them with missiles.

sinful rampart Jun 21, 2020, 3:12 PM

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@kindred relic @cinder holly
https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/105463244310728704/723587245361201253

enum Flags
    {
      KeepHorizontal      = 1,
      IsGroupLeader       = 2,
      IsSnappedToSurface  = 4,
      ContainsArea        = 8
    };

cinder holly Jun 21, 2020, 3:13 PM

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@sinful rampart oooh you, thank you!

brazen pasture Jun 21, 2020, 3:43 PM

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Did BI make it so thermal acts different based on the month in mission? IE winter or anything

sinful rampart Jun 21, 2020, 3:43 PM

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yes

brazen pasture Jun 21, 2020, 3:44 PM

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....jesus.... im guessing this started around the old man update?

sinful rampart Jun 21, 2020, 3:44 PM

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no

brazen pasture Jun 21, 2020, 3:44 PM

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is it set by map

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or by date?

sinful rampart Jun 21, 2020, 3:44 PM

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both

brazen pasture Jun 21, 2020, 3:44 PM

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is geolocation a factor?

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how do i turn this "feature" off

sinful rampart Jun 21, 2020, 3:45 PM

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don't think you can

brazen pasture Jun 21, 2020, 3:45 PM

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so can i force the date in mission and change it?

sinful rampart Jun 21, 2020, 3:46 PM

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yeah

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

brazen pasture Jun 21, 2020, 3:47 PM

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thx

cinder holly Jun 21, 2020, 3:47 PM

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or Ctrl+I in Eden, you can set the date there

brazen pasture Jun 21, 2020, 3:48 PM

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anyone know what the best dates are for working thermal on altis, tanoa etc?

cinder holly Jun 21, 2020, 3:50 PM

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Winter I suppose?

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note that Winter also changes depending on North/South hemisphere

astral bloom Jun 21, 2020, 3:51 PM

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Does IR acts differently based on the date? 🤔 Think never heard of this...

sinful rampart Jun 21, 2020, 3:51 PM

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no

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but in winter the ground is colder than in summer

brazen pasture Jun 21, 2020, 3:53 PM

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@astral bloom apperently so, had a player send me picks of the same map on 2 different months

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in winter you cannot see terrain features

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/205771840268795905/724150420221722654/tanoa.jpg

astral bloom Jun 21, 2020, 3:54 PM

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Which is when and when?

brazen pasture Jun 21, 2020, 3:55 PM

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Tanoa :: 1st December and 1st June

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I wish to god someone had written this down somewhere

astral bloom Jun 21, 2020, 3:55 PM

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So Summer vs Winter?

brazen pasture Jun 21, 2020, 3:55 PM

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yeah

astral bloom Jun 21, 2020, 3:57 PM

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Hmm. Nice feature, as usual

brazen pasture Jun 21, 2020, 4:01 PM

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to think some dev spent time coding this but never fixed darter wobble.....🤣

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but hey at least they aint naughty dog....

signal coral Jun 21, 2020, 5:11 PM

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What is the correctly name for the Map Slot and GPS Slot in the Unit inventory? An trigger should activate when the player has the map and gps in the slot!

cinder holly Jun 21, 2020, 5:12 PM

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player hasItem "itemMap" or itemGPS" iirc @signal coral

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woops, hasItem isn't a thing

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BIS_fnc_hasItem is

signal coral Jun 21, 2020, 5:12 PM

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thanks!

zinc dawn Jun 21, 2020, 7:21 PM

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how do you properly sync a "Get In" waypoint? I got my player with a get in waypoint (attached to the vehicle), and a vehicle "Move" waypoint, the 2 waypoints are synced (set waypoint activation). But as soon as I get in the vehicle, the "get in" turns into "wait" and the vehicle does not start moving.
Should I not be using a move waypoint for the vehicle?

dim beacon Jun 21, 2020, 7:21 PM

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Use Get In Nearest

zinc dawn Jun 21, 2020, 7:23 PM

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that didn't work, now it shows "Wait" instead of "Get in" right away

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and still won't move

dim beacon Jun 21, 2020, 7:23 PM

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is this SP?

zinc dawn Jun 21, 2020, 7:25 PM

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yes

dim beacon Jun 21, 2020, 7:26 PM

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If so, you can have the normal get in Waypoint for the player on the Bird. Have the Helo have a Hold waypoint under the bird. Create a trigger with an area around the bird (Make it small-ish), make it 'Skip Waypoint', sync it to the hold maker. Make sure there is a move marker after it

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Make sure the trigger sets off for the trigger owner, make the player the trigger owner

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so it pretty much means, once the player enters the trigger, it'll 'Skip' the helos hold waypoint, moving it onto the move one

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long winded, but it works 🙂

zinc dawn Jun 21, 2020, 7:35 PM

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hmm, I'll give it a try, but still strange that the players Get In waypoint does not even activate.

