arma3_config

[shy knot]

https://imgur.com/vJGUNon Trying to get this thing to rotate at a certain speed(s) whenever the engine is on

It just rotates on its own axis

Whenever I turn the engine on however, it doesnt spin

[hearty sandal]

if you want steady speed you likely need to have 2 separate meshes that 1 is constantly spinning with time source

and one that is not

and you use something like wheel or rpm to hide/unhide them

[shy knot]

Yeah, I think wheelL is gonna be my best bet

[hearty sandal]

mm well maybe not actually

wheel does not return to 0 when engine turns off

I think rpm might be better

although Im not sure if there is minimum rpm value and its not just 0 when no gas is pressed

there is also engineOn engineOff eventhandlers that you could utilize to show/hide or even "run the animation indefinately"

[humble cape]

I think an addon builder question is correct for here, but on https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Addon_Builder
the -celar flag, is that the same as selecting the Clear temp folder check box on the GUI? if not how would I replicate that in console mode?

[native ether]

how can we enable the "Predicted Impact Point" on a bomb ?

[pseudo juniper]

Alright, so I had to rebuild EVERY single pbo from scratch for him, but it looks like we've got it. And now I'm an official contributor for the mod, so win win 🎉

Some of the stuff he's been doing is from Arma 2, so it seems like the issue was improperly binarized config files.

Thank god for Mikeros tools or else it would have taken a painfully long time.

[proud brook]

class gm_ge_army_marder1a2_base: gm_marder1a2_base {
    class Turrets: Turrets {
        class MainTurret: MainTurret {
            class Turrets: Turrets {
                class CommanderTurret;
                class MilanTurret_01;
            };
        };
        class SquadLeaderTurret: SquadLeaderTurret {};
        class CargoTurret_01: CargoTurret_01 {};
        class CargoTurret_03: CargoTurret_03 {};
        class CargoTurret_04: CargoTurret_04 {};
        class CargoTurret_05: CargoTurret_05 {};
    };
};```
This breaks the `CommanderTurret` and `MilanTurret_01` for all other Vehicles that bases on `gm_ge_army_marder1a2_base`. For my understanding i initialize/load the class but this class is missing on the base class after doing this. But on my Vehicle that follows this class, where i was add this code: ``class CommanderTurret: CommanderTurret {};`` all is fine. Is this a Bug or a intended way of Arma's "logic".

[shy knot]

It’s possible to make multiple turrets for a vehicle right? Could’ve sworn it is

[hearty sandal]

yes

if they are all 2 part turret/gun combos tehnical limit is 128

since bone limit is 256

dunno if there is config limit to it

[river sedge]

Hi, I'm having trouble with a music mod config.cpp. I can't get the Addon Builder to pack the .pbo file because of what it seems is a syntax error. Am I missing something?

#include "BIS_AddonInfo.hpp"
class CfgPatches
{
    class ZeusMusic
    {
        name = "ZeusMusic";
        author = "Faca";
        requiredVersion = 1.00;
        requiredAddons[] = {};
        units[] = {};
        weapons[] = {};
                  worlds[] = {};
    };
};
class CfgMusic
{
    #include "FileListWithMusicTracks.hpp"
};
class CfgMusicClasses
{
class CoolZeusMusicClass
    {
        displayName = "Cool Zeus Music";
    };
};

Thanks in advance.

Build Result: "Build Failed. Result code= 1"..."line 23:/CfgMusic/: Missing'}'"

[hearty sandal]

@river sedge this is public domain music you are packing in there yes?

[river sedge]

I think so

but the mod is private

[hearty sandal]

does not matter

copyrighted material may not be distributed

[river sedge]

I saw videos using them without copyright

lemme see real quick

ok

yes

and no

im goin to take out the ones that are copyrighted

[hearty sandal]

👍

[river sedge]

done

[river sedge]

So, did you spot something?

[hearty sandal]

well that first include is bit weird

dunno where you got that

and then the that other hpp might have issues in it

addon builder is not very picky about what it packs so if you get error from it its something very breaking

[river sedge]

I actually took it out and still have the same issue

weird thing is that when I add the supposedly "missing" bracket Addon Builder does not have any issue

But the music doesn't appear in the zeus module because of the class not being there

[hearty sandal]

you probably added it into wrong place

[barren umbra]

is it possible to disable physics on a turret via config?

[hearty sandal]

no

would be nice though

or well

you can attach it on to a stationary thing in init

or in an action

sooo technically yes

though not in the way you mean

[covert sapphire]

How do I fix my custom vest when it is on the floor and not on the characters chest.

[hearty sandal]

weight it properly. setup model.cfg right and set the model to use autocenter 0

[covert sapphire]

Its weighted exactly the same as the template in the samples folder. The Model cfg has its class (https://www.danielsma.host/i/4EouAgxmpI.png) and the autocenter is set

[hearty sandal]

its called slimvest.p3d?

[covert sapphire]

I fixed it. I forgot to hit selected on the p3d exporter out of blender

[pallid mulch]

Anyone know where the color of buildings on the map is stored?

[hearty sandal]

@pallid mulch what is it that you need it for?

[paper path]

would someone be able to help me figure out why im getting a no entry ..../weaponslotsinfo.scope error? I've narrowed it down to the new pbo im working on, but im not sure why its being generated. I've followed both a working copy and how A3 has their weapons with attachments on them

[hearty sandal]

you have possibly open cfgweapons class

[paper path]

main config folds up fine, but ill check if the .hpp file folds nicely

[hearty sandal]

can also try to uninclude the hpp and see if that works

to rule it out

[paper path]

ill give it a shot

hpp file folds fine

[pallid mulch]

Im making a dark theme map

kind like google maps

and i was wondering if i could change the color of the buildings or if it is hardcoded

[hearty sandal]

you would have to mess around with the map dialog

[slim halo]

color of buildings is in map control config

[pallid mulch]

Not that i can find

[slim halo]

each building type has a color

[pallid mulch]

I cant seem to find it, could only change icons for points of intrest

[shy knot]

What's the class to tell ArmA to use a specific sound for engine on, on a vehicle?

Cant seem to locate it

When you initially press a movement key and the engine is turned on

[pallid mulch]

Buidlings (property map = building, house and fence) are drawn as bounding boxes, coloured by average texture colour.
Just found this on the wiki. thanks for all the help, dead end i guess

[shy knot]

Would it be these 2? C++ soundEngineOnExt[] = {"A3\Sounds_F\vehicles2\armor\MBT_01\MBT_01_Engine_Ext_Start",6.30957,1,100}; soundEngineOnInt[] = {"A3\Sounds_F\vehicles2\armor\MBT_01\MBT_01_Engine_Int_Start",0.562341,1};

[pallid mulch]

yes

[shy knot]

That did it

[torn coral]

I am in the process of creating a new faction and am planning on using a RHS asset with different crew, using Alive for the orbat creator I have got this so far class rhsusf_mkvsoc; class rhsusf_mkvsoc_OCimport_01 : rhsusf_mkvsoc { scope = 0; class Turrets; }; class rhsusf_mkvsoc_OCimport_02 : rhsusf_mkvsoc_OCimport_01 { class Turrets : Turrets { class MainTurret; }; }; class newmkvsoc : rhsusf_mkvsoc_OCimport_02 { scope = 2; scopeCurator = 2; side = 2; displayName = "Mk V SOC"; crew = "newrifleman"; class Turrets : Turrets { class MainTurret : NewTurret { gunnerType = "newrifleman"; }; }; typicalCargo[] = {"newrifleman", "newrifleman", "newrifleman", "newrifleman"}; }; however, I get these errors in the log https://pastebin.com/Qy4MKMDL and it doesnt allow any unit to get on the guns (along with not having units on them to start with). I have tried class MainTurret : MainTurret { as was originally created by Alive, however no luck so far. Have I done something stupidly small to stuff up?

[shy knot]

Error: aggregateReflectors is not an array

There’s the error

@torn coral

[torn coral]

In both the RHS mod and my version are showing exactly the same in the config viewer https://i.gyazo.com/e129937f7a98108bff1712e9897ff6b4.png

[untold temple]

That's not how you inherit turrets. Need to do MainTurret: Mainturret and also include every other turret in the vehicle

[torn coral]

I have tried class MainTurret : MainTurret { as was originally created by Alive, however no luck so far I was getting the same errors

[untold temple]

    class Truck_F;
    class RHS_Ural_BaseTurret: Truck_F
    {
        class Turrets;
    };
    class RHS_Ural_Zu23_Base: RHS_Ural_BaseTurret
    {
        class Turrets: Turrets
        {
            class MainTurret;
            class CargoTurret_01;
            class CargoTurret_02;
            class CargoTurret_03;
        };
    };
    class rhsgref_nat_ural_Zu23: RHS_Ural_Zu23_Base
    {
        class Turrets: Turrets
        {
            class MainTurret: MainTurret {
                gunnerType="rhsgref_nat_rifleman_aks74";
            };
            class CargoTurret_01: CargoTurret_01
            {
                gunnerType="rhsgref_nat_commander";
            };
            class CargoTurret_02: CargoTurret_02 {};
            class CargoTurret_03: CargoTurret_03 {};
        };
    };``` There's an example of a working one

[torn coral]

so do I need to inherit through its parent classes (e.g. class RHS_Ural_Zu23_Base: RHS_Ural_BaseTurret) or is the way alive does it fine?

