arma3_feedback_tracker

[ripe crystal]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T198100

[untold sky]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T162061 setting gun stabilization.
The very first thing I wanted to test it on, was boats.

And.. I found out that while Ship simulation has turret stabilization, ShipX does not.
I think that was reported before, surely that's a bug right?

I thought I saw someone report that but can't find it

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T80918
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T186846
found it

[devout wave]

I noticed you mentioned stab types 0, 1, 2, 3 in the ticket but not 4. Type 4 is allegedly a real thing, it's mentioned in the boat ticket. Is that just "didn't feel like listing them all" or is there something unusual about type 4?

[daring wagon]

Awesome❤️

[untold sky]

4 half exists.
The actual turret stabilization handling of 4 is commented out since 2010.
But there is also some handling in camera position update code, that sets the up vector, so it doesn't roll, which matches the wiki name of it.
But in engine its called AxisXYZ, and it also being used for the SDV (which doesn't roll?) I would expect it to mean, you are stabilized on a 3D point in the underwater world.

I can just make it work same as the "Both" type, and its probably fine..

I think that is what you would expect, and probably what the designer intended

Yeah okey.
The roll stabilization is supposed to... remove the roll by keeping it horizontal.
That was implemented for the camera (You already don't have camera roll, when the boat rolls, that part is working)
But it was not implemented for the actual weapon.
I don't even think it needs to, it seems to be working fine when I use XY stabilization on the weapon, it already handles roll as it is.

So it seems XYZ was only to have XY, but add camera horizontal onto it.
The programmer added camera horizontal, and removed XY stabilization..

[azure crane]

there you go

[twin hornet]

Hm interesting that Dedmen just worked on gun stabilization.
I found an issue that is a bit same same but different.
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T198138

In the issue description there is also a suggested fix. I hope this makes it easy to improve.

[solid marten]

only the primary weapon (rifle/assault weapon) is shown in the list

actually it depends on where you are pointing, if pointing on the launcher the launcher will be in the list but not the rifle. Still terrible

[restive bone]

Fwiw I'd love for that to be fixed, I dont know how many dozens of times I've wiggled around a dead body trying to get its launcher or other equipment.
Sometimes I even died due to it in pvp when I couldnt pick up launchers in time to blow up a vic etc.

[azure crane]

Usually I just press the inventory button or aim at the launcher while holding J and then take it

[kind rose]

I get a popup with this inside when I try to upload a zip with a crash report log

[fallen cloak]

Dont know if theres a main ticket for this but im curious about the whole 2 meter (or 1.85 whatever it is) height limit for unit fire geo hit registration, i.e hits not being registered on fire geo above a certain height - anything on the docket for that being fixed?

Also if youre reading this the day of - happy easter

[sinful kettle]

what do you mean 2m limit? why would a hit register if you don't fire at someone directly?
are you talking about custom animations that move the unit far from the origin?

[cursive patio]

While doing sniper/spotter things in multiplayer (dedicated server), I've noticed that spotters are unable to see the shooters bullet impacts past around 500m, even when they are clearly visible to the shooter. Is this a known bug? Any workarounds?

[alpine tulip]

Do you mean the shooter can but not the spotter?

[fallen cloak]

@steady panther might be able to word it better since hes aware of it - basically any man type model thats taller than 2 metres has the issue where any fire geo components above that 2m mark dont register hits, i think its regardless of animation but i could be wrong - i can provide proper video after tomorrow

For example the tiow space marines had this issue but i think they worked around it by just spawning fake hitboxes

Which obv isnt ideal but still

You couldnt hit their heads

[sinful kettle]

isn't that related to animation bounding sphere?

you can just increase it youself

[fallen cloak]

I did try that myself and it didnt resolve it, seems to be inherent to something in the p3d, maybe goat when he sees this can elaborate further, otherwise i can demo it on tuesday

[sinful kettle]

ok. if you make a ticket with a test pbo attached (just bare minimum not a full mod) I'll have a look

[fallen cloak]

can do

[steady panther]

bounding sphere does not seem to work yeah

but looks like you guys have it all covered if Kharos sets up a sample

👍

[fallen cloak]

ye the biggest effect i've noticed from altering a cfgMoves entry's boundingsphere property is the fact that the mesh will continue to render if it moves too far from its origin (which makes sense and seems like intended design for visuals, but it seems like its locked to 2m in height as far as the fire geo registration goes)

[sinful kettle]

I guess it's somehow hardcoded or not checked then
we'll see

[fallen cloak]

@sinful kettle preliminarily to the ticket i've also decided to record a quick video and screenshot to demonstrate (DM-ed it to you so i dont clutter this chat) - incase you're curious to see ahead of time

also tossed it over to goat so we're all on the same page

[fallen cloak]

i ended up having time today anyway, here's the ticket @steady panther @sinful kettle https://feedback.bistudio.com/T198169

[steady panther]

I have a faint recollection that I had it working at some point but have no evidence for that.

[fallen cloak]

yeah it's almost like the game has a set volume around a unit that's engine-side that's exactly 2m and does not care about the boundingbox, explaining why crouch anims work since they move the fire geo beneath that threshold, but nothing else

when testing i did notice something quite bizzare but i could not replicate it, where if your gun is practically touching the fire geo above that heeight (and i mean almost inside of it) it registered like... once or twice, but i couldnt make it happen again (what might've happened tho is the barrel was still inside the "working part" 🤷)

might've been a fluke but it's a mystery for sure

[sinful kettle]

the mod you uploaded doesn't work. also it seems to have broken the move states. when I move e.g. forward, the unit moves to left (might be a mod conflict tho but I think whatever you're doing with with cfg moves is wrong)

[fallen cloak]

uuh... i just tested it on my end but i can try again

[fallen cloak]

you sure you dont have something else being loaded? movement works on my end ™

this is the config 😂

[sinful kettle]

yes it does work without my own animation mod but your mod breaks it (and I'm sure my mod is correct)

[fallen cloak]

ah

[gray wharf]

-# what do you know, you're a leopard

[fallen cloak]

right might be cause i didnt add the vanilla addon that adds the original classes into requiredAddons, tho i dont recall having to do that with my other mod

however im like 99% sure that config should be fine? would be embarrassing if it wasnt since i messed around with configs for a while now

[sinful kettle]

the correct inheritance is class AmovPercMstpSrasWrflDnon: AmovPercMstpSlowWrflDnon but you're inheriting from an inv move

[fallen cloak]

RIP

my bad

i'll update it in a jiffy

@sinful kettle done, so sorry

[vocal thistle]

Hey so I got a shader misbehavin

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T198170

anything we could do about that? Missing puzzle piece for wipers in a helicopter mod

The main problem is that there's a UV animation on the normals and a chromatic aberration effect in the shader, which I wish we could turn off or adjust. I was hoping that there's a Stage in the RVMAT that has channels describing direction and magnitude/direction of the UV Animation/chromatic aberration effect. Unless there's something already I could use? 😅 I played with them for like 4 hours now and got nowhere

[sinful kettle]

LOL so the game does use the bounding sphere for collision testing. but there are two tests and the second one doesn't use it

[fallen cloak]

Hope thats easy enough of a fix?

[sinful kettle]

yeah

well I hope 😅
currently building and testing the fix

[fallen cloak]

[sinful kettle]

fixed

[fallen cloak]

i can finally remove the invisible hitbox generation code for my custom units lol

(and will actually help a bunch of other mods, namely some sci fi ones that have tall units and dont use workarounds)

[sinful kettle]

it should also fix the problem with animations that move the unit too far from model center, like cutscene anims (as long as they do define a correct bounding sphere)

[fallen cloak]

ah yes, i can finally shoot the drunk dancer trying to be funny during briefing

[steady panther]

WOOOP WOOOP

[wary mason]

im super duper late for this
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T184143
but thank u for doing whoever u are BIS_fnc_KK 😄

[vapid cradle]

Hello everyone, i'm here to report another very annoying bug concerning units mounted in a vehicle attached to another unit. This bug is particularly annoying for me who is working on a horse mod, when the horse moves, the body of the rider get stretched or twisted or can even change position.
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T198176

[sinful kettle]

I don't think it's possible to do anything about it, but a video of the problem would be nice.

[fallen cloak]

you sure it's not a mod conflict or something with the specific turret you're using? i just tried to reproduce and it worked smoothly

i was attempting something similar a while back that'd essentially be a "interactable carry" using a turret (to allow the person being carried to aim around and stuff)

OH i'm seeing it actually. it's like... a slight torso twist to the side

hope this helps, it is there yeah, it seems to behave erratically depending on the direction (you can see the offset get back to normal after detach)

[vapid cradle]

That's exactly it you can also see the torse stretch and collapse depending on the shape of the ground. I'm makinbg a video with the horses so you can see

Its only affecting the torso

[fallen cloak]

if my theory is correct (given the position and influence of the bones) it's most likely just the aiming masks (or leaning masks) in the cfgmoves being positionally offset for... well.. whatever odd reason

[vapid cradle]

When i look on the way the torso is bending and stretching it almost like the character is trying to reproduce the rtm of the action played but with a mask only on torso

[fallen cloak]

[vapid cradle]

Ticket updated. Here is the video showing what i'm talking about with the horses but it does the same with vanilla assets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03eTx_xkuqM

[azure crane]

It's the same thing like with units standing on steep angles I guess. The bones don't "adjust" they just scale, so when you stand on a rocky fence or something the legs get comically small.

[devout wave]

haha IK go scrunch

[fallen cloak]

makes me wonder why the leg IK doesnt just use the regular "bendy" arm IK

surely the engine is capable of it so....

[azure crane]

Only KK can fix IK

[fallen cloak]

soon™

there's a number of animation-related things (at least what i can think of off the top of my head) that'd be awesome to have in arma 3 tho, but m'fraid some might be too much effort

[vocal thistle]

Hey, sooo I posted this while another problem was being resolved. The refract shader has a UV animation and a chromatic aberration effect which doesn't allow us to work with it, I was testing the rvmat stage textures to see if theres one that controls these values with its channels. Does this issue make sense, or does anyone know of a workaround?

[azure crane]

Id like an adult for this one too

[fallen cloak]

You want a leopard

[vocal thistle]

Want? Yes

Need? Also yes

[sinful kettle]

I think it's probably not even saved, so changing that will break existing saves

[azure crane]

But I am pretty sure it wasn't the case before

[vapid cradle]

True, but in this case, i don't understand why any IK is applied to a unit inside a turret. Yes i can use weapons and binoculars on the horse but there is a mask, the ik shouldn't override the mask

[azure crane]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T198061#2927355 spam

[sinful kettle]

legs don't have IK. they only change directions or get skewed (which is why you see them "squished" on slopes)

[fallen cloak]

ah, that explains it

[cursive patio]

Sorry for the delayed reply. Yes the shooter is able to see impacts but not the spotter.

[surreal bough]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2190826124

[cursive patio]

There’s a comment on that mod complaining about the same issue I’m describing

[untold sky]

upload where? on feedback tracker?

Did you try to upload a "error.log" file to feedback tracker? You cannot do that. Thats illegal. Cannot upload error logs on a bug tracker. That's forbidden.

Also I don't even want that crash log.
Just read the error message popup yourself.

[untold sky]

@sinful kettle you had this right? Ticket can be set to Feedback then if its in? Should be prof v64

[sinful kettle]

yep

done

dunno the dev branch version

[untold sky]

The whole UV has a offset based on *scale and +offset
Then additional move is intensity, which is eye direction multiplied by intensity. Which is also multiplied by a depth coefficient.

The scales and intensity are part of the parameters. The offset is hard based on screen size. So you can't get rid of that offset.
The aberration can be turned off, if
scales[0] == scales[0] && scales[1] == scales[2]
That turns off aberration.

They are set in the ppParams. I doubt you'd get anything usable out of it

[untold sky]

"next dev branch update" 😄

[untold sky]

Sadly I don't know enough about animations.
I don't know why it would relate to attachTo, attachTo should only set the players origin position, it shouldn't have downstream effects. If the whole player would shift maybe, but only the torso.. no idea.

[untold sky]

Save loader can have defaults.
Also we break every save on major game version bump anyway

[fallen cloak]

Arma is certainly "interesting" in the way it handles animations

Then again my only reference is two rts games and unreal

[vocal thistle]

The offset being that animated movement of the UVs?

[fallen cloak]

My best guess is attaching the turret to the unit messes with the unit inside the turret because the aim offsets may or may not use turret local transforms (or it uses world space) which are now local to the other unit... tldr transform locality likely gets bricked and the game ends up thinking the torso is way past the allowed local/world offset or something

[untold sky]

Oh you mean specifically the normal map UV

Its animated by time*timeScale.
timeScale is a ppEffect parameter, which you could set to zero

Oh the refract is not documented

[vocal thistle]

Haha yeah it's not

[untold sky]

How do you put the refract pp effect onto your thing

Oh.. the function that sets the parameters.. is never used 🤣 So you can't even change it

[vocal thistle]

I made an rvmat with my rain normal map from the ui texture renderer- oh

[untold sky]

How do you make it use the refract shader?

[vocal thistle]

Simply assign "Refract" to both the pixel and vertex shader in the rvmat

[untold sky]

Oh wow uh

[vocal thistle]

And it looked almost perfect if it wasn't for that uhh

Animation of the normal map panning along u and v coordinates

And the chromatic aberration

[untold sky]

It seems only the Specular color from the rvmat is passed along

[vocal thistle]

Interesting

Sooo if there are the parameters to control this, but they're just not connected to anything, does it still need a feature request or is it something more on the bugfix side?

If I'm understanding it correctly

[untold sky]

Well specifically to the constants, the other stuff might go in the shader elsewhere..
Trying to see if maybe there is some rvMat parameter we could abuse to pass in there to change the things.

[vocal thistle]

That would be pretty epic

I was surprised that the shader just worked like that on the usertexture object, i tested a bunch of other shaders and some of them work in mysterious ways

[untold sky]

I think we can abuse the renderFlags

Can you send me your test thing. As a mod or mission that I can just see it in Editor?

[vocal thistle]

I might be wrong thinking that the normal map acted like a refraction map to it, but it looked like it was a fairly clear image until the normal map got generated

[vocal thistle]

Sure, do you want me to paste it here?

[untold sky]

Whatever, my DM works too

I recently abused renderflags for another shader feature, pretty sure we can do the same here

[vocal thistle]

That would be epic

[untold sky]

Do you plan to actually use this in production or just as a fun experiment.
I'm thinking the webbrowser might be performance problem, but if you globally only have a single one, its probably okey enough..

[vocal thistle]

Id love to try to use it in production, it's not that heavy on the browser as it's rendering it with GLSL on a canvas, although I do have to update the UI display every frame

my thinking was that I probably just need a single instance of it as this is just for first-person pilot/driver use

can't be in two vehicles at once

[untold sky]

How often do we see refract shader in game?
I think only some particle effects?

[vocal thistle]

no clue tbf. I was just looking for a way to sell the visual of rain on a windshield to improve the visuals, especially with Hatchet H-60 having wipers working now

[untold sky]

Send files, I'm waiting to test 🥺

[vocal thistle]

Im afraid I removed that rvmat but let me quickly put it back together from the current super-shader rvmat, it was the same params + normal map anyways, I tried playing with the other stages but couldnt see much of a difference with these ppEffects

okay it works

sending now

ofc im an idiot and forgot to save the mission file before sending

[untold sky]

🙅

[vocal thistle]

This is gorgeous

[untold sky]

I am disabling the time movement and aberration.
The other UV offset is only for colors, not for normal map so I guess you don't care about that one

[vocal thistle]

Yea that's fine by me

Theres a very minor visual benefit I'd see from it but I don't think it justifies too much work on it

[kind rose]

Yeah on feedback tracker. Don't have a "error.log" file, but I wanted to send the zip file that is compiled when you "Save" the crash report and it says the

Arma 3 Troubleshooting Report

Sorry for the inconvenience.
Please report this on Arma 3 Feedback Tracker (http://feedback.arma3.com). Thanks to you we may fix the issue faster.
thing. I thought you want that.

