arma3_editor

[wispy marsh]

Okay thanks man

Also one question, this thing applies to the custom uniform im gonna make, right?

[lethal pulsar]

You'll have to match the skeleton anyways, if you want it to be compatible with other gear
Skeleton mismatch makes all the other gear not work right (origins and autocenter doesn't work right, usually shows as backpacks, vests, or helmets stuck around the pelvis of your model, I know it happens with the spartans from OPTRE, not certain how many other mods have custom skeletons)

[wispy marsh]

Will the link give me the instructions i need? Just checking man

Because im planning to make it compatible to vanilla and Other mods

[lethal pulsar]

Not really, it's a rig for blender as far as I know
I haven't done character modelling and rigging for Arma, so I'm probably not the one to ask for more help
I've made it as far as modelling some muzzle brakes, and haven't had more time for modelling stuff in a few months

[wispy marsh]

Ah ok. Ill ask somebody from animation or model

[quartz dawn]

[RESOLVED]
Hello, I'm trying to edit a 360 range scenario I downloaded within the eden editor. The issue is that the scenario isn't showing up in the popup menu that appears when you attempt to "open" a scenario in the level editor.

I followed the directory: documents>Arma3>Missions
There is no "Arma3>otherusers>[username]>missions" directory as I believe I used my system's default profile.

I pasted the downloaded .PBO file into the "missions" folder;
furthermore I opened steam's local files for the game and pasted it the both the singleplayer and multiplayer missions folders there as well.

Upon restarting ARMA and loading the editor on Altis- the scenario is an Altis mission if that's relevant- I attempted to open the scenario and was met with an empty scenarios list in that popup menu.

However the mission does show up and is playable from the singleplayer>scenarios menu on the home page.

If someone would be willing to help me solve this issue over vc or through DMs that would be greatly appreciated. Feel free to ping me here or DM me to schedule a time that works for you.

[RESOLVED]
https://youtu.be/P3NdnGicX6c

[plain gale]

The pbo goes into the Arma 3 folder >> Missions or MPmissions

Or you unpack it and then it goes into the profileFolder >> missions

[quartz dawn]

The file I have is not zipped; unless there is a way to further unpack a PBO file. Like I said before, the problem is that neither of those methods have worked, thus I need assistance troubleshooting.

[midnight wharf]

Don't know where to ask anyway, can I make glowing eyes for an character?

[prisma oyster]

I tried doing so, unfortunately these eyes do not follow the character correctly (update too infrequently)

[midnight wharf]

How about making an character model that has just white eyes

that "glow"

[prisma oyster]

it would imply modding

[quartz dawn]

#arma3_model or #arma3_texture

[tame field]

hi

some person know how play dayz mod

[sinful zenith]

A pbo is basically a zip file.
Just a different format for the same kind of container.

[lilac barn]

how do i make GUI small in edito?

its huge

[small patrol]

Video options > UI Scale

[lilac barn]

where is UI scale exactly? display

[small patrol]

Display

[lilac barn]

or AA&AP

[lilac barn]

ah yeah interface size thx

[unkempt hemlock]

are there any mods known to specifically remove the rugged items from the contact DLC? i.e. Land_Laptop_03_black_F and related items. i can find other contact dlc items, as well as find that aforementioned item's classname in the config viewer, but it does not show up in any category in eden and it is frustrating

screenshot showing that the item shows up in config viewer

yet nothing in the object search

i would like to raze whatever mod does this from my modlist

[plain gale]

Does it show up if you type class land_laptop ?

For me it does

[fossil urchin]

I tested same

class Land_Laptop_03_black_F

but it shows it with name too, or maybe it just remember my search XD
Some times i need restart editor (nothing is showing up)

[unkempt hemlock]

i searched that way as well, yeah

my friend also couldn't find the items i was looking for

i also searched "mod enoch" and every item in contact aside from the specific items i was looking for showed up

i have narrowed down the problem to being that Items_base_F has its side assignment broken for some reason

i wasn't aware it needed a side ngl

found the mod, it was an old unsupported mod

[bronze herald]

how do i use my DLC's when in eden editor?

cant seem to find any of them. bought the mobilastation dlc witch inkludes the lepoard 1 A5 but cant find it.

[small patrol]

Install and Load Global Mobilization

[whole rampart]

I got a weird bug that when making a mission in Eden, I have grass on the ground but when I load it onto the dedicated server, all grass goes away. Im using mission settings. What would cause this error? Im not using any mods that remove grass and that would show up when testing the mission anyways.

[plain gale]

Check terrain quality on the dedicated server

[sick meadow]

hey folks, i'm trying to put together a capture the flag-type objective but instead of a flag it's a drone players need to compete over holding to upload its data at a comms tower. are there any resources that might point me in the right direction for this?

[turbid olive]

maybe, start with https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/connectTerminalToUAV

Idk if you want the players to have access to it literally, if not and it's just a virtual thing, just make a variable with setVariable attached to the drone and change its status each time a team captures the point

[sick meadow]

i'll figure something out- thanks for the tip!

[opaque token]

I just worked around it.

Checkboxes worked fine for me

But text control did not

Made a few controls of my own, its pretty nice

[normal swift]

does anyone remember the arma 3 mod that is LIKE deformer, but specifically works under placed objects?

[dim kindle]

gentlemen Turkish special forces green gendarmerie special operations Police special operations in black tools URAL

[fluid pollen]

anyone remember the name of the eden editor mod that turns the debug console into a proper script editor with syntax highlighting etc.?

never mind. i found it re-uploaded as Advanced Developer Tools

[acoustic reef]

How do I use the LCC in the editor? The standard method of this moveInCargo does not seem to work?

[lethal pulsar]

Might be terrain lib, and bucket (for use in zeus)

[acoustic reef]

Why can I never get transport unload to work 🙁

[fossil urchin]

On waypoint completiin?
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Waypoints#Transport_Unload

[slow jewel]

what's LCC ?

[acoustic reef]

The landing ship. Also I figured it out. I didn't r alize I could drag drop units into another unit.

I had been using the move in cargo command it caused ship to explode

[gray moat]

I have a task where you kilk a militia commander then after he is killed the player gets assigned a task to collect intel belonging to him, I was wondering if there was a way to make it so that if the player picks up the intel before killing the commander and being assigned the task by mistake that the task can still complete automatically upon it being assigned

[fossil urchin]

You could hide that object on start and add Killed evenhandler on commander --> show up your intel item.
or create task after commander is killed (in eventhandler).
If you want keep first kill commander, second collect item that belongs to killed commander.

Or you want keep change that player can pick item before killing commander?

[gray moat]

I like that idea of hiding the object before the commander is killed

But yes I do wonder if there is a way to still make it so the player has the option to pick it up before the task is done

I used a trigger with the !alive then the name of the file so when it is picked up it completes the task but I belive when an item with variable name is picked up it deletes the name when I goes in the inventory so I wonder is there a condition that is similar to !alive but also checks to see if there is any instance of there being something called that variable name and if not assumes it doesn't exist and bypasses the requirement allowing it to complete the task?

[acoustic reef]

Thanks. Apparently if I don't want to group the transport and troops together I have to do it this way?

Helicopter with a LOAD waypoint synchronized to infantry group with a GET IN waypoint. Then do a TRANSPORT UNLOAD waypoint for the heli and sync that with a GET OUT waypoint.

[acoustic reef]

Why isn't my invisible helipad working?

I think I have it set up right but the crew still refuses to jump out

And in game the only option is to "eject"

[acoustic reef]

The Heli always gets stuck 20m above the get out waypoint

[prisma oyster]

it won't try to land if there is nothing to land on

[acoustic reef]

I thought as long as they had an invisible helipad it would still allow the crew to jump out?

[gray moat]

is there a way to make it so that if a setnumber or percentage of civilians are killed by ONLY the player faction the mission ends in a failure?

[turbid olive]

well if you know how triggers works, that's a start. If not, I suggest u to find some tutorials in YouTube.
It's just a matter of counting (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/count) units from a side (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/side), if certain number of dead civilian (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/alive) reaches a value, it will end the mission if the trigger is set up right. As for the "only the player faction", you can use the killed event handler to check it (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#Killed), and maybe just by adding this MEH you can achieve what you want.
(https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Mission_Event_Handlers#EntityKilled)

Also check some of the gunter videos, like this one: https://youtu.be/NH3iwHYdCjE?si=xb9JFWMrcZa8yHTs

[gray moat]

Woah that is a lot too look into but thx

Also I've been trying to look this up online but I'm not exactly sure how to word it but like how are you able to get the ai to perform a certain order once a trigger or time is activated, like let's say you have a unit like a helicopter on hold but you also want them to come to your for extract when all the tasks are complete, i would not imagjne you shift left click that movement order in eden bc they will automatically do it unless there is a way to delay it untill a certain ammount of criteria is done or would you rather do it as movement commands in the units ini line

[fossil urchin]

You can create your Heli + crew and add waypoint.
And use hide and show modules.
Hide on start ,
And show modules synced with trigger which has condition where all tasks are completed and then it will show and enable simulation of your Heli.

[turbid olive]

for this kind of actions, there are a bunch of tutorials

[scarlet hedge]

how do I delete bodies on respawn I forgot? and make units spawn with a specific loadout? (they spawn with defualt NATO loadout instead)

[fossil urchin]

You mean you want to delete the unit corpse who died and respawn with death loadout

Or starting loadout

[scarlet hedge]

Yes, well, when player respawns I want the body to be deleted and he respawns with the same loadout he died with

But on first load in I also want them to spawn with a loadout I set

hope i explained it right

I just came back to Arma after a long time and I swear there used to be an option for it in the editor

[fossil urchin]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Respawn#Restore_Loadout_on_Respawn

[winged raft]

Check your messages!

[scarlet hedge]

Ok so that's for the respawn with deat loadout, how do I make the units spawn with the gear I set to the unit?
Do I add the "Respawn with Original Loadout" to the sqf. as well?

[gray moat]

Use the hide and show modules on the movement orders? Like have them all placed but sync them to the orders then unhide on triggers is thst what you mean?

[scarlet hedge]

Ok i figured out the unit deleteion on respawn, and I managed the units to initial spawn with the loadout I set to them but now instead of a spawn screen they spawn where I set them.....

Now what?

[gray moat]

Any specific?

Bc I also want to use it for infantry movements have then suppress fire until a task is done or a certain trigger is activated then have them move up

[turbid olive]

some things you need to learn first, to achieve what you want, indirectly

do you know how to add waypoints to the infantry? do you know how triggers works?
basics first then you can work on your ideas

[gray moat]

I have a decent understanding of triggers but I can't seem to understand how way points and event handlers work, is that the stuff you go into the mission file for?

[turbid olive]

#arma3_scripting message

[native badger]

wch number are the shoes from the Overrall ?

0 is the skin but 1 and higher dosent work as the shoes and gloves ?

[sudden veldt]

How would I find the classname of an artillery piece's ammunition?

[plain gale]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/magazinesAllTurrets run that one the artillery to see what it has.

Or look up the vehicle in the config viewer and look for magazines. Should be in the turrets subclass I believe.

[sudden veldt]

Thanks

[gray moat]

How can someone make it so a unit shoots at a specific target with a guaranteed kill or hit, like let's say your doing an assination mission where you a mission where you need to protect a hvt but af the beging of the mission he gets shot from a rooftop sniper, how do you make it so it hits him, would you do a suppress fire module with a waypoint activation?

[plain gale]

Depends. You can have the AI shoot and just use setDamage to kill the target.

[gray moat]

What about having barricades that block players off from moving to a certain area and having some that can be unlocked when a certain task/condition is meant, I tried looking up about barricades but couldn't find much, just videos on defensive ones

[plain gale]

What kind of barricades. You could use anything in combination with invisible walls so that players can't climb over.

[gray moat]

Something like a invisible wall yeah, but I want some to be unlocked on certain conditions like this area is locked until the player does this task bc I don't want to have missions where the tasks are reveled and unlocked throughout the mission and I don't want them to have the ability to wander off and mess with a task area before hand and perhaos mess up with the scenario flow. so would a hide trigger on an invisble wall work, and also is there a way to put down square or circle markers that are not 100 percent opacity to show the full areas in which the tasks take place?

[plain gale]

Name the invisible wall myWall and put in a trigger on activation deleteVehicle myWall

[gray moat]

Wouldn't it be an object and not a vehicle tho?

[plain gale]

Doesn't matter

In arma all props are vehicles.

[turbid olive]

what do you mean by "area", is that a building, an area literally...?

are you worried that players might activate a trigger?

[gray moat]

yes

[turbid olive]

this is easily solved by creating a variable that change its status once the task is completed, or by just checking the task status itself...