[untold temple]

Yes you have to inherit from parent classes

[torn coral]

Thanks, I will give that a try then and see if it works

[untold temple]

    class Ship_F;
    class RHS_Ship: Ship_F
    {
        class Turrets;
    };
    class rhsusf_mkvsoc: RHS_Ship
    {
        class Turrets: Turrets
        {
            class MainTurret;
            class m2_s_gunTurret;
            class m134_p_gunTurret;
            class mk19_s_gunTurret;
            class camera_b_gunTurret;
            class rem_spotL_gunTurret;
        };
    };
    class myclassname: rhsusf_mkvsoc
    {
        class Turrets: Turrets
            class MainTurret: MainTurret
            {
                gunnerType = "rhsusf_socom_swcc_crewman";
            };
            class m2_s_gunTurret: m2_s_gunTurret
            {
                gunnerType = "rhsusf_socom_swcc_crewman";
            };
            class m134_p_gunTurret: m134_p_gunTurret
            {
                gunnerType = "rhsusf_socom_swcc_crewman";
            };
            class mk19_s_gunTurret: mk19_s_gunTurret
            {
                gunnerType = "rhsusf_socom_swcc_crewman";
            };
            class camera_b_gunTurret: camera_b_gunTurret
            {
                gunnerType = "rhsusf_socom_swcc_officer";
            };
            class rem_spotL_gunTurret: rem_spotL_gunTurret
            {
                gunnerType = "rhsusf_socom_swcc_officer";
            };
        };
    };```

[torn coral]

Cheers, thats what I ended up changing it to and it worked perfectly

[wispy juniper]

Hello
In the virtual arsenal under the gear item name where it says By Bohemia Interactive, Is it possible to set that for custom gear items, I cant find anything about it on the web or im just not searching the right keywords

[wintry tartan]

author config

[wispy juniper]

thanks lots

[barren umbra]

Wasn't there a config setting to add "force" to the ammo that would destroy foliage and other stuff? I would like to restore the ability for explosives to topple down trees and such.

[pallid mulch]

text = "(argb,8,8,3)color(1,1,1,1)";

Would it be possible to convert that to a profile namespace variable?

text = "profilenamespace getvariable ['JD_Map_textColor','(argb,8,8,3)color(1,1,1,1)']";

Like this but it doesnt work

[hearty sandal]

no

not in config anyway

[pallid mulch]

Thanks

[hot pine]

are you sure this one is going to work? I think it might brake original class

[untold temple]

It's the structure we use for the GREF ZU-23 Ural, as above. I just changed the classnames to those in the MkV config tree

[hot pine]

Yes, but base class is not scope 2

I think above example will make rhs mark v turrets inaccesible

You would have to do MainTurret : MainTurret {} thing instead

[hoary ferry]

what could lead to the weapon disappearing from the arsenal when writing a simple sound mod compatibility?

    class UK3CB_PSG1A1: UK3CB_G3_Base
    {
        class single: mode_semiauto
        {
            class standardsound: basesoundmodetype
            {
                soundsetshot[]=
                {
                    "jsrs_g3_shot_soundset",
                    "jsrs_7x62mm_reverb_soundset"
                };
            };
            class silencedsound: basesoundmodetype
            {
                soundsetshot[]=
                {
                    "jsrs_g3_shot_silenced_soundset",
                    "jsrs_7x62mm_SD_reverb_soundset"
                };
            };
        };
    };```

[slim halo]

improper inheritance

[hoary ferry]

at which point?

[slim halo]

almost all of it?
I don't know. check the config viewer.
and I don't see these defined/declared anywhere: basesoundmodetype mode_semiauto

[hoary ferry]

these are already defined. didnt want to post the whole config

[slim halo]

ok
so just check the config viewer and make sure they are declared properly

also make sure you've listed the required addons too

@hoary ferry check out this message:
#arma3_config message
it shows an example of how to use config viewer to do inheritance

you can read on from here I guess:
#arma3_config message

[potent phoenix]

does anyone know how to change the modex numbers on the Sentinel UCAV? other Jets DLC aircraft seem to have working hiddenSelections for the modex number which allows it to be changed via setobjecttextures or config, however, i seem to not be able to change or remove the "502" on the UCAV

fun fact: there are to real life X-47Bs which the Sentinel is based off, "Salty Dog 501" and "Salty Dog 502", a nice little easter egg

[wintry tartan]

It doesn't have hiddenSelections by default (somehow they removed them) but selections are there in the model. The same name with other Jets' jets IIRC

[potent phoenix]

interesting, i will try to make an inherit config and see if it works, thats a lot polpox!

[potent phoenix]

hey polpox, i just want to say it works! the name selections do have the same name, thanks for helping man!

[wintry tartan]

Blame Bohemians for an unnecessary effort! 😄

[winter rain]

Is it possible to mix the crew in a tank, as example driver is a pilot class and gunner is a soldier class?

[hot pine]

gunnerType - see i.e. this post #arma3_config message

[winter rain]

this might help yeah 👍 thank you 🙂

[hoary ferry]

what could be the cause of config changes not having any effect? this a follow up to the soundmod issue I posted earlier. I fixed the class inheritances, the weapons work and show up ingame like normal, but some of the sound changes simply do not have any effect, the sounds are the old ones. even in the config viewer the changes I did are not present. I use the same class structure as the original mod does

[wintry tartan]

1. Is it even loaded?
2. Are you sure about CfgPatches > requiredAddons?

[hoary ferry]

It is loaded, I am quite sure about requiredaddons. some of the changes I did are actually working, but not all of them. no errors in the rpt

[hot pine]

are you sure there are no typos?

[hearty sandal]

what are you packing with?

[hoary ferry]

I use BI's addon builder

[hearty sandal]

well since it does not have much in way of debug it might be your file paths are not right or you have some config error

[sullen fulcrum]

Is there somewhere someone can point me, like a video or something on how to make a sound effect mod to use in zeus or something to publish on the workshop for my unit to use

[hearty sandal]

not really.

it comes down to first learning how configs work and how the addon building works

then looking through the sound configs and wiki to understand how those work and make your own addition

[cloud hawk]

Hello,

I've got a mod that introduces a modified version of the vanilla AAF APC. I forward declare it inside CfgVehicles like below.

class APC_Tracked_03_base_F
{
    class ViewOptics;
    class ViewPilot;
    class Turrets
    {
        class MainTurret
        {
            class ViewGunner;
            class OpticsIn;
            class Turrets
            {
                class CommanderOptics;
            };
        };
    };
};

When running the game with the mod enabled, the base game vehicle (and modded vehicle) has errors relating to variables not existing in 'APC_Tracked_03_base_F/Turrets/MainTurret'. Using the config viewer, it seems that because of my forward deceleration, even the base game vehicle (not just the modded on) in not inheriting correctly.

I have removed all config other than the above deceleration and CfgPatches to isolate the issue. It is definitely the forward declare that causes it.

Anyone have any ideas?

[hearty sandal]

you are breaking the original inheritance chain

[cloud hawk]

I see. The strange thing is it has been building fine for the better part of a month as is, today all of a sudden it decided to not.

[hot pine]

probably it wasn't working before at all

you code snippet has not inheritance whatsoever so it was always broken

[cloud hawk]

It was though. In game and play tested on mp.

[hot pine]

impossible

[cloud hawk]

I agree that my code is broken. Have already fixed it and it is building now so thank you both for the help :). Just curious how it was building before. With changes being reflected with each build so I'm sure it wasn't an old build.

[hot pine]

I guess you could have wrong requiredAddons and your addon was loaded as first & then vanilla data was fixing stuff that was broken in your addon

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Class_Inheritance#Addon_loading_order

[cloud hawk]

Is requiredAddons case sensitive? I thought I even had that covered but I see that I had A3_Armor_F_EPB_APC_tracked_03 instead of A3_Armor_F_EPB_APC_Tracked_03 required. That must be it!

[hot pine]

no, it's not

[cloud hawk]

For the sake of curiosity I moved my scuffed declaration as posted above out of CfgVehicles to the config root, it builds and works as intended... Configs somehow keep getting stranger.

[hot pine]

I would argue it works if its not doing anything 😄

[cloud hawk]

?

[hot pine]

as mentioned before, you have to recreate inheritance of original asset

class APC_Tracked_03_base_F {}; <- this syntax means that it's no longer inheriting anything

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Class_Inheritance#External_base_classes look at this page - here its quite well explained how to inherit stuff

[cloud hawk]

Yeah. Did that as soon as goat said it. My bit about moving it out of CfgVehicles was just a separate experiment.

[hot pine]

all classes in CfgVehicles are expected to have some params - if they don't have them then game is throwing error

{
    class ViewOptics {};
    class ViewPilot {};
    class Turrets
    {
        class MainTurret
        {
            class ViewGunner {};
            class OpticsIn {};
            class Turrets
            {
                class CommanderOptics {};
            };
        };
    };
};```

when moved outside of CfgVehicles, external class checks would be interpreted this way - full emptiness

[cloud hawk]

Ohhh I see. So that's why it works when the declaration is outside CfgVehicles?

Thanks for the help and explanation reyhard 🤠

[hoary ferry]

I managed to solve it, I actually fucked up the requiredaddons list. I feel quite dumb now

[proper obsidian]

Apologies for asking this, but I'm not sure I've found very clear information about this: I've made an equipment (uniform) texture, and it works on the model, I've checked in the editor, so far so good. How would I implement it in the mod specifically? I have a tutorial config file, but I'm not exactly sure how it works, so I don't know what is exactly necessary for uniforms proper.

In all honesty, this is my first mod ^^

Well, for ARMA

[rough hatch]

I was wondering, what defines how the game does zeroing on a weapon? I mean, whether it just adjusts the trajectory of the shot based on the distance (like rifles) or have it come out a fixed angle that relies on animated zeroing (like rocket launchers)

is it simulation type in the ammo?

[scenic tangle]

Does anybody can suggest me, which parameter is defining artillery HUD on a mortar (the one that shows range, elevation and etc)?