Also, why is it illegal?

[untold sky]

I don't need crash reports of forced crashes after an error message told you what's wrong.
I need the to analyze unknown crashes, this one wasn't.

Its illegal because whoever configured cloudflare decided it should be

[limpid rune]

used for engine exhaust mainly

heat refraction

[devout wave]

Engine exhaust, fire, mods that do heat effects for gunfire, probably some scifi mods use it for scifi effects too

[untold sky]

But overall not much

Not like Super shader 😄 or like every window

[kind rose]

The code is 0x0000DEAD - Unknown tho?

[regal nimbus]

0x0000DEAD is what Arma throws when it quits after hitting an unrecoverable error, which is shown beforehand.

[untold sky]

Yes exactly those I don't want

You can read the error yourself, no need to waste my time

[vapid cradle]

The character is actually not attached to the horse. The character is mounted in a turret with no resulotion LOD. The turret is attached to the horse. I used this method so i can use weapons and binoculars on the horse

[fallen cloak]

attachTo is still involved, pretty sure he understood, it just makes it more bizzare since it's not the character being attached directly

[vapid cradle]

I agree

[fallen cloak]

what might be easier (?) of a solution, just spitballing here, is to instead allow characters to be attached to something while allowing for rotation?

since the main reason you're using the turret i imagine is so that you can actually aim around (since you cant do that if you attach yourself to something directly)

animation you can easily sort out by forcing a new move set

id suggest playing around with potential solutions thinking from the engine perspective; replication steps are important (you covered that), but suggestions equally so 😄

[vapid cradle]

I tried various masks to see but since there is an upDegree and a stance in the animation set (for weapons) its overriding the mask

I inspired myself from the Powler's top seat config to make my horse animation set

[fallen cloak]

can you elaborate on that? stance/updegree are properties of an action, but each state has its own mask but it's not directly affected by upDegree and stance of the action

[vapid cradle]

If you want to be able to aim when playing an animation you need to make an animation set and specify which upDegree you want. My opinion is when the horse plays action fastf, the unit in the turret also tries to play its own fastf action and so on. There is a bug i already reported that could be related to it: when a unit is attached to another, the attached unit animation speed gets multiplied

[fallen cloak]

ah in that sense... yeah depends on how you set it up i guess, the guy in the turret shouldnt be trying to play it though if you just disable the inputs while on the horse

[vapid cradle]

Which function are you thinking about ?

[fallen cloak]

you can override OnKeyDown by returning true, so just do that for movement input

[vapid cradle]

But its still weird because when the turret doesn't move, the character is not affected if i press W or S

[fallen cloak]

might be other weird behaviour in that case 🤷

[vapid cradle]

already done

params ["_unit"];
waitUntil { !isNull findDisplay 46 };
findDisplay 46 displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", {
    params ["_displayOrControl", "_key", "_shift", "_ctrl", "_alt"];
    if((typeOf (vehicle player)) isKindOf ['iarts_saddle_turret_base', configFile >> 'CfgVehicles']) then { 
        private _horse = ((vehicle player) getVariable "iarts_horse_owner");
        if(inputAction "MoveForward" > 0) then {
            [_horse, "forward"] spawn iarts_horses_fnc_move;
            true;
        };
        if(inputAction "MoveBack" > 0) then {
            [_horse, "back"] spawn iarts_horses_fnc_move;
            true;
        };
        if(inputAction "TurnLeft" > 0) then {
            [_horse, "left"] spawn iarts_horses_fnc_turn;
            true;
        };
        if(inputAction "TurnRight" > 0) then {
            [_horse, "right"] spawn iarts_horses_fnc_turn;
            true;
        };
        /*if((inputAction "WalkRunTemp" > 0)) then {
            _horse setVariable ["iarts_horse_walk", true, true];
        };*/
        if((inputAction "WalkRunToggle" > 0)) then {
            if((_horse getVariable ["iarts_horse_walktoggle", false])) then {
                _horse setVariable ["iarts_horse_walktoggle", nil, true];
            } else {
                _horse setVariable ["iarts_horse_walktoggle", true, true];
            };
            true;
        };
        
        if(inputAction "GetOver" > 0) then {
            _horse playActionNow "JumpOff";
            true;
        };
    };
}];```

[fallen cloak]

that's not it then, yeah not sure

[fallen cloak]

actually hold up, you're not exiting with, you're just checking each condition sequentially

like, you always check for getOver last, and if it's not over 0 then you're just gonna return nil regardless of what the others do, so none of the paths actually return anything unless it's getOver

change the thens with exitwiths

[vapid cradle]

Usually when the engine meets true; it exits the function

[devout wave]

I don't think that's true

[fallen cloak]

whatever's at the end of the last code block is what it returns with, true in an if/then does nothing unless it's at the end

you need to actually specify that we're exiting, returning true in an if statement in a code block that just continues after the if statement doesnt do anything

[vapid cradle]

Hmm i'll give it a check, it would be better for optimization but won't sqolve the problem

[fallen cloak]

may not solve it but it'll behave correctly at least; since right now you're only ever overriding input if "getOver" is > 0

and if it's not it's just returning nothing

also @vapid cradle just a tip - unless you're suspending in those movement functions for whatever reason, just use call for the love of the clock cycles

i never tested but practically spam-spawning threads in something so frequently used cant be good for performance

[vapid cradle]

thanks for noticing, at the beginning i was using sleep in these functions that's the reason ^^

[fallen cloak]

understandable 😄

something so timing-critical should be entirely unscheduled, it's a pain sometimes if you need suspension yes but we have CBA for that

[twin hornet]

@untold sky thanks for your feedback on https://feedback.bistudio.com/T178445#2929608

Could you maybe have a look at
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T198138

There I already did what you asked of me for the previous task. The fix is already mentioned the task.

[vapid cradle]

Just checked my files, i'm using cycles in these files, i have to spawn them and exitWith will not work either

[surreal bough]

GVAR_HorseVehicles = []; // Global array of horse vehicle classes
params ["_unit"];
waitUntil { !isNull findDisplay 46 };
findDisplay 46 displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", {
    params ["_displayOrControl", "_key", "_shift", "_ctrl", "_alt"];
    private _ret = false;
    _ret = if (isNull objectParent player) exitwith {false};
    private _veh = vehicle player
      if ((typeOf _veh) in GVAR_HorseVehicles) then { 
        private _horse = (_veh getVariable "iarts_horse_owner");
        _ret = { 
            call {
               if(inputAction "MoveForward" > 0) exitwith {
                    [_horse, "forward"] spawn iarts_horses_fnc_move;
                    true;
                };
                if(inputAction "MoveBack" > 0) exitwith {
                    [_horse, "back"] spawn iarts_horses_fnc_move;
                    true;
                };
                if(inputAction "TurnLeft" > 0) exitwith {
                    [_horse, "left"] spawn iarts_horses_fnc_turn;
                    true;
                };
                if(inputAction "TurnRight" > 0) exitwith {
                    [_horse, "right"] spawn iarts_horses_fnc_turn;
                    true;
                };
                if((inputAction "WalkRunToggle" > 0)) exitwith {
                    if((_horse getVariable ["iarts_horse_walktoggle", false])) then {
                        _horse setVariable ["iarts_horse_walktoggle", nil, true];
                    } else {
                        _horse setVariable ["iarts_horse_walktoggle", true, true];
                    };
                    true;
                };
                
                if(inputAction "GetOver" > 0) exitwith {
                    _horse playActionNow "JumpOff";
                    true;
                };
                false
            };
        };
    };
    _ret
}];

[vapid cradle]

not working and not suitable in my case

I feel like whgen KeyDown returns true, inputAction gets resetted. Not suitable to make a continuous walk

I made several tests and the horse is definitely not moving when KeyDown returns true. I probably need to use _key instead of inputAction but it would require the user to set additional keys...arf....

[surreal bough]

When creating a marker in Arma 3, if the marker name already exists, the new marker is not created. The engine does not display any error or warning, so the failure is completely silent and invisible to the developer.

📌 Key points:
Duplicate names → marker creation fails.
No error message or log entry → hard to detect.
Developers may waste time debugging because the command appears to run but nothing happens.

[surreal bough]

I only edited your code and pointed out the areas where optimization is needed and how to do it. Whether it works or not — that’s for you to figure out.

[lime sedge]

_marker = createMarker ...;

_markerCreated = _marker != "";

?

[daring wagon]

Just to proper error handling by checking if the name already exists beforehand or use a unique name to begin with. We got hashValue and systemTime to create a unique id now.

[ripe crystal]

Three-ish years ago I do remember running into a bug caused by createMarker using the same name and since I was super new to the language, it was super tough to find.

Might not be bad to just have some sort of RPT message for it maybe.

[gray wharf]

!purgeban @sterile sierra 1h scam spam

[quaint quail]

*PewPewPew!!*
RIP @sterile sierra

[regal nimbus]

I don't think there's a documented way to tell whether a marker exists? markerShape _name == "" seems to work but that was original research.

Checking the return value of createMarker also works if you'd rather yolo it.

[daring wagon]

markerName in allMapMarkers

[foggy shuttle]

Really inefficient if there's a lot of markers on the map, or run frequently to be fair

[daring wagon]

Then just use a unique name to begin with😄

[fallen cloak]

might've just discovered a bug if it's not intentional behaviour - ctrlMap and RscMapControl only seem to accept 0 and 1 with ctrlSetFade, meaning the map control can either be visible or not visible and can't be faded in-between

idk if this is a config property issue or an engine issue (i'd imagine the map itself has some engine-side handling since i cant find anything in the config that'd affect that)

[lime sedge]

Can be closed:
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T169976
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T169998 (was fixed in v2.14)

[daring wagon]

Done.

[fallen cloak]

Will make a ticket + testmod for this this week, minor issue but might as well

[vocal thistle]

is there something that's responsible for the dots brightness? I mentioned in #perf_prof_branch that it's not working but after increasing the dotSize to 1.0, I believe it's just dark, I've got the dotColor set to 5000 in all channels and I can barely see it

[sinful kettle]

iirc no

maybe Dedmen didn't merge it to prof? I'll check it on the weekend

[vocal thistle]

yeah I might be dumb because Im having other issues with the prof branch too

although, I managed to modify the beam thickness of the IR laser and the IR dot is visible in third person, just barely in first person though

[ionic fog]

Just a fun thing encountered this issue with updating my mod today and did some experimenting which might help diagnose and fix the issue: https://feedback.bistudio.com/T192865

if any of the devs want im open to being used as a guinea pig because i know this is probably impossible to replicate somewhere else

[surreal bough]

Am I right in thinking that if I stop using waypoints and rewrite the scripts to use move / doMove, I can avoid the issue where AI walks through walls?

[regal nimbus]

Probably not, no. Waypoints are high level and it's likely the lower-level logic making it walk through walls.

It's pretty common for units to get wedged forever while following waypoints.

[fallen cloak]

Ai quite simply does not respect collision during its movement, regardless of the command you use

Thats why path lods are incredibly important, not just for actual pathfinding but for making sure they dont take a path through a wall

[regal nimbus]

I'm not sure about respecting collision but they're certainly capable of getting stuck on scenery.

Might be more about the floor than the walls.

[fallen cloak]

Its a bit complicated from my testing - they will try to actively avoid walls only if there is a nearby path that doesnt include going through said wall, if there isnt then theyll say "fuck it" and phase through the nearest surface

Sometimes they wont and theyll just stay in place 🤷

[regal nimbus]

If they're out in the open with a big wall (like >50m) then they'll do some sort of random-walk that might eventually get them around it.

I've not honestly seen much walking through walls except the case where they're in the final stage of trying to board a vehicle.

[fallen cloak]

Maybe its cuz i played a lot with modded modular interiors, a lot of them are just made so badly that the ai can never move inside of them or else they go through walla

[regal nimbus]

You can probably make them do it by jamming two buildings together but that's kinda cheating.

If they're on a path LOD then they're not gonna take any notice of other buildings.

[hallow sun]

Even works when you hide the building via hideObjectGlobal
Had to do that once since i wanted to spawn AI inside this bunker but they couldn't leave it.
Land_i_Addon_04_V1_F to the rescue.

[regal nimbus]

_object setVariable [_var, _value, 2] doesn't do anything in SP, which is inconsistent with remoteExec and also terrible. Is this a bug?

[ripe crystal]

I'm not super familiar with SP mission making but have you checked to see if your clientOwner is 2?

[regal nimbus]

clientOwner is 0 in SP

but remoteExec 2 works fine.

[ripe crystal]

Ah okay interesting, I think I am catching up with you then now. So you're saying you can remoteExec ["TAG_fnc_whatever", 2] and it works but setVariable doesn't work with 2?

[regal nimbus]

Correct.

[ripe crystal]

Ah okay. Sorry then, no idea.

Sure seems like a bug. Odd you'd be able to target 2 with results with remoteExec but not setVariable.

[regal nimbus]

clientOwner 0 is pretty damn degenerate too tbh.

[vocal thistle]

I get some control, particularly on the beam, but not much about the dot, seems really dark

Unless I was supposed to use a different exe

[sinful kettle]

the dot in IR config behaves differently than scripted one

[vocal thistle]

Yeah just tried few different values

[sinful kettle]

that wasn't a question. I'm just saying it is different by design

[vocal thistle]

Yeah I know, I'm just saying that there was a few attempts and none of them worked for me

[sinful kettle]

from what I see its intensity is 0, while scripted one uses 1

if I change it to 1 it gets too bright and breaks the old behavior

[vocal thistle]

I understand the intensity is not a configurable value?

Wasn't there a dot like that in arma initially tho

[sinful kettle]

idk maybe. but it's not configurable

I guess I can make it configurable

[vocal thistle]

That would make it backwards compatible and also allow for this functionality wouldn't it 👀

[sinful kettle]

yeah but first I'll have to ask Dedmen about a comment he wrote in the code. I'll ask him on Tuesday

[vocal thistle]

Awesome, thanks

[regal nimbus]

Apparently knowsAbout can return max float (3.40282e+38) when a unit spots an ArtilleryTargetE.

I don't think that's even supposed to be visible.

Showed up in _group targets [true]

[sleek scaffold]

You are back at being green! 👏 🙌

[gray wharf]

for… a little bit, now

[sleek scaffold]

Thanks, I have been out of the scene for 3 months now, just returned to gaming today

Glad to find some good news here

[twin hornet]

@untold sky this should include the fix that you requested: https://feedback.bistudio.com/T178445#2937748

[deft marsh]

Seeing as eden / apex are incoming this year, any chance of an update on the progress of this issue? http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=23685

[tropic jewel]

drawLaser lasers, if shown in a pip, stop showing in main view https://feedback.bistudio.com/T198779

[untold sky]

Did you test your fix?
I like the 1e-6 change better, because performance. But don't know if performance matters here?

[untold sky]

The shaking, might be intentional to prevent use in vehicles.

[untold sky]

I can add a script error only when -debug is set. Seems reasonable

[devout wave]

It kind of looks like it's just the walking animation with intensity multiplied by speed (note how it's way worse in the helo than in the car). They probably didn't bother accounting for vehicles since it's meant for Contact, where you never have the opportunity to use it in a moving vehicle.

[untold sky]

Most of the marker commands work, they return default values if not found.
I think markerShape is the only one that cannot also return empty string if the marker was actually found.
Feel free to document that as the official way

[untold sky]

Intentional

[untold sky]

I would need to reproduce it to track it down.
Considering you cannot reproduce it yourself (if you just upload your mod under a different name), I don't think I'd be able to.
A bisign from a specific private key breaking the upload could be possible (something in the key is hitting an edge case, maybe steam falsely detects it as virus).
But that doesn't make sense when it then suddenly works just because you upload the mod under different name.