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

so you put this in the trigger's condition

[alpine terrace]

I need help kind of urgently, I'm trying to bugtest/troubleshoot for a mission that's due tomorrow and I'm running into an issue I have no idea how to fix

I'm making a boarding action op themed after the opening of Halo: Combat Evolved, have tons and tons of triggers so that AI are sim disabled until players reach certain rooms

However, for some reason, the server keeps crashing during mission testing, and the RPTs dump this error

It keeps spamming me with " 3:02:17 House 7fef6eebe000# 14100: destroyer_01_hull_e2.p3d Land_Destroyer_01_hull_E2 (from) not found in the operative map"

Anyone know what "the operative map" is?

If it helps, an earlier test crashed with "Segmentation fault (Core dumped)" as the last line of the RPT:

 2:11:19 Unexpected context inside house
 2:11:24 Unexpected context inside house
 2:11:36 [ACE] (medical_status) WARNING: setDead executed on unit with damage blocked - [O Bravo 3-1:11,"#scripted"]
 2:11:36 Error: Invalid memory point 'Spine3' provided to attachTo on shape 'wbk_halo_aliens\grunt\a_wbk_halo_grunt.p3d'
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

If anyone has any insight on what could be causing it, I'd be extraordinarily grateful, the time crunch is getting a bit too close for comfort

[alpine terrace]

Fixed it

Solution was either 1) Pathing problems on the ship, or 2) Damage enabled on the parts, resulting in lots of unnecessary calculations

[alpine terrace]

I lied

Didn't fix it

Any suggestions welcome

Not optimistic about getting the mission fixed in time

[crude blaze]

Hi, can someone explain to me, why these dudes left their groupleader (who had a trigger activated Move Waypoint) to fight us, a few hundred meters away? What do i need to change, that the group stays put? There is no sense in activating them via Trigger if only the groupleader remains, and everyone else runs away.
MODs: CBA, ACE and BWMOD (+DUI and Cup Maps but those shouldn´t interfere)

[turbid olive]

First, it's just a game, so if you need more time to fix you shouldn't worry about it...
It was working normal until now?

[turbid olive]

Do you want them to stay put? that's all?

[crude blaze]

Well yeah, i want them to stay with their groupleader. i wouldn´t like to go the disableAi "move"-way, cause if my players surprise me, and get to a position without running through my trigger (i like to give them a lot of freedom how to approach stuff), the ai should still work as normal

[turbid olive]

well so if you don't like the disableAI command you should learn how to spawn AI instead of pre-placing them in editor

[crude blaze]

Well i know pretty well how to do that. The question is, why is that needed? If there is a group with a trigger activated waypoint. Why are all the soldiers leaving their groupleader?

[turbid olive]

AI reacts to nearby contact

the AI will move to attack

so if you know how to spawn them, I guess it's the way

if not, disableAI

[crude blaze]

Hmm. it has been a few years since i built missions, but i don´t remember having that problem. I just checked, they reacted to combat 500m away.

[turbid olive]

you can use disableAI "autotarget" and "target"

[crude blaze]

Yeah i guess. It just takes longer to setup than doing it in the editor. Thanks for the information though.

[crude blaze]

Just read up on it. That sounds exactly like what i need. Gotta have to test it though, what happens when contact gets close. But i know my issue now and a few ways around it. Thanks a lot 🙂

[turbid olive]

there's always a way, you can attach them an event handler like "Hit" and "FiredNear" to enable the features back again

also there are group event handlers

read them

[alpine terrace]

I’m organizing an op for 30+ players who have been excited for it all week, and I only have so many Saturdays free to help run ops for my community 😅

It’s a frustrating setback if I can’t get it working

[tranquil kernel]

Not sure if this is the place but where could I start learning if I wanted to start creating operations for a small group?

[turbid olive]

so, what's wrong? did you find any clues?

[alpine terrace]

We’re not sure, the server crashes before anything useful can be printed to RPT

We’ve narrowed it down though, we think it’s caused by WebKnight Grunts phasing through walls when killed

Something about the animation glitch

[turbid olive]

so removing the mod solves the problem?

[alpine terrace]

No idea

That's not a bad idea though

[turbid olive]

that's why in the loading screen it shows a message that mods can change the game's performance 😛

[alpine terrace]

https://tenor.com/view/sealyx-naked-gun-the-naked-gun-facepalm-facepalm-meme-gif-11743768702765397589

Nooo. Really?!

THAT’S what that message is for?!

How could I have possibly known!

[turbid olive]

Don't need to be sarcastic about it, but generally when you have a bunch of mods and you don't know what is going on in your mission, you aim for the mods (as dedmen said, normally, script commands won't cause crashes in missions).

I hope you can fix it 🙂

[alpine terrace]

I apologize, it’s been a long many hours of crunch trying to get this done in time, I’ve been modding for years and usually know how to fix these kinds of problems but the fact that the RPT isn’t reporting anything useful is immensely frustrating

[alpine terrace]

Thanks, appreciate it

[slow stone]

Had a question regarding unitPlay, how does one get rid of the jittery nature of some vehicle movements?

I'm trying to record a large armored convoy moving in on a city (can't use vanilla driving AI cuz ya know). I've set up a recording trigger that records for a maximum of 10 minutes at 100 fps. I'm also using setAccTime (setting it to 0.2) to ensure the frames are captured correctly (because otherwise I only get around 40fps), but no matter what I do the tanks just tremble and jitter with their sideskirts going all over the place when using unitPlay. From what I've read online, this is caused by a lack of FPS, but the game says I capture around 99 FPS on average, so idrk what is causing it and whether it's fixable

I've tried better convoy, forceFollowRoad etc, but for some reason the AI has at least a liter of pure alcohol in its veins and steers wildly around, causing widespread destruction... backwards.

[neat zodiac]

guys i need help setting up a training island scenario. Im using dagger and i have no idea how to use the editor to its fullest extent, all i want are zeus slots as players and then a set number of player slots that arent ai with certain names and grouped together with a specific name. Everything else i can figure out. I do have mods and im 99% sure they are interfering with everything i want to do. I need help 😭

[turbid olive]

in what do you need help with?

[neat zodiac]

setting up the main map stuff, imma try to remove a ton of mods to clean it up, but the main problem i have is making spawns and squads with specific names in the join menu, i might have it properly setup and im just unable to see it bcz im hosting the server.

tldr i need help in setting up spawns essentially

[turbid olive]

spawns or respawns? spawns of what?

[neat zodiac]

Player spawns. Essentially all i want is an empty scenario with player slots, two of which have game master privs, and then like 30 others that dont

i also want there to be two diff spawn locations

[turbid olive]

just place playable entities

[neat zodiac]

i did that but it didnt give the result i wanted

i want the two spawn points

also idk what was wrong but zeus didnt work with them

[turbid olive]

do you know how to set up zeus properly? you need a game master for each entity and a specific variable name for each

[turbid olive]

what is the result that you want

tell us everything

[neat zodiac]

I want two spawn points. Separate locations

Zeus slots

two of em

and then slots for other players

[turbid olive]

last one you can achieve by just placing playable entities

the second one is like I've said

[neat zodiac]

okay, i assume its a mod issue im facing, so im gonna try and fix it by trying it w/o mods and then try it with

thanks for the help

[turbid olive]

as a spawn points, it depends on how you want to do and how the player spawns in the scenario

you can achieve this by placing markers and teleporting players to the randomly selected marker

and this requires a little script

[neat zodiac]

you know in the included missions where you can spawn somewhere? I want to achieve that result, where it shows up as a spawn point before you fully load in

i used to be in a server that did that, and i have no clue how they did it

and i lowk should ask them

[turbid olive]

Read them
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Respawn

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext#Respawn/Revive

[turbid olive]

so you want the respawn menu to show up at start

[neat zodiac]

i think i figured it out

i had some bs settings ticked

and it wasnt showing up

now it worked

[turbid olive]

[neat zodiac]

tysm

[rocky creek]

how can i limit respawns to one side and make the other side play without respawns with 1 life respawn?

[fossil urchin]

With tickets
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Respawn#Official_Templates

[onyx willow]

Hello there, I'm trying to make a faction with mod Alive and everytime I put a facewear on a soldier changes randomly

[gray moat]

What would you guys do if you wanted to do a sp/2 player mission where you play in a squad but not as the squad leader(s) but just as privates, is something like that possible or has been done in the past (never player the arma 3 campaigns) or is it better to stick with stealth/covert/small scale missions?

[plain gale]

That works. The in the Spearhead campaign you can play like that.

[fallow musk]

I want to create a tank dug-in, is there a way to disable a vehicle's physics sim without also disabling other simulation aspects? (anims)

[gray moat]

What should I look up for that bc when I look up ai squads I get tutorials on leading them. And if I put waypoint triggers I worry if an ambush or combat will prevent them from moving on

[turbid olive]

true, that's AI, but there are many ways to script events to prevent that

[ashen ruin]

i need some help

friend sent me a pbo file with the mission were both making

and every time i try and start it it says error when loading scenario

[turbid olive]

what's the error

[ashen ruin]

it literally just says "error when loading scenario"

@turbid olive

[fossil urchin]

Check does it log error in the .rpt file.

!rpt

[formal mural]

Arma RPT

Arma generates a .rpt log file each time it's run, which contains a lot of information like the loaded mods, or any errors that appear, this log file can be very useful for troubleshooting problems.

To get to your RPT files press Windows+R and enter %localappdata%/Arma 3

Additionally see the wiki page for more info: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Crash_Files

To share an rpt log here, please use a website like https://pastebin.com/ (Set expiry time to 1 week or less) to upload the full log, that way the people helping you can take a look at it and try to figure out the problem you're having together with you.
Note: RPT logs can hold personal information relevant to your system, the game or others.

[ashen ruin]

whats weird is that the mission is like

96kb

[gray moat]

Would it make it worse if I were using vcom and lambs Ai combined as opposed to basegame Ai?

[turbid olive]

if you want to drastically change AI behaviour those mods could interfere with that

[gray moat]

Would it be broken to make some of your ai squad makes invincible but reduce their accuracy by 25 to 50 percent to have them lead your through the missions but you still have to actually take out a significant ammount of the enemies?

[turbid olive]

not at all

just do it, if you not get something working you come back here

[gray moat]

No not broken as in the game would break i mean gameplay/balance wise

[turbid olive]

idk it depends on what you're going to do with your mission, no one can tell you that

[gray moat]

Hm ok fair enough

[gray moat]

Not sure if this the right chat for this but is there a way to force units/factions/compositions of units to always be wearing a unit/flag/patch on their uniform instead of having to always apply it every time you place that unit?

[slow jewel]

@gray moat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP_ev2LIHx8

[obsidian obsidian]

is there a mod where i can play the ah-64d, but i can switch to the gunners view and use the main gun whilst the heli is standing still

and use it freely

[turbid olive]

can't you "take control" from the action menu? can't remember

[onyx willow]

I'm having some troubles to create my custom faction, can somebody help me?

[small patrol]

Don't ask to ask just ask.

[onyx willow]

I've been trying to make the custom faction with Alive orbat creator, the issue is that in the process of export I don't know what do I do wrong that when I use arma 3 tools and put the addon in my mods, the faction never shows up in the editor

[final hill]

you can take control of the guns by choosing Manual Aim in the scroll menu if you're the squad leader and in the pilot seat

[lime bronze]

Hello! I’m currently making a mission, when I go to multiplayer and go into any role the mission works fine HOWEVER, when I go to host the host havoc server the server does not launch, the mission will not launch. I’ve done some research and I think it is because of “EPE manager release” to which I know you’ve replied multiple time to however I can’t find a straight answer for how to fix this. Please help! Thank you in advance

[lime bronze]

Sorry if this is in the wrong chat but myself and my partner have done a combined 20 hours of research and can’t find sweet F all to help us😂 I’m really praying to the arma gods here.

[turbid olive]

so is it a problem in the host itself or the mission? did you try to launch a vanilla mission? like the zeus ones

[lime bronze]

The mission because other missions work, just not this one.

[turbid olive]

alright, what does not work? explain what happens exactly

[lime bronze]

The missions loads to the point where you can select roles. Then once you’ve done that it just gets stuck on the loading screen. Then when I look at the server log the last message is a ‘EPE Manager Release’

[turbid olive]

send here the rpt log

[zinc token]

This is the log

[turbid olive]

from what I can see you have a bunch of mods and maybe some shitty ones causing a lot of errors, but nothing more than that

I suggest you review all those mods

[zinc token]

Thought you might say that 😅

[turbid olive]

remove mods that you're sure that you won't use in this mission

[zinc token]

Okay sounds good thanks

[turbid olive]

20:52:16 Can't find a mission collection / mission with template name: 'Changeme.Altis', skipping to next mission.

check server.cfg

[zinc token]

I use admin commands to choose the missions since there are a few different ones on the server

[turbid olive]

also don't mix CUP with RHS (units, vehicle and weapons)

use CUP or RHS not both

[bronze slate]

anyone know how to fix my arma 3 zeus?

im playing singleplayer on editor and making gunfights and when I control a dead AI i cant go back to zeus and im forced to restart my game

[turbid olive]

what? you can control dead AI? or do you mean unconscious?