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right, I deleted and remade the waypoints and it work. interesting xD

night stratus Jun 21, 2020, 8:23 PM

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Deady... or Booper, it`s right here https://feedback.bistudio.com/T151813

sinful rampart Jun 21, 2020, 8:25 PM

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Thanks

signal coral Jun 22, 2020, 4:21 PM

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Hey guys, so I'm making a bootcamp map for my unit. We are airborne and I would liek to my guys to be able to train jumping without a pilot online. I would like to have a 'addAction' in the plane that woudl start a series of waypoints to fly around the map in a predefined pattern, land and parc back to the original spot. Maybe even add a 2nd addAction to the same plane for a different fly pattern (higher altitude for example?)

https://imgur.com/a/Sunyryp

So far I've tried experimenting with HOLD waypoints and trigger conditions but I can't seem to get it to work in any way (plan just goes for the waypoint on mission start and sucks at landing back down). Anyone may be able to help me out? Thanks

cinder holly Jun 22, 2020, 4:28 PM

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you could try something with BIS_fnc_UnitPlay if you want - it replays the exact flight on each execution

signal coral Jun 22, 2020, 4:34 PM

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O.o that looks.... complicated....

silver girder Jun 22, 2020, 4:39 PM

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once you get the hang of it its not that hard
this guide is pretty helpful

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https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/159891-how-to-use-unitcapture-in-arma-3/

signal coral Jun 22, 2020, 4:41 PM

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Will have a look, might take me a few days ^^ thansk guys

restive bane Jun 22, 2020, 8:07 PM

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how far can players see direct chat text?

kind relic Jun 22, 2020, 9:21 PM

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anyone know how you can edit vcom settings in 3den?

restive bane Jun 22, 2020, 10:12 PM

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can you? i don't think you can. its usually a userconfig file

carmine spear Jun 22, 2020, 10:17 PM

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I'm looking for an oil platform mod. Has any one used one ?
I've searched and didn't find an that have been updated in the last 9-12 months.

signal coral Jun 22, 2020, 10:52 PM

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Is there any way to integrate a sound (via trigger) into a mission, i'm really in need of one since Arma 3 one's are a bit of lack for what my ambience needs

restive bane Jun 23, 2020, 1:24 AM

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Yes look up 'playSound3D'

signal coral Jun 23, 2020, 7:44 AM

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Noice, i've read the article but i can't seem to understand how it works, i've looked for videos as well and they use Say3D but it has a local effect and not global. If someone is willing to help me i can stream the game and hopefully do whatever is necessary to get it to work

night stratus Jun 23, 2020, 10:11 AM

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you put this here in your description.ext

class CfgSounds
{
 sounds[] = {};
 class music1
 {
  name = "music1";
  sound[] = {"\sounds\music1.ogg", 25, 1};
  titles[] = {0,""};
 }
  class music2
 {
  name = "music2";
  sound[] = {"\sounds\music2.ogg", 25, 1};
  titles[] = {0,""};
 };
};

in the trigger goes

_object say3D ["music1", 50, 1];

On the wiki it says Plays positional sound with given filename on every computer on network -> https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/playSound3D
so it does play for everyone

signal coral Jun 23, 2020, 10:41 AM

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ooh i see

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basically, my audio files have to be on the same folder as well, and will the trigger spawn the sound in where it is located?

signal coral Jun 23, 2020, 11:04 AM

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https://imgur.com/a/FAJ5m29 welp i've tried it but it doesn't play my sound back, any idea why?