[untold sky]

Yes. Ticket, this seems to take more than 5 minutes to fix

[ionic fog]

Yeah I've updated the mod since then and it worked fine through the UI, so idk man, shits weird

[untold sky]

knowsAbout returns the "accuracy". I don't want to fix it unless its actually a problem

[untold sky]

Sending a mission.sqm, also needs to say what terrain it is 🤣 I shall assume its VR, if not then I'll break my legs

[twin hornet]

Did you test your fix?

I did not.
How would I do that? Would be happy to test if there is a way for me to do that.

(My previous attempts in manipulating Vanilla code of the spectrum device were rejected. RPT log showed it noticed an override attempt but my change had no effect.)

I like the 1e-6 change better, because performance. But don't know if performance matters here?

Performance should be a concern, since this updates multiple times a second when the spectrum analyzer is shown.
I am fine with the 1e-6 approach.

[untold sky]

How would I do that?
Unpack the vanilla pbo.
Delete sqfc file. Edit the sqf. Repack pbo.
Easier with pbo explorer when you can just open and edit in place.

Just keep a backup so you can restore it after

[untold sky]

The laser stops rendering when I look too far to the right 😢
Ah! thats because looking right brings the PIP screen into view, which deletes the laser

[twin hornet]

I can not rule out that this is intentional.

But for 2 reasons I doubt it is

1. The shaking feels like head bobing. It is swinging regularly and the frequency matches different walking speeds and the sound of ones own footsteps. Vehicle shaking should be more random.
2. The behavior is at odds with other equipment that can be used on fire-from-vehicle platforms. I described it in the task and made this video for illustration. https://youtu.be/GXyoYBj_OZw To me the shaking just doesn't look plausible when compared to e.g. guns.

[twin hornet]

Ok, will do.

[daring wagon]

This is probably just some scripted animation to simulate holding it when walking. Have you checked the sqf code yet?

[untold sky]

SQF code is known

This is intentionally done, it seems to be for the walking movement yes

But unclear if intentional to make it harder to use while moving around, which means it would also be wanted to make it harder to use in a vehicle

[gray wharf]

"probably"

[daring wagon]

I wonder how many mods and scripts will suddenly throw errors

[twin hornet]

Yes, I even tried to override it but this seems to be blocked.

See discussion at ACE Discord:

• #976224730422063214 message
• #976224730422063214 message

[twin hornet]

I would be totally happy if we as modders could modify it or make it configurable. Then players can decide what they like.

Author: Karel Moricky is he still at BI?
Maybe he still knows what he intended back then.

[ripe crystal]

This rocks, cheers as always 🙂

[untold sky]

He is sitting across from me and he was asked earlier but I don't remember what the answer is.
Seems like KK is handling it now, he also brought up making it configurable

[untold sky]

The change has been approved. So as soon as you confirm it works for you I'll merge it in 🫂

[ripe crystal]

I might be ill informed but isn't the RPT messages from the first link there just related to compileFinal which can only be used on scripts and maps?

Absolutely have never tried as I haven't made many mods but maybe you'd be able to declare a final function of your own with the same name prior to it's instantiation in BI's function library? If that works (which I'd have large doubts) would be a hell of a hack but maybe could work?

Erh maybe fat chance and I might be an idiot:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Initialisation_Order#Arma_3

[twin hornet]

@ripe crystal I really don't know. 🤷‍♂️

My best guess is, if no one over at the ACE Discord knows you are pretty much on uncharted territory, because pretty much all the veterans (but KK 😜 ) are there.

[ripe crystal]

I just tried to see if I could with BIS_fnc_debugConsoleExec by attempting to final a function with the same name during recompile and preinit and did not have success.

11:13:54 Attempt to override final function - bis_fnc_debugconsoleexec

Makes sense though, I guess BIS functions are probably just first to load? If anyone could load an addon and recompile those functions prior to joining a game in MP that would present quite an issue 😄

[regal nimbus]

Well, it was a problem that I had to spend an hour or two tracking down. The wiki says 0-4, and if you do arithmetic on FLT_MAX that assumes 0-4 then it breaks. If it's not going to be fixed then it needs a wiki note.

[twin hornet]

Done.
1e-6 works just fine.
See details at https://feedback.bistudio.com/T178445#2939130

[regal nimbus]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T198795

[tepid fractal]

Is there a setter for a CT_PROGRESS's texture? Not seeing one on wiki

[dreamy bane]

its not https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ctrlSetText ?

[void lava]

Having a hard time finding if there's an open feedback tracker ticket for alt tabbing on Win 11

Anyone else having this? In fullscreen windowed, alt tabbing is not behaving like any other app. Pressing alt+tab immediately drops focus from arma to whatever the next window is, without letting you continue hitting tab while holding alt to swap through like it used to. I think this was related to a windows update some time in the past year, it's been doing this a while for me.

[tepid fractal]

I've had it too, think it was windows changing something in win11 or something like that

[tepid fractal]

Could try it, but I doubt that works

[dusky tendon]

I'm curious. Will there ever be a fix for the water wave shader when the surface height changes after a command?
If the camera is not close to the water (approximately above the water's edge), then the shader does not work.

[tepid fractal]

It did in fact, not work

Made ticket, would love to have it since it'd be really cool to "wipe away dirt" in a non-instant way (i.e. just like deleting the control)
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T198806

[dreamy bane]

did you also set progress to mid way via progressSetPosition?

[tepid fractal]

Yes

[dreamy bane]

maybe it doesnt support textures

[tepid fractal]

What do you mean?

You can change it in config, there's just no script setter

[dreamy bane]

ok wasnt sure if even config worked

[dreamy bane]

found this https://feedback.bistudio.com/T198806

[devout wave]

Did you happen to read the name of the author and the date? #arma3_feedback_tracker message

[dreamy bane]

yes i took a glance

oh i misread the date XD

[vocal thistle]

hope it's not too early to poke you about this topic then 😄

[tepid fractal]

[daring wagon]

Can't read the message but might be related to @untold sky S updates to the listbox commands?

[ripe crystal]

First two arguments look correct, probably the third we can't see is wrong.

[surreal bough]

I turned off the rpt logs for the test and forgot about it - the error appears when calling the group menu, tomorrow I will check the logs in the rpt

[surreal bough]

23:27:34 Error in expression <_forEachIndex, 1], [1,1,1,1]];
_listbox lnbSetPictureColor [[_forEachIndex, 0], >
23:27:34   Error position: <lnbSetPictureColor [[_forEachIndex, 0], >
23:27:34   Error Тип Булево, ожидался Массив
23:27:34 File A3\ui_f\scripts\GUI\RscDisplayDynamicGroups.sqf..., line 655

[lime sedge]

This probably assigns nil on line 628:

private _color = switch (true) do
{
    case (_isDead) :         { COLOR_DEAD };
    case (_isIncapacitated) :     { COLOR_INCAPACITATED };
    case (player == _x) :         { COLOR_SELF };
    case (_sameGroup) :         { COLOR_GROUP };
};

[untold sky]

Type bool, expected array.
Syntax is
control lnbSetPictureColor [Array, Array]

It must be the _color yes.
nil would not cause it to tell it got a bool ?
_color comes from a switch statement. If that fails it would assign nil yes. But we wouldn't get a bool??

[untold sky]

At minimum needs a note for all versions until now.
There might be other code expecting it to be max? don't know.. risky

The command previously had a silent typecheck thats now loud

I don't know how to open that menu to repro the issue? Can someone tell me that

[daring wagon]

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

[daring wagon]

No default?

[lime sedge]

Yes.

[dreamy bane]

still thinking of this if passing variables to spawn could be made easier: https://feedback.bistudio.com/T195982 maybe something this could be used to transfer the vars: _one = 1; [] spawn { inheritLocalVariables ["_one"]; systemchat _one; //prints 1 } what do you guys think?

it would be used just for spawned code not with functions

[regal nimbus]

Can't work without some very non-SQF behaviour.

Generally when the spawned code is executed, the "local" state is long gone.

[tepid fractal]

Messing with some impact stuff and it seems like HitEffects doesn't use inherited properties (e.g. like Turrets), is that a bug or intentional?

I added some impact effects to BaseBullet's HitEffects class and it works fine on vanilla ammo classes that just inherit HitEffects and don't modify / redefine anything. Some of our ammo classes define custom HitEffects while still inheriting it, but the particle isn't created despite it being in the config viewer when looking at the ammo

[dreamy bane]

maybe but we dont really know how SQF works in c++ level. KK's comment says it (or something like) might be doable

[foggy shuttle]

In theory could just pass a stack-trace like magic variable like how _thisArgs works in missionEventHandlers, but at that point why not just pass the variables to the spawned scripts in the first place

Don't really see the usefulness of it over current implementation

[fallen cloak]

it seems more like a shortcut than anything tbh, as far as i understand it's to avoid writing params + arguments and instead just write params?

[dusky tendon]

It was only after 8,982 hours in the game that I found out that == can't compare the case of the Cyrillic alphabet.

[gray wharf]

did you try using the unicode flag?

[solid marten]

Could you make a ticket?

[devout wave]

SQF-only quick fix: the Play Sound module for Zeus causes a freeze on first use because of inefficient searching. Solution included. https://feedback.bistudio.com/T198866

[void lava]

Huge thumbs up for this one 🙏

[void lava]

Also in trying to find RscDisplayAttributesModuleSound.sqf, I have it but when I open it there's only one line and it's just an include for RscDisplayAttributes.sqf. How do you have the script contents?

[daring wagon]

You can preprocess the script so the include gets resolved

Or you use loadFile on the file that's being included.

[devout wave]

Sorry, I forgot the packed PBOs (what I was looking at) would have the includes already resolved. I'll go find the end of the include chain in a little bit

[void lava]

reason I ask is, is it possible to do a function override as a temporary fix until (hopefully) BI can implement that change?

[daring wagon]

It is possible.

[devout wave]

My mistake, it wasn't include issues, I just misread something. The actual file is ui_f_curator\UI\RscCommon\RscAttributeSound.sqf

[solid marten]

Revision: 153716

[tepid fractal]

Made bug report because it would be pretty odd if this was considered intentional, repro mod / mission included as well
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T198899

[solid marten]

Might have been intentional, @sterile nova would know better

[keen sable]

Would it be possible to extend https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createSimpleObject Syntax 2 to support CfgWeapons so we can apply textures to simple weapon objects?

[sinful kettle]

you can just use the weapon model as a new vehicle in CfgVehicles

[sinful kettle]

I was supposed to add config value for it but didn't have time

[vocal thistle]

no probs, is it something that can be done still or is the arma update wrapped up?

[sinful kettle]

I think there might be some time left. but I think it's gonna be pretty soon (a few weeks)

[vocal thistle]

would be great 🙏 also gives me time to update my mod with it

[sleek scaffold]

Hey Leo, do you think it is possible to eventually add your holstering with pistol animation fix config to the game? We talked about it a long time ago so maybe you don't even remember 😅

[sinful kettle]

you mean the unarmed animation issue where the legs don't move?

[sleek scaffold]

Yeah, it was either that or that when you unholstered a handgun it would play a "take launcher out of back" animation first before actually taking the handgun out. (This only happened when crouched I believe)

If I remember correctly both the Launcher and Handgun animations when transitioning due to holstering had several issues 🙁

[tepid fractal]

What are the chances of getting some kind of overwrite for fireLightX values in like magazine/ammo?
Muzzleflash proxy would be nice as well but I assume that's less possible

[void lava]

I'd like to make a small patch for the group I play with that implements that fix if that's actually possible via a pbo. But I've never really tried to do specifically this kind of patch, could I ping you for guidance in the config channel or in a DM or something?

[devout wave]

I don't think I would have any useful advice to offer. You'd have to overwrite the vanilla script, possibly by replicating the file path and convincing the game to use your script file instead...but I've never done that so I can't help you.

[void lava]

Understood! I'll just tinker then. Thank you anywho for the initial discovery haha

[devout wave]

#arma3_scripting message

[untold sky]

You can see how init works in initFunctions.sqf
First all functions are compiled, then preInit/postInit are ran.
So trying to override at preInit definitely doesn't work for CfgFunctions.
But it can work to override ACE Mod like functions, because you can (try) to make your preInit run before theirs.

[untold sky]

when the surface height changes after a command?
You mean setTerrainHeight?
Possible. Ticket with repro. But it'll probably be low priority.

[untold sky]

Well can't repro a script error.

[untold sky]

Its pretty well documented by now. With multiple people having built their own SQF engines over the years.

[untold sky]

The fix would be to pass all variables to the spawned script, and then just keep them around forever to see if they want to use them.
That's not happening.

What could be possible though is something like

["_one"] spawnWithArgs {};

It grabs _one variable, stores it in _this args, and kinda injects a params[] call with the same variable names.
But.. that just seems horrendous.

[devout wave]

That seems like overkill for just saving a single use of params. Dangerous too, because then you're defining the variable names outside of the script that's going to use them, which feels like a recipe for accidentally writing different names in each place.

[dreamy bane]

with something like spawnWithArgs i would use that only for switching from unscheduled to scheduled. that is the main reason i have for this

[untold sky]

"possible" yes (I assume CfgWeapons also has "hiddenSelectionsTextures" / "hiddenSelectionsMaterials" config entries?
But its quite annoying, definitely no 5 minute job.
And I'd consider it low priority.

[untold sky]

Its used in 3 places. And we have Magazine and AmmoType directly available in all the places.
So definitely doable. But I wouldn't want to add to both, so choose one and make a ticket

[untold sky]

May I offer you

#define QUOTE(x) #x
#define SPAWN_WITH_ARGS(...) [__VA_ARGS__] spawn { params [ __VA_FOREACH__(QUOTE, __VA_ARGS__)];

SPAWN_WITH_ARGS(_one)
  systemchat _one; //prints 1
}

[dreamy bane]

thx for that code ded. i have considered this my self also but the nuisance with defines is they need to be included everywhere you use them 🙂

[untold sky]

Not a problem for ACE/CBA style mod setup, where every file always includes your defines

[dreamy bane]

true

lot of work for harddrive though to have many includes

[untold sky]

Not for the game (files are cached, and generally bytecode precompiled anyway)
Maybe while you develop, but not like you'd feel it.

[tepid fractal]

Does that apply to all the fireLight bits or just intensity?

I want to change the diffuse for a different mag

[untold sky]

all 4

[tepid fractal]

Cool, will make ticket later

[untold sky]

If you want to only modify some and keep some original, note that in ticket

[fallen cloak]

so i just found out that if you spam ctrl to raise/lower your weapon maybe 10-20 times while moving (most consistently forward) you'll get stuck moving in that direction for a really really really long time, until it kind of decides to switch back and forth a few times near the end before stopping

kind of happens even if you do it only a few times in quick succession but not for as long

• I was always wondering why i got stuck walking sometimes, now i know what causes it

worth making a ticket for this? very reproducible, but idk if anyone wants to bother (i only found out cause the unit im creating has a lot smoother movement than the arma man and i was kinda stress testing the limitations of the game's motion machine)

[regal nimbus]

Wait, ..., __VA_ARGS__ and __VA_FOREACH__ aren't real, are they?

[keen sable]

No worries, I actually found a workaround for now anyway thanks for considering it

[untold sky]

Currently aren't

But I dabble in the preprocessor every two years or so.
And #if support has been a while now..
If someone were to make a ticket, and id remember it when I get the mood to dabble in preprocessor... Maybe..