[hot pine]

presence of discreteDistanceCameraPoint

[rough hatch]

what about with launchers?

with launchers even if there is no discreteDistanceCameraPoint, the shots still always come out at the same angle no matter the range zero

[hot pine]

Rockets and missiles have no ballistic computer

[rough hatch]

so those can't have that kind of automatic zeroing like rifles? or is there a way to add this ballistic computer to them?

[hot pine]

no, there is no way to add ballistic computer to them

maybe it would be possible to add CCIP for them but I haven't tried something like that and don't remember how it was set exactly

[hearty sandal]

id you dont need the rockets and missiles thrust behavior why not just turn all the shots into cannon/bullet shots

with missile visuals

[rough hatch]

because it's for a launcher weapon

[hearty sandal]

rpg like?

[rough hatch]

I'm just hoping to find a way to create a launcher that you can zero without having to go through the process of creating all the memory points and stuff

yeah

[hearty sandal]

ah

no

you got to set that up

[winter rain]

Maybe submunition could do the job too

[rough hatch]

has anyone at least managed to come up with a way to simplify that process?

like to somehow automatically calculate the angles or something

based on ammo config

[hot pine]

it's quite fast to figure it out with diag_mergeShape

[hearty sandal]

well you can do maths to figure out the approximate curve and angle needed for certain range

and then tweak that

[rough hatch]

what is diag_mergeShape?

[hot pine]

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

[hearty sandal]

one of the diag exe development helpin commands

[hot pine]

resetShapes, sorry

[rough hatch]

oh I see

sadly that still requires going through the process of figuring out or testing all the angles and memory point locations

I wish that you could actually use that kind of automatic zeroing on launcher weapons, would make them so much easier to make

[simple surge]

So, been trying to build a custom faction - using drongo's config writer module as suggested on another server a while back.
My faction won't show for toffee.
The old Alive config I had worked but I don't like how that can glitch loadouts etc, so I tried to convert it. However the new config won't show in the editor at all.
Would anyone be willing to look my files over if I gave them a Drive link? I'm about to break things...

{update} nvm, figured it out. Config had the new pbo itself amongst the required addons

[weary cliff]

First project, been working on makingg a custom model. Been looking at a couple of videos and think i need to start worrying about configs. Is there any beginners crash course? I have yet to even think about configs and stuff like rv material (my biggest question rn) files are alien to me.

[winter rain]

You should get the Arma 3 Samples of the Steam Workshop and start with these to get the basics how to inherite of and some more stuff like how to handle with model.cfg etc

Also make sure you load Mikero's tools to pack your source files into a pbo file with pboProject. It will help you a lot to fix errors you do.

[weary cliff]

got it, thanks

[bright leaf]

Hey, is there a tutorial on how to create a weapon scope? I wanted to add/modify a "scope/sight" on the cameras on the Press Pack mod so that when you zoom in it actually looks like a camera. So basically just an overlay that goes on top of the already existing one by creating a second mod. Is it possible?

[untold temple]

You want to change the optics model texture or create a UI for it?

Changing the basic sight picture you need to change modelOptics. To change the UI overlay you write an RSc for weaponInfoType

[proper obsidian]

Do you guys know which config is used to define the base game balaclava?

[untold temple]

Why? Just use the art of war loadorder for cfgpatches requiredAddons[]

[woven flax]

In CfgMineTriggers , does anyone know what the following actually does?
restrictZoneRadius
mineTriggerActivationRange

The following link has 0 info -.-
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/CfgMineTriggers_Config_Reference

[marble forum]

Hi, I got some trouble with my config, I've change my cfgMagazine displayname="90mm AP", but it keep "105mm AP-T" on top right UI when I am on gunner seat.

But the reload action is good, It said "Reload 90mm AP".

    class 12Rnd_125mm_HE;
    class 40Rnd_HE_FV101: 12Rnd_125mm_HE
    {
        displayName="90mm HE";
        count=20;
    };```

[hot pine]

change displayNameShort too

[marble forum]

Thanks @hot pine , I'll try it.

[placid jay]

I've forwarded it to BI, maybe we can get some infos.

[woven flax]

Thank you 🙂

[junior arrow]

Hello, I just got into modding Arma 3, specifically faction creation. Currently I have planned to include multiple factions in the mod, would I put the different factions in different pbo files or all inside the same config file?

[hearty sandal]

simplest to maintain would be just 1 pbo

[junior arrow]

So there would not be a difference, correct?

[tacit zealot]

I'm very new to config editing here, but can anyone help me create a patch for an existing mod? All I'm trying to do is alter two variables in each plane class in FIrewill's F-15 mod to do this: https://youtu.be/pScOdr3iRyQ

I know how to modify the mod directly, but I'm not sure how I can go around with patching the values externally

[hearty sandal]

correct

[junior arrow]

Alright, thanks for the help!

[hearty sandal]

you create a addon that contains a config.cpp file. in that config files you have class cfgPatches that contains your class yourAddonName which points to the F-15s cfgPatches class as required addon and thus is loaded after said addon

then you recreate the class structure for the thing you want to alter and add the parameters you want to alter

and then when you load both addons, yours will overwrite the original parameters

[tacit zealot]

thank you

[tacit zealot]

so I made a custom addon folder @MyAddon\Addon\MyPBO, and my pbo has a config with the patches class, as well as the cfgVehicles I want to modify the values of. It took a while to delete about 4000 lines of values I don't care about, and left the modified versions of what I do. However, I got errors about depending on some other files in the folder, as well, as syntax error for a "};" (which I didn't change from the copied cfgVehicles). Is there something I'm missing? I had to temporarely copy over the files it claimed was missing to the directory with the config in order for it to get to the errors it found in the file

[wintry tartan]

What's your current config?

[tacit zealot]

ill send a google drive link

[wintry tartan]

pastebin pls

[tacit zealot]

uhh link? im unfamiliar

[wintry tartan]

https://pastebin.com/
I only need the config

[tacit zealot]

https://pastebin.com/EaPcAAJM

my values I kept in are starting at line 107

[wintry tartan]

And what exactly is the error? Which line it claims?

[tacit zealot]

one sec

Line 123; /CfgVehicles/FIR_F15_Base/Components/SensorsManagerComponent/Components.F15_IRST: Undefined base class 'SensorTemplateIR'

[wintry tartan]

Well, so, to start the lesson, one thing you actually need to know: You don't need to define everything but just the thing you want to modify

[tacit zealot]

well that's a relief

so just keep everytning in the tree that the things I want are in, right?

[wintry tartan]

What exactly is your goal here?

[tacit zealot]

To reduce the roll and pitch sensitivity of the plane so its not OP

And that boils down two two numbers in the file

[wintry tartan]

So well... aileronCoef or such?

[tacit zealot]

I didn't want to touch the array, so I just reduced aileronSensitivity and elevatorSensitivity just below those

[wintry tartan]

Fair

So, I really don't know about Firewill's config structure but let me correct it

class cfgPatches
{
    class ManFix_F15
    {
        //meta info
        name = "F-15 Eagle Maneuverability Fix";
        author = "brendob47";

        requiredversion = 1.00;
        requiredaddons[] = {"FIR_F15_F","FIR_F15_Legacy_F","FIR_F15SE_F"};
    }
};

class CfgVehicles 
{
    class Plane_Fighter_03_base_F;
    class FIR_F15_Base: Plane_Fighter_03_base_F
    {
        aileronSensitivity = 0.9;//1.2
        elevatorSensitivity = 0.7;//1.3
    };
    class FIR_F15D_Base: Plane_Fighter_03_base_F
    {
        aileronSensitivity = 0.9;//1.2
        elevatorSensitivity = 0.7;//1.3
    };
    class FIR_F15E_Base: Plane_Fighter_03_base_F
    {
        aileronSensitivity = 0.75;//1.0
        elevatorSensitivity = 0.65;//1.2
    };
};```This should do. Things can be simple like this

[tacit zealot]

oh thank you. I forgot to mention a change to the default sensor distance, but I'll do that on my own as a challenge. I've seen all the things youve made but never expected you to help

[wintry tartan]

Oh well

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Class_Inheritance
This article could guide you, actually

[tacit zealot]

Works great! I'll put a comment that you helped

[novel lava]

has anyone had any luck using initSpeed on cfgweapons on vehicle weapons? see: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/CfgWeapons_Config_Reference#initSpeed.3D0

initSpeed = 1050; //overwrites magazine's value with 1050m/s
initSpeed = -1.1; //multiplies magazine's value by +1.1

I've used it before for infantry weapons but on a tank cannon it doesn't seem to work at all, using the second example.

maybe its more related to shot simulation

[sullen fulcrum]

I'm working on some custom markers. Edit 2: Got the colors figured out. However, even if the scope = 2 I still can't find them in the eden editor...

[sullen fulcrum]

Current cpp

#define _ARMA_

class CfgPatches
{
    class cm_markers
    {
        units[] = {};
        weapons[] = {};
        requiredAddons[] = {};
        requiredVersion = 0.1;
    };
};
class CfgVehicleClasses
{
    class cm_pal_markers
    {
        displayName = "Position, Areas & Lines";
    };
    class cm_ma_markers
    {
        displayName = "Movement & Activity";
    };
};
class CfgMarkers
{
    class cm_ambush
    {
        name = "Ambush";
        icon = "cm_markers\cmmarkers\ambush.paa";
        color[] = {1,1,1,1};
        size = 32;
        shadow = 0;
        scope = 2;
    };
    class cm_bp
    {
        name = "Battle Position";
        icon = "cm_markers\cmmarkers\ambush.paa";
        color[] = {1,1,1,1};
        size = 32;
        shadow = 0;
        scope = 2;
    };
};

[sullen fulcrum]

Basically all I need right now is how I get them in their own class.