[bronze slate]

uncon my bad

[turbid olive]

not even by pressing the zeus button again?

are you using zeus enhanced mod?

[bronze slate]

not sure tbh

just 3den enchanced

ace

[turbid olive]

how come? are you using or not? if not I suggest you start using it because vanilla zeus sucks in some aspects

[gritty needle]

Anybody got any idea how I can just simply give opfor AI nato vehicles at the start without the AI breaking?

I've tried simple things like putting opfor units into blufor vehicles in the editor, AI breaks, tank doesnt react to anything, doesn't function.

I've tried putting a script in that converts blufor units inside the tank into opfor units, and the AI shatters, not even able to drive the damn thing

I literally just want CSAT mofos to drive an M1 Abrams, and the only cause of this issue I can find, is that the tank is registered to the western side in the config, I do not understand why this is so finicky.

Ive tried finding mods that just have those kinds of tanks available for the opfor faction but they do not seem to exist.

Im at a complete loss as to what I can do to achieve such a simple thing

[small patrol]

First, unload all Mods to try if your Mods are doing something wrong with it

[turbid olive]

did you try to assign the vehicle to the csat soldier?

[gritty needle]

Imma be honest, I’m real dumb, so idk how to do that other than placing CSAT soldiers in the tank and or grouping the already existing troops with a CSAT soldier

[gritty needle]

Oh dang, that worked, thanks!

[slow jewel]

you didnt say what worked: tell us what worked you just said that worked

[turbid olive]

I suspect it has something to do with https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/assignAsDriver, generally works for that problem

[sick meadow]

does anyone have a resource/video to point me towards regarding spawning random AI patrols in proximity to players (like how they work in SOGPF but in "vanilla" arma?)

or general tips, anything is appreciated

[turbid olive]

Spawn group of units:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_spawnGroup
Find random position around players:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_randomPos
Add waypoints to the units:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addWaypoint
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setWaypointType

[sick meadow]

thanks a ton!

[turbid olive]

for players, you need to find a center point, it can be the leader for simplicity or literally a random player in the group

[sick meadow]

if i spawn a patrol in MP on a non-dedicated server on a random position around "player" through a trigger, will it spawn a patrol once for each connected player or just once for the trigger activating?

[turbid olive]

if the trigger is set to not repeatable and ticked as server only, it will fire once

[sick meadow]

sweet

[turbid olive]

you can work around without using "player" by, if all players are near, _centerPlayer = selectRandom allPlayers

[sick meadow]

i've had a couple run ins with that issue beforehand but usually to comedic effect

once i set a pool of "radioactive" water set to kill any player that jumped into it. someone jumped in to be funny, and everyone on the server dropped dead lmao

[turbid olive]

this happens usually if you put stuff in the player/entity init without exiting the init on the client as well, like adding a simple if (!isServer) exitWith {} check

[sick meadow]

ahh

i learn something new every day

[turbid olive]

that init box from entities will fire in every client, because every client is loading the mission

so to avoid that, if you must use it and if it's something that duplicates the effect, you should always put the isServer check to exit on client (if it has global effect)

[sick meadow]

gotcha

thanks!

[turbid olive]

you can use player in hosted games (as I understand, player is the server machine as well), but for a good practice, do like this ^

[faint seal]

Im using SSS in arma 3. I am using it with alive and ace. When I try to call in a straying run for example the aircraft crashes before it can do anything. Can anyone help with this issue

[scarlet crystal]

what's SSS

[fossil urchin]

Simple Support Services (i assume)

[cursive zephyr]

anyone know how to fix this "Warning Message: You cannot play/edit this mission; it is dependent on downloadable content that has been deleted.\na3_characters_f" getting this error just starting the server not even trying to get on a mission just turning the server on

[sinful zenith]

That message is irrelevant, continue looking for other errors (if you even have any issues)

[cursive zephyr]

Warning Message: You cannot play/edit this mission; it is dependent on downloadable content that has been deleted.
ace_cargo, OPTRE_UNSC_Structure_Military, ace_respawn, OPTRE_Buildings2_Reach_Walls, sc_WallRamp_pbo, OPTRE_UNSC_Structure_Arctic_Military, OPTRE_Buildings_Camp, sc_buildings_pbo, OPTRE_UNSC_Structure_CityObjects, OPTRE_UNSC_Structure_Misc, OPTRE_UNSC_Structure_Containers, OPTRE_BW_WarehouseRS, ace_interaction, ace_dragging, OPTRE_UNSC_Structure_Buildings, OPTRE_UNSC_Structure_Highway, OPTRE_Buildings2_Visegrad, OPTRE_Buildings2_Industrial
7:08:06 Mission Operation%3a%20A%20new%20Start.Stratis: Missing 'description.ext::Header' does this also mean its not on the server or

[sinful zenith]

Did you double check the modlist you're loading yet? checking if ace is loaded should be fairly simple

[cursive zephyr]

we got into server when we had nothing but base game stuff put down but the second we put any modded stuff it broke

we didnt have any problems a month ago

[sinful zenith]

Well as soon as you put down modded stuff, you'll need to load mods yeah.

[cursive zephyr]

the modlist is on the server tho and its the same modlist that worked and we updated the server and all that and still broken

[sinful zenith]

Did you check the logs?

[cursive zephyr]

yup keep saying its been deleted

[sinful zenith]

I think deleted is not a word that the logs use

[cursive zephyr]

and when it didnt the slots were gone

[sinful zenith]

You can send me a server RPT and I'll take a look

[cursive zephyr]

what am i looking for to send exactly

[sinful zenith]

You said you checked the logs, these logs I mean

[sinful zenith]

It doesn't try to load any mods

-mod= parameter is not set

[cursive zephyr]

how would one fix that

[sinful zenith]

Set the -mod parameter to load your mods

[rustic hazel]

Help me figure it out.

I have some kind of incomprehensible bug.
After 2 deaths, the view automatically switches to the 3rd face, and when you try to switch it back, it instantly returns to the 3rd face.

At the same time, all actions stop working, they are there, but when you press the space bar, nothing happens.

Hold actions does not display a progress wheel.

I don't understand at all what the problem is, and why it broke.

I rolled back to the committee, where everything was working, but the problem remained...

[rustic hazel]

The problem turned out to be that I was deleting respawn handler while running respawn handler.

[scarlet crystal]

very fitting username

[coarse island]

anyone know of a good mod for going undercover from ai until you shoot?

i create little missions for my friends and I and we're wanting to do some snatch and grab stuff, but they instantly lock onto our vehicle even if it is like a civilian vehicle.

[turbid olive]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tqCrpmC7yw&pp=ygUYYXJtYSAzIHVuZGVyY292ZXIgc2NyaXB0

[coarse island]

thank u

[coarse island]

this is cool, but it wont really work for my mission. thank you though

[turbid olive]

you can easily use commands like setUnitCaptive or some group commands to change side and use some event handlers like FiredMan FiredNear to make enemy aware

there's also an EH WeaponChanged

[coarse island]

i just wish their was a workshop mod lol, im not good with the scripting stuff

[turbid olive]

well here comes the day that you start learning lol

[coarse island]

basically all we want is where we roll up on homeboy in like a van (with ai unalerted), and as soon as we jump out the AI becomes alerted

[turbid olive]

a simple GetOutMan EH with some more simple commands would work

#arma3_scripting message

[coarse island]

wonder if chat gpt can write this up

[turbid olive]

don't use chat gpt for sqf script, any AI (or LLM) sucks at this

they grab shit and mix it up

and creates commands that don't exists etc

what you want to do it's not easy for a begginner but it's not that hard

you have to start with something

[coarse island]

i bet all i would have to do

now that im thinking ab it

[turbid olive]

what you can do with chat gpt is to make you learn it

[coarse island]

is just put a trigger

[turbid olive]

like explain stuff

[coarse island]

where the snatch and grab occurs,

[turbid olive]

but not making codes by itself, got it?

[coarse island]

yes

[turbid olive]

it's best to use your brain for coding

[coarse island]

but i could just place a trigger where the snatch and grab occurs, and have the enemy AI params disabled until we hit the trigger

that would work

[turbid olive]

def you can do that

[coarse island]

and i feel like would be pretty simple

is there a way

instead of changing the variable name

for each ai unit

to change the whole composition

by one variable

[turbid olive]

but if you want to start scripting, if you have some doubts you just come here and ask

[coarse island]

so like Alpha 1-1 is named test1
instead of naming the SL test2
the grenadier test3?

could i just reference test1

instead of having to reference every unit

if that makes sense

[turbid olive]

you can do this by using triggers aswell

[coarse island]

like on the trigger activation

[turbid olive]

units in the area

[coarse island]

ohh

[turbid olive]

you can use thisList to get all units in that trigger's area

[coarse island]

and then how would i like pick from thisList on whos stuff to enable/disable

sorry i know very little ab scripting

i probably seem really dumb

[turbid olive]

forEach, like

{_x disableAI "target"}forEach thisList

the trigger must have some activation type, like anybody or east...

[coarse island]

blufor

[turbid olive]

west

[coarse island]

bc i want only want them alerted when we are in the area

[turbid olive]

create a trigger with activation type that you want

and then run some code on the activation to enable/disable AI's features

[coarse island]

yea

[turbid olive]

I mean, you still need to learn some basics commands

[coarse island]

i think i got it

[turbid olive]

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

[coarse island]

ill do some testing

and figure it out

[turbid olive]

start searching in biki for commands

like those I've said

[coarse island]

gotcha. So hypothetically, i could just place a trigger. DisableAI.
Then when my unit hits the other trigger, i could enableAI and it should work just fine

    _x disableAI "TARGET";     // won’t pick targets
    _x disableAI "AUTOTARGET"; // won’t auto-aim
    _x disableAI "WEAPONAIM";  // won’t aim their weapons
    _x disableAI "WEAPON";     // won’t fire weapons
} forEach (units groupName);```

like this

chatgpt gave me this

going to test now

[turbid olive]

there's no "WEAPON" for this command, see what I meant? even for simple things they made something up, and you waste your time fixing the bs that chat gpt gives

[coarse island]

yea

[turbid olive]

go to this link and check the features by yourself

[coarse island]

this works perfectly

    _x disableAI "TARGET"; 
    _x disableAI "AUTOTARGET"; 
    _x disableAI "WEAPONAIM";
_x disableAI "AUTOCOMBAT";  
} forEach (units theGroup);```

exactly what i want

i have it working with triggers

thanks for your help

[warm wharf]

Hello, has anyone used this mod https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2331107933? I have problems. I have set it up correctly and it works on a local server, but when I try to deploy it on a dedicated server, it doesn't generate the AI, it's like the modules aren't working 🙁 can someone help me?

This mod is part of a list of mods https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198091975050/myworkshopfiles/?appid=107410 that improve the AI experience like I have never seen before and together with the LAMBS adds an AMAZING level of realism. I have configured it really well and it works great on my PC, but when I try to deploy it on a dedicated server it doesn't work the same. I wanted to know if you could help me 🙁

[scarlet crystal]

I think the dev has already answered your question

[spare rose]

How does one set map boundaries in the 3DEN editor? I'm trying to make a Conquest map and game mode.

[undone basalt]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Module:_Cover_Map and trigger that's how i did mine.

[dim kindle]

Turk F16

[prisma oyster]

#screenshots_arma perhaps? 🙂 you'll get more views there anyway

[worn iron]

how do i make a rocket artillery strike less accurate? I placed down an M5 Sandstorm, and gave it a Fire Mission waypoint, but all of the rockets land exactly where the waypoint is placed. How do I make it so it shoots randomly within a given 100 metre radius, so I can have it carpet bomb a town

[sick meadow]

is there a way to actually give a patrol that i spawn through BIS_fnc_spawnGroup waypoints (like following a random patrol?)

[dim kindle]

Thanks bro 😀

[solar anchor]

can anyone help me with a convoy ambush

[small patrol]

Don't ask to ask

[solar anchor]

Sorry, i need help with BLUFOR holding then moving once activated by a trigger

Then after moving and hitting an IED i need this OPFOR tech to move and block off the intersection.