[steady panther]

!purgeban 631138561667629066 1d crypto scam spam

[quaint quail]

*PewPewPew!!*
RIP @crisp ridge

[faint solstice]

I have a question about the Official Public Arma 3 Zeus servers, when I put down the CSAT Radar and Missile launcher I can not get them to fire at a nato target. I have tried various things and everything that you can think of, but I can not get the missiles to fire, they lock on just fine but do not fire
Later I actually just found a work around that may shed light on the root cause of this issue. Basically I spawn in the Radar and Missile launcher without AI in it, then I spawn CSAT AI (for example like an officer) and I tell them to get into the Radar and Launcher, then they fire on the NATO enemies no issues.
But it seems like the AI that spawns in with the Radar and Launcher are bugged

REPRODUCTION STEPS:

1. Be in Official servers, public Zeus
2. Place down a CSAT Radar and Missile Launcher next to each other, I forget the equipment names right now
3. Spawn an enemy faction, for example a NATO Aircraft within range of the Launcher and Radar
4. They lock on but do not fire at the NATO target

FIX I FOUND:

1. Be in Official servers, public Zeus
2. Place down CSAT Radar and Missile WITHOUT AI crew
3. Place down any faction NPC, for example CSAT officer, you need two of them one for Radar and one for the Missile Launcher
4. Tell the CSAT officer's to get into the Radar and Launcher
5. At this point they will Lock on and also Fire at a target, like a NATO plane

I will also note two things that indicate to me that it might be the AI that is spawned in with the Radar and Launcher that is bugged:

1. When I try to set the behavior of the Radar and Launcher it always sets it self back to SAFE no matter what I set it too
2. When I use a UAV terminal to see what is going on, I set the Radar to on with CTRL + R and then disconnect, when connect again the Radar is always off

This seems to me like the AI that spawned with the Radar and Launcher are doing that

[scarlet sage]

Use https://feedback.bistudio.com/

[surreal bough]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVehicleRadar ?

[vocal thistle]

Hey so i saw that there's an update to the profiling branch, but I assume that config parameter isnt there, correct?

[sinful kettle]

nope

[tropic jewel]

Thank you for profiling update! Testing results were entertaining =)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-2apHVY8hE

[tepid fractal]

Is anyone else's "Mark All Read" button not working?
I've tried marking my notifications as read to get rid of them but they don't go away

[cyan basin]

happens sometimes, try pressing esc or switching away and back or scrolling down

[tepid fractal]

Does nothing

[sinful kettle]

looks like intensity doesn't do anything so I'll just add custom color support to the config IR laser like the scripted one

[vocal thistle]

Thank you 🙏

[hot lark]

Apex? Fixing VON? http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=18733

[still geyser]

dude it's been broken for a while, probably difficult to fix

part of issue is it seems to run inside main server thread so if server gets backed up, VON does as well

[faint solstice]

Yes o tired that, it does not work

[regal nimbus]

Have you tried disabling autocombat on the AI crew?

[hot lark]

Oh okay, then keep it that way

[still geyser]

keep what that way?

[hot lark]

I don't want to go into an argument here, but it's one of the most frustrating problems and when I see "difficult to fix" (AKA, it won't be fixed) I get really mad.

[still geyser]

I agree it hsould work better

just don't see it happening anytime soon

[surreal bough]

The mod creates its own custom invisible object for specific reasons.When the mod runs only on the client side, creating its own custom invisible object does not cause any problems in multiplayer. However, if the mod is installed on the server and that object is created locally there, all clients who do not have the mod are kicked from the server due to signature checks on the object. Why does this happen? The object exists only on the server side and is created locally for the server, yet clients without the mod are still disconnected.

[surreal bough]

Steps to Reproduce:
Equip a weapon with multiple compatible magazines (some full, some partially used, possibly with different ammo types).
Engage in combat and reload during an assault.
Observe which magazine is selected when reloading.

Expected Behavior:
When reloading, the system should always insert a full magazine if one is available, regardless of ammo type differences.
Partial magazines should only be used if no full magazines are present.

Actual Behavior:
A full magazine is only inserted if the remaining rounds in the previous magazine match the ammo type of the new magazine.
If no such magazines exist, the system may insert a partially filled magazine, even though other compatible full magazines with a different ammo type are available.

Impact:
This behavior disrupts assault gameplay, as players may unintentionally reload with partially filled magazines despite having full ones available.

Video
https://youtu.be/-Ktn6K6CHc8

[solid marten]

If you make a ticket I might look at it later, but not to change behaviour but to provide additional option to choose another mag

[surreal bough]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T199072

[surreal bough]

**Title: **
Request: Alternative syntax for removeAllMagazines to remove magazines of a specific weapon

**Description: **
The current removeAllMagazines command removes all magazines from a unit without any filtering options. In many scripting scenarios, it is necessary to remove only the magazines associated with a specific weapon, while leaving magazines for other weapons intact.
I would like to request an additional syntax variant:

removeAllMagazines [_unit, "arifle_MX_ACO_pointer_F"];```
**Purpose of the alternative syntax:**
Remove only the magazines belonging to the specified weapon.
Avoid removing magazines for other weapons the unit may carry.
Provide more granular and intuitive control over inventory manipulation.

**Note:  **
Yes, this can technically be achieved using:
magazines _unit
filtering by compatibility with the weapon
manually removing each matching magazine

[lime sedge]

_unit removeAllMagazines _weaponClassName;

[surreal bough]

I decided to write a script‑based fix for magazine reloading (Maybe there is a simpler or better way to handle this) ...

player addEventHandler ["Reloaded", { 
    params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_newMag", "_oldMag"]; 
     private _currentMagClass = _newMag select 0; 
    private _currentAmmo     = _newMag select 1; 
    private _maxAmmo = getNumber (configFile >> "CfgMagazines" >> _currentMagClass >> "count"); 
    if (_currentAmmo >= _maxAmmo) exitWith {}; 
    private _mags = magazinesAmmoFull _unit; 
    private _compatible = _mags select { 
        (_x select 0) in (compatibleMagazines _weapon) 
    }; 
     if (_compatible isEqualTo []) exitWith {}; 
    private _best = []; 
    private _bestAmmo = -1; 
    { 
        private _ammo = _x select 1; 
        if (_ammo > _bestAmmo) then { 
            _bestAmmo = _ammo; 
            _best = _x; 
        }; 
    } forEach _compatible; 
    if (_best isEqualTo []) exitWith {}; 
    if (_currentAmmo >= _bestAmmo) exitWith {}; 
    private _bestMagClass = _best select 0; 
    private _l = getUnitLoadout _unit; 
    private _weaponData = _l select 0; 
    private _removedMag = _weaponData select 4;
    _weaponData set [4, [_bestMagClass, _bestAmmo]]; 
    (_l) set [0, _weaponData]; 
    _unit setUnitLoadout _l;
    _unit removeMagazine _bestMagClass;
    _unit addMagazine [(_removedMag select 0),_currentAmmo] 
}]; 

Everything seemed to work fine, but at the last moment I discovered that manual magazine dragging in the inventory also triggers my script.
However, the documentation states that:

**MagazineUnloaded **
Triggers when a magazine is removed from a weapon manually or via script.
Does NOT trigger on Reloaded event.
And yes —

player addEventHandler ["MagazineUnloaded", {
    params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_magazine", "_magazineClass", "_ammoCount", "_magazineID", "_magazineCreator"];
    systemchat str _this;
}];```
does fire when reloading with the R key.
So now I’m wondering:
Did I misunderstand the documentation, or is the description incorrect?

Why does the magazine‑swap script trigger when manually dragging magazines?
And how can I distinguish between a reload using the R key and a magazine being replaced by dragging?

[regal nimbus]

Can't replicate natively. MagazineReloading fires when you start reloading, Reloaded fires when you finish reloading, and MagazineUnloaded only fires if you remove the magazine.

MagazineReloading description however is clearly an incorrect copypaste.

[surreal bough]

#include "\a3\ui_f\hpp\defineResincl.inc"
player addEventHandler ["Reloaded", { 
    params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_newMag", "_oldMag"];
     if (!isNull findDisplay IDD_FUTURAGEAR) exitWith {}; 

@lime sedge Thanks!

[faint solstice]

How do I do that

And also I shouldn't need to do that anyways, I should just be able to put down the radar and launcher and it just work

[regal nimbus]

Are you new to Arma :P

Arma AI is just a whole mass of bugs that you have to find a route through.

_unit disableAI "AUTOCOMBAT" anyway.

[faint solstice]

Bro, I do not know how to script or use the debug console or whatever it is. I was barely able to figure out how to use setBehaviour and setBehaviourStrong

And I do not know if I even did that one right

Some one said to me the console is disabled in the Official Public Zeus servers anyways so idek if when I clicked on local or global execute it even worked

[regal nimbus]

I don't even know if it'd work anyway. My guess is that they're dropping to SAFE because they don't see any enemies for a few minutes, and that causes them to turn off the radar.

[faint solstice]

No, when I try this I have a enemy plane circling and the enemy plane was always shooting at radar and missile launcher

The enemy plane never went beyond 16KM away ever

Try it for yourself in Official Public Zeus servers, it only takes a few mins to go in there and become Zeus and place down 3 objects and watch them for 2 mins to see the behavior

Hell, I could go in there with you

Are you free right now

@regal nimbus

[regal nimbus]

Played around with this a bit. There's no direct getter for setVehicleRadar but it seems that radar vehicles placed in the editor get setVehicleRadar 1 (forced on) while radar vehicles placed with zeus get setVehicleRadar 0 (automatic).

disabling autocombat doesn't help because this depends on group behaviour, which you cannot control.

I would guess that the switch to SAFE and turning off the radar happens faster than the radar detection logic.

setVehicleRadar 1 worked fine here.

tl;dr setVehicleRadar 0 seems to be useless and shouldn't be the default for zeus'd vehicles.

[faint solstice]

So setVehicleRadar 1 fixed it???

If so I wonder why the Radar and Missile launcher AI placed by Zeus can not get out of the forced Radar off state

Like by itself I mean, when attack by a enemy plane

[surreal bough]

Title
Request: Add mission event handler for display creation/opening

Description
Currently, there is no mission event handler to detect when a display (dialog, gear menu, map, custom UI) is opened or created.
Scripters are forced to use workarounds like polling findDisplay in a loop, or hardcoding onLoad in configs, which is inefficient and error‑prone.

Proposed addition
Introduce a new mission event handler syntax:

this addEventHandler ["DisplayOpened", {
    params ["_display", "_idd"];
    systemChat format ["Display %1 opened", _idd];
}];
// OR
this addEventHandler ["Dialog", {
    params ["_display"];
    systemChat format ["Display %1", ctrlIDD _display];
}];

Purpose
Provide a clean, engine‑level way to catch when any display is created/opened.
Allow modders to react dynamically (e.g., disable controls, add custom EHs, track UI usage).
Avoid constant polling with findDisplay.
Keep consistency with existing mission event handlers (Map, InventoryOpened, etc.).

Expected behavior
Fires once when a display is created/opened.
Passes the display handle and its IDD.
Works for both vanilla and custom dialogs.

Notes
Current workarounds (findDisplay loops, onLoad in configs) are not sufficient for dynamic missions and mods.
A proper event handler would greatly improve UI scripting flexibility.

[lime sedge]

For most (?) cases:

[
    missionNamespace,
    "OnDisplayRegistered"
    {
        params ["_display", "_className"];

        if (_className != "RscSomeDisplay") exitWith { };

        _display displayAddEventHandler ["Load", { ... }];
    }
] call BIS_fnc_addScriptedEventHandler;

For some cases:

_display = displayNull;

waitUntil {
    _display = ...; // code to get display, e.g. findDisplay _idd;

    !(isNull _display)
};

_display displayAddEventHandler ["Load", { ... }];

[regal nimbus]

Well, it's completely blind with the radar off, so it might have trouble getting out of SAFE.

Being attacked is bugged and has different effects on localhost & DS.

[ripe crystal]

I could see the event handler suggestion being useful for AC purposes- it's super common to track displays. I could be mistaken as I don't develop ours; but pretty sure there isn't any way to do that right now without spin-polling since a cheater could try to create a new display that doesn't have an onLoad.

[untold sky]

this addEventHandler
Is nonsense, displays are not opened on entities. It would be a missionEH.

Sounds good, needs FT ticket.
I'm pretty sure there are many ways a display can be opened in engine, not sure how to find them all but can probably figure that out.

[untold sky]

_display displayAddEventHandler ["Load"
Adding a "Load" handler, after the display is already loaded, what's that supposed to accomplish?

[surreal bough]

Did I understand correctly?

addMissionEventHandler ["Dialog", {
    params ["_display"];
    systemChat format ["Открылся дисплей %1", ctrlIDD _display];
}];

[untold sky]

"DisplayOpened" yes

[surreal bough]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T199140

[restive bone]

Btw is there any chance of 3den placed 'custom objective' modules getting simple functionality to modify them in zeus view at some point if I ask nicely?
At the moment if you place down a custom objective in 3den you effectively cant touch it at all in zeus outside of scripting commands (afaik) which can quickly lead to 'dead' objectives when a script breaks mid-mission etc.
Some kind of basic functionality to cancel/complete the task at least would be very appreciated

[tropic jewel]

better pr to zen =D

[restive bone]

true but I'd have to figure out how to do it first and I have enough projects already

[restive bone]

Actually thinking about it I guess it wouldnt be that hard, relatively simple GUI that has a list of all active tasks assigned to a unit with a button to cancel/complete them or something like that

I'll put it somewhere very far back on my possible projects list

[void lava]

😭 I dont even know if its worth opening FT for but.

[untold sky]

Hello, Its been a year.
Grouping did work all along, you just did it wrong.

And yes it returns garbage for group connections (Which I fixed) but it also returns garbage waypoints, and I don't know how to fix that

[["Group",B Alpha 1-1:1],["Group",B Alpha 1-1:2],["Group",B Alpha 1-1:3],["Group",B Alpha 1-1:4],[B Alpha 1-1,0],[B Alpha 1-1,1]]
4 group members, and two waypoints...
This is so shit. I'd rather just remove the waypoints from it

waypoints command doesn't work on in-editor group though.. so maybe you need this?

I can print it as type "Waypoint" but.. that's not real it doesn't really exist and you can add it like that so..
But besides removing them that seems the best way

[daring wagon]

How did you get the grouping to work?

Last time I checked I thought I had it working but later realized it still didn't.

Nvm. Saw you comment in the ticket.

So I had it working but I didn't realize it had to do group <---> object

[untold sky]

I think I'll make "Waypoint" type, but it doesn't work in addConnection because its not real

I want to know if you think thats ok

[daring wagon]

I have never had a need to create waypoints.

I guess a weird way of doing it is better than none.

[untold sky]

Its not for creating, only got the getter which already returns them

[daring wagon]

Oh I see

[surreal bough]

My mod selection in the launcher keeps resetting every time. I exit the game properly (no Alt+F4), but when I start it again, I always have to re‑select my saved mod preset from the list.

[surreal bough]

Feature Request: Allow AI skill values below 0 (down to –1)

Right now AI skill values are clamped between 0 and 1, which limits how weak or inaccurate AI can be made. For some mission designs and mods, it would be extremely useful to allow negative skill values, for example in the range 0 to –1, to intentionally create “underperforming” or “panicked” AI behavior.

Why this is needed:
Enables more granular control over AI difficulty.
Allows modders to simulate fear, suppression, exhaustion, or injury effects.
Makes it possible to create intentionally weak AI for tutorials, stealth missions, or cinematic scenarios.
Avoids the need for heavy scripted workarounds.

**Requested change: **
Allow AI skill parameters (general skill and sub‑skills) to accept values down to –1, where negative values would further reduce accuracy, reaction speed, spotting, and other behaviors.