[winter pilot]

CfgMarkerClasses, not CfgVehicleClasses 😉
This is a part of our markers config:

class CfgMarkerClasses
{
class cwr3_markers
{
displayName = "Markers (CWR III)";
};
};

class CfgMarkers
{
class cwr3_marker_arrow
{
color[] = {0.7,0.1,0.0,0.8};
icon = "cwr3\general\cwr3_core\markers\marker_arrow.paa";
markerClass = "cwr3_markers";
name = "Arrow";
scope = 2;
shadow = 0;
size = 32;
};
...
};

[grave yoke]

I'm trying to include a .hpp file within the cfgSounds{} and I keep getting an error tossed when packing it. (I'm using PboProject)

class CfgSounds {
    #include "\SOG\SOG_Audio_F\Hospital\Class01\Warning\Sounds.hpp"
};

Sounds.hpp:

class SOGMedicalClass01WarningA {
    name = "SOGMedicalClass01WarningA";
    sound[] = { "\SOG\SOG_Audio_F\Hospital\Class01\Warning\Sounds\SOGMedicalClass01WarningA.ogg", 100, 1};
    titles[] = { 0, "" };
};

class SOGMedicalClass01WarningB {
    name = "SOGMedicalClass01WarningB";
    sound[] = { "\SOG\SOG_Audio_F\Hospital\Class01\Warning\Sounds\SOGMedicalClass01WarningB.ogg", 100, 1};
    titles[] = { 0, "" };
};

class SOGMedicalClass01WarningC {
    name = "SOGMedicalClass01WarningC";
    sound[] = { "\SOG\SOG_Audio_F\Hospital\Class01\Warning\Sounds\SOGMedicalClass01WarningC.ogg", 100, 1};
    titles[] = { 0, "" };
};

class SOGMedicalClass01WarningD {
    name = "SOGMedicalClass01WarningD";
    sound[] = { "\SOG\SOG_Audio_F\Hospital\Class01\Warning\Sounds\SOGMedicalClass01WarningD.ogg", 100, 1};
    titles[] = { 0, "" };
};

class SOGMedicalClass01WarningE {
    name = "SOGMedicalClass01WarningE";
    sound[] = { "\SOG\SOG_Audio_F\Hospital\Class01\Warning\Sounds\SOGMedicalClass01WarningE.ogg", 100, 1};
    titles[] = { 0, "" };
};

[hearty sandal]

@grave yoke what error do you get?

[grave yoke]

@hearty sandal Here's the Output Log: https://pastebin.com/B0p2r6yv
I also see a makepbo failed: Rapify Error

[hearty sandal]

are you packing with noisy output?

[grave yoke]

@hearty sandal Yes I'm packing it with -noisy to log checked

[hearty sandal]

class CfgVehicles {
class All;
class Sound : All { <-

what is all this?

I dont think there is such a vehicle class as "sound"

[grave yoke]

@hearty sandal it's for the sfxs that I created, I looked at the sample files or the music folder in a3 and that's what they had done for it

[hearty sandal]

I believe you may have made a mistake in there

but it probably would not cause packing fail

something else does that

[south bison]

hello

i m creating mod 1 faction but with 2 sets of uniforms normal and desert so i want to set apart the normal uniform men and the desert men

any help

is this the correct form to do it

class CfgEditorSubcategories
{
    class MySubcategory // Category class, you point to it in editorSubcategory property
    {
        displayName = "My Subcategory"; // Name visible in the list
    };
};

[hearty sandal]

yes

[south bison]

thx

5 years without working on a mod hit me good

[south bison]

this is correct right

class cfgEditorSubCatergories
{
    class Tunisian_Army 
    {
        displayName = "Tunisian Army";  
        icon = "\Tunisian_Army_v2\data\Tunisian_flag128_co.paa";        //Path to texture next to the faction name in editor "PBOname\filename.paa"
        priority = 1;   //How far down it is on the menu
        side = 1;       // 0 Opfor, 1 Blufor, 2 Independent
        flag = "\Tunisian_Army_v2\data\Tunisian_flag128_co.paa";
        author = "K Mootaz";
    };

    class Tunisian_Army_D 
    {
        displayName = "Tunisian Army Desert";  
        icon = "\Tunisian_Army_v2\data\Tunisian_flag128_co.paa";        //Path to texture next to the faction name in editor "PBOname\filename.paa"
        priority = 1;   //How far down it is on the menu
        side = 1;       // 0 Opfor, 1 Blufor, 2 Independent
        flag = "\Tunisian_Army_v2\data\Tunisian_flag128_co.paa";
        author = "K Mootaz";
    };
};

[hearty sandal]

that I cant say.

I dont complie configs in my head

[south bison]

ok

it is gonna be trials and errors

sorry to bother you again guys

my sub category showed up no naming on them

https://pastebin.com/ViWt7VPs

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/446072456650686464/846217329285398578/unknown.png link to screenshot to the bug

[wraith burrow]

!code

[charred seal]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

```sqf
// your code here
hint "good!";
```
↓

// your code here
hint "good!";

[wraith burrow]

my hiddenselections are not working on my suppressor model, any ideas? here is the part of the config.cpp:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16UMtTIfpWYct5RXfizYeKHPk-grahCAK/view?usp=sharing

i couldn't be successful at using that !code function looks like it's exceed letter limit, so i just share the all config via google drive

[opal crater]

pastbin with c++ syntax is a good option for configs.

[wraith burrow]

pastebin is forbidden in my location

[winter pilot]

question: Is the 'camo' selection also defined in your p3d and the model.cfg?
It's a problem I here and then create by adding a hidden selection to the p3d, but not in the model.cfg

[wraith burrow]

yes it's defined in both of them, so I'll remove the "camo" from the model.cfg and try again

[untold temple]

hiddenselections doesn't work on weapon attachments

[wraith burrow]

okay, thanks for the info 👍

[rough hatch]

do UVAnimations not have multiplayer support?

I noticed that one only works on a vehicle in mp if I'm local to that vehicle

if it's local to anyone else, they don't animate

[hearty sandal]

what animation source is used?

some animation sources have trouble syncing in MP

[rough hatch]

it looks like it's using some custom animation source

I'm looking at an IFA vehicle

the source is Track_L_source and Track_R_source, I don't think those are vanilla ones

oh it looks like those sources are also in the config sqf class Track_L_source { source="wheel"; wheel="Wheel_1_3"; };

so the actual source is "wheel"

[south bison]

i need help

1 i created subcategories but they show up with no text in editor
2 my faction don't show in zues

my config : https://pastebin.com/ViWt7VPs

[nimble sequoia]

You've spelled this cfgEditorSubCatergories wrong.

Try it like this: CfgEditorSubcategories

[south bison]

true maybe i miss clicked an r with e

[south bison]

thx that fixed the no text name but still how to add my faction for zues btw i got error showed up when i switch to zues

[river falcon]

Hello! I am working on adding some seats to a vehicle for a map I am playing. When I add in the proxies and what seem to be the correct config options, I can forcibly put a player in the vehicle using the editor, but I cant walk up to the vehicle and scroll wheel to get into it, any ideas?

[nimble sequoia]

Do you have get-in memory points?

    memoryPointsGetInCargoDir = "pos cargo dir";```

and transportSoldiers = ...;
and cargoProxyIndexes[] = {...};

[river falcon]

I dont think I have the proxy indexes

But I have transport soldiers

And tge memory points

[nimble sequoia]

cargo proxy indexes are an array, something like this: cargoProxyIndexes[] = {1,2,3}; - if you have 3 cargo seats, numbered from 1-3

[south bison]

how to make my units show up in zues

[nimble sequoia]

depends what the error message is?

[south bison]

i got message that i post picture of in #arma3_troubleshooting and when i select all mods to show in zues it show me the plane and the pilots

[south bison]

need help making my mod appear in Zues pls

https://pastebin.com/ViWt7VPs my config

[mortal dove]

Soooooo that screenshot that you sent, in Zeus. Doesn't show cup factions...

Meaning you probably dont have cup loaded

Considering 80% of your mod, is CUP including the actual models....

"class AutoRifleman_v2 : CUP_Creatures_Military_USA_Soldier_ACU_Base "

^Autorifleman wont appear, because CUP isnt present to provide the model.....

[south bison]

CUP units is loaded as if it was not loaded i wouldn't load my mod

[mortal dove]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/141866231362879488/846502715994406912/unknown.png

This screenshot you provided earlier. shows RHS factions.

[south bison]

i can share my screen like live

[mortal dove]

Only if you have your configs to require CUP. which the one sent here doesnt

class CfgPatches
{
class Tunisian_Army_v2
{
units[] = {"Tunisian_Uniform_v2"};
weapons[] = {};
requiredVersion = 0.1;
requiredAddons[] = {"A3_Characters_F"};
};
};

[south bison]

add this in the required addons ?? cup_creatures_people_military_usarmy

[mortal dove]

idk what file, needs to be specified.

@zinc orchid Do you know?

[zinc orchid]

@south bison@mortal dove
put CUP_Creatures_People_LoadOrder to requiredAddons[]

[mortal dove]

Thanks ❤️

[south bison]

thx

[paper path]

Howdy, need to poke someones brain doing custom grenades. It does act like a normal grenade and is able to be thrown, but i cant seem to find it in the arsenal. It does however spawn in backpacks/inventories

[south bison]

still need help making my mod shown in zues menue

[hearty sandal]

@paper path scopecurator set to 1?