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trigger has: _object say3D ["policechatter", 5, 1];

cinder holly Jun 23, 2020, 11:06 AM

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try without the leading slash, sounds\ instead of \sounds\ @signal coral

astral bloom Jun 23, 2020, 11:10 AM

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name =/= className. You need the className, in this case music1 for the say3D command

cinder holly Jun 23, 2020, 11:10 AM

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oh, true

astral bloom Jun 23, 2020, 11:11 AM

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Wonder why it has name but not displayName

cinder holly Jun 23, 2020, 11:11 AM

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in CfgSounds "name" is "display name"

signal coral Jun 23, 2020, 11:11 AM

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then it'll be _object say3D ["music1", 5, 1]; right?

cinder holly Jun 23, 2020, 11:11 AM

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yep

signal coral Jun 23, 2020, 11:11 AM

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i'll try now

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nop, it doesn't work 🤔

astral bloom Jun 23, 2020, 11:12 AM

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Did it threw an error?

signal coral Jun 23, 2020, 11:12 AM

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not really

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i have the trigger set to activate via radio, when i activate it, it doesn't play anything

astral bloom Jun 23, 2020, 11:13 AM

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Make sure the trigger itself is working properly, via some debug commands like hint or systemChat

signal coral Jun 23, 2020, 11:15 AM

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yup, the trigger is working perfectly

astral bloom Jun 23, 2020, 11:15 AM

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...Wait, you're doing sqf _object say3D ["music1", 5, 1];in a trigger right?

signal coral Jun 23, 2020, 11:15 AM

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yup

astral bloom Jun 23, 2020, 11:16 AM

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Then that's most likely why. _object isn't defined in any triggers

signal coral Jun 23, 2020, 11:16 AM

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oh

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sorry for not knowing this haha, i'm pretty much new to this

astral bloom Jun 23, 2020, 11:16 AM

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Nah, you're closing to it

signal coral Jun 23, 2020, 11:16 AM

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then should i thisTrigger say3D ["music1", 5, 1];

astral bloom Jun 23, 2020, 11:17 AM

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If the object has a name like object1, put it there

signal coral Jun 23, 2020, 11:17 AM

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okey

astral bloom Jun 23, 2020, 11:17 AM

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thisTrigger is invalid against say3D suppose? Never tried though

signal coral Jun 23, 2020, 11:17 AM

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there's only one way to know

astral bloom Jun 23, 2020, 11:18 AM

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Test? 😄

signal coral Jun 23, 2020, 11:18 AM

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yep haha

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lol

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it works

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😂

astral bloom Jun 23, 2020, 11:18 AM

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🎉

signal coral Jun 23, 2020, 11:18 AM

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Thanks guys!!

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now it's time to save the whole script for another time 🤣

zinc dawn Jun 23, 2020, 1:33 PM

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When porting old missions (from the 2d times) what's the best way to replace logic waypoints?
If they are all AND, i can transfer them to sqf easily (though if it's efficient...), but i don't know how to handle OR waypoints

tight cairn Jun 23, 2020, 10:38 PM

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Anyone know of a reason why when i add an image to a infostand in editor the file path works but as soon as i upload it to a dedicated server i would be getting an image not found error?

late breach Jun 23, 2020, 10:46 PM

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what is the path, what is it relative to, and how is the mission present on the server?

tight cairn Jun 23, 2020, 10:53 PM

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Its in the texture field of the info stand file path is written images/arsenal/imagename.jpg
Ran through tophes dedicated server tool

late breach Jun 23, 2020, 10:56 PM

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the root of the path is the mission? an addon? your local computer?

and did you make a PBO of your mission, is it binarized?

tight cairn Jun 23, 2020, 10:56 PM

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The root is in the mission

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No i did not make a pbo or binarize it

late breach Jun 23, 2020, 10:58 PM

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Mission MUST be in a PBO format (not bare folder) when used on a dedicated server with images inside a mission due to an issue to prevent errors.

tight cairn Jun 23, 2020, 10:58 PM

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Ok, i had no idea

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I appreciate that

late breach Jun 23, 2020, 10:59 PM

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and this is a good read about the topic as well: http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-mission-root/

tight cairn Jun 23, 2020, 10:59 PM

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Thank you for the help

late breach Jun 23, 2020, 10:59 PM

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np, that's what this Discord is for

eternal ibex Jun 25, 2020, 5:51 PM

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I've modified a mission, followed the instructions to a T, but now my server is stuck in a boot loop. It's not generating new rpt files for me to examine.

cinder holly Jun 25, 2020, 5:52 PM

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revert your changes ¯_(ツ)_/¯

eternal ibex Jun 25, 2020, 5:53 PM

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How helpful.

cinder holly Jun 25, 2020, 5:54 PM

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what do you want us to do here?
it worked before, it doesn't anymore, you made changes

well, what were the changes to begin with! 🙃

eternal ibex Jun 25, 2020, 5:55 PM

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It's an Epoch server. The default traders suck, all have the same inventory with zero variation. The bit I added was to add more, much more varied traders that owuld sell, like, ammo and vehicles.