Example:

_unit setSkill ["aimingAccuracy", -0.5];

**Expected result: **
AI becomes noticeably weaker than the current minimum (0), enabling more flexible mission balancing.

[untold sky]

I very much expect it to not be as easy as you think

[surreal bough]

I’m simply asking for this… The final decision is yours.

As the Russian saying goes: it’s my job to ask, and your job to refuse.

[surreal bough]

By the way, an interesting fact: in many commands the locality isn’t specified at all… which often causes confusion in theory until you actually test it and see how it really works.
For example, the command
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getAssetDLCInfo
doesn’t mention that it works locally — meaning the server has no way of knowing which DLCs a client has installed

[untold sky]

local/global arg only makes sense for commands that have a argument that can be local or not.
getAssetDLCInfo doesn't, no object or group.

local/global effect only makes sense for commands that have effects. A getter has none.

[untold sky]

@west onyx @ripe crystal
For server role selection.
server.cfg
OnAutoSelectRole = "params ["_name", "_dpid"]; .... return role number"
You need to set description.ext joinUnassigned = 0 to make the server attempt to auto assign. (I think skipLobby does it too?)
You can use getUserInfo to turn dpid into SteamUID, playername.

Then new command

getRoles
Which returns Array of all available roles
Side, groupIndex, unitIndex, unit class, isTeamLeader, playerID (players DirectPlay ID who is in that slot, or empty), roleDescription, unitName, flags [Locked, EnabledAI, Forced, Headless]

[
["WEST",0,1,"B_Soldier_TL_F",true,"","TL1","player1VarName",["EnabledAI"]],
["WEST",0,2,"B_soldier_AA_F",false,"","","",["EnabledAI"]],
["WEST",0,3,"B_soldier_AA_F",false,"","","",["EnabledAI"]],
["WEST",0,4,"B_soldier_AAA_F",false,"","","",["EnabledAI"]],
["WEST",5,6,"B_Soldier_TL_F",true,"","TL2","",["EnabledAI"]],
["WEST",5,7,"B_soldier_AA_F",false,"","","",["EnabledAI"]],
["WEST",5,8,"B_soldier_AA_F",false,"","","",["EnabledAI"]],
["WEST",5,9,"B_soldier_AAA_F",false,"","Some bobbin","",["EnabledAI"]],
["EAST",10,11,"O_Soldier_TL_F",true,"","","",["EnabledAI"]],
["EAST",10,12,"O_Soldier_AA_F",false,"","","",["EnabledAI"]],
["EAST",10,13,"O_Soldier_AA_F",false,"","","",["EnabledAI"]],
["EAST",10,14,"O_Soldier_AAA_F",false,"","","",["EnabledAI"]],
["CIV",15,16,"C_man_1",true,"","","",["EnabledAI"]],
["CIV",17,18,"C_Man_casual_1_F",true,"","","",["EnabledAI"]],
["LOGIC",-2,19,"HeadlessClient_F",false,"","","",["Forced","Headless"]],
["LOGIC",-2,20,"HeadlessClient_F",false,"","","",["Forced","Headless"]],
["LOGIC",-2,21,"I_VirtualCurator_F",false,"","","",["EnabledAI"]],
["LOGIC",-2,22,"I_VirtualCurator_F",false,"","","",["EnabledAI"]]
]

I... don't know what is up with those group ID's But you can see who's same group

Array index is the role index.

So, player joins, the EH fires.
You fetch the current role list with getRoles.
Filter out the occupied and Headless slots (Can't put player into Headless.. well you probably can but please don't)

Then you can either assign to specific slots if there are some that should be for specific player, or you just do random.
And you return the index you want to put the player in.

[ripe crystal]

Why my player not working for headless client?!?!?!?!
-# To be fr though thank you!!!

[untold sky]

Problem now is just, its server script. Which has limited command set.
Which commands are missing that you need.
I made it easier to import commands, toJson done 🤣
I'll need to come up with a list of commands that are missing but needed.
random is there, apply/select are too.
Might be enough 🤔

[modest sonnet]

What happens if you are locked out by battleye lol

[untold sky]

It fires on automatic role selection. That runs once you're able to select a role

I'm also adding supportInfo and copyToClipboard to serverside script.
So you can better export stuff for testing, and see all the commands 😄
Not sure if copyToClipboard is a security issue.
I'd think not, because only you can put it into the server.cfg script.

[untold sky]

Other neat things we can do now.
We can edit those roles.
But most of it is irrelevant, because Eden mission start stuff overwrites it.

Actually group is the Eden ID of the group.
It can dynamically make new groups.
But unitIndex is the Eden ID of the unit it'll be put into, that needs to exist beforehand.

So dynamically creating roles by script or something, not happening.

[untold sky]

What else can we do..
Theoretically the role description could be overwritten.
Everything else is read only

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki?title=Arma_3:_Server_Side_Scripting&diff=378562&oldid=352343 🤞
Prof v69, next week

[desert trench]

from CBA

Description: Adds ability to name groups in lobby

dunno if SSS could be of use here, or additional customization desired

[cyan basin]

keep presets saved and exit the launcher by clicking the close button, crashes or kills make the launcher not save things
steam stop button kills the game associated processes

[untold sky]

The server has no control over group naming. Only every role, not the group headers.

Mh how does that work though.
Role name is either description, or if empty the classname, it has the classname of the unit.
But where the group names come from.. 🤔

Quiksilver wanted it in description.ext.
But now its server config 🤔
Is that acceptable or do you need both.

[desert trench]

not sure if you ask me here - i/we dont need it.
i brought up as CBA ppl may be interested in SSS or potentially relevant for other people with "custom lobbies"

[untold sky]

People probably also want "on player tries to select a role"
You can implement reserved roles, like slots only admins can slot into. By refusing the players selection

[untold sky]

OnPlayerSelectRole = 'params ["_name", "_dpid", "_wantedRoleIndex"]; ...; _wantedRoleIndex'
Player clicked on a role. Return the index they get put into (preferably same as _wantedRoleIndex) or force them into something else, or -1 to refuse to let them into it.

Uh oh.. Some tweaking needed.
But interesting, we can also overwrite the role description here, once a player slots into it

Very quik feature

[surreal bough]

NATO vehicles can rearm OPFOR vehicles — this is not correct
Cross‑faction vehicle rearming is illogical (with exceptions like shared assets)
I’d like to point out an inconsistency in the current vehicle rearming system.

At the moment, vehicles from one faction can rearm vehicles from an opposing faction. In most cases this is not logical: different sides should not be able to use each other’s logistics infrastructure so freely. Ammunition types, connectors, storage systems, and maintenance procedures are generally faction‑specific, so cross‑faction rearming breaks immersion and creates unrealistic situations.

There is, however, an important nuance:
some vehicles exist on both sides, such as the T‑72, which can legitimately appear in multiple factions. In such cases, cross‑faction rearming can make sense.

Because of this, a more accurate and immersive system would be:
Restrict rearming by faction,
Unless the vehicle class is shared between those factions,
Or use compatibility rules instead of unconditional rearming.

[desert trench]

Can this not be scripted nowadays? I think to recall KK added some EH for ammo/fuel/repair or so.

In relation to that: A scripted way to disable/hide engine based useractions would be handy to get finally, so one could replace any with a scripted one when customization is needed.

[surreal bough]

Incorrect core mechanics lead to incorrect mods — please pass this on to modders, especially ACE.

because ACE relies on the developers’ implementation

[daring wagon]

19:57:04 Action::Process - No target [action: Eject]
19:57:04 Error in expression < {"respawn_para"} else {"respawn_inf"};
createmarkerlocal [_marker,_pos];
_marke>
19:57:04   Error position: <createmarkerlocal [_marker,_pos];
_marke>
19:57:04   Error Marker creation for 'bis_o2_2354' failed. Probably because it already exists
19:57:04 File A3\functions_f_curator\Map\fn_drawRespawnPositions.sqf..., line 30
19:57:04  ➥ Context:     [] L21 (A3\functions_f_curator\Map\fn_drawRespawnPositions.sqf)
    [] L37 (A3\functions_f_curator\Map\fn_drawRespawnPositions.sqf)
    [] L36 (A3\functions_f_curator\Map\fn_drawRespawnPositions.sqf)

19:57:06 Error in expression < {"respawn_para"} else {"respawn_inf"};
createmarkerlocal [_marker,_pos];
_marke>
19:57:06   Error position: <createmarkerlocal [_marker,_pos];
_marke>
19:57:06   Error Marker creation for 'bis_o2_2354' failed. Probably because it already exists
19:57:06 File A3\functions_f_curator\Map\fn_drawRespawnPositions.sqf..., line 30
19:57:06  ➥ Context:     [] L21 (A3\functions_f_curator\Map\fn_drawRespawnPositions.sqf)
    [] L37 (A3\functions_f_curator\Map\fn_drawRespawnPositions.sqf)
    [] L36 (A3\functions_f_curator\Map\fn_drawRespawnPositions.sqf

Should I make a ticket so we can collect these errors?

I know it's -debug only, but it's quite annoying as it gets spammy

[untold sky]

I expect we won't fix. Unless you already know how to fix it safely

[daring wagon]

I can look into it.

ok, there is only one occurance of 'createMarker' so I guess just check if the name is already in allMapMarkers?

oh noe, this runs in while {true do {sleep 0.01;}

Wth am I looking at

[trim acorn]

Dear Feedback Tracker users,

We have discovered a potential security breach of the Mantis Feedback Tracker systems, which we use to collect feedback and bug reports for our games Arma 3 (feedback.arma3.com) and DayZ (feedback.dayz.com).

While there is currently no evidence which indicates that the hackers were successful in their attempt to collect user data, we have decided to take all Feedback Tracker systems offline, so we can investigate the issue further.

As a safety precaution, even though we do not believe user data was accessed, we strongly recommend all users of feedback.arma3.com and feedback.dayz.com who have used the same password elsewhere to change it immediately on all applicable websites and services. Since the Feedback Tracker systems use their own account systems, we can confirm that other Bohemia systems, such as Bohemia Accounts, were not compromised.

We would like to apologize for the inconvenience. We hope to restore the Feedback Tracker systems, or implement suitable replacements, as soon as possible. In the meantime, we recommend users to post their feedback and bug reports to the appropriate threads on the Bohemia Interactive Forums (https://forums.bistudio.com/forum/153-arma-3-troubleshooting/) or DayZ Forums (https://forums.dayz.com/forum/126-troubleshooting/).

Yours sincerely,
Bohemia Interactive

[regal nimbus]

Good opportunity for a refactor? :P

Can we have undefined variable warnings in -debug next plz

(in unscheduled)

[foggy shuttle]

Just out of curiosity, are people able to view these private feedback tracker tickets?
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T197043
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T197124

Tying to make sure they are at least available to see for a dev, was submitted a while ago

[alpine tulip]

If I am one of the "people" you mean, no I can't

[foggy shuttle]

It's just a private ticket. I'd rather not be posting tickets like engine/BE issues publicly

[alpine tulip]

Which means it's good, working intentionally

[verbal harness]

Yeah we can see them

[ripe crystal]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T199140 <- spam comment :P

[dreamy bane]

wish we had deleteVehicleLocal so that client could use that on local objects and never deleteVehicle. then client could be denied of using deleteVehicle

[lime sedge]

This would also remove spam in RPT "Ref to nonnetwork object". 🙂

[fallen cloak]

Being able to create a unit locally would be cool too while at it 😄

Local-only that is

[daring wagon]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T199205 Ticket with steps to repro, proposed fix and ways to test the fix easily.

[ripe crystal]

https://tenor.com/view/jalen-hurts-jalen-hurts-meek-mill-i-used-to-pray-for-times-like-this-gif-13709870523385828441

[surreal bough]

Request: Add mission eventhandler for script execution (Debug)

Description
Currently, there is no mission event handler to detect when a script or function is executed during a mission.
Modders and mission makers often need to trace what code is running in real time, especially for debugging complex multiplayer scenarios.

Proposed addition
Introduce a new mission eventhandler syntax:

addMissionEventHandler ["Debug", {
    params ["_scriptName", "_arguments", "_caller"];
    systemChat format ["Script %1 executed by %2", _scriptName, _caller];
}];```
**Purpose**
Provide a clean, engine‑level way to catch any script execution.
Allow modders to trace logic flow without spamming diag_log.
Enable advanced debugging tools and performance profiling.
Help detect unintended or malicious script calls in multiplayer.

**Use Cases**
Debugging: Track which scripts fire during mission runtime.
Performance profiling: Measure frequency and timing of script calls.
Security: Detect unauthorized script execution on clients.
Analytics: Collect statistics on mission logic usage.
**Expected Result**
A mission eventhandler "Debug" fires whenever a script/function is executed, passing its name, arguments, and caller.

[ripe crystal]

#dev_rc_branch message 🙂

It's since been added to stable so should be able to use it for what you're looking for if I am understanding your request correctly

[surreal bough]

And are there many more such surprises that aren’t mentioned in the wiki? )

[ripe crystal]

Not that I can think of off hand ^_^

[surreal bough]

Title
Add "Throw" event handler

Description
Currently, the only way to detect a grenade throw is by attaching:

_this addEventHandler ["Fired", {
    params ["_unit", "_isThrowable", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_magazine", "_projectile", "_gunner"];
    if (_isThrowable == "Throw") then {
        // grenade logic
    };
}];

But "Fired" triggers on every bullet fired, and we must filter manually. This creates unnecessary overhead in large multiplayer missions.

Proposal
Introduce a dedicated event handler "Throw" that fires only when a throwable (grenade, smoke shell, etc.) is used.

Example usage:

_this addEventHandler ["Throw", {}];```

[ripe crystal]

Unrelated but since it reminded me- would still love to see a fix to currentWeapon outlined here #arma3_feedback_tracker message if possible. Fraali has some good details below that message I linked but TLDR is that although I'm reproducing with a non-local player in parachute, it occurs from other sources as well; which goes beyond my understanding.

We use currentWeapon a lot in our HandleDamage event handlers and it's pretty rough when it doesn't work properly

[untold sky]

We are working towards open-sourcing our scripts, and after that contribution. When/if that happens we can consider fixing it.
Checking if name is in allMapMarkers is a big performance waste, a needless one at that.
I consider the message to not matter as its only in debug. If its too spammy, I'll remove it again.
We already found one logic bug in our script though, and that was fixed.

[daring wagon]

Make allMapMarkers a hashmap 😄

[untold sky]

It already is, that wouldn't help

[daring wagon]

I just realized. In that specific case we could just to deleteMarkerLocal _marker and then createMarkerLocal .... which is >25 times faster

[regal nimbus]

markerShape _marker == "" is much quicker than the allMapMarkers check, if you do need it for something.

[daring wagon]

Didn't even think about that.

[regal nimbus]

At one point deleteMarker(Local) was very slow if there were a lot of active markers. Not sure if fixed.

[daring wagon]

Yeah, I guess that's because of the sorting (z index)

[untold sky]

It was once slow because it used an array to lookup, I turned it into array for render sorting plus hashmap for fast lookup.
Then z-sorting was added, and if we remove one we have to resort?

Actually....
The deletion code is totally F'ed.

We look up in the hashmap, very fast.. To find the index where its at in the array.

We now know exactly where it is in the array, so we.... iterate the whole array linearly, comparing every markers name until we find it???

Then we delete the whole map, and rebuild it??

Did I write that? 🤣

I apparently did write that.
Well marker creation and lookup and modify is super fast now.
Deletion is terrible 🤣

If there is a FT ticket with repro and I'll get reminded of the ticket, I'll fix it someday

[ripe crystal]

Here are some Arma related errors- these are not mine so no idea how to reproduce. Also with them seeming pretty negligible, also are not a priority (to me at least) but figured I'd paste here for what they are worth 🙂

BIS_fnc_showNotification

Error Context: Undefined variable in expression: _data
Source File: /A3/Functions_F/GUI/fn_showNotification.sqf
Error Position: +(_queuePriority select _dataID); if (count _data > 0 && (alive player || ismultiplayer)) then

I am guessing this is the problematic line though and nil due to [] select 0 or something?