[paper path]

negative, its inheriting from GrenadeHand in CfgAmmo

class in CfgMagazines is inheriting from HandGrenade with scopes set to 2

[hearty sandal]

oh true scopecurator = 2

have you named it right?

or is it hidden in the list with wrong name

[paper path]

Cfg Magazines
    class TG_GDI_DiscGrenade: HandGrenade 
    {
        ammo = "TG_GDI_G_DiscGrenade";        
        author = "Tiberian Genesis";
        scope = 2;
        scopeCurator = 2;          
        scopeArsenal = 2;        
        mass = 2;
        displayName = "GDI Disc Grenade";
        descriptionShort = "GDI Disc Grenade";
        displayNameShort = "GDI Disc";
        model = "\tg_weapons\gdi\model\gdi_discgrenade.p3d";
        picture = "\tg_weapons\ui\gear_gdi_disc_ca.paa";
        count = 1;
        initSpeed = 26;
    };

CfgAmmo
    class TG_GDI_G_DiscGrenade : GrenadeHand
    {
        model = "\tg_weapons\gdi\model\gdi_discgrenade";
        hit = 100;
        indirectHit = 70;
        indirectHitRange = 3;
        dangerRadiusHit = 52;
        suppressionRadiusHit = 30;
        whistleDist = 12;
        explosionEffectsRadius = 1.5;
        typicalspeed=26;
        deflecting = 100;
        soundFly[] = {"tg_sounds\gdi\weapons\gdi_discfly.wav", db-30, 1, 1000};
        soundEngine[] = {"", 1, 1};
        CraterEffects = "GrenadeCrater";
        CraterWaterEffects = "ImpactEffectsWaterExplosion";
        explosionEffects = "GrenadeExplosion";
        explosionTime = 5;
        timeToLive = 6;
        soundHit1[] = {"tg_sounds\gdi\weapons\gdi_discexplo1.wav",3.1622777,1,1300};
        soundHit2[] = {"tg_sounds\gdi\weapons\gdi_discexplo2.wav",3.1622777,1,1300};
        soundHit3[] = {"tg_sounds\gdi\weapons\gdi_discexplo3.wav",3.1622777,1,1300};
        soundHit4[] = {"tg_sounds\gdi\weapons\gdi_discexplo4.wav",3.1622777,1,1300};
        multiSoundHit[] = {"soundHit1",0.25,"soundHit2",0.25,"soundHit3",0.25,"soundHit4",0.25};
ommited HitEffects, Camshake        
    };

CfgWeapons
    class Throw: GrenadeLauncher
    {
        class ThrowMuzzle;
        muzzles[] += {"TG_GDI_DiscGrenadeMuzzle"};        
        class TG_GDI_DiscGrenadeMuzzle: ThrowMuzzle
        {
            magazines[] = {"TG_GDI_DiscGrenade"};
        };
    };

@hearty sandal

[hearty sandal]

nothing pops out on a quick glance

[paper path]

only strange thing is, it shows up TG_GDI_DiscGrenade as a normal weapon magazine, instead of a grenade