neon sigil Jun 25, 2020, 8:12 PM

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Hey guys, my missions always end abruptly upon reaching 0 tickets,am i able to just make it so when there are no tickets left the player can't spawn in, instead of it just ending?

abstract fox Jun 25, 2020, 10:09 PM

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Hey

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I am crying to find the class name of a vehicle with a skin on it

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struggling a little does anyone know the best way?

cinder holly Jun 25, 2020, 10:12 PM

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when aiming at it in Eden, typeOf cursorObject?

abstract fox Jun 25, 2020, 10:13 PM

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how do I run that ?

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KA-60
rhs_ka60_grey

but this is just the default I want the one with the blackskin on it

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_veh = createVehicle ["rhs_ka60_grey",position player,[],0,"NONE"];
[
_veh,
["Black",1],
true
] call BIS_fnc_initVehicle;

when I use the edit vehicle appearance it gives me above but its no good to me

barren dove Jun 25, 2020, 10:17 PM

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it is most likely the same vehicle class with a black texture instead.

abstract fox Jun 25, 2020, 10:17 PM

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yeah ^

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but is there no class name?

barren dove Jun 25, 2020, 10:17 PM

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rhs_ka60_grey is the class name

abstract fox Jun 25, 2020, 10:18 PM

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but that spawns the default one and not the black variant

barren dove Jun 25, 2020, 10:18 PM

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the call to BIS_fnc_initVehicle would change it to black

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how are you spawning the vehicle? placed in 3den or by script?

abstract fox Jun 25, 2020, 10:19 PM

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Basically what I have got going is a list of vehicles I can spawn using their class names but I want this one in specific

barren dove Jun 25, 2020, 10:20 PM

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so this is a script?

abstract fox Jun 25, 2020, 10:20 PM

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yes

barren dove Jun 25, 2020, 10:20 PM

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so you should modify it to allow for specifying a texture

abstract fox Jun 25, 2020, 10:25 PM

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could you point me in the right direction?

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is there like a setTexture

barren dove Jun 25, 2020, 10:25 PM

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setObjectTexture

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though you could just support the calling of BIS_fnc_initVehicle if a texture class like "Black" is defined. would be simpler.

grim hearth Jun 25, 2020, 10:39 PM

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It's derived from the Orca. The black version in the Arsenal uses the ARMA 3 Orca black textures...

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So spawn O_Heli_Light_02_unarmed_F 😉

grim hearth Jun 25, 2020, 10:58 PM

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For this helo RHS just retextured it... that's why it's in the a3retex package @abstract fox

wide scroll Jun 26, 2020, 2:17 AM

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ive been testing out the Simplex support mod and theres an vehicle array box for having a "garage" of sorts. is it possible to have this be a path to a file (IE \TestMission\vics.hpp) rather then an array of vehicles (IE, ["Vic_1","Vic_2"])? hopefully this is the right channel

abstract fox Jun 26, 2020, 2:36 PM

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I thought of a way of doing it

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[_veh, "", []] call bis_fnc_initVehicle;

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using the code above

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but between the ""

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how do I insert a variable ?

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is it just as sim

grim hearth Jun 26, 2020, 2:38 PM

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I already said that the black one is just the ARMA.3 La-60 though 🤷‍♂️

cinder holly Jun 26, 2020, 2:38 PM

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…type slower ^^

abstract fox Jun 26, 2020, 2:38 PM

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my keyboard automatically entering wt

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I don’t just need it just for the KA60 @grim hearth

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For other vehicles as well

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So between the “” could I just put _texture which will call the variable from a different script?

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texture = “black”; it should just insert it right? Or is that not how you call variables into a function?

grim hearth Jun 26, 2020, 2:43 PM

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But for other vehicles RHS has models that can be spawned with different colours. This is an exception cause RHS just retextured the Ka-60s for their camos... So the black Ka-60 you see is simply O_Heli_Light_02_unarmed_F

abstract fox Jun 26, 2020, 2:43 PM

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But I don’t just need the KA60 I need other vehicles with different textures

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I get it in this case I’m just using the KA60 as an example

languid dune Jun 26, 2020, 10:18 PM

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Does anybody know what "Story mission" means

signal coral Jun 26, 2020, 10:19 PM

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I think it's a side quest honestly

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Like you do that one in your spare time