_data = +(_queuePriority select _dataID);

BIS_fnc_camera

Error Context: Undefined variable in expression: bis_fnc_camera_ppcolor
Source File: /A3/Functions_F/Debug/fn_camera.sqf
Error Position: ce;
};

camdestroy _cam;
ppeffectdestroy BIS_fnc_camera_ppColor;

BIS_fnc_camera_cam = n

This isn't really a fix more just a "hey stop that" but looks like it's done other places in the file so maybe it's okay?

-ppeffectdestroy BIS_fnc_camera_ppColor;
+ppeffectdestroy (missionNamespace getVariable ["BIS_fnc_camera_ppColor", -1]);

[west onyx]

awesome! wen on dev build?

[dreamy bane]

has this happened to anyone else before, when I create simpleObject via script for dedi server the object doesnt always appear. its techinically there but it takes about minute for the object to show up

[west onyx]

when creating it, or when moving/rotating it?

[dreamy bane]

at create (createSimpleObject)

wait i do run some commands like setVectorDirAndUp, setposATL after create

I did some tests.. with just createSimpleObject nothing appears. with createSimpleObject + setposATL it takes a while to appear

[dreamy bane]

same with createVehicle. it could be my mission is just bugged if no one else has this

[regal nimbus]

I imagine object creation is a guaranteed queue message (or several).

If your guaranteed queue is a minute behind then that's... catastrophically bad :P

[devout wave]

Possibly sim rate issue depending on type of object involved?

[dreamy bane]

im testing with a3\structures_f_exp\infrastructure\bridges\bridgewooden_01_f.p3d

[regal nimbus]

Ah, well. That one probably is pretty slow.

[dreamy bane]

it may have been my own doing that the object appeared after a while but right now its like first object adding fails second works

oh the failed did appear after all 🙂

loggin shows the objects are never null just invisible

[untold sky]

On profiling branch today

[dreamy bane]

i found out what the problem was, something wrong with z and the object get placed underground. dont know yet why z is wrong but it may have something to do with attachto used for the object or atl to asl translating

[fallen cloak]

@untold sky would it be a big ask to have a config override for which PhysXParams class is used by a vehicle(unit)? right now everything shares the same physxParams from main config, so setting things like ragdollOnCollideMassLimit within the class will apply to every unit which is not ideal

use case? uuh... my big burly men with a pickup-truck worth of armor are heavy and ragdoll each other by colliding into each other at the moment 😄

that particular property does resolve it but it also makes stuff like quad bikes no longer ragdoll regular arma men so... yeah

[limpid rune]

Is there a possibility of separating AI 'cost' calculations and the 'cost' for resupplying from 'transportAmmo' ?

to clarify, currently when deciding whether or not to use a weapon/CfgAmmo one of the factors is the config property in the ammo cost

this value is also used to determine how long it takes to resupply and how much it reduces transportAmmo from the supply vehicle

I would suggest something like supplyCost being used instead if the property exists

as currently if you want the AI to use a weapon liberally the cost has to be set very low, making it very fast to resupply/cheap

[surreal bough]

Add command to control weapon handling and turn animation speed

Currently, the command setAnimSpeedCoef affects the overall walking/running speed of a unit.
However, this command does not affect upper‑body animations such as:

Turning left/right while aiming.
Raising or lowering weapon (aiming).
Switching stance with weapon ready.
This leads to unrealistic behavior:

AI with skill = 0 can still rotate extremely fast and instantly aim/kill players.
Players cannot adjust responsiveness of weapon handling separately from locomotion.

Introduce a new command or extend setAnimSpeedCoef with an additional parameter to control upper‑body animation speed independently.

the video shows a bot with a skill of 0

[fallen cloak]

Setanimspeedcoef doesnt affect aiming since aiming isnt animation its simple bone rotation offset around a pivot - aimingSpeed ai skill attribute however should affect how fast they do turn their upper body, id recommend setting that individually

[surreal bough]

skill 0

[['aimingAccuracy',0],['aimingShake',0],['aimingSpeed',0],['commanding',0],['courage',0],['endurance',0],['general',0],['reloadSpeed',0],['spotDistance',0],['spotTime',0]]```

[fallen cloak]

ah you did, nevermind then

thought you just set the global skill value (wasnt sure if that did the same thing)

[dreamy bane]

this would be cool to have https://feedback.bistudio.com/T119190 and with infantry too, so you can change "Gunner (HMG)" to "Resistance Soldier"

[untold sky]

Currently yes. I someday need to implement a proper system for doing such "overrides", its a total mess and everything we add makes it worse.

[untold sky]

Yes.
FT ticket, ResourceSupply::Rearm
I have the cost used for only the rearm process, which we can separate.
And the "flow rate" how many cost points can be transferrred

[limpid rune]

cool wil do

[limpid rune]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T199286

[untold sky]

But you missed 2.22 btw 😄

[limpid rune]

booo

[cyan basin]

is 2.22 feature frozen yet?

[untold sky]

yes

[west onyx]

is our changes to the lobby in 2.22?

[west onyx]

sweet than kyou

[daring wagon]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T199318 Arsenal Bug. Last magazine in list cannot be added or removed to current loadout. I am surprised no one has noticed that before.

[devout wave]

It's not actually scrolled down all the way

You can scroll a little further and the buttons will appear

I think™ this happens with ACE Arsenal too, so it might be some weird interaction of scrollable listboxes with buttons in them

[daring wagon]

I see

[daring wagon]

Yeah, so it seems to be an issue with the scroll wheel scrolling. If one drags the scrollbar all the way to the end it works fine

[scarlet sage]

IIRC, it depends on your UI scale too.

[surreal bough]

**Request: **New SQF command canMoveTo for path feasibility checks
Simple boolean check: can this unit or vehicle reach a target position at all?
A dedicated command would simplify scripts that filter spawn points, validate reinforcement routes, or prevent AI from being placed in unreachable areas.
canMoveTo [agent, targetPos] agent canMoveTo targetPos Arguments: agent — unit or vehicle object used for pathfinding. targetPos — array position [x,y,z] in world coordinates. Return: true if a valid path exists. false if no path can be calculated (blocked terrain, water, unreachable navmesh).

if (canMoveTo [tank1, getMarkerPos "EnemyArea"]) then {
    hint "Tank can reach the target!";
} else {
    hint "No valid path!";
};```

[regal nimbus]

It wouldn't really be true though. It's one thing for Arma AI to calculate a path and another to actually reach it.

Other issue is that pathfinding can be very slow and it's usually done asynchronously.

[daring wagon]

Wasn't there an event handler to calculate the path?

[devout wave]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/calculatePath
Yes, and it's complicated because it's async

[regal nimbus]

Also not documented what happens when it fails.

And I forgot what it does in that case :P

[surreal bough]

When playing on an island map, it’s very difficult to find reliable reinforcement spawn points… it would be enough just to know whether there is a land connection between the points.

It would seem that a simple movement check with canMove should be enough… meaning if the AI cannot plot a path, it won’t go anywhere. But this doesn’t always work — for example, a tank can easily drive up to the water and stop there, or sometimes it won’t move at all right after being created.

[surreal bough]

something like this

[untold sky]

I have seen this too and couldn't repro it when I tried. More than a year ago

[daring wagon]

Does my repro work for you now?

[untold sky]

That might be why I couldn't repro? But then that needs to be included in the repro steps.
I think number of items in the list (so mods) would also matter

yes

Also one part is, scroll up a tiny bit by dragging the scrollbar. The left/right buttons disappear, even though the list item is still visible.
They should render until the item is totally gone, they'd get clipped off the edge anyway

doesn't get the buttons (+ / -) added and therefor cannot be added or removed from the loadout.
The second half of this I cannot reproduce.
Yes the buttons don't render, but you can still click them and it will add/remove the item, even if you can't see the buttons you're clicking on

Oh weird, okey they do not work when you scroll down the first time.

wheel scroll down, buttons don't work.
Manually scroll until buttons show, buttons work. Scroll back up so buttons stop showing, clicking on invisible button still works.
Click on a different item, and click back onto the bottom button, you didn't scroll, the buttons still are invisible like before, but now they are not clickable.

So basically after the buttons render once, they keep working even if they go invisible again

[daring wagon]

The question is, why does scrolling via wheel does not scroll all the way to the end.

[untold sky]

I much rather make a button render when it should render, than mess with the scrolling code

[untold sky]

Its a locality issue.

The server wakes up simulation, detects that the unit is already expired, and instantly puts it to sleep. In most cases the unit never goes underground on the server.
The client wakes up simulation, detects that the unit is remote and its not in control, so it doesn't put it to sleep, until the owner of the unit tells it to. Unit disappears underground.
The owner tells it a couple frames later that its stopped, so the client also stops it, where it is right now, in my VR tests it would consistently get stuck at -103 meters ASL.

On server they are on the ground still, on client they are frozen 100 meters below.
They don't infinitely keep falling, so it does not cause netcode issues

There is netcode where when the owner is done, it stores the state and position and sends it out, but a comment on it says its only used for JIP.
If that would be made to "work", it would at least teleport the body back up, but then its till disappears for a bit so its still kinda crappy.

This is issue is such a headache I don't want to touch it, we have internal ticket AIII-56027 but I'll put it on backlog to probably never be fixed

[untold sky]

KK made a fix to the +/- buttons in the ammobox UI, the linked related ticket on that.
That causes the rows in arsenal to be one-pixel less tall.
Which is enough to make up the difference to cause the last row to fully be in-view, which causes the buttons to show.
Both Arsenal and AmmoBox UI literally needed just one pixel extra scroll.

So maybe somewhat kinda fixed, that'll be on todays prof.
The button rendering issue and the scrolling to bottom issue are both still not fixed though.

[restive bone]

Please be aware that, after adding tickets to a player side in an OP, the OP will automatically end if a side runs out of Tickets. If you need to provide more respawn tickets to the players, you may need to keep adding tickets if you wish to avoid an unexpected ending.
Something someone from my unit brought up, is that intended or a known issue?
starting mission settings are respawn tickets enabled to limit amount of respawns but automatic mission end when all tickets are out isnt enabled iirc

[solemn swallow]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T199369 this would be a really nice QoL addition

[surreal bough]

Feature Request – Support Resting for Grenade Launchers

Currently, the resting mechanic allows rifles to be placed on supports (e.g., windowsills) to improve stability and realism.
I would like to request that this functionality be extended to grenade launchers (RPGs) as well.

This addition would enhance realism, since in real scenarios launchers can also be rested on supports for more stable and accurate fire.

[daring wagon]

Wait? That's not a thing already?

[cyan basin]

amazingly there are no standalone grenade launcher weapons in arma for whatever reason

[untold sky]

Huh I would've expected it to work the same as a rifle.
I remember some problem when using a launcher while laying down, with animations?

We could try maybe. But I suspect missing animations and that it wouldn't aim correctly with for example the titan

If it's not a simple one liner code switch and just happens to work already, then it won't happen

[limpid rune]

yeah there's no prone animations for launchers

but there's also iirc 'deployed' animations that are used when bipods are deployed

which would also be missing for launchers

[modest sonnet]

There is one iirc but you need to be prone + sideways

[surreal bough]

This mod includes prone animations...
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1841047025
But unfortunately, I did not find any animations where the character shifts forward to rest the RPG on an object
The key problem is also that it is impossible to fire from bunkers; an animation for resting the RPG on an opening would make this possible...

[surreal bough]

please allow us to slow down animations, at least for something as basic as turning. I am not asking for anything else anymore. I even tried implementing configuration overrides like:

class CfgMovesMaleSdr {
    class States {
        // --- Винтовка (Wrfl) ---
        class AidlPercMstpSrasWrflDnon_G0S;
        class AmovPercMstpSrasWrflDnon_turnL: AidlPercMstpSrasWrflDnon_G0S { speed = 0.001; };
        class AmovPercMstpSrasWrflDnon_turnR: AidlPercMstpSrasWrflDnon_G0S { speed = 0.001; };
        class AmovPknlMstpSrasWrflDnon;
        class AmovPknlMstpSrasWrflDnon_turnL:AmovPknlMstpSrasWrflDnon { speed = 0.001; };
        class AmovPknlMstpSrasWrflDnon_turnR:AmovPknlMstpSrasWrflDnon { speed = 0.001; };
        class AidlPpneMstpSrasWrflDnon_G0S;
        class AmovPpneMstpSrasWrflDnon_turnL:AidlPpneMstpSrasWrflDnon_G0S { speed = 0.001; };
        class AmovPpneMstpSrasWrflDnon_turnR:AidlPpneMstpSrasWrflDnon_G0S { speed = 0.001; };

        // --- Лёгкий пулемёт (Wlnr) ---
        class AmovPercMstpSrasWlnrDnon;
        class AmovPercMstpSrasWlnrDnon_turnL:AmovPercMstpSrasWlnrDnon { speed = 0.001; };
        class AmovPercMstpSrasWlnrDnon_turnR:AmovPercMstpSrasWlnrDnon { speed = 0.001; };
        
        class AidlPknlMstpSrasWlnrDnon_G0S;
        class AmovPknlMstpSrasWlnrDnon_turnL:AidlPknlMstpSrasWlnrDnon_G0S { speed = 0.001; };
        class AmovPknlMstpSrasWlnrDnon_turnR:AidlPknlMstpSrasWlnrDnon_G0S { speed = 0.001; };
        class AmovPpneMstpSrasWlnrDnon;
        class AmovPpneMstpSrasWlnrDnon_turnL:AmovPpneMstpSrasWlnrDnon { speed = 0.001; };
        class AmovPpneMstpSrasWlnrDnon_turnR:AmovPpneMstpSrasWlnrDnon { speed = 0.001; };
    };```
…but unfortunately, this does not work

[solemn swallow]

For the devs that will read this, how likely it is that this https://feedback.bistudio.com/T199369 can be implemented? it could allow us to create some cool underwater operations

[sinful kettle]

I think it should be relatively easy to add. but sadly 2.22 is about to release so you have to wait 7+ months (not sure about the current release cycle tho) for it to be added

[solemn swallow]

well, as long as something like that is added i would be happy

[untold sky]

Don't see any issue with it.
I need to ticket that up someday, but I won't today and I hope I don't forget.
The goggles would be something that could be introduced on profiling branch, but not the rebreather

[sleek scaffold]

We have ```sqf
_soldier setUnitPos "UP";

which will force the Ai into one stance.

But we don't have a command for the opposite ie to force an Ai to not use a particular stance.