[turbid olive]

do the same thing for ied, put a variable name to it and create a trigger, in condition put !alive myIEDname, and sync that trigger to a holding waypoint for that opfor unit

and I suggest you use the command opforveh disableAI "PATH" to unable the vehicle to move once it reaches the waypoint that blocks the road, and put them in Careless mode before reaching it

[craggy sphinx]

I have a question or two about the show/hide module, would here or #arma3_scenario be the place to ask?

[turbid olive]

just ask here

[craggy sphinx]

I have a couple AI groups I set up with high command modules, works great. I then put a show/hide modifier set to hide the group, synced to them, works great. Then I put a show/hide modifier set to show the group, synced to them, with a trigger set to alpha radio channel, also works great. But if I put a trigger on the hide modules, set to radio bravo, the AI is not hidden at mission start and you can only hide unhide them once, even though repeatable is check. Not sure what I'm doing wrong, but some pointers would definitely be appreciated. Also, I'm extremely new to A3 mission making in Eden.

[craggy sphinx]

Also, is there a script, module, or something else, that is a way to add more radio trigger channels past Juliet?

[prisma oyster]

Negative
But you can use a commanding menu instead?

[turbid olive]

Idk about this. When I came to this, I just learned how to spawn units instead by script, looks like a difficult thing for a new player in arma, but it actually very easy if you do it by steps, it just takes time and trial and error.

[craggy sphinx]

I appreciate it, thanks for the response. I was hoping to have AI assets to assist set up for high command with show and hide modules, synced to radio triggers. if I have a AI rifle group, AI armor unit, and a AI helo, that'd be 6(Alpha-Foxtrot) channels to show and hide them at will. I was trying this, because I don't think you can set up the HC modules outside of Eden

[craggy sphinx]

Yeah, I'm definitely on the newer side of the curve. I've only been with my group for about a year and a half, and I took on Reforger first and never really touched Eden, until now. I'll be learning for a while, I next to nothing about the scripting side of things

[turbid olive]

you started right by messing around with triggers, that how I started as well. Read this:
#arma3_scripting message

[craggy sphinx]

I appreciate it. I just saved them to my personal discord, I'll read them tonight at work. I appreciate you, my dude

[worn iron]

how would I connect two triggers together such that when one activates, the other does too?

I'm trying to make it so that if all opfor on the port are dead, then the task is completed, and a friendly helicopter lands. I've set the trigger up with Skip Waypoint type, Opfor activation and Not Present activation type, but the only thing that seemingly gets triggered is the helicopter landing, not the popup that says i've completed a task

do i have to seperate the triggers, so there's one to give the popup and one to skip the heli's waypoint, or something else?

[plain gale]

They would both have the same condition.

One trigger should be sufficient though

[worn iron]

if it helps, here's how i have it set up

[turbid olive]

from what I can see, those status task modules are weirdly synched

but can be right, seeing for the second time

[worn iron]

A tutorial I saw said that if you wanted to chain multiple tasks together, then to do it like so:

• sync all "Create tasks" to the player, and set them to "Created"
• Make a trigger to complete the task
• Sync two "Set Trigger State" to the trigger, one to mark current task as completed, and another to mark the new task as assigned
• repeat for however many tasks you need

[turbid olive]

you don't need to sync all create tasks to the player, just put at your side, but just a detail

so is not showing off the completion of the task?

completed nor failed?

[worn iron]

yeah

i removed the "skip waypoint" type from the trigger, and it immediately started working correctly, but for obvious reasons the helicopter remained stationary

[turbid olive]

tasks should be simple relation between trigger > module status > main task module, try not to sync all together because it creates a "dependency" in chain. Make a variable to activate the trigger that complete/fails the task like task01_completed = true, separate it from other triggers

[dim kindle]

Hey when i fire an RPG it causes damage to me in arma 3, do you guys know what mod causes that?

[turbid olive]

send your modlist, I suspect ace

[sick meadow]

is there a way at all to spawn an IED that's defusable but will explode if you step on it? The ACE/basegame ones i use in createVehicle seem to be inert

nvm, realized i should be using createMine

[craggy sphinx]

Are show/hide modules synced to a trigger only able to be activated once? If I have repeatable on, its still only able to be triggered once

[turbid olive]

for these cases, use the command line instead https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/hideObjectGlobal

[craggy sphinx]

Ah, thank you. this might be more of a scripting conversation than I thought. I appreciate you, my guy

[sleek harness]

Yo how does one spawn ai enemy waves using triggers in arma? I’ve been trying to follow YouTube videos but they haven’t worked

I want the ability to hide them and then when I step in the trigger they appear

[slow jewel]

i just make a script that spaws Ai when all the Ai are dead: and i use the trigger to check and see if all Ai are dead:, then the trigger fires and spwans in more enemy:

that waves crap i never could get to work correctly

and believe me i tryed

[hazy pecan]

hey im need help im new to the editor and im try to make an a mission for me and my friend against ai bots and we want an undercover but im dont know how to do it i try to do it with civ and opfor but the opfur not consider it enemy even he shot him what can i do?

[turbid olive]

https://youtu.be/5tqCrpmC7yw?si=Gg5fuHCn_ekYJvAl

[hazy pecan]

im need more like if i hold a gun the opfor will shoot me

[turbid olive]

some (if not all) scripts you have to adapt to your scenario, but you first need to learn somewhere and the basics of what are you trying to do.
I think what you're saying is already covered in this video and if not, maybe a "WeaponChanged" event handler could help you on that

[limpid carbon]

Dont know which chat to put this in exactly. I thought maybe the animations chat but just in case ill ask here.

Trying to find out how to use animations from mods. I've downloaded multiple animation libraries from the workshop, but every tutorial I find seems to only work with animations included in the vanilla games. Anybody have advice or video tutorials I could use?

[scarlet crystal]

define "use" in your case. Because if you want to apply them on a unit, just use switchMove/playMove with a relevant classname.

[limpid carbon]

It was a while ago so I forgot exactly how it went down, but I tried using some tutorial copying their script and replacing the animation name they used with one I found in the animation viewer

[worn iron]

I'm trying to make a CAS jet do a flyby and drop a bomb on an enemy position. How would I make it do that?

I've tried putting down a tank and attaching a Destroy waypoint to it, but the Wipeout flies up to it, but never actually drops a bomb. Any help?

[turbid olive]

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

[rose ridge]

does anyone know a pop-up target that remains staying up when hit when scripted?

the current target I have is Target_PopUp_Moving_F but this falls on each shot even when scripted to remain in up

[turbid olive]

maybe it's better to attach an event handler to it, like Hit HitPart

[rose ridge]

I will give that a try

[marsh lotus]

Is there a good tool / mod for the editor with some grass patches, roadwork and stuff like that with the ability to bring them into unmodded missions?

[vestal perch]

such major changes are not really meant to be made on mission level

terrain making is its separate thing

and many of the thigns like where grass and roads are are baked on the map

[marsh lotus]

I know that it isn't optimal but I'm looking to replace some patches of and with road / grass textures / surfaces to make the place more immersive^^

[vestal perch]

basically

no

roads maybe but they might not function right

grass, no possbile

not optimal is not even close to describing it

the terrain tech just isnt made for that

[peak pendant]

Hi,
I have question regarding Hide Terrain Object, I want to remove large numbers of trees (no man's land type thing) with setup operate Locally there will be any large performance hit if I remove about 4k trees? For context, mission with mods aimed for around 40-50 players.

[worn iron]

Quick question: If I have, say 30 or so different gun and equipment mods, and I make a mission in the editor with all of them loaded, but I only ever use items from one mod, will all 30 of the mods become a dependency for the mission, or just what is used?

[round jetty]

What does performance warning mean ?

10-20k lines spam

[plain gale]

What's the message?

[round jetty]

Performance warning: object name < metres (distance) smth like it

[ashen marsh]

Inefficient use of nearestObjects: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Code_Optimisation#nearEntities_and_nearestObjects

[strange lava]

Hello, I had a small question. In my Mission file there is a dependency called Funny_gls, however this doesn't show up in my modlist and the mission is not playable on the server I want to upload it to with this mod as requirement. I tried removing all the gear the AI and Playable characters have and I doublechecked the Props I placed down, but I cannot find the root of that mod.
Can someone tell me how to get rid of that Mod please?

[plain gale]

Make a copy of the mission sqm (backup)

Then edit the original one and look for the add-ons entry and look for the funny_gls entry and delete it

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Mission.sqm#addons

After that reload the mission in the editor

[hidden sedge]

Will we be able to sort the unit's order as shown in the server lobby?

[strange lava]

Thank you very much:)

[boreal rock]

Hello i want to make an suicide car and man. I want them to move but I dont know how to do it, is there anyone who know. Mods are Ace Cup. Thanks

[cursive zephyr]

anyone know how to fix the missing and unrecognized mods, also why some mods wont change to lowercase

[lyric rapids]

someone knows how can i get a hitpoint on a CUP vehicle? i wanna damage it's wheels but i can't find the hit point itself

[small patrol]

Check Config Viewer

[lyric rapids]

And is there a way to control mine damage?

[small patrol]

What is "mine damage?"

A landmine?

[lyric rapids]

Yes

[lyric rapids]

Sorry for the bad phrasing

[small patrol]

What are you trying to achieve?

[lyric rapids]

I want to use a trigger to simulate an ied breaking vehicle wheels, and to use a mine to simulate the explosion

I tried using ap mines but it still kills characters in vehicles

[small patrol]

So you say, you want a scripted damage and use a mine only for its effects, but no damages

[lyric rapids]

Yes, exactly

[small patrol]

1. setHit or setHitPointsDamage command
2. Easiest way probably is just allowDamage

[lyric rapids]

setHit or setHitPointsDamage command
i use this for the vehicle to damage it's wheels

does allowDamage makes the entity to not inflict damage? or for people not to take damage

[small patrol]

You can use it to the crew in it too

[lyric rapids]

private _units = crew myVehicle;
{ _x allowDamage false; } forEach _units; 
sleep 1;
{ _x allowDamage true; } forEach _units;

something like this?

[small patrol]

Yes

[lyric rapids]

Will test it, thanks

[arctic mica]

Within the Eden editor: is it possible to spawn in some objects via a script with debug console and have the editor recognize them as editable? I am trying to make some tweaks to a old base template I made years ago. I can spawn the layout but am not able to manipulate the objects in any way (i.e. move/rotate/edit attributes).

[primal yacht]

hey any way to save zeus compositions in the eden editor?

[small patrol]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/create3DENEntity

[cursive zephyr]

anyone here use havoc hosting

[queen nova]

i think this will be stay the same like now in the 2d Editor, that Units are sortet after placement. E.g. 1st Playable Unit ist first in Lobby and the 10th Playable Unit will be listet as on the 10th Place.

[wet nest]

anyone know of a mod that cuts to black as soon as you die, similiar to the effect in hell let loose?

[turbid olive]

easily scripted

[wet nest]

how?

[turbid olive]

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

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Event_Scripts#onPlayerKilled.sqf

[elder belfry]

Does anybody know where I can find this decal? CUP old runway I think, but I can't seem to locate it. Thanks in advance 😉

[hard ocean]

I'm looking at making some missions with the players being insurgents, dressed as civis, aiming to have AI only care if they are in restricted areas, armed, tampering with military/police assets etc

Ideally with escalation, like trying to arrest etc

I think I roughly know how to script all this

But I'm curious if there are any pre-existing known good mods or scripts to accomplish this? Avoid reinventing the wheel of I can

I'm specifically aiming for custom/bespoke missions where I dont have to Zeus and can be a player (even if I may have to pop into Zeus for a moment here or there), not a long running persistent scenario

Open to suggestions

[turbid olive]

looks like antistasi to me

so you can check their documents

[hard ocean]

Yeah a bit, though afaik antistasi is more of a persistent mission, it generates the objectives and so on, it takes full control

I'm kinda looking for more control, let me design things just ways to make the AI behave/react to player actions kinda how they do in antistasi

I think alive may be the best option that already exists but wanted to poke around see if something better for my usecase is out there

[prime heart]

Anyone understand this?

[prisma oyster]

yes, wrong _formation value
see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setFormation

[hard ocean]

Script you wrote or just mods?

A empty string is being passed from the looks of it

[prime heart]

Its an actual module in eden editor

[hard ocean]

Does it have arguments you can set and haven't?

[solid coral]

anyone got a fix so that my "hide terrain objects" modules stop exploding my vehicles when i launch my dedicated server?