        requiredAddons[] = {
            "A3_Characters_F",
            "A3_Data_F",
            "A3_Weapons_F",
            "A3_Data_F_Tank_Loadorder",        
            "TG_Core",            
            "TG_Sounds",
            "TG_Modules"
        };
``` thats my reqAddons section as well. so it should be loading after weapons

then the patches section

        weapons[] = {
            "TG_GDI_Assault_Rifle",
            "TG_NOD_Assault_Rifle",
            "TG_Nod_Laser_Weapon",
            "TG_NOD_RocketLauncher",
            "TG_GDI_Sonic_Weapon"
            };
        magazines[] = {
            "TG_GDI_AR_Magazine",
            "TG_NOD_AR_Magazine",
            "TG_Nod_Laser_Magazine",
            "TG_NOD_RocketLauncher_Magazine"
            };
        ammo[] = {
            "TG_NOD_Laser_Ammo",
            "TG_GDI_AR_Ball",
            "TG_NOD_AR_Ball"
            "TG_GDI_G_DiscGrenade",
            "TG_NOD_RocketLauncher_Ammo"
        }

[hearty sandal]

since you have the tank loadorder there you dont need the other A3 ones

Id update that to the AOW loadorder though just to keep it up to date

[paper path]

i did a search in the channel about doing grenades and it said to add in tank loadorder, whats the pbo name for AOW?

outside of that, im not really sure whats wrong with it. Id like to get the grenade fix done by friday since it breaks vanilla throwables

[hearty sandal]

is this a patch config or are you packing the full TG weapons pbo

[paper path]

full pack, im on the dev team

[hearty sandal]

should not have conflict with any old pbo then either

[nimble sequoia]

there's a comma missing, last array ammo[]

            "TG_NOD_Laser_Ammo",
            "TG_GDI_AR_Ball",
            "TG_NOD_AR_Ball"    <<<<<<
            "TG_GDI_G_DiscGrenade",
            "TG_NOD_RocketLauncher_Ammo"
        }```

[paper path]

would that cause it to show up as a normal magazine instead of a grenade?

[nimble sequoia]

also a semi-colon at end of declaration } };

[paper path]

gah

ive technically fixed what i needed to lol. now its just actually getting the grenades to show properly

[hearty sandal]

well a mistake in config can break it and cause issues

[paper path]

oh psh

im packing the wrong thing

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

[hearty sandal]

classic

[paper path]

Yeah, just needed to pack the right pbo lmfao

Whats the new loadorder pbo to use?

[south bison]

any help

[shy knot]

To show in Zeus you need to do the following: scope and scopeCurator to 2, add your vehicle or whatever you’re making to the cfgPatches

[plucky notch]

In an MFD I have tried to draw a polygon, with the following configuration (from config viewer, which extracts the __EVAL):

points[] = {[[0.09,0.47],1],[[0.04,0.445],1],[[0.04,0.495],1]};
type = "polygon";

The macro that generated that is this

#define MPD_ARROW_R(name, startX, startY, numChars) class Mpd_Arrow_##name{ \
    class line { \
        type = line; \
        points[] = { \
            {{startX, startY - MPD_ARROW_PAD}, 1}, \
            {{startX + numChars * MPD_TEXT_WIDTH - MPD_ARROW_LENGTH, startY - MPD_ARROW_PAD}, 1}}; \
        width = 2; \
    }; \
    class triangle { \
        type = polygon; \
        points[] = { \
            {{__EVAL(startX + numChars * MPD_TEXT_WIDTH), __EVAL(startY - MPD_ARROW_PAD)}, 1},\
            {{__EVAL(startX + numChars * MPD_TEXT_WIDTH - MPD_ARROW_LENGTH), __EVAL(startY - MPD_ARROW_PAD - MPD_ARROW_HEIGHT)}, 1},\
            {{__EVAL(startX + numChars * MPD_TEXT_WIDTH - MPD_ARROW_LENGTH), __EVAL(startY - MPD_ARROW_PAD + MPD_ARROW_HEIGHT)}, 1}};\
    }; \
};

I can't see a triangle though, what am I doing wrong?

[slim halo]

[ and ] are not valid

[plucky notch]

Yeah, it isn't that in the config, it's just that's how config viewer renders sub-arrays

[rugged wasp]

Anyone here able to add recoil/sounds to a weapon?

[plucky notch]

I have added the original macro to the original message if that helps?

[rugged wasp]

like nothing major, just basic default sounds

[shy knot]

Create a mode

[plucky notch]

I worked it out, I needed an extra layer of curly braces around my points. I am guessing this is something either to do with the texturing or so you can define multiple polygons

[rugged wasp]

a what?

[shy knot]

Create a mode for the weapon, call it player or something

[rugged wasp]

fuck knows man, goes over my head

[safe blade]

Hi everyone, come back here for a little help on HUD/MFD. My hud doesn't align with reallity and my canon shoot to far high than ordered by memory point.

https://ibb.co/WkBLM1L
https://ibb.co/Tq80XXW
https://ibb.co/f9jF9vh
https://ibb.co/hDv17rD

as I try to show on screenshots, horizon line is no "align" with real horizon and canon shoot far far higher than expected... Did try to move memory point or align more up or down any of those point but it seems to have no effect... I'm missing something and I hope someone could point me what or a direction to look at.

[shy knot]

Your konec and usti points need to be in line with each other

[long cargo]

Hi anyone here know how I can disable the random goggles when making a custom faction?

[shy knot]

Remove it from the headgear list of that unit

[autumn crater]

what would cause a missile to fire from a model's 0,0,0 point?

[shy knot]

No proper weapon points

[autumn crater]

so what are the proper weapon points for this?

[shy knot]

usti hlavne and konec hlavne

Then designate them in config

[autumn crater]

tried it, they fired from the zero point still

[shy knot]

gunBeg and gunEnd?

[autumn crater]

I have tried a lot of options, but will do so again

are they able to be in an array?

[shy knot]

konec is beginning

usti is end

Lemme get my code

[candid jasper]

Hello, hopefully this is the right place to ask... I am trying to have a sound play when I open an ammo container, or close said ammo container. (not just the one, the entire "class" of object) that i'm importing into the game. The problem is, I have no idea how to do this. I've tried utilizing eventHandlers but i'm very new to this and it's quite confusing. Here are my pastebins.

https://pastebin.com/vxQbpqJM config.cpp
https://pastebin.com/cSU8RWmp bagsounds.sqf

[shy knot]

memoryPointGun="usti hlavne";
        maxVerticalRotSpeed=90/45;
        maxHorizontalRotSpeed = 90/45;
        weapons[]={"OPTRE_FC_Wraith_Mortar"};
        magazines[]={"Plasma_Mag_Test"};
        minElev=-5;
        maxElev=+10;
        initElev=0;
        turretInfoType = "RscWeaponRangeZeroing";
        selectionFireAnim="zasleh";
        gun="Gun";
        body="Turret";
        gunAxis="Osa Hlavne";
        gunBeg="usti hlavne";
        gunEnd="konec hlavne";
        gunnerGetInAction = "GetInAMV_cargo";
        gunnerGetOutAction = "GetOutLow";
        turretAxis="OsaVeze";
        discreteDistance[] =
        {
          100,200,300,400,500,600,700,800,
          900,1000,1100,1200,1300,1400,1500,1600,
          1700,1800,1900,2000,2100,2200,2300,2400
        };
        discreteDistanceInitIndex = 5;
        memoryPointGunnerOptics= "gunnerview";
        gunnerOutOpticsModel = "";
        gunnerOutOpticsEffect[] = {};
        gunnerOpticsEffect[] = {};
        class OpticsIn
        {
          class Wide: ViewOptics
          {
            initAngleX=0;
            minAngleX=-30;
            maxAngleX=+30;
            initAngleY=0;
            minAngleY=-100;
            maxAngleY=+100;
            initFov=0.3;
            minFov=0.3;
            maxFov=0.3;
            visionMode[] = {"Normal","NVG","Ti"};
            thermalMode[] = {2,3};
            gunnerOpticsModel = "\A3\Weapons_F\Reticle\Optics_Gunner_MBT_01_m_F.p3d";
            gunnerOpticsEffect[] = {};
          };
          class Medium: Wide
          {
            gunnerOpticsModel = "\A3\Weapons_F\Reticle\Optics_Gunner_MBT_01_m_F.p3d";
            initFov=0.07;
            minFov=0.07;
            maxFov=0.07;
          };
          class Narrow: Wide
          {
            gunnerOpticsModel = "\A3\Weapons_F\Reticle\Optics_Gunner_MBT_01_m_F.p3d";
            initFov=0.028;
            minFov=0.028;
            maxFov=0.028;
          };
        };```

[autumn crater]

@shy knot is this using a missile weapon and if not, does the missile part matter?

[shy knot]

Then you need to define the missile params

Use the samples

[hearty sandal]

samples unfortunately dont have missile artillery example in them

[shy knot]

memoryPointLMissile = "Rocket_1"; /// from what memory point should the even missiles start
memoryPointRMissile = "Rocket_4"; /// from what memory point should the odd missiles start

That's what I grabbed from the sample copter

[hearty sandal]

rocket artillery tank seems to be different from that

the MLRS only seems to have the gunbeg/gunend points in use

[candid jasper]

if anyone has any info on my previous question let me know. still having issues with any way i've configured it lol

[hearty sandal]

you will want config your animationSource for the opening thingy to have the sound

[candid jasper]

Well, it's basically just a regular ammo box: no special animations for it. It's like interacting with any old arma ammo box.

[hearty sandal]

oh I understood you had a new object

well you could maybe tie it to inventory eventhandlers

[candid jasper]

well thats sort of what i'm trying to do. maybe i'm not understanding what you mean?

[hearty sandal]

inventory eventhandler would be set on "man" class

something that detects a character opens a certain type of container and then plays the sound

[candid jasper]

Yes, it is a new object, it just doesn't have any type of animation? Also I looked into eventhandlers for man class and was only able to find things such as Put, Take, InventoryOpened, etc. Nothing that I can really tie into the config.cpp of this specific object.

[hearty sandal]

yes you would need to run a script that detects if player is opening a crate

and like I said you would put that eventhandler into the man class

not the actual crate

[candid jasper]

ah that makes sense, whoopsie.

thats what I am trying to do currently, but the problem is figuring out how to only do it for that crate. would it be a isKindOf ordeal within the handler?

[hearty sandal]

yes something like that

[nova fractal]

hello! I am trying to research the damage model for vehicle wheels (in order to perfect vehicle interdiction methodology), and I have not managed to figure out how to interpret the data.

wheelCircumference = 2.362;
wheelDamageRadiusCoef = 0.75;
wheelDamageThreshold = 0.025;
wheelDestroyRadiusCoef = 0.58;
wheelDestroyThreshold = 0.99;

(taken from the Van_02_base_F class of CfgVehicles)
Any help?

[shy knot]

Is there a source for when the engine is on in a vehicle?

[hearty sandal]

no

[stone ingot]

Hello, tell me if it is possible to implement the opening/closing of the protective visor on the helmet ?
As for example, night vision goggles are raised and lowered when on / off mode, similar to doing with a protective visor in a helmet.
(I hope you understand me)

[hearty sandal]

Not really

[untold temple]

Not without swapping classes. Helmets and other wearable items use the same skeleton as the Arma human models, so you can't really add bones to animate the visor. NVG up/down is done by swapping between two models for a single class which is a feature specific to NVG simulation, but you can only do it when there is a night-vision or thermal-vision mode associated with the item: it doesn't work on such objects that only have "normal" vision

[mortal dove]

Salmon Headgear has this functionality. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1977579317

[wet pike]

Has anyone had any experience making new faces for A3? i.e. the Head_NATO, Head_Tanoa sort of thing. Been trying to drum up some information on the subject but I'm hitting a dead end.

[hearty sandal]

there isnt really anything specific written about it

its comes down understanding how configs work and what all parts do what in the whole

[clever geyser]

I'm confused on magazineWells vs magazineGroups, which is outdated and which is supported? I'm running to different info from different sources.