Examples could be:
Using existing command (make it take arrays):
```sqf
_soldier setUnitPos ["UP","MIDDLE"]; // Allow those two stances only

or new commands:

_soldier allowedUnitPos ["UP","MIDDLE"];

or

_soldier disableAi "PRONE";

☝️ The first option seems the best

[drifting anvil]

Any update on the tracker?

[raven hollow]

"Its down"

[marble jasper]

it has to be up by the end of the year

[raven hollow]

Uh, thats close. Only 9 Months left.

[boreal dawn]

@marble jasper lol that Dean Hall quote 😛

[tulip wasp]

When will the feedback tracker come back online? It's an important source of workarounds and it's getting a bit annoying to have to guess whether or not ones scripts are failing because of errors or because the underlying functionality is broken

[cloud marlin]

Question: Any one have any issue adding an animal to the player group or any group for that fact?
E.G>:"Fin_sand_F" createUnit [ getPos player, group player,"test_man = this;", 0.6, "corporal"];

[cloud marlin]

have tried
_animal = createAgent["Fin_sand_F", getpos player, [], 5, "NONE"];
[_animal] joinsilent group player;

[deft marsh]

any @BIMINIONS alive?

methinkk you gone done a booboo and pushed internal dev branch arma 3 tools to stable branch, no terrains will compile

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/4926/2eH1i3.png

binarize crashes with access violation error

pbo's created without any kind of wrp inside

no feedback tracker to report to

https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/190125-binarise-crashes-after-158-update/

others verified same test + results

@wind light ^^

[storm tangle]

@deft marsh check out the TECHREP https://dev.arma3.com/post/techrep-00028

[deft marsh]

which part

[storm tangle]

Another important point is a change in the serialization of the layers. The impact of this change is that it makes previous versions of Terrain Builder unable to open the new layer format. Consider making a backup of your layers and tell us if you encounter any issue with the layers, especially if it's loaded but no objects are placed. Note that a backup of the old layer file (if it is prior this update) is made on opening of a project.

[deft marsh]

yes, and im using latest stable branch

all map stuff is displaying as was before today in TB

re-saved project, re-exported wrp

repbo'd terrain = binarize access violation crash

pbo generated without wrp of any kind inside

and as usual pboproject reports a binarise errore of -43284632748327489237432894723489

which is about as much use as taking a piss into the wind

subject to the completion of my feature request on the mysterious feedback tracker of a better error output from binarize, we're completely in the dark

[main grotto]

@waxen tundra you guys aware of the mysterious gunner seat in the off-road and people sticking out of cars since the latest update?

[waxen tundra]

maybe but i'm not sure (aka wish there was tracker already 😉 )

[main grotto]

@waxen tundra well you may want to ask around then in BI because its sort of game breaking that if you go in a magical gunner seat in the offroad you are invisible and sometimes people are standing up whilst in a car so can get sniped #MakeA3GreatAgain Kappa

[unborn flame]

any eta on new feedback tracker (rough)?

[drifting anvil]

soo, what is this now https://feedback.bistudio.com/

[ornate marlin]

@waxen tundra new feedbacktracker looks very familiar 😉 are the admins of the tracker/phabrcator add or activate the workpoards on the projects? it is easier to get a overview of the active tickets

[waxen tundra]

😉 let say there was elimination process vs all other options 😉 and i logically vouched for those which were better than others 😉

[ornate marlin]

an answer that leaves a lot of space for imagination ^^

[waxen tundra]

so let's hope this one survives longer than previous ones 😉

[ornate marlin]

does this mean we wont see a workboard like this any time soon?
http://i.imgur.com/Bys7zJP.png

[summer tide]

I guess it's still heavily wip? - for me all the tickets show not the corresponding notes but the one of a different ticket - looks like some mess up with the import

[drifting anvil]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T22164

that one is funny

"Rocket tanks" -> "bikey issues"

[summer tide]

the mess up of the arma3 tickets starts with T16001 as an offset of 2 (i.e. T16001 has the notes/attachments of T16003) and becomes within a few tickets an offset of 4 (e.g. T16008 has the notes for T16012) - and the offset stays 4 up until the end of the arma3 tickets (T28086)

[desert trench]

https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/190569-new-bis-feedback-webpage/

[waxen tundra]

you must wait, it's not yet ready for use ... so just watch 😉

[solar storm]

wow

I just got my inbox flooded with all my subscribed tickets

500 mails

[drifting anvil]

and those wrongly subscribed due to wrong connections 😄

[trim acorn]

Really wish i didn't pick to watch Arma3 on the new feedback tracker :/

[waxen tundra]

@trim acorn if you mean the email 'spam' issue it was fixed

[trim acorn]

Was around 7000 mails... just removed them all. Just abit annoying
Am kinda surprised you got away sending that many to be honest.

[raven hollow]

Now just make it public again, so we can spam it with Errors and requests 😉 @waxen tundra

[unborn flame]

think it messed up the order and so on... i received mails to tickets i'm sure i've never reported or contributed to

[outer spear]

^^ this is my local scenario

[deft marsh]

any ETA on tracker opening up again?

[waxen tundra]

our best men are on it 😉

[deft marsh]

can they tick the box that takes it out of offline mode pls 😉

[waxen tundra]

after we ensure that emailgeddon can't repeat 😃

[deft marsh]

hah funny that, I never recieved anything..

but spose thats fair 😃

[wintry spruce]

That @waxen tundra is a helpful mofo, isn't he?

Hey, so is there any chance that the offroad will ever get any TLC? My community has been using uniform color offroads for like eighteen months and I always thought they'd get a little attention. Is that a possibility? They don't seem to have a model that isn't damaged and rough looking, and I guess that may be the point, but whenever I buy a new truck in game, I'd like the option of it not being banged up. Also, it's wierd that the option to ride shotgun in the truck is "ride in back."

[rapid badge]

@wintry spruce: Not the solution you had in mind, but I can confirm that there's a swell-looking vehicle in Apex that may be your speed

Oh, and "ride in back" is... a legacy engine thing

[wintry spruce]

@rapid badge, thanks for the info, haha. Are you talking about the civilian jeep?

[rapid badge]

@wintry spruce That would be correct, the "Civilian off-road vehicle" shown off by 'External Artist' Tomáš Velebný (mentioned in SITREP #00151)
And yeah, "ride in back" was basically what the series my recollection of what was previously used for most passengers before FFV mandated individual seats... to my knowledge in the engine the only seating/role types relative to vehicles were driver/gunner/cargo and maybe commander (I believe it hitches along with gunner in some cases?)...

[wintry spruce]

@rapid badge, that's interesting stuff. However, it's wierd that there is an option to get into passenger seat, but that puts you in back, and the option to ride in back puts you up front. Really, my bigger issue is that there is no off-road model that isn't already very banged up. Like, you buy a brand new truck and it comes with a bent tail gate and a big dent in the right side and a missing right mirror and a missing right rocker panel.

[deft marsh]

@wintry spruce Which game mode are you playing? There are plenty of stock Offroad vehicles that are undamaged. It sounds more like your playing a game-mode where the vehicles are spawned with specific selections selected (e.g. doors/bumpers, etc) so the vehicles fit the game-mode better

[wintry spruce]

@deft marsh, I'm playing on my group's server that I helped make. You can see the damage I'm talking about by going to the virtual arsenal. Spawn an offroad, look at the right side of it. It's missing a rocker panel, a mirror, and has a large dent in the door on the right side. Every single offroad model with a right door has this damage, even the ones spawned via Zeus or in the virtual arsenal.

[deft marsh]

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/3065/VstBnd.jpg

looks fine to me

[deft marsh]

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/4789/KWxGw7.png

other side too

😃

[deft marsh]

@viral python is there a possibility to add a CLI to publisher? or is there one? would be neat for scheduling nightly builds for mod development

[trim acorn]

Pretty sure you can use steamcmd, build script would need a valid steam account with arma3.

Check out the option workshop_build_item for steamcmd, will prob need to mess around with vdf file.

[deft marsh]

hmm

[trim acorn]

Beware: any mod published to Arma 3 Workshop by other means that our own Publisher is beign at risk being permanetlly removed on sight.

[deft marsh]

hehe @trim acorn thanks ofr info, any ideas about a command line interface for it?

[trim acorn]

I'll look into possibility of releasing a simple command line publisher, just for updating the existing content (= update files and change log text). Would that be sufficient for the time being?

Why the hell would you do that ?
If its for security issue of clientside extensions on steam thats kinda in the domain of the launcher to check for dlls when downloading steam content not the other way around

[trim acorn]

Not really for a security, as you pointed out, but I don't want to prevent a crap content, that can't be processed on the client side at all, from being even published.

And the other reason is that any metadata generated by the Publisher for the content would not exist and the game or the game launcher might rely on them to function properly.

[trim acorn]

Add a broken icon in launcher to highlight it cant process a workshop subscribed content.
If a user is unable to use the content, that will stop most people from uploading.
Problem = solved

Plus if you document those new things publically i.e metadata(might already be documented, not sure) / new server query protocol. Then people could implement it correctly :)

---

For example its possible atm
A cheap Linux VPS & Steamcmd & Linux PBO tools to pull from repo, build pbo & upload to workshop.
Granted no binarizing assets on linux atm.

Anyway just my 2 cents 😃

@trim acorn : "Add a broken icon in launcher to highlight it cant process a workshop subscribed content.
If a user is unable to use the content, that will stop most people from uploading.
Problem = solved"
That's not how it works. Uploaders doesn't care and users will have to download gigs of crap just to see the corrupted content icon. That wastes their time, their bandwith and generates a support ticket that will ultimately ends on my desk.

@trim acorn The Linux-stack note is valid. I didn't take that into account before, thanks.

[deft marsh]

@trim acorn yeah its just more to streamline the process for un-attended nightly builds for stuff already on workshop

if you could work something like that in it would be neat

if its not possible, we'll carry on doing it the way we are currently

would benefit a bunch of groups with large mods tbh

😃

[deft marsh]

its alive !!

@trim acorn aww no flamethrower 😦 -> https://feedback.bistudio.com/T116694 😛

[ornate marlin]

where is my facepalm emoji?!?

[unborn flame]

for some reason the design doesnt gelly with my brain

too much white i guess?

[deft marsh]

yeah, defo needs a dark theme

[raven hollow]

+1

[deft marsh]

fb tracker notifications still a bit funky?

got a bunch of notifications to stuff i've never commented on nor authored - not the emailgeddon that was previous though

turned all email notifications off for now

"These preferences only apply to objects you are connected to (for example, Revisions where you are a reviewer or tasks you are CC'd on). To receive email alerts when other objects are created, configure Herald Rules."

guess since im connected to the "arma3" project its updating for anything connected to it

😄

[harsh cobalt]

Is there a getting started guide somewhere for the new feedback system?

[unborn flame]

do we need to register new accounts for the new tracker? Or will all the stuff still be transferred over?

[shadow beacon]

Old account information is on there. I just entered my old username and told it I forgot my password so it sent me an email to reset it

[unborn flame]

didnt work for me, so either the old tracker account information did not update when updating the account or else...

[shadow beacon]

Perhaps email address was lost

If your username was X3KJ, then yeah it doesn't appear to show an account with that name when I put it in the search field

[unborn flame]

ok the account just isnt linked to my BIF account - so it still uses old username and old email ^^ found it now

[ornate marlin]

same here. used old account name, got password resent to my email, done

[trim acorn]

As promised, I've done some work on A3 Publisher over the last weekend:
PublisherCmd update /id:<workshop id> {/changeNote:<change notes>|/changeNoteFile:<path to a text file>} /path:<folder with mod content> [/nologo] [/nosummary]
The initial version still requires Steam client (meh), but I'm working on a version that doesn't need it, but there are some technical and legal issues to be solved (<\3 lawyers).

[raven hollow]

At least another way.

[deft marsh]

@trim acorn thanks dude!

[desert trench]

@trim acorn n1

[boreal dawn]

can we get same kind of front page view as with the old feedback tracker so we can have own tickets and subscribed tickets also in the front page somehow?

I'm still bit lost with this new tracker 😛 and hopefully we can get darker theme

oh I can find them at least from the Maniphest -> Authored

the recent activity is there two times in my front page. on the right and at the bottom.

authored and subscribed just like the recent activity in the front page should hopefully be default at some point. would help new people and likely everyone else

same if I go in the project so it shows only the project's authored and subscribed

just some feedback about the page

[summer tide]

@boreal dawn you can create your own dashboard - e.g. https://feedback.bistudio.com/dashboard/view/3/

[boreal dawn]

@summer tide Thank you! this should help 😃

[boreal dawn]

too bad that I can't create a tab that has only dayz or arma or take on mars subscribed stuff. it always takes them all together..

or somehow I have it so Arma 3 one works but dayz one doesn't

nvm.

nvm. actually the tags don't work at all how I thought

if I've Arma 3 tag it only takes Arma 3 ones. so DayZ and ToM tags don't work...

[summer tide]

I think the tags you can add when creating a panel are just for tagging the panel (i.e. not changing the query) - i.e. you are always using the same "subscribed" query

just create custom queries in https://feedback.bistudio.com/maniphest/query/advanced/ and save them - you can use them in your panels then

[boreal dawn]

ok

so this isn't too easy then 😄

[summer tide]

e.g. that's the query I'm using for subscribed arma 3 tasks: https://feedback.bistudio.com/maniphest/query/jfryhX3Z511j/

[boreal dawn]

can I delete my shitty dashboard? 😄

[summer tide]

I think you can only archive it

[boreal dawn]

ok same with the bad panels

[boreal dawn]

now that I understood this, this is a very powerful tool

I wouldn't ever figured this out without help so thanks @summer tide time to make custom queries for myself

[near cedar]

The new feedback tracker is really confusing to navigate, wish it was laid out more like the old one. No up-voting either? :(
Lots of old tickets have been mass closed too...

[desert trench]

@waxen tundra mass close of tickets = very bad

[unborn flame]

i agree, it's not very nice to navigate

[fathom slate]

@waxen tundra if or when we're getting an entry to specify game version when creating an issue? it's quite bothersome.

[boreal dawn]

I made my own front page dashboard so I can easily check all the projects from the front page https://feedback.bistudio.com/dashboard/view/5/ some tips for the devs to improve the default one 😉 everyone feel free to check it out.

[unborn flame]

your dashboard looks alot better. In general i feel there should be an option to always only view certain game/project, or to hide other projects (whatever you wanna call it). I'm don't have dayz or TOM, so seeing tickets for those things is utterly pointless and wastes space.

[deft marsh]

can we get a test_map in the arma 3 samples data please, 90% of the latest changes to the visual update aren't properly documented, and most of us are left with comepletely fudged up terrains since 1.60

[deft marsh]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T116906

[desert trench]

@deft marsh some docu on the config parameters would be nice too 😉

[deft marsh]

yep

well its an area thats been left in the dark since pre arma2, so some more information wouldn't go amiss

[desert trench]

well that dev "promised" Fabio to provide docu post lighting release

so could be useful to remind him about that

[raven hollow]

"post"

[unborn flame]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T116969 ... can't believe no one ever saw an issue with large explosives all these years

[outer spear]

👀

[sharp quarry]

Yeah the default home page for the feedback tracker needs a serious adjustment. Most of the tickets there are a couple years old or even older. Also, was there a reason given for removing the upvote/downvote buttons? It seemed like a decent enough way of making sure priority issues were kept at the always at the top.

[waxen tundra]

voting system is useless when you have tracker sections access by random acounts w/o game ownership ...

in short, the optimal case is that if you do own Arma 3 and the tracker account is synced with your Bohemia Account then you may post in the Arma 3 section and vote etc.

[boreal dawn]

DLC ghillie suits maybe work the opposite way, so they get brighter in the shadows and darker in the open https://feedback.bistudio.com/T117141 at least they don't work like the normal sniper ghillie

[shadow beacon]

they don't get any brighter, it's just that _ca textures used on the marksmen ghillies don't receive shadows. No _ca textures do

[unborn flame]