    // Wait until the mission world is fully initialized
    waitUntil { !isNull player || !isMultiplayer };  // ensures init is past loading
    sleep 2;  // small delay just in case

    // Find all Hide Terrain Object modules in the mission
    {
        if (typeOf _x == "ModuleHideTerrainObjects_F") then {
            private _pos     = getPosWorld _x;
            private _radius  = _x getVariable ["radius", 50];
            private _types   = _x getVariable ["objectTypeList", ["HOUSE","TREE","ROCK","WALL","FENCE","POWERLINES","BUSH"]];

            // Re-apply hiding to everything in the area
            {
                _x hideObjectGlobal true;
                _x enableSimulationGlobal false;
                _x allowDamage false;
            } forEach nearestTerrainObjects [_pos, _types, _radius];

            diag_log format ["[HIDE FIX] Re-applied hide at %1, radius %2, types %3", _pos, _radius, _types];
        };
    } forEach allMissionObjects "Logic";  // modules are stored as Logic entities
};```

thats the script im running as an initServer to try and fix it, and its not working

[plain gale]

Well at that point it's already too late.

You can try to disable the vehicle simulation in the editor and reenable it after mission start.

[solid coral]

worth a try

thanks

[foggy geyser]

hi, does anyone know how to make decontamination showers work in multiplayer?

friend is testing out his op and the decon showers don't work, nothing happens
thank u!

[prime heart]

Anyone know how to create a trigger that when activated will change the current time?

Yes I know about the skip time feature, no it will not work as I do not know what time it will be in mission.

[native stirrup]

Well you'd still need to skip time, you just need to use the script instead of the module version. So sticking something like this into the "On Activation" field.

_timeToSkip = _target - dayTime;
if (_timeToSkip < 0) then {_timeToSkip = _timeToSkip + 24};
skipTime _timeToSkip;

[small patrol]

Yes. Just unpack the PBO

I wasn't aware that Altis Requiem have such detail, though. I may take a look later maybe?

[gloomy geyser]

how do I make there be loudouts available to respawn with? I am not trying to do custom ones, just ones already in the game

every single guide I find is on how to do custom loadouts

I just want them to pick from presents in arma already

[turbid olive]

you mean like this? https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Respawn#Loadouts_and_Roles

[gloomy geyser]

uhh yeah that seems it may be it

where would I put that text, into the init of the respawn point?

[turbid olive]

it's a mission config thing

[gloomy geyser]

can you direct me to where I access that?

[turbid olive]

read the page and check the examples, also you may want to create this related file in your mission folder https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext

[scarlet crystal]

or if it's supposed to be a specific date and time, use setDate/BIS_fnc_setDate

[storm robin]

i really reall need help here

im starting a kp lib server soon, and i want to disable manual respawn to prevent players from just dying in order to go back home, or to prevent them from dying in order to get to skip being incapacitated, as alot of players like to try to solo points so they just throw themselves at one and abuse insta respawning which takes the teamwork out of the game

ive disabled manual respawn in the settings but nothing happens, anyone know why?

resolveed the issue it was being overridden by a description file

[lilac swan]

Howdy! I was wondering if anyone has any good resources on how objectives/etc work? I'm trying to create a simple "Hunt X target" scenario, but I'm unsure of how to go about specifying a specific individual unit as the target and having some sort of victory condition when it happens. I'm new to the EDEN editor ^^

[small patrol]

First off, you need to be more specific. What is Hunt is this cotnext? How it supposedly work, how it supposedly done?

[lilac swan]

Well, for now It's just a test scenario for me to better understand how the editor works and stuff. I understand (to a degree) modify attributes, setting up player spawn / arsenal etc etc

Now I'm trying to figure out how to actually influence the AI (as in, going between points or when triggered), and making victory conditions. In this case it would be killing a single high value target which should trigger a mission complete

[small patrol]

The point is, it is not that complex. Combining multiple simple things, eventually makes it a complex, so its result

Let's say, if you are aware how a simple programming works, alive HVT; where HVT is the name of the HVT, returns the unit's dead or alive in boolean

And a trigger finds the boolean is true or false, which means the trigger can fire a chunk of script code to run. The script code can run almost anything, so basically, the task can be done

[lilac swan]

Ah, splendid! I've got prior experience with a few programming language I was just unsure how it works inside of ARMA 3 and the specific methods and whatever else ^^
That's why I was curious if anyone had any links onhand for useful resources on the matter

[small patrol]

The concept is anyways not so complex. The actual setup guide etc, on the other hand, can be. It's very hard to tell you can't find 101 guide on everything. Because there are simply almost infinite way to achieve anything

Some are, simply broken. Some are, incredibly inefficient. Some are, outdated and can be outsmarted. However we gathered our brain here (unfortunately, in this Discord, RIP forums (yet))

Which mean, you can simplify the context and situation so we can answer the actual way you really need to do/you really want to do

tldr:

• Scripts. They are your friends
• Concept. Be specific so we can answer the exact way

[lilac swan]

Well the step by step idea for the mission is this

• Insert ~2km away from the target
• Approach at a vantage point
• Perform recon, establish an idea of the enemy presence / HVT(s)
• Eleminate the HVT(s) and exfiltrate

I've just yet to actually use scripts yet so I need to figure out where to poke around in the editor for it

[small patrol]

You probably guessed that first two are not that hard anyways, just place dudes in Editor and call it a day. The rest are, here we go, triggers and scripts come in

[lilac swan]

Yeah I get that, I'm just trying to find where/what documentation there is on how to use said triggers and scripts

[small patrol]

Triggers 101: They do detect whenever the condition is met. If they find it is, run a chunk of command
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Eden_Editor:_Trigger

Scripts 101: We have a bunch (or massive) amount of commands to pick. They all do different task. You don't need to learn everything anyways. I don't
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Arma_3:_Scripting_Commands

[lilac swan]

Splendid, thanks!

I think I got an idea of it, testing time

[lilac swan]

Absolute legend

I have to be honest it was actually easier than I was expecting

[small patrol]

Yep

"Just" such simple task can be done in a very simple ways

[lilac swan]

Now to make an infiltration chopper and delete it after 30 seconds (after it's out of view)
for ✨ effective performance management ✨

Because it's better to establish good practices sooner rather than later

Seriously though, thanks again

[carmine star]

Hi

Anyone knows a mod to shot a pistol from inside a car?

[scarlet crystal]

This would have to be a car that was modelled to allow shooting from it. Not really editor related.

[hearty pier]

I have a problem, I made a custom Frigate for my Halo AUX mod and when I try to save a mission with it placed down my entire arma 3 just stops responding. Does anyone have any solutions? it is the Frigate from Operation Trebuchet just with some custom textures on it. I have no idea where to put this as I don't know if it is a problem with the coding, the editor or the textures.

[lilac swan]

In Arma scripting how do I get the trigger to target whatever object(s) are inside its radius? I want to try and implement a CBRN scenario and I'm trying to make a DoT script at a trigger for it

[THIS] setDamage ((getDammage [THIS]) + 0.1);
For example, I want to figure out how to target whatever object is in the trigger radius (represented by [THIS] for the time being)

and also add a delay to it

[lilac swan]

Figured it out! Now I need to detect if the player has a specific facemask on, notably the gas mask stuff.

I managed to create an automatically looping area trigger by making the trigger set its size to 1,1,1 when it's activated, and then on de-activation (since at the new size nothing is inside of it), it resets back to the original size, triggering itself every time the player is within the area

Each time it adds +0.05 damage to the player.

Now I need to try and figure out how to detect for a gas mask to nullify the effect

[small patrol]

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

[lilac swan]

Oh I was looking into
getUnitLoadout

I was completely unware of that.... Thank you so much!

[small patrol]

You can of course use that command too

[lilac swan]

Absolute legend, it works a charm. Thank you so much

_gasMaskList = ["G_RegulatorMask_F","G_AirPurifyingRespirator_02_black_F", "G_AirPurifyingRespirator_02_olive_F", "G_AirPurifyingRespirator_02_sand_F", "G_AirPurifyingRespirator_01_F"];  
if (!(goggles (thisList select 0) in _gasMaskList)) then {  (thisList select 0) setDamage (getDammage (thisList select 0)) + 0.15;}; ChemTrigger1 setTriggerArea[1,1,0,false];```

Here's the final block of code I got for my CBRN system to work. I need to figure out if I can automatically target the trigger itself without needing a per-trigger variable, but I'm just happy that it works so far. Thank you so much for your help! @small patrol 

You've been very helpful and I appreciate it very much

Ahhh... Unfortunately it doesnt' seem to be affecting AI. I need to figure that out.

Ah I think I know what it is, I think I changed the condition from anybody to any player

[lilac swan]

That doesnt' work either, for some reason it isn't affecting AI

[turbid olive]

Check the trigger's activation option, maybe is not getting the right units in the thisList variable

[lilac swan]

This is how it's set up

[small patrol]

You are only applying it into the first detected unit, not all of them

[lilac swan]

How do I apply it to all of them? I assume it's something to do with for each?

[small patrol]

forEach

[lilac swan]

forEach*

Yeah that's what I meant sorry, autocorrect

Heck yeah, that works

_gasMaskList = ["G_RegulatorMask_F","G_AirPurifyingRespirator_02_black_F", "G_AirPurifyingRespirator_02_olive_F", "G_AirPurifyingRespirator_02_sand_F", "G_AirPurifyingRespirator_01_F"];  
{if (!(goggles _x in _gasMaskList)) then { _x setDamage (getDammage (thisList select 0)) + 0.15;}}forEach thisList; ChemTrigger1 setTriggerArea[1,1,0,false]; publicVariable _testList; _testList = +thisList```

This is ultimately what got it working
ChemTrigger being whichever trigger area is being used, and of course here's the deactivate code:

ChemTrigger1 setTriggerArea [25, 25,0,false];```

I was trying to figure out how to get the trigger to loop itself, so I figured "Well, the trigger resets when you walk outside of it, so what if you just made it small enough to un-register the player, then return itself to size to reactivate?" and that worked for making a looping area

[lilac swan]

Trying to figure out why the condition isnt' setting _isDestroyed to false, even though everything shows up as true

[lilac swan]

Trying a new approach to it instead

Instead of trying to track it with a trigger I'm adding this to all the target vehicles, it'll iterate the global variable by X amount and I have a single trigger now set to check if the value is equal to the total size of targets

this addEventHandler ["Killed", { 
 params ["_unit", "_killer", "_instigator", "_useEffects"]; killedAir = (killedAir + 1); publicVariable "killedAir";
}];```

inside each vehicle's init

It works, hell yeah

Much easier than how I was planning to do it lol

[white grove]

Im trying to have an AI unit get in a helicopter and have the helicopter(AI pilot ofc) fly them but right after they take off they land and drop one guy off and continue flying for some reason

[lyric rapids]

Is there a way to get all units inside trigger?

[small patrol]

thisList?

[plain gale]

thisList!

[feral hornet]

I need some help with ACE Medical settings please

[scarlet crystal]

Here you are

[feral hornet]

?

[scarlet crystal]

You tell me, you have a problem, so do explain

[feral hornet]

just need a basic setting preset to use. Only really needing bandages and saline. Don't care to use fractures and suturing, but theproblem is either the ai are really tanks and refuse to go unconscious even after a full mag, or they just die in one shot to the leg. Its just really inconsistent

Not sure what settings to use to get there

[scarlet crystal]

are you running any faction mods in particular? RHS does make units very tanky and there are 3rd party mods that adjust the armor values introduced in that mod.

[feral hornet]

I am but during testing im using a NATO guy

is there a setting to adjusts the armor values?

Also does the death and hit reactions mod cause issues with them going unconscious?

[turbid olive]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2849354160

[feral hornet]

so now its turning clear velocity wounds into avulsions

like one shot is turning into a red x3 avulsion wound

[little bobcat]

Try these to Start https://ace3.acemod.org/wiki/feature/medical-system#212-basic-preset and adjust from there

[crystal rain]

Could someone help me? I am trying to create a cinematic for one of my operations, and to do so I am trying to use AttachTo, but when I use it on a fixed object in a vehicle, it changes rotation. Is there a way to fix this?

[turbid olive]

Put this after the attachTo command.
Something like this:

theAttachedObject setDir ((getDir objectAttachedTo) - (theAttachedObject getDir objectAttachedTo));

play around with getDir, change the order of reference if needed

[crystal rain]

Thank you, I managed to solve the problem. I also had to add a time, because it wasn't working even with getDir

[velvet atlas]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/744660361063432334/1418043543318040681/17725DAA-EE5A-48E3-8514-FD003ABFB960.png?ex=68ccaf76&is=68cb5df6&hm=906ffe3121b54f5188e886569f2e5d0b9b8b7a53282a46b75cbe40beccb7f4bc&

anyone know what this object is called?

the wooden bridge

[lilac swan]

Is there an effective way to prevent the player completely instantly dying if they're shot enough? Ideally I want the player to go into an injured state so that the AI / another player can heal them and keep them in the fight (For singleplayer or multiplayer scenario)

[turbid olive]

just turn on the revive mode or use ace mod if you want a more real experience

[lilac swan]

Ah, would that setting work in singleplayer too with AI?