Arma 3 Samples uses magazineGroups, while the wiki uses magazineWells, and Dedmen said in this discord in 2018 that

MagazineWells is the old MagazineGroups that we already had years ago.
but maybe he was referring to some old arma 2 feature? Dunno

[grand zinc]

magazineWells is the new thing

magazineGroups was supposed to do the same and was semi-implemented years ago. But it was never finished and never worked right.
So magazineWells replaced it

[clever geyser]

Alright I'll try my hand with the example on the wiki them, thanks

[sullen fulcrum]

Hello there, I work for like an year on Six Year War (Papers, Please universum) retextures and I can't get textures of uniforms working. Can somebody please help me with config? HMU in the DMs, thanks.

[wet pike]

Roger that - I'll do some digging.

[rancid lotus]

Anyone know which settings I should change on server.cfg to rectify this issue? 22:06:48 Warning: Steam Query data overflow, Mods/Signatures will not be correctly received by clients. Remove unused mods or change your server configuration to allow for more data to be sent.

Would it be steamProtocolMaxDataSize?

[grand zinc]

yes

[rancid lotus]

How do I know what to set it to?

[grand zinc]

just bigger

[rancid lotus]

Ah okay

[grand zinc]

doesn't tell you how big. But doesn't matter if its too big

[rancid lotus]

Should I just like double it?

[grand zinc]

If you set it too small, it won't fix the problem.
If you set it too big, it doesn't matter because it just uses what it needs

I think the max value is around 3 million.
So just choose your lucky number

[rancid lotus]

Alright, fantastic, thanks!

[halcyon glade]

can multiple units use the same uniformclass? or do I have to define the uniform for each unit created? class inheritance yo'

[native aspen]

Attempting to pack my pbo but pboProject gives me this

In File P:\IBL_Systems\config.cpp: circa Line 1739 EOF encountered

[hearty sandal]

you have errors in your config

probably wrong/missing { or } or **; ** somewhere

could be around that line

or before it

[native aspen]

1739 is the end of my config.cpp, so it would probs be before somewhere

I'll skim through it in a second, thanks

[native aspen]

I was missing a }; for my class CfgPatches 🙂

[hearty sandal]

😅

[native aspen]

Yup, at least I was able to find it 😅

[hearty sandal]

classic stuff

[native aspen]

Thanks again

[random siren]

Hello, I am looking for help regarding a model I am working on.

What I want to implement is the following: The ability to get out of my tank, as a commander, and have an action to use a roof mounted machine gun. This commander already has a 360 rotating periscope.

something like RHS tanks

[undone quiver]

Is it possbile to add MaxLoad to a vehicle that traditionally does not have one? Or is there another config value/model proxy that is required?

[slow cypress]

hi so im trying to add something to the config of one of my orbat alive units

in the init

init = "if (local (_this select 0)) then {[(_this select 0), [], []] call BIS_fnc_unitHeadgear;}; (_this select 0) forceAddUniform (selectrandom [ ""pizza_uniform"", ""u_c_man_casual_2_F"", ""sweater_plain_pink"", ""sweater_plain_white""]);};";```

now

is there a way to do something like the forceAddUniforms

but for facewear?

[rough hatch]

it's pretty simple actually, first you need to make a separate turret for the commander gun, then you add UserActions for getting in and out, kinda like these class m2_enter { displayName="Use M2"; position="zbytek"; radius=5; onlyForPlayer=1; condition="this animationPhase 'hatchCommander'==1 and this unitTurret player isEqualTo [0,0]"; statement="player action ['MoveToTurret', this, [0,1]]; [this,[[0,0],true]] remoteExecCall ['lockTurret'];"; showWindow=0; }; class m2_leave { displayName="Stop using M2"; position="zbytek"; radius=5; onlyForPlayer=1; condition="this unitTurret player isEqualTo [0,1]"; statement="player action ['MoveToTurret', this, [0,0]]; [this,[[0,0],false]] remoteExecCall ['lockTurret'];"; showWindow=0; };
hatchCommander here is the animation source for the commander hatch, [0,0] is the path for the regular commander seat and [0,1] is the path for the commander MG, so change those based on what it is on your vehicle

last thing you need is event handlers for locking/unlocking that turret at the right times, I've done it like this init="(_this # 0) lockTurret [[0,1],true]"; getout="params ['_vehicle','_role','_unit','_turret']; if (_turret isEqualTo [0,1]) then {[_vehicle,[[0,0],false]] remoteExecCall ['lockTurret']}"; again, change the turret paths to what yours are

and make sure that commander MG turret has dontCreateAI=1

with this, once you turn out as commander, once the hatch is open and that animation source is active, you will get the action to move to that other turret which will then also lock the regular commander seat so other people can't get in it while you are in the MG

in the EHs, the init makes sure that the commander MG turret is locked so you can't get into in through normal ways, while the getOut one unlocks the commander seat if you get out of the vehicle while being in the MG turret

[random siren]

@rough hatch

Thanks! now i try it🙂

[slow cypress]

    class B_USASurvivors_Survivor_05 : B_soldier_Melee_OCimport_02 {
        author = "";
        scope = 2;
        scopeCurator = 2;
        displayName = "Survivor";
        side = 1;
        faction = "B_USASurvivors";

        identityTypes[] = {"Head_NATO","LanguageENG_F"};

        uniformClass = "TRYK_shirts_DENIM_WH";

    headgearList[] =
    {
    "", 0.7,
    "H_FakeHeadgear", 0.7,
    "FGN_CauR_Beanie_Black", 0.5,
    "FGN_CauR_Beanie_Woodland", 0.5,
    "H_Booniehat_oli", 0.4,
    "H_Booniehat_khk", 0.4,
    "H_Booniehat_grn", 0.4,
    "H_Booniehat_tan", 0.4,
    "H_Cap_oli", 0.6,
    "H_Cap_grn", 0.6,
    "H_Cap_blu", 0.6,
    "H_Cap_blk", 0.6,
    "H_Cap_red", 0.6,
    "H_Cap_tan", 0.6,
    "H_Cap_usblack", 0.6,
    "H_Cap_tan_specops_US", 0.6,
    "H_BandMask_blk", 0.6
    };

    allowedHeadgear[]=
    {
    "",
    "H_FakeHeadgear",
    "FGN_CauR_Beanie_Black",
    "FGN_CauR_Beanie_Woodland",
    "H_Booniehat_oli",
    "H_Booniehat_khk",
    "H_Booniehat_grn",
    "H_Booniehat_tan",
    "H_Cap_oli",
    "H_Cap_grn",
    "H_Cap_blu",
    "H_Cap_blk",
    "H_Cap_red",
    "H_Cap_tan",
    "H_Cap_usblack",
    "H_Cap_tan_specops_US",
    "H_BandMask_blk",
    };

        linkedItems[] = {"ItemMap","ItemCompass","ItemWatch"};
        respawnlinkedItems[] = {"ItemMap","ItemCompass","ItemWatch"};

        weapons[] = {"WBK_axe"};
        respawnWeapons[] = {"WBK_axe"};

        magazines[] = {};
        respawnMagazines[] = {};

        backpack = "B_CivilianBackpack_01_Everyday_Black_F";

        class EventHandlers : EventHandlers {
            class CBA_Extended_EventHandlers : CBA_Extended_EventHandlers_base {};


        init = "if (local (_this select 0)) then {[(_this select 0), [], []] call BIS_fnc_unitHeadgear; (_this select 0) forceAddUniform (selectrandom [ ""CUP_I_B_PMC_Unit_3"", ""CUP_I_B_PMC_Unit_1"", ""CUP_I_B_PMC_Unit_4""]);};";

        };

        ALiVE_orbatCreator_owned = 1;

    };```

so apparently

the headgear also doesnt want to work

does anyone have an idea why?

[slow cypress]

also idk if this is a matter for #arma3_scripting or #arma3_config

since its basically a script in a config

[clever geyser]

Is there a guide to modding weapon attachments/accessories (as in, creating your own)? Only thing I've found that's attachment specific is the example in Samples but that's only bipod/muzzle and I'm working on a side rail (flashlight), so that hasn't been helpful.

I've cobbled together a config combining the Sample, the relevant code from the AiO config dump, and relevant code from the ACE3 laser pointer (the part handling adding it to both vanilla and CBA rails) but no matter what I do my modded accessory shows up in the game as an accessory but isn't compatible with any weapons, hence my asking for a tutorial as it seems like I messed up somewhere.

[hearty sandal]

If you have not found a guide, then likely there is no guide.

And you would be looking for non standard guide even (cba rails)

[long oyster]

Hi. Uh, potentially somewhat offtopic, but does anyone remember which PBO the vanilla base game (not DLC) backpack configs are in? I've scoured every PBO I could think of using BankRev, and found nothing.

[hot pine]

weapons_f -> ammoboxes for old ones

supplies_f for newer ones

[long oyster]

Oh for crying out loud, it IS weapons? I completely disregarded that one... And I couldn't find the exact thing I wanted in the ones that were labelled supplies_f (looked through Apex and LoW supplies_f)

Thanks mate

[bright leaf]

hey, need some help. Got this 2 errors. I don't know what i messed up in the config

https://i.snipboard.io/NkC70M.jpg

https://i.snipboard.io/PYdH9w.jpg

Code

https://i.snipboard.io/2wYy9i.jpg

https://i.snipboard.io/81uCwb.jpg

[untold temple]

air_units_plane isn't one of the game's existing subcategories, and the config snippets you posted do not indicate you have made a custom CfgEditorSubcategories class of that name

[bright leaf]

@untold temple forgot one screenshot

https://i.snipboard.io/V72rDg.jpg

[untold temple]

Is that inside cfgVehicles?

[bright leaf]

crap, it is....

still same thing. Faction and subcategory names don't show up but are sorted correctly...

i deleted the subcategories i created and using the default one. It works and in the future i will try and do it again. thx for the help @untold temple

[shrewd quest]

dumb question: can you actively work on a mod while also using it in arma?

[hearty sandal]

please explain?

[void berry]

I think he means having a mod open in-game, modifying the config values, and having that update without having to restart the game

which I don't really think that'd be possible, seeing as mods are loaded upon launching the game itself

[hearty sandal]

there is Filepatching and MergeConfig options with DiagExe for more advanced developing

[long oyster]

Hey. I have a script that I run on an explosive via ammoHit whenever it detonates. My problem is that I've reached a position where it doesn't do so reliably. The script in some cases seems to skip lines. The explosive is supposed to create it's own secondaries, but very often, it does not.

Is this, or scripting a better place to ask?

[hearty sandal]

Probably scripting if it's script you are running and not config driven submunitions

[long oyster]

Nope, the script spawns extra explosions. Thanks.

[rustic cape]

Quick question, is there a way to do nested arrays in config ? Something like
myNestedArray = {{"someString", 4},{"someOtherString", 4}}

[slim halo]

myNestedArray[] = {{"someString", 4},{"someOtherString", 4}};

[rustic cape]

strangely it's failing somewhere

I mean

I saw the [] after the attribute name

just forget to write it here but is present in the config

[slim halo]

what is the error?

what I said is correct

[rustic cape]

ehh

omg

i'm dumb

there is an exceeding } at the end

sorry for that, thanks !

[smoky arch]

howdy config writers, can somebody explain what is causing this error? :

https://imgur.com/a/AmFs7oA

https://imgur.com/jg4nv1W

^here is the said line

(probably the third time I am writing a mod config, don't shoot plz)

[untold temple]

In spite of what it says, the error probably isn't on that line. There's probably another one reasoably close to that class that is missing a ;

[slim halo]

maybe posting the whole config can help?

if it's too big use pastebin

[smoky arch]

https://pastebin.com/TwbmzyfK

it's a music pack that can be played by Zeus

[slim halo]

@smoky arch line 42 -> one extra comma
(I'll keep pointing out as I read)

seems like that's the only one

[smoky arch]

by line 42 you mean

"War",

?

[slim halo]

yes

[smoky arch]

because I see only one comma there

is it supposed to have 2?

[slim halo]

you shouldn't put anything

it ends there

"War"

[smoky arch]

ah

[slim halo]

also I don't see why you're adding that array in the first place?

it's not read by the game you know

unless you plan to use it yourself

[smoky arch]

you mean the whole tracks part?

[slim halo]

yes

why do you add it?

[smoky arch]

it's for my own use