HA now they finally have a good reason to fix the issue 😄 https://feedback.bistudio.com/T85685 ... just noticed that all the ticket attachements from old tickets seem to be gone :/

[odd abyss]

Holding P and pressing right mouse button takes some players to the desktop.

[lethal moth]

All radio channels (except for Direct) does not work AT ALL in Intro, Outro - Win and Outro - Lose. :/

[deft marsh]

Any word on the bottlenecked documentation for terrain/lighting changes?

[desert trench]

https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/191507-after-160-there-are-no-tasks-in-official-campaign/

[solar storm]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T65073

someone added a - maybe - important comment

maybe he should have opened a new ticket

[barren geode]

is this about bug reporting or issues with feedback tracker @waxen tundra ?

where can I get support for issues with tracker? I registered with email adress which is no longer available ( old domain which expired and not renewed ) and now I cant access the tracker

please ping me with answers...thanks

[waxen tundra]

@barren geode send email to [e-mail]

[barren geode]

email sent @waxen tundra

[unborn flame]

the new vehicles are still a bit rough around the edges https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/143930-general-discussion-dev-branch/#entry3043635

[barren geode]

http://puu.sh/pwBzL/6259fe1e02.png come on BI I got entire inbox to prove its my account

wasnt my fault tracker was down for ... who knows how long... couldnt change my email

[solar storm]

I wonder if this is still on the radar of BI:
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T62977

[desert trench]

wasnt the new FT meant to forget about all previous tickets? 😛

the good old CIT times. when you had quality staff reviewing tickets, forcing standards, useful workflow feedback quality tickets to BI and close coop

also while voting is flawed, without i cannot see how you are to reasonably get an idea which reports to tackle; especially if you have no process to get quality reports

[deft marsh]

@trim acorn thanks for the cli publisher 😃

[desert trench]

yeah good stuff 👍

@deft marsh but why post here and not in #server_tools

[deft marsh]

because I originally asked about it in here 😃

[desert trench]

too fancy memory there :p

[deft marsh]

you'd be stunned by the stuff in my memory banks 😉

just dont ask me what I got up to yesterday, nfi

😄

[ember radish]

An error while trying to upload crash dump file to phabricator

Upload Failure
ArmaReport_Log_20160625T015109_longbow.zip

Exception: No configured storage engine can store this file. See "Configuring File Storage" in the documentation for information on configuring storage engines.

[unborn flame]

please give us a vehicle position dialog... with all added FFV "turrets" the action menu in vehicles is completely inadequate. https://feedback.bistudio.com/T118960

[outer spear]

+1 👍

[ember radish]

I would post here - somewhere I heard a discussion about enterable buildings on Tanoa, especially their lack. okay, the point from BIS makes sense, but what if to include into Apex release, some assets which would allow people to make building dynamically, say - door model (just a standalone door, animated), destructible window, part of roofs, walls, etc.

Considering Eden has a composition feature and Larrow from BI forums made a composition spawning script - is not it a work around?

[trim acorn]

I've had issues connecting to the feedback tracker for a bit. Has it been reported that AI can be told to attack rocks?

[ember radish]

if it is kind of rock placed by eden - then it sounds ok, since it seem to belong CIV side

and AI can be told to aim the rock in they it can be told to aim empty CIV car

[trim acorn]

It fucks with AI orders in editor-build areas, such as in VR. Can't order them to attack a placed house, shouldn't be able to order them to attack a rock.

[ember radish]

need moar sides in arma

like sideRock

friendly to everyone

[waxen tundra]

not true @ember radish , you forgot that slippery rocks and all those broken legs and hands and deaths

[trim acorn]

Rocks are on no one's side but their own. All are enemies to the rocks. Even other rocks.

[unborn flame]

especially paper

[ember radish]

@trim acorn you are speaking of sideEnemy, do not let them a chance not to increase number of sides

[dry bloom]

I can't see why you would be able to attack a rock but not a house, they should both be on the side "EMPTY"

[unborn flame]

propably just a configuration mistake

[true lichen]

@waxen tundra fixing the alignment issue here should be of utmost priority. Haha - https://i.gyazo.com/f45be9250485a91a7c8fdf03cfd1f52d.jpg

[jovial hatch]

LAnd_House_big_04_f dont have floor

[unkempt jasper]

So I would have bunch of inconsistencies to report with the new Apex guns. Missing sound suppressors etc, does anyone know if BI prefers separate reports in the feedback tracker or should I just bunch them all in one report since the issues are pretty easily seen just by looking at the attachment options in Virtual Arsenal?

[ember crow]

Hey guys,

Just checking out the new gear in arsenal and noticed something funky, a couple of vests seem to have a thermal signature built into them? So no matter if you are wearing one of the new stealth fatigues or not the vests seem to have their own thermal signature. Check out the following vests in FLIR: Raven Vest, all CSAT Harnesses, all AAF Carrier Rigs. Kind of defeats the purpose of the stealth fatigues if the vests outside can still give you away.

[unborn flame]

all equipment has build in thermal signature - they all use a specific texture

[ember crow]

@unborn flame I'm not sure what you mean. If you take a look at the other vests they do not have any heat signature, i.e. the vest will show as cool on FLIR. For the vests I mentioned above, regardless of the uniform of the soldier, the vest will show as hot on FLIR. Here is a picture of the CTRG stealth uniform with a NATO carrier rig: http://imgur.com/KzqZbzm Now compare that to a picture of the same uniform with a AAF carrier rig: http://imgur.com/hcq9rxO

Even if they all use specific textures, the modeled behavior of the vest does not make any sense. How is "hot" while everything surrounding it is "cool"?

[desert trench]

https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/192510-csat-pacific-player-speaks-english/

[uncut iron]

The autoreport/autospot issue (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T77325) is back for "custom" difficulty.

Players will still report enemy units even if autospot is set to 0

[deft marsh]

Any plans to open up the blue pearl harbour warehouses? they would be a valuable asset to the community. That's pretty much my only gripe with Tanoa - 1 huge container port and very few enterable structures. Also under the powerplant you have like 9 misplaced objects that could be removed - pipes, kerbing etc

[fresh inlet]

^^^^^^

[rapid badge]

Make a feedback tracker ticket for the misplaced objects, but don't hold out hope re: opening up of any structures... they announced almost a year ago how closed-up Tanoa would be compared to Altis/Stratis

[timid hare]

Can someone explain how to close/delete my own ticket? https://feedback.bistudio.com/T77631

[ornate marlin]

@timid hare top right Edit Task and set status to resolved or whatever fits. if you can't, only devs can

[timid hare]

I can't 😦

[viral python]

But I can 😃

[deft marsh]

is there a simple way to filter out all the non-arma items from a feedback tracker search? When A3 had its own dedicated FB tracker this was a much easier process

[trim acorn]

Yeah the new feedback tracker is complete mess if you just wanna browse for outstanding issues. (used to look at the old one, new i dont bother anymore)

[deft marsh]

And searching for a previous issue you want to add comment on is like looking for a needle in a haystack

[unborn flame]

yeah interface of new tracker is really unwieldy and also the handling is confusing

since tickets dont get reviewed regulary anymore, i can only assum BI stopped looking at most tickets as well 😛

[trim acorn]

Plus the inability to upvote something is bad. You need to leave a comment behind to say hey i like this bug fixed thanks.
Anyway i highly doubt BIS is gonna devote more manpower to changing the feedback system again, maybe they are hoping people will give up submitting bug reports

[ornate marlin]

not sure, but iirc BI is working on a way to open the phabricator workboards without exposing critical information. like CUP has it more or less
http://i.imgur.com/BWgaIm2.png

[raven hollow]

Still don't like the new one, too much overload (old System/interface/Overview was more "sorted")

[waxen tundra]

it just need way more slick and readable styles, that would do a lot (and ofc fixing the moderating/search/filters related complains)

[vagrant mulch]

While I do see a need for some sort of "upvote" system, I also remember what happened with the old system. IIRC some of the top things voted on were bunny hopping/jumping, silent stealthy knife kills and "Be more like CoD". The votes on these things far outweighed ACTUAL bugs and issues with the game.

[desert trench]

@waxen tundra can you confirm filepatching/loading unpacked data nowadays only works with diag.exe and that its intentional?

[waxen tundra]

@desert trench afaik it should be possible to be enable via server settings, yet note the filePatchingExceptions[] is available atm only in DEV branch

[desert trench]

@waxen tundra the question is about SP/editor testing

[waxen tundra]

that should be possible switch via the commandline afaik too

[desert trench]

well people from RHS say it no longer works. only with diag.exe it still does

[viral python]

@desert trench The filepatching should work on the retail with -filePatching however the scripting command diag_mergeConfigFile is only available from the diag exe

[desert trench]

well RHS ppl were about replacing/updating textures during runtime

diag cmd is clear that its limited to diag.exe

i will ask them to make a FT task

[winter bison]

Anyone ever have this issue: Set Group Marker, Die during a mission / mod. Respawn. If a new player connects after the death, it seems they can see the group marker when not in your group.

[zenith aurora]

@Wolfenswan

detectMines = 0 is also ignored

[spiral wolf]

20160812230834_1.jpg

Exception: No configured storage engine can store this file. See "Configuring File Storage" in the documentation for information on configuring storage engines.```

[spiral wolf]

oh, seems to be just a file size limit. 1MB or something

[raven hollow]

Erm, is the bug already known, that you can load VIV as Enemy Unit?

Buddy of mine in Blackfish: West
Me in Prowler: East
= I can load myself in it.

2nd one:
https://youtu.be/jXzv1NMWGuU
(Commanderseat Prowler - VIV - Me doing barrel rolls \o/

[unborn flame]

lel hitchhiker... 2nd propably is because you forgot your towel

[raven hollow]

Towel... hmm... good point! Crap. Where is my guide? -.- dang

[raven hollow]

@icy turret Fixed: It was possible to load vehicles into the vehicles of opposing factions nnnnnoooooooooooo 😄

[desert trench]

👎

(given this is about empty vehicles, but even with crewed i wouldnt add such artificial restriction)

[waxen tundra]

matroska style ? Enemy vehicle into Neutral vehicle inside Friendly vehicle 😉 ... invasionception

[desert trench]

never heard of james bond?

[waxen tundra]

james bond had no AI to explain wth target and how 😉

[desert trench]

well AI interaction or engagement with units in vehicles is very inconsistent and unrealistic anyway

[raven hollow]

Like: Dead player = Civ.
meh

[unborn flame]

never seen a bond film where he sneaked his APC into a vtol gunship

[shadow beacon]

close enough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O9SRhVXXL4

[unborn flame]

not even close

[fresh violet]

@raven hollow @waxen tundra rip that fix. For loading vehicles into opposing factions (and soz for the amazing delay)

Can we get an option in config? 😉

[waxen tundra]

@fresh violet pay attention to the changelog https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/140837-development-branch-changelog/page-44#entry3088423 •Tweaked: It is now possible to load a vehicle into an enemy vehicle by script or editor

[raven hollow]

+1

[vagrant mulch]

Nice

[fresh inlet]

ooh, cool

[manic saffron]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T82457
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T83573
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T83447

Sadly still not fixed. Tanks and tracked vehicles are unplayable.

[raven hollow]

*moved

Got the Error Msg about the Memory Error (0x017a1ad0 to memory 0x00000048 )
I can ignore the Msg and still use A3 like normal.
+Error popped up, when i destroyed a Taru-Pod```

[raven hollow]

Would be nice, to have that tweaked.
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T120242

[fossil hound]

i'm pretty sure it's intended for hitpoints to be modifiable independently from structural damage

[raven hollow]

Still doesn't change the fact, that a player is more "weak", when healed only with setHitIndex/setHitPointDamage.

[fossil hound]

Why not just use setDamage first?

[raven hollow]

If you heal a player completely -> Sure.
If you want to heal different parts only -> Nope.

[fossil hound]

why not? store the hitpoint values, setDamage to a lower value (proportional to the part healed), then set the original hitpoint values and reduce the one you want to heal

[raven hollow]

Already doing that, still a crappy way of doing it.

[manic saffron]

the real issue is that using the command does not update the "depends" hitpoints

So healing HitEngine2 does not adjust the HitEngine master hitpoint in helis

Even soldiers use this system now. Imo the commands are fucked

there should be an optional parameter for setDamage to NOT adjust the hit points

[fossil hound]

that would be the best solution IMO, maybe as setStructuralDamage or something

[raven hollow]

agree.
Or: Getting rid of the overall Damage completely and relying on the HitPoints only.

[fresh violet]

Can we fix the Blackfish's Hitbox? If a program hit U on the door model which does the cursor target snippet it doesn't recognize its their

[unborn flame]

getting rid of global damage would lead to something like 0.8 damage to head, 0.8 torso, 0.8 leg and still walking

for vehicles it would make more sense, but i bet BI want to keep it exploding to reduce performancedrain from full vehicle

[raven hollow]

Then it needs a proper calculating of the rly dmg, since you can have at hitPoints at 0.8dmg, but your mainDmg is 0 =/ (or having to opposite)

[unborn flame]

because of structuraldmg setting and passThrough=0 and minimalHit

[manic saffron]

the worst is how the first aid kit in vanilla sets your overall damage to 0.25, including all hit points

which means that it can actually damage previously unwounded parts of your body

[raven hollow]

Yep, one reason why i override that one.

[unborn flame]

how can you override it, is the vanilla medkit a script/function ?

[raven hollow]

Overriding the ScrollMenu (blocking it) -> Calling my own function instead

@unborn flame

[dry bloom]

With this? https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/inGameUISetEventHandler

[raven hollow]

Yep.

@dry bloom http://pastebin.com/yxgRbDBK

[rapid creek]

Would anyone like to share their thoughts regarding the kick message for kickClientsOnSlowNetwork?
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T119910#1508953

[waxen tundra]

@rapid creek are you using latest performance binary from profiling branch ? the feature isn't finished in 1.62 main branch stable binary

[rapid creek]

@waxen tundra, no, I'm currently using 1.64 RC4.

[waxen tundra]

and note, it will not be finished in 1.64 either ...

it's not part of 1.64.RC ... only profiling branch / dev branch

[rapid creek]

Okay - thank you for clarifying.

[rapid creek]

Not the BI tracker, but may still be relevant. https://dev.arma.su/T160

[tulip shard]

I am assuming there is no way for me to reset or remove the 2factor auth on my account? somehow lost it (rather careless of me).

[rapid creek]

@tulip shard, yes, you can remove 2FA, but as a security precaution a TOTP is required to remove 2FA. So... yeah...

https://secure.phabricator.com/book/phabricator/article/multi_factor_auth/
Admins can strip 2FA from your account. However you'll need to prove you're you.

[tulip shard]

You wouldnt happen to know the best way to get in touch with an admin would you? Is there a specific group dedicated to all things feedback_tracker or just any admin I see on the site? Reason I ask is because from what I can see site admins are the devs so id assume they have better things to be doing than verifying i am me 😛

[rapid creek]

I wouldn't know the best way, but you could shoot Dwarden a message or use the contact form here https://support.bistudio.com/

[tulip shard]

cheers for the help 😃

[rapid creek]

Disabling drawingInMap server.cfg parameter removes map markers - https://feedback.bistudio.com/T120359

[rapid creek]

First Aid Kit (FAK) Use and Drop Exploit - https://feedback.bistudio.com/T120360

[fresh violet]

@rapid creek For fucks sake, that drawingInMap "glitch/bug" is gonna piss me off

If it removes all my altis life markers ^_^

[fresh violet]

@rapid creek I love how the "Arma Only Paramaters" drawingInMap isn't in the example ^_^

[rapid creek]

[1.62] C_Plane_Civil_01_F - Array tex not even, unknown animation source, and missing cargo - https://feedback.bistudio.com/T119434

[rapid creek]

[Apex Preview Build] [1.62.136802] Error in expressions - https://feedback.bistudio.com/T117863
The above task can be closed.

[rapid creek]

Squad.xml does not appear in the map - https://feedback.bistudio.com/T120466
Is this occurring for anyone else in 1.64?

[near cedar]

I can't seem to reset my password on the feedback tracker, it refuses to send the email with the reset link.

[rapid creek]

☝ Likewise. Tried twice. No email inc. junk folder.

[rapid creek]

Okay. Now the password reset emails arrived. Quite the delay.

...and they're now invalid.

[near cedar]

Lol. I'll check my mail too...

[near cedar]

yup, there were mails with now expired links, but requiesting another reset worked this time.

[unborn flame]

technical suggestion for global damage system improvements https://feedback.bistudio.com/T120542