I saw it for multiplayer

[turbid olive]

I think for that you will need to script yourself

there are a bunch of commands related to that

also it's something that is feature in antistasi very well

[lilac swan]

I see I see, thanks!

[vestal perch]

dont remember exactly but put bridge in the object search in eden

[muted peak]

how do i hide the sector control and ticket thing on the top right

i have sectors from sector control setup but i just dont want the stuff showing up on the hud

i dont have tickets on and theyre all on zero and dont deplete on respawn

[shadow sentinel]

Anyone know how to get Jebus working? I followed their instructions, but nothing happens when the squad is wiped out.

0 = [this] spawn jebus_fnc_main; is in the init for the squad leader.

Missions folder looks like this

[scarlet crystal]

show the content of your description.ext

[little umbra]

By chance is there a sog jump mission mod

[little umbra]

Like a Sog prairie fire static-line/HALO/HAHO mission mod

[proud stratus]

Dont work mod

[vestal perch]

nothing we can do about that. mods working is not guaranteed and the author is the one who is responsible for that.

if mod does not work, you just cant use it

[proven grove]

Did you instal the dependencies?

[modest bronze]

Interesting issue I've just discovered - tracked vehicles that are completely empty on fuel can still be neutral-turned to the left and right, using the mouse (with vehicle freelook disabled).

Can't drive forward or backward (checks out), but can rotate on the spot (doesn't check out).

[crystal bone]

put that on #arma3_feedback_tracker

[proud stratus]

hou key keyboard editor map arma 3 ?

[turbid olive]

[proud stratus]

code texture flag kurdistan or iraq arma 3 i need

[turbid olive]

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

actually I don't remember if this is the right code for changing the flag texture

but you can find mods with flags

[fossil urchin]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setFlagTexture
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/forceFlagTexture

[clear sorrel]

im not able to rotate my vehicles in arma 3 editor idk why , i rotate but then it just goes back to how it was positioned earlier

[scarlet crystal]

mods?

[prisma oyster]

also, what rotation axis? if you have "snap to terrain" enabled, it may conflict

[small patrol]

If the path is all wrong, it will show an obvious error message. You may want to restart the game

I don't think jpg->paa will generate a good result though. Arma 3 can accept an jpg file so it's not necessary process

If you use a default texture (or example ones) and works, it does mean your texture is somewhat wrong

It shouldn't matter, only ratio is

If you wanted to make sure make a PNG file in 24 bit, name it smile_co.png and convert to smile_co.paa

[turbid olive]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_ORBAT_Viewer#Texture_in_missionConfigFile

texture = __EVAL(getMissionPath "someDirectory\SomeImage.paa");

[clear sorrel]

i dont have it enabled

eitherway i tried disabling and enabling it didnt work

[plain gale]

What mods do you use.

[oblique dock]

tf is this????????

[prisma oyster]

you are using an Apex asset without owning the Apex expansion; after some time you get ads/overlays

[oblique dock]

oh my days

[prisma oyster]

see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_DLC_Restrictions for moar details, but yes that's about that

[oblique dock]

first time seeing ads not in a mobile game

💔

[prisma oyster]

gib monies or no Tanoa for you 😈

[last parcel]

Guys, how can I get the soldiers out of the vehicle while they are in the scenario in the Arma 3 editor? I want the soldiers to go to the enemy territory with their vehicles and get out of the vehicle, I try the commands but it doesn't work.

I dont playing crack and ı dont have a mod

[plain gale]

Get out waypoint.

[clear sorrel]

Uhh

There are a bit

[small patrol]

"There are a bit" means you do

[turbid olive]

so unload all of them and try it again

[clear sorrel]

Okay , worked , thanks for the assistance

[turbid olive]

[arctic summit]

Does Hide Terrain Objects have any known issues with AI pathfinding? The soldiers get in the vehicles but some of them don't drive off and will just sit there doing nothing or get out and walk to their destination on foot

[unborn arch]

I know there are issues w garrison points still being valid for Ai if you've hidden buildings

[amber cosmos]

Am I forced to move objects into layers after I've already placed them? Is there a way to place objects directly into my new layer?

[plain gale]

They need to be sorted in there manually.

[small patrol]

CfgSounds or literal all wss/ogg files? Either way, it's "possible" however it's not an easy task to create a player

[small patrol]

Done

Why you have to delete your original post? That's quite rude

[plush sedge]

Hello everyone, I would like to know if it is possible to have a PDF of the SOG Prairie Fire map to print it in high quality? I've been looking for it everywhere and I can't find it anywhere. Can any of you tell me where I can find it? Thank you.

[scarlet crystal]

There is no pdf of it afaik but you can join SOGPFs discord server, maybe the devs have one available.

Alternatively I recall there is a 3rd party software that can extract the map into pngs and you can put them into one file but can't check right now.

[wild orchid]

Click the globe at the very top of the editor

[dark lichen]

Idk about PDF either, but you can get a detailed high res version of a lot of the maps -> Official CDLC and unofficial modded ones at https://maps.plan-ops.fr/ a great tool you can create layers and insert little graphics. Might have to compile a bunch of screenshots into a PDF yourself though if you can't find an existing one 🤷🏼‍♂️ alternatively there's https://www.sogpf.com/store they have 4K of Khe Sanh and 8K of Cam Lao Nam. They aren't topographic maps though, just satellite styled imagery. edit: the maps are in the free wallpaper section, just to clarify they don't cost anything, but are in the store lol.

[plain gale]

You can make your own with https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/diag_exportTerrainSVG

[visual field]

Hey guys, haven't got onto 3DEN yet. But do any of you guys know if it is possible to place buildings in the 3D Editor? Thanks

[worn iron]

does anyone know of any good vanilla/dlc props that could be used to make a boarded up window?

[novel widget]

@visual field if the buildings are in editor, yes. If they are not, no way.

[visual field]

k

[lucid comet]

Any idea why certain objects (like empty vehicles, and units) just does not seem to even load when playing as local multiplayer from 3DEN Editor?

[plain gale]

What do you mean by load?

They are invisible or whatr?

[lucid comet]

Not invisible, they just dont even spawn in the mission at all

I fixed it by loading a new empty mission of the same map and merging the previous one into this.

[plain gale]

Maybe the sqm got corrupted, but usually it complains then.

[pine garden]

@visual field There's a mod called 101 Editor Addon which makes most objects placeable in the editor. You can create a mission with it but you don't need to run it to play the mission.

[green burrow]

3D editor compatible ? @pine garden

[pine garden]

@green burrow Seemed to work when I tried it a couple of months ago.

[green burrow]

Hmm, hopefully, but theres been alot of updates since then in the beta

[storm marten]

Say I place a weapon prop on the ground for the player to pick up, is there an Event Handler callback I could use for when the weapon gets picked up? Currently it just looks like the prop object gets despawned, and a weapon object gets added to your inventory, but the prop and weapon is not the same Object.

So it is kind of impossible to detect if a player has picked up a specific weapon. I cannot just use "has picked up ak", because it does not refer to the prop object.

[plain gale]

Hmm.. what about giving the object a variable name and do a not alive check?

[meager steppe]

good morning folks. I am very very new to arma 3, and modding, but I have had some trouble with a mod I am trying to get to work. I used Chatgpt to try and help me make a schizophrenia mod. however, when I load it, it doesn't seem to work, and it even takes away my scroll wheel. can anyone help me?

I would really appreciate a more experienced modder. i can send whatever files are needed

[storm marten]

On a steam forum it's suggested to disable simulation (i.e. picking it up normally does not work), then addAction... That works too.

[meager steppe]

Or if anyone even knows of an existing mod, but I am over here with a bunch of files that don't work as intended

[earnest cosmos]

I've experienced triggers consistently failing after some time on dedicated server this past month
Even simple triggers like 'Any Player' 'Present', will fail to fire on dedi for some reason (after some time - can't say how long exactly)
Anyone have thoughts as to why?

Not using profiling, Not affected by player count as even on my local dedi i could reproduce it, by just waiting a while...

Yep same, in a mission with multiple triggers at least one would always work

[dark lichen]

Try Land_Pallet_F or Land_Plank_01_4m_F I’ve done something similar in the past. Can be finicky to get them sitting right but gives the desired boarded up look 👍🏼

[worn iron]

just tried it out and it looks nice! Thanks!

[dark lichen]

Happy to help.

[gaunt wigeon]

Hello Guys, maybe you can help me with this issue.
Yesterday I played one of my missions on my server with some friends. Respawn was set up by me and wotking fine. Players died, the respawn menu would open, they could select a position and respawn.
After about 30 minutes someone died again and accidentally respawned back at base insted of a teammate. So i gave us another respawn with this command "[resistance, 1] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets" and told him to just respawn again on us. But when he clicked respawn now, he didn't get to select his respawn position anymore. The menu didn't open at all anymore he instead just respawned on hist dead body.
Is this a knows issue with the game or is there a bug in my mission? I found one old Reddit post with only one comment that descibed the same issue.

[turbid olive]

It happened once? only for this player?

what happened with other players that respawned after him?

[meager steppe]

is there no way to force the player into an ambient action?

[prisma oyster]

sure, why not?

[meager steppe]

I am working on a mod that simulates PTSD, and I have it currently set so that the more gunfire and explsions you hear, the closer you get to having an incident. 70% chance its hypervigilance (blurred screen, heartbeat, trouble aiming) 28% chance for a flashback (forces player prone, and gives them blur) and then a 2% chance for a severe uncident (currently they go prone, cannot move, their screen is blurred and greyed out, and they start screaming. the game then runs a check every minute wit increasing odds to see if they are freed) what I want it for the severe incident to be a bit more obvious, via some sort of animation. I know some of the ambient animations (Hide, panic) are good for this, but I'm not sure if I can force the player into them and prevent them from leaving in normal gameplay

I am extremely new to modding, and I am basically learning via working with chatgpt through arma codes. I still don't know a lot, but the logic is slowly clicking for me

this is part of a larger mod project to document real mental ilnesses and their effects on soliders when left unreported or untreated. I already have Schizophrenia, and I am adding PTSD. I aim to add a few more if I can think of them

[gaunt wigeon]

After him no other player died anymore. In hindsight i wish i had tried it out^^

[turbid olive]

do you have some sort of scripting when a player is on the base that might affect respawn?

or something in the respawn module

[gaunt wigeon]

Im not using any modules. I have the following in my description.ext

respawnOnStart = -1;
respawnButton = 1;
respawnDelay = 4;

respawnTemplatesGuer[] = {"Tickets", "EndMission", "Counter", "MenuPosition"};

and a script that moves the respawn positions to alive players.
The script itterates through the group of players and through a second array that is filled with objects who have respawn position created on them.
It then moves the objects from the Array to the alive players:

respawnPos1 = [grpPlayers, (getMarkerPos "startMarker"), "LZ Connor"] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition;
respawnPosMobile1 = [grpPlayers, respawnPosHelper_1] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition;
respawnPosMobile2 = [grpPlayers, respawnPosHelper_2] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition;
respawnPosMobile3 = [grpPlayers, respawnPosHelper_3] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition;
respawnPosMobile4 = [grpPlayers, respawnPosHelper_4] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition;
respawnPosMobile5 = [grpPlayers, respawnPosHelper_5] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition;
respawnPosMobile6 = [grpPlayers, respawnPosHelper_6] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition;
respawnPosMobile7 = [grpPlayers, respawnPosHelper_7] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition;
respawnPosMobile8 = [grpPlayers, respawnPosHelper_8] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition;

while {true} do
{
myRespawnPlayers = units grpPlayers;
respawnPosItterator = (count myRespawnPlayers) - 1;
while {respawnPosItterator >= 0} do
{
myRespawnPl = myRespawnPlayers select respawnPosItterator;
if (alive myRespawnPl) then
{
myRespawnPosMobile = allRespawnPosHelper select respawnPosItterator;
myRespawnPosMobile setPos (position myRespawnPl);
};
respawnPosItterator = respawnPosItterator - 1;
sleep 4;
};
sleep 2;
};

the Array myRespawnPosMobile gets filled in the init.

[turbid olive]

I'm gonna read that carefully, but yeah, I don't trust that infinite scheduler... you should avoid it, so you want the player to spawn on their group? you don't need to do all this

you just need to target it right in the function

[gaunt wigeon]

Yeah im also not happy about the scipt but i couldn't find a different way to do it. I reworked my reaspawn system already at least three times.
I keept it very simple at the beginning and just created a respawn position on every player in the initPlayerLocal but that is a bit bugged sadly.
You know an easy way to do it?

[gaunt wigeon]

So i think i have a clue whats going on. It says the following on bistudio
So in my scenario at that moment all respawns were used up and that must have triggered the autorepawn. I just have to figure out now how to disable it. What does it mean with checkbox? Im writing code so where is there supposed to be a checkbox? Also also can't find that in the Multiplayer settings of the mission in the editor.

[turbid olive]

before that, what's your goal?

[gaunt wigeon]

So i can confirm that the problem was that the game switches to "Autorespawn" as soon as all tickets are used up. Usually this doesn't matter because you can't respawn anyway once all tickets are gone, but because i added tickets it was possible that upon dying the ticket counter went down to zero but you could actually still respawn because of tickets i added which then lead to an automatic respawn on the position of death. So since i know this now, i consider my problem solved.

Subtrackting tickets on death is quite suboptimal anyway in my opinion, because if you set 5 respawns it actually only allows for four respawns since the ticket the last player needs to respawn was already taken the moment he died, leading to confusion.
I found out that if in the respawn templates you seletec "TicketsSpawn" instead of "Tickets" it subtracts respawn tickets upon respawn instead of upon death which is much nicer anyway.

@turbid olive Thank you by the way for taking your time and helping me. The Arma community is simply awesome

[turbid olive]

I literally did nothing 😂 but still, I want to know what's the goal with that script, so we can improved it

[gaunt wigeon]

So my overall goal is that players have a set amount of respawns and that other players are possible respawn locations. The goal of the script was to continuously move the respawn locations to the players. It does that by creating respawn positions on some objects which i called respawnPosMobile1 to respawnPosMobile8 and then it keeps moving those objects to the positions of alive players.

The mission itself is a coop mission for 1-8 players, who are all together in the same group which i called grpPlayers.

[turbid olive]

okay, so you just need to work with the addRespawnPosition and get the player's position, you don't need to do a scheduler to update some object pos

or you can just make the leader of the group as a respawn position

if that's your goal

let the server handle the execution of this function because it has global effect

you can add respawn position for each units on that group, just by using {}forEach units group syntax

[gaunt wigeon]

You mean like this for example?
{[player, (_x)] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition} forEach (units grpPlayers);

If i do it in the InitPlayerLocal

[turbid olive]

I think the first parameter is the target, put the group or side there

instead of player

this should be executed on the server, and for the server player is null

with that function alone, the respawn position will be "attached" to the player object

if they move, the respawn point moves with them

[turbid olive]

you should do it in the initServer.sqf

[gaunt wigeon]

I did have it working in the past that the respawn position was directly on a player. Its a while ago so i don't know exactly anymore how i did it.
I ran into a problem though. As soon as you use a unit as respawn position, the game will not consider it as an viable respawn position it that unit is dead. Instead it will show you the respawn potition in the respawn menu but you can't select it and a little symbol indicates that the unit is dead. That itself is not a problem of couse. The problem is, that the system to my knowledge is bugged. For example:

Player1 dies. Five seconds later Player2 dies. Player1 will now not be a respawn position for Player2. Player1 and can actually use Player2 for to respawn because Player2 was alive the moment Player1 died. So Player1 can respawn now despite no player being alive. Player2 still can't respawn on Player1 though. Player1 still counts as a dead unit for Player2. This lead to situations that a player couldn't respawn despite other players being alive and still plenty of respawn tickets existing.
So the check if a unit is a viable respawn positions only seems to happen in the moment a unit dies. Changes that happen while youre in the respawn screen don't update the respawn positions.

[turbid olive]

😭

too much text

do it like I've said and test it out

you can use multiple ways to get the respawn point back

[gaunt wigeon]

No worries 😄 My problem is solved anyway and i really gotta sleep

[turbid olive]

like using event handlers

Mission Event Handler "EntityCreated" should do the job

[turbid olive]

but you can do it better and easier

[gaunt wigeon]

My experience is that using units as respawn positions is a bit bugged, but i will try again 🙂 Thank you for your suggestions

[turbid olive]

it's not

your script is bugged

you've been calling this on the initPlayerLocal

[gaunt wigeon]

I didn't use my script at the time where i used units as respawn positions

[turbid olive]

that has a global effect

so you're calling the respawn point addition multiple times in multiples machines

I gave you a tip, if any problems comes up feel free to dm me

scheduler can clock up your script if you don't handle it right

[gaunt wigeon]

I think the very first time i implemented my respawn i had it in the init.sqf between a if (isServer) {...}; bracket

But its true i never did it in initServer.sqf

I will try it out

[turbid olive]

but that event script is called only on clients

[gaunt wigeon]

Are you sure? To my knowledge the init.sqf is called on every client and the server. Otherwise im very confused why my missions is working. I initialize all my variable in the init.sqf inside the if (isServer) then {...} brackets and if i start my mission on my dedicated server from bisectHosting all the variables are initialized with the corect values. But like you suggested i will try again by doing it in ter initServer.sqf

[turbid olive]

init.sqf yeah...

I was talking about initplayerlocal

[gaunt wigeon]

Oh i see.

[meager steppe]

can anyone help me force a player into an animation in normal gameplay? I am desinging a mod and I want the player to go into one of the animations, and be unable to move, until another condition is met

[gaunt wigeon]

So i set a test mission up again with respawn positions on units.
I run into the problem again, that under certain conditions you can not respawn on other units because at the moment you died that unit was dead. You can select the unit but the game says the unit is dead despite that not actually being the case. In my screenshot the unit chiibii is alive and should be a valid respawn position.

[turbid olive]

wait

[gaunt wigeon]

So i never modded anything so likely my advise is quite wrong and useless but can't you just do something like [whateverUnit, "Acts_ShockedUnarmed_2_Loop"] remoteExec ["switchMove", 0];? That is an animation for example that prevents the player from moving as far as i know.

[turbid olive]

@gaunt wigeon try these files

[gloomy geyser]

is there a simple way to set up recruitable AI such that I can have players essentially go to an arsenal type thing and get a squad of AI out of it?

[turbid olive]

maybe a mod

[gaunt wigeon]

I added the files to my mission. The bug still persists. You don't run into that problem in your missions? Keep in mind it only happens in those special circumstances that i descibed in my wall of text earlier^^

[turbid olive]

but you deleted the original script?

[gaunt wigeon]

In my very small test mission i set up i didn't have a initPlayerLocal and a onPlayerRespawn. I only had a description.ext and initServer.sqf

[turbid olive]

it shouldn't happen

Okay I will run some tests later

and send you the updated files

[gaunt wigeon]

i did very slighlty change the file you gave me as i was getting an error
I changed initPlayerLocal by adding two {} brackets in the code

params["_player"];

_player addMPEventHandler ["MPKilled",
{params ["_player"];
private _respawnID = localNamespace getVariable ["KREU_respawnID", []];
_respawnID call BIS_fnc_removeRespawnPosition;
}];

before params and close to the end

[turbid olive]

I will check it out

@gaunt wigeon this should only works with players, I see you have AI there as respawn point, so you must be running another script of your own, not just mine

you need to test with a friend and only with my script

[meager steppe]

what is the animation ID if I may ask? thanks!

I see now.

Is there one that is crouching?

[gaunt wigeon]

oh i see. So all i had up to that point was:
desciption.ext
respawnOnStart = -1;
respawnButton = 1;

respawnTemplatesWest[] = {"TicketsSpawn", "EndMission", "Counter", "MenuPosition"};

initServer.sqf
[west, 4] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets;
{[grpPlayers, (_x)] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition} forEach (units grpPlayers);

If i remove my initServer.sqf code then i don't get any respawn positions. If i remove both my initServer code and description.ext code i get no respawnscreen at all.

Looking at your files as far as i understand, they remove respawn positions upon death by using an eventhandler and add respawn positions upon respawn by the onPlayerRespawn.sqf so im confused how the initial respawns get implemented before someone died and respawned.

[turbid olive]

so, you should set the respawnOnStart = 0; so it reads that file on start 🙂

-1 has the same effect, but it ignores onPlayerRespawn.sqf at start

[meager steppe]

I don't think it will let me force the player into this via a mod rather than an init console but

[gaunt wigeon]

so if i first execute this:
[player, "ApanPknlMstpSnonWnonDnon_G03"] remoteExec ["switchMove", 0];

He goes into a crouching animation. In this animation you can usually start moving though after a few seconds.
But, if after executing the first command i execute
[player, "Acts_CivilInjuredHead_1"] remoteExec ["playMove", 0];

Im still in the first animation but can't move animore. The animation "Acts_CivilInjuredHead_1" seams to require switchMove in order to work, but despite not displaying the animation it still takes the property that the player can't move in that animation. At least thats what happend for me.
I would execute both of these directly after each other. Try it out if it helps in any way

[meager steppe]

I will def try. my function so far has decided it just doesnt want to do any animations lol. slowly driving me crazy as I go through a thorough sweep of all media that could suggest what is wrong with it

idk if you can see this, but this is the function currently

[meager steppe]

I think I fixed it actually

with two seperate functions for the client specifically

[sick meadow]

is there a way to use getFuelCargo if i have ACE installed?

(in a way that it spits out a boolean rather than just 0)

[fossil urchin]

https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/master/addons/refuel/functions/fnc_getFuelCargo.sqf

I bet this is the correct function check

[sick meadow]

looks like it, cheers

[meager steppe]

I am so confused bro

now whenever an action is triggered in my mod

instead of applying blur pp or shaking, it goes to black

and nothing I do changes that

I have no color correction

so I dont understand

[meager steppe]

just going to a backup..:/\

[amber cosmos]

how would I **reveal ** all the units in a trigger area?

[small patrol]

{player reveal [_x, 4]} forEach thisList

[amber cosmos]

ty 👍

[quasi mauve]

Arma 3 Eden Editor Beginner here. Just wondering how I optimise vehicle placement. My aim is to have vehicles respawn in their respective starting positions (under cover) neatly. The issue begins when i test run the scenario and (presumably) Arma is foricibly placing them somewhere out of the way to avoid clipping etc.

Just wondering what the fix is for this.

Considerations:

Ive also tried placing invisible helipads and linking to the respawn module with no luck
Ive also ensured the asset placement radius is zero

(pls dont cringe at the respawn spam, i just dont want vehicles spawning in other orders than i have them layed out)

Thanks for any help in advance everyone!

[plain gale]

I am not at my pc right now but you might be able to use the expression field in the module for that.

When the vehicle was respawned you could use the expression to move it into it's original position and orientation

The question is does the module know the original position or does it need to get saved first.

[quasi mauve]

oh that would be great. I thought the expression field was for giving specific loadouts etc for the vehicle. So thats good to know.

[quasi mauve]

maybe not... but even then, how do you get it to interpret spawn direction. Basically what i mean by that is how does it determine what facing direction to spawn the vehicle

[plain gale]

Either the original position and rotation is saved in the module at mission start ( which I doubt) or you save it to the vehicle's namespace at mission start and retrieve it after it was respawned.

Have you tried if Google brings something up? This seems like an issue that others have had in the past as well.

[quasi mauve]

I have, nothing really gives me the specifics im after, either that or im searching the wrong thing

[plain gale]

If you ping me in 3 hours I can spend a few minutes to look into it.

[quasi mauve]

that would be awesome man

[dim kindle]

Hey so Ive set up respawn positions but I keep spawning in the water? any help would be greatly appreciated

[quasi mauve]

@plain gale i live in aus so i went to bed haha, let me know if you have some time!

[turbid olive]

what are the other options in the Position selection?

[worn iron]

In Arma 3, do civillians only freak out when shots are fired, or do they run away from the sight of a soldier? I wanted to make a mission where you attack a town with police mixed into the civillians, and having the civs running away from the police wouldn't be as cool

[small patrol]

Which side the police is?

[quaint sorrel]

101 works with Eden, yes

[slow jewel]

maybe east

[warped jacinth]

Hey i wonder if there is a way with a trigger to check if one specific item is in a chest, if there is a way, can someone explain it to me?

[small patrol]

A chest?

[warped jacinth]

yea

[small patrol]

Do you mean a vehicle inventory

[warped jacinth]

no i mean for example the Land_PlasticCase_01_small_gray_F

[small patrol]

So it is a vehicle inventory

[warped jacinth]

Like this one

[warped jacinth]

Oh okay i tought there would be a difference

Thank you

[small patrol]

You solved it or?

[warped jacinth]

Im trying

Okay so i tried two different ways but both dont work

1
"("Item_FlashDisc" in (getItemCargo chest1 select 0)) &&
("Item_Wallet_Traitor" in (getItemCargo chest1 select 0)) &&
("Item_Files" in (getItemCargo chest1 select 0)) &&
("Item_SatPhone" in (getItemCargo chest1 select 0))
"

2
"([chest1, "Item_FlashDisc"] call BIS_fnc_hasItem) &&
([chest1, "Item_Wallet_Traitor"] call BIS_fnc_hasItem) &&
([chest1, "Item_Files"] call BIS_fnc_hasItem) &&
([chest1, "Item_SatPhone"] call BIS_fnc_hasItem;)
"

[ashen marsh]

(((getMagazineCargo chest1) select 0) findIf { _x in ["Item_FlashDisc", "Item_Files", "Item_Wallet_Traitor", "Item_SatPhone"] }) >= 0

[warped jacinth]

Ah okay thank you ill try it 🙂

Okay i dont know what the problem is but its not working, the trigger isnt activating

[ashen marsh]

Check using debug console what (getMagazineCargo chest1) select 0 and (getItemCargo chest1) select 0 returns.

[warped jacinth]

1. ["Files", "Wallet_ID", "SatPhone","FlashDisk"]
2. []

[ashen marsh]

OK, now you can fix class names.

[warped jacinth]

Ah okay so i have to use this names?

[ashen marsh]

Yes.

[warped jacinth]

Okay let me check 🙂

So thats the new code?!
(((getMagazineCargo chest1) select 0) findIf { _x in ["FlashDisk", "Files", "Wallet_ID", "SatPhone"] }) >= 0

[ashen marsh]

Yes.

By the way, should the trigger fire when all 4 items are in chest1 or any?

[warped jacinth]

The Trigger hat to fire if the 4 items are in chest1

YEAAAAAHH it worked!!!!

[ashen marsh]

Then use this code:

_items = ["FlashDisc", "Files", "SatPhone", "Wallet_ID"];

(count (((getMagazineCargo chest1) select 0) arrayIntersect _items)) == (count _items)

[warped jacinth]

Okay wait

[ashen marsh]

With the first code the trigger will fire if any item is in chest1.

[warped jacinth]

Ah okay i check the new one 🙂

Yess its working

Thank u so muchhh 😁

[limber ravine]

No know why but on me vehicle spawn Precise position. Non stop blow )

Left Force respawn disable
Right Force respawn enable

No have problems
But force respawn no return vehicle in curator interface

[rough canyon]

Is anyone familiar with OPTRE enough to help me figure out how to drop HEVs from a ship and not just when the mission starts

[limber ravine]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVehicleCargo
use this command if HEVs was attached on ship how Vehicle in Vehicle Transport
Example 3 or Example 4

[ionic herald]

hey guys!

I'm trying to place a weapon on the ground in the editor. I want it to have a specific ammo inside.
Is there a way to do this?

[small patrol]

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

[worn iron]

is there a way to make a given unit never leave a specific area? I want the civillians to run away from the fight, but never leave the 150 metre trigger I have outlined, because otherwise they'll just run kilometres away

[turbid olive]

Start trying with a trigger, and resetting the civ behaviour + doMove to the center of the trigger when Not Present

[storm robin]

is ther an altis remastered map perhaps

like an altis but without the leveled towns

pre war altis

[vestal perch]

Nope

[amber cosmos]

https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/212875-altis-before-the-war/
there's this but it's a bit jank

i'd do it by hand if your ao is small enough tbh

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2822719182&searchtext=
this as well but i haven't tried it yet

[granite willow]

does anyone know what props were used here? i need to build a bridge like this but cant find how

[small patrol]

1. Preview
2. typeOf cursorObject in Console

[tacit dew]

Hey, in Eden, I use the empty module to set a respawn by using “respawn_west” or “respawn_east” but I don’t know what it would be for independent

Anyone know?

[turbid olive]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Respawn#Respawn_Types

[tacit dew]

Sweet thanks

[worn iron]

is there a specific method to stringing together multiple task objectives? Task #1 is killing all indfor in the trigger, then I want task 2 to be to investigate a specific body of an officer wherever that officer ended up going.

How would I

1. activate and assign a second objective after the first objective finishes
2. make a 5 metre trigger dynamically follow the officer and stay where he dies, so I know that the player has gone up to the officer's body after indfor is all dead

[turbid olive]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9__hrwXhBls&pp=ygUUZ3VudGVyIHNldmVybG9oIHRhc2s%3D

[worn iron]

alright i have the tasks appearing one after another, but is it still possible to make a trigger move its position to follow where a unit goes, or do triggers stay where they are at the start of the mission?

[turbid olive]

the trigger is an object, it will stay where you left them

do you want to follow the unit? use attachTo

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

[worn iron]

Yeah, I do. So i'd write
InvestigationDistCheck attachTo RUOfficer;
and put it under the trigger "InvestigationDistCheck" under the Condition tab of the trigger?

[turbid olive]

make sure you get the syntax right, check examples

[turbid olive]

I really don't know what is your goal by using this command and how your mission is set up

[worn iron]

• I have a town filled with indfor and one singular opfor officer.
• during the fighting between blu and ind, the opfor officer will die in the crossfire.
• once the player's first task (kill all indfor in the town) is complete, give them a second task
• the task marker is synced to the opfor officer, so the player knows exactly where he is/was
• the second task is just to stand on top of the opfor officer's body for 3 seconds

Since the opfor officer starts the mission standing out in the open, he could theoretically hide anywhere in the town, maybe running inside a building, or dying in the open or in a bush, etc. I want to make it so no matter where he died, the player has to stand on top of his death location for 3 seconds to complete the task

[worn iron]

okay, i got it to work. You were right, I was using the incorrect syntax. Thanks!

[dim kindle]

can someone help me with a object rotation

[turbid olive]

https://dontasktoask.com/

[fossil urchin]

Yes.
Depends alot where and who and when

[slow jewel]

yeah just hold the left Shift Key then you can spin the object 🙂

maybe thats what he ment i don't know

[south flare]

Excuse me ,Why does my GCAM MOD keep shaking when I lock the camera onto a fixed-wing view, and is there any way to fix it ?

[turbid olive]

ask the author 👍

this is a channel for editor discussion

[shrewd bolt]

Is there a module / option / mod / script that lets players take over a friendly AI (something like zeus remote control) when they die?

[dim kindle]

i have this on a object attaching to another object but when i start the scenario it spawns it a diffrent rotation how do i rotate it so it spawns the right way when its spawned {usa_flag attachTo [usa_hunter, [1.6, -2, 0]]; usa_flag setVectorDirAndUp [vectorDir usa_hunter, vectorUp usa_hunter]; this setObjectScale 0.4;}

i put the code in {}

[slow jewel]

@dim kindle So what i do before i use attachTo:
is i make sure the main vehicle that im attaching things to: is set to 0-North: or 180-south:
depending on what vehicle or thing, im going to attachTo the Main vehicle
this makes it easyer to figure the rotation: in the x or y or z:
after the attachTo: is complete, then i rotate the main vehicle as needed: via script or what not

// example 1
    //SDV = createVehicle
    _vtype = "O_SDV_01_F";
    SDV = createVehicle [_vtype, (getMarkerPos _mrk), [], 0, "NONE"];
    SDV setDir 180;//<-------------
    sleep 3;

    //Submarine attachTo SDV
    Submarine = "Submarine_01_F" createVehicle position SDV;
    Submarine attachTo [SDV, [4.45, 0, 1]];
    Submarine setDir 180;
    sleep 2;

    // setDir Of The U-Boat To The Marker Dir that it Spawns at
    SDV setDir markerDir _mrk;
    sleep 2;

the hard thing iv found is rotating things like a ramp: but iv been able to do it with this course of action

[turbid olive]

did you read the biki on attachTo?

it rotates related to the object that is attached

[dim kindle]

now i know

[turbid olive]

if you want the object stay in the same rotation/pos, I have a solution, just need to grab it from my pc

[dim kindle]

u good i just used the example code above i set the parent object to xyz 000 and rotated the object -90 degrees

[turbid olive]

[slow jewel]

oh nice

[gaunt yarrow]

this is kind of a long shot

i'm not sure what is causing it but when I click backspace in zeus it doesnt hide unit icons or waypoints or anything

it hides the actual interface i.e. unit spawning menu and such but it doesnt hide the unit icons/waypoints/etc

[turbid olive]

check your modlist

[gaunt yarrow]

i found it, it was the immersive hud mod

[flint thunder]

that is beautiful! thank you for the link! 🙂

[ember skiff]

can someone help me with dlc contact mp mission on livonia?
created a simple mission with some zeus'es, players and respawn points
While trying to launch this mission in MP mode, it creates an error that repeats itself every second

[plain gale]

That's a vanilla function.

We would need to know how you have setup the respawn

[turbid olive]

I think this happens when you have run out of spawn points or tickets, something like that

[ember skiff]

But i didn't enable ticket system
Just "respawn on position", added respawn_east_1
i set it up like it is intended, in editor.

thank you, but i solved the problem. Arma 3 contact is not compatible with mp functions
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3209149058&searchtext=contact+unrestricted
this mod helped, with deleting some of the contact dlc .pbo's

[magic magnet]

I wanted to set up an objective where, as soon as the players destroy a communications tower, a trigger deactivates. it's specifically a sound trigger
anyone know how i could do that?

[turbid olive]

bunch of videos on youtube on how to manage that

[magic magnet]

then link one, because all the ones im managing to find are practically the opposite of what im trying to do

[turbid olive]

wdym by that?

[magic magnet]

that they arent the videos im looking for

because they arent doing what im trying to do

[scarlet crystal]

then what videos did you check

or show the trigger setup you have

[magic magnet]

the trigger setup in question is just a trigger that plays SFX and i just want that SFX to end when a building (the tower where the sound will be coming from) is destroyed. theres no real setup because im not sure how to do it

thats why im asking here

and the videos i found are primarily discussing how to end a task when a building is destroyed which isnt what im looking for

[flint thunder]

@magic magnet

hmm, so

• what does activate the trigger that plays sound?
  like, screenshot that trigger setup, for example

• could do with some scripting - name the tower (a variable like; contor_mytower1)
  then in trigger OnDeactivation something like;

OnActivation: playMusic "somefancyMusicClassnameHere";

OnDeactivation:
if (!alive contor_mytower1) playMusic"";

Now with looping sound it gets a bit more complicated, but doable;

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/playSound
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/alive

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgHSpeWu9WM

[fossil urchin]

Or just use SFX that loops sound on the trigger.
Just delete the trigger when your tower is not alive.
So you don't need to set up another loop

[flint thunder]

how would i delete the trigger? how does that work? now i am curious^^

[turbid olive]

deleteVehicle thisTrigger

[flint thunder]

Thank You! noted!

[thick zenith]

I'm unable to sync Waypoints like I see in tutorials, is there something I need to set up to do that?

[turbid olive]

sync waypoint with what

[thick zenith]

well Iwas trying to sync the Get In waypoint of a unit with the Load waypoint of a chopper. But it seemed to work fine just linking the Get In waypoint to the chopper directly

[scarlet crystal]

and this is how it's supposed to work

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Waypoints#Load
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Waypoints#Get_In
"syncing" them, whatever it's supposed to mean, wouldn't work because both are meant for a group to get in a vehicle

[polar pawn]

So, I'm trying to make a mission currently with an irradiated area, and I'm using the game's triggers and RHS's geiger counter sound effect for it, like the picture below. But despite being set to 'Repeating', the sound only plays once while the player is in the area and never again. Is there any way to set it to repeat whenever the sound clip ends as long as they're in the area?

[remote storm]

Hey folks question, got a weird issue when launch my Mission the vehicles I have explode before respawning again, tried raising them off the ground moving them, having them all have seprate respawn triggers etc. can't seem to figure out a way to stop them from exploding any Ideas or fixes?

[mental brook]

Hi, does anyone know how to make anti-air shoot into the sky for effect during a mission in the eden editor?

[remote storm]

I remember there is a flak effect from spearhead 1944 but that’s just a environment effect worth a mention tho

[turbid olive]

are you using hide objects module for some reason?

[remote storm]

They are in the map but not anywhere near the vehicles that are exploding are spawning

[turbid olive]

are the vehicles inside some other building?

[slow jewel]

is there an exsisting vehicles there and a vehicle spaws on top of the other vehicle

would need more info on what you have going on in the mission

hmmm when you lanuch the mission hmmm

@remote storm did you try respawn module they work great

[remote storm]

There are no vehicles there before hand and I have them on a respawn but when I load the mission up they explode.

regarding the mission I have a modified Antistasi one that I’m planning to play

[remote storm]

Nope everything is outside… I’ve had an exploded vehicle wreck end up in a building but that’s about it

[slow jewel]

hmmm i use the respawn modules they work great

[remote storm]

If it helps I can show you my issue in voice chat by streaming my game

[turbid olive]

wait are you doing this on antistasi?

[remote storm]

yeah

[turbid olive]

I don't think it's a good idea, a lot of things get initialized at the mission start

if it's something, maybe a mod that you're using or some antistasi script