but I still got the same error

[slim halo]

then the problem is in "BIS_AddonInfo.hpp" maybe?

[smoky arch]

let me check

nope

I tried changing the folder name (BIG) as well to something more sensible

still no cigar

I found it

I think

It's the duration

[sullen fulcrum]

do trees require the land prefix?

[slim halo]

no

[sullen fulcrum]

alright

assuming I did everything right do editor placed trees sway?

[slim halo]

don't know 🤷

[sullen fulcrum]

ah

[sullen fulcrum]

So I get the tree the following named properties in my geometry LOD
map = tree
class = TreeHard
damage = tree

in my config I have
https://pastebin.com/NmTPEJq5

[olive aspen]

In a helicopters config the fuelconsumptionrate is the fuel capacity consumed per seconds correct?

[hearty sandal]

@sullen fulcrum u sure editor placed trees have that capability?

[sullen fulcrum]

Idk

[rancid lotus]

Hey, can anyone help me with my mission CfgSounds? It isn't wanting to play when I use playSound in 3den

Wait hang on

Yeah, need some help, still not wanting to play right

[rancid lotus]

Any ideas what I'm getting wrong here?

[slim halo]

is the sound from a mod?

[rancid lotus]

Yes

@slim halo

Oh nvm! I tried @ in front and it worked

Aaaah

I tried it earlier and I didn't work, guess I fixed it

[slim halo]

it shouldn't have 🤔

[rancid lotus]

Oh?

aaaa

"Since Arma 3 v1.50 it is possible to define AddOn sounds in mission config. In order to make engine look for the sound in AddOn, the sound path must start with @ (instead of ) for example:"

{
    sounds[] = {};
    class addonsound1
    {
        name        = "sound from addon";
        // start path to sound file in AddOn with @
        sound[]        = { "@a3\Ui_F_Curator\Data\Sound\CfgSound\visionMode", 0.8, 1, 100 };
        titles[]    = { 0, "" };
    };
};```

¯_(ツ)_/¯

I have no clue

[slim halo]

in other places you have to prefix it with \ like you did

not sure about cfgSounds

guess that's an exception

[rancid lotus]

Weird

[upbeat bison]

Hi there! I've been trying to experiment with adding helmets into Arma, but I've hit some issues with my config files

My test helmet isn't showing up in my game at all

Here's my config.cpp:

{
    class ItemCore;
    class HeadgearItem;
    class H_HelmetB: ItemCore
    {
        author = "DogeDude";
        scope = 2;
        weaponPoolAvailable = 1;
        displayName = "Test Helmet";
        picture = "Atlas_85042.png";
        model = "HelmetModel";
        hiddenSelections[] = { "camo" };
        hiddenSelectionsTextures[] = { "Atlas_85042.paa" };
        class ItemInfo: HeadgearItem
        {
            mass = 40;
            uniformModel = "HelmetModel";
            modelSides[] = {0, 1, 2, 3};
            hiddenSelections[] = { "camo" };
            hiddenSelectionsTextures[] = {"HelmetModel\Atlas_85042.paa"};

            class HitpointsProtectionInfo
            {
                class Head
                {
                    hitPointName = "HitHead";
                    armor = 6;
                    passThrough = 0.5;
                };
            };
        };
    };
};```

And here's helmet.cfg:

{
    class ArmaMan;
    class TestHelmet: ArmaMan
    {
        sectionsInherit = "ArmaMan"
        sections[] = {"camo", "HelmetModel\Atlas_85042.paa"}
    };
};```

There's probably something really basic I'm missing, so thanks for the help!

[wintry tartan]

How did you pack it into a pbo?

Also, well seems your config has several issues

My test helmet isn't showing up in my game at all
How, and what context?

[upbeat bison]

I packed it into a PBO using the Addon Builder in Arma 3 Tools

[wintry tartan]

phew At least it isn't a PboManager...

[upbeat bison]

I can import the local mod into Arma 3, and it will verify, but when I go into something like the Virtual Arsenal, there is no option to select my helmet

[wintry tartan]

Just in case, did you load the Mod? Also, why you're trying to overwrite an existed helmet?

[upbeat bison]

I loaded the mod, and I didn't know I'm overwriting an existing helmet

[wintry tartan]

Does your config.cpp have CfgPatches entry?

[upbeat bison]

No, it doesn't have that entry.

[wintry tartan]

That's an mandatory

[upbeat bison]

Got it. I'll work on adding that. Is there anything else I'm missing besides the CfgPatches?

[wintry tartan]

Try to do add it first. The config itself is really in legit format, but those data aren't good it seems, so far

[karmic forge]

Is it possible to make an item saveable to an arsenal loadout but only accessible only outside the arsenal?

eg, a helmet you cannot equip by going to the arsenal but if you acquire it outside of the arsenal and save it to a loadout, you can come back and load that loadout again with that helmet.

[plucky notch]

When writing a config for an MFD text element, what value is right[] defining?

Like, I know what it's defining but other than trial and error what is the best way to know how long this needs to be in reference to the down vector in order to maintain a good aspect ratio.

[heavy marlin]

anyone familiar with rocket launchers?

ive got a basic launcher working though its showing the nlaw in my hands and when fired/emptied it shows my model

[untold temple]

Is it using the NLAW's magazines?

Or one directly inherited from the NLAW's magazine

If it is, it will inherit the modelSpecial property from the NLAW mag, which switches the weapon model to a magazine model when the magazine is loaded in the weapon

[heavy marlin]

yes it is indeed using nlaws magazines

ahh i see

so how do i make it a disposable without inheriting from the nlaw

given i change around the magwell and give it a new ammo type

[untold temple]

Well the disposable stuff isn't in the vanilla game. So you would have to do what ever the mod you are using, does to make it disposable

[heavy marlin]

oh i see thats an ace compat

so all launchers in vanilla/dlc are reloadable

?

[untold temple]

But yes, just changing the magazines to your own custom mag that inherits from CA_LauncherMagazine instead of NLAW_F and avoids the modelSpecial parameter, should do

Yeah, I think they're all reloadable in vanilla Arma. Been a while since I used any AT launcher that wasn't a new type from a mod though

[heavy marlin]

tyvm fixed my issues

now to learn how to create a custom hand animation

[hearty sandal]

#arma3_animation pinned messages may be helpful

[river ravine]

Is there any useful macro for optics magnification / FOV?

It seems like __EVAL(0.25 / ##mag##) should work?

[untold temple]

0.25 has been the baseline 1x magnification since marksmen DLC, yes

Sometimes need to use different values though, since really it's the screen-space FOV, and some sights have wide FOVs that wouldn't fit on screen in a nice circle using 0.25/MAG

[river ravine]

Gotcha, thanks for the insight.

[untold temple]

You'll find most 3D sights are never more than 3x magnification even though they're nominally a 4x+ sight, because 4x just fills the screen with the lens rather than a nice 3D looking sight. BI's ARCO, RCO, ERCO etc. are 2x for that reason

[strange egret]

personally i think 0.25 FOV for baseline no-optic zoom is too much, it pushes out the range of firefights and accurate fire with no-optics far beyond what i think would be normal (if we take WW1 and WW2 as reference for example). Others may disagree...

[untold temple]

I get why it's done, because it makes acuity more realistic within the confines of a monitor

But yeah, it's too easy to aim over 400m

[upbeat bison]

I added CfgPatches, and the name of the helmet showed up in my Arsenal, but it's saying it can't find my image file, and there's no helmet showing up on my player. Could this be a config issue, or a model issue?

│   cfgHeadgear.hpp
│   config.cpp
│
└───HelmetModel
        Atlas_85042.paa
        TestHelmet.p3d
        Helmet.cfg```
My picture points to Atlas_85042.paa like this `picture = "HelmetModel\Atlas_85042.paa";`, so I'm at a loss of what to do now.

Sorry if I keep asking dumb questions that have simple answers, I'm still doing a lot of learning

[untold temple]

Try adding \ at the start of the path

[upbeat bison]

That didn't work. Should I be doing the full path starting from my C drive to the specific file?

[hearty sandal]

no

you should have P drive development environment set up

[river ravine]

And any advice for making the reticle / optics themselves. I'm doing a 2D sight right now, just tryna figure out how to position ranges in the texture to correspond with where the shells will land.

[strange egret]

i have found that to be not quite accurate (maybe also because of pixel inaccuracy). You can calulate projectile path aproximately, determine the drop at specific distance - and then calculate how much that would mean in your optic.
Whenever i did that however, i still had to go and fine tune it slightly.

[river ravine]

Hmmm, and just use a trajectory calculator to get the projectile path I'm guessing?

[strange egret]

idk what calculator you mean, but if it gives you either bullet drop at certain range, or the elevation angle correction required, then yes

[river ravine]

https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/trajectory-projectile-motion

Something like this. I dunno I'm bad at math haha.

[strange egret]

no you need either an arma specific calculator that takes the airfriction value into account (or a calculator that works exactly like arma bullet calculation works)

[river ravine]

Gotcha.

[strange egret]

unless your gun has no airfriction...

[upbeat bison]

Is there a guide on how to set up P Drive development? I am struggling trying to work out how to set it up

[river ravine]

I guess what I'm just confused by is what I should have these set to in the optic.

distanceZoomMin = 200;
distanceZoomMax = 200;

As far as I can tell, it's essentially what distance the projectile will land at according to the very center of the reticle texture / model?

[untold temple]

You only need that if you don't have zeroing on the optic

[river ravine]

Yeah it doesn't have any zeroing.

[untold temple]

It's for simulating redfield ART type scopes where the sight's zero changes based on how zoomed in it is

[hearty sandal]

@upbeat bison https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=arma3:tools:installing-steam-arma-3-tools and https://armadocs.gitlab.io/terrain/01starting/pdrive/

[river ravine]

What should I set it to then? I'm tryna figure out if there's any correlation between the texture and config values, or if it's just a matter of trying to line it up with however the missile behaves.

[untold temple]

What ever distance you want the centre of the screen to be zeroed to

Missiles, probably has no effect on

[river ravine]

Rocket, sorry. It has drop. 😄

I noticed the RPG-42 in vanilla fires with the rocket initially flying above the center of the screen, is there some parameter that does that?

[upbeat bison]

So after I setup my P drive, what changes do I need to make to fix my config?

[hearty sandal]

your files need to be on it and your configs need to point to those folders (without the P:\ on the path)

and preferably you use mikeros pboProject to pack your stuff so it can tell you when you make errorrs

[river ravine]

Alright I think I've narrowed it down, it just isn't reaching its target at 200 meters, always seems to fall short. I'm guessing it's something between the usti hlavne mempoint and rocket's velocity (which is a mess in of itself.)

Feels like if I tweak one thing though then I have to tweak everything else.

[strange egret]

rocket... erm yeah rockets are special candidates, wrapped in mystery gift paper

[river ravine]

Blehh. 😄

[strange egret]

it gets predictable if you have unpowered flight ( no thrust), and only initspeed

[river ravine]

Do ammos use initSpeed?

Theres initSpeed in the magazine but I don't 100% know how that affects the rocket itself, which has maxSpeed, thrust, and thrustTime.

[strange egret]

yes ammo always uses initSpeed from magazine - or from weapon (if it overwrites it)

[river ravine]

Gotcha.

I'm guessing initSpeed should be the velocity for when the rocket leaves the tube?

[strange egret]

yeah

[river ravine]

Or should it be after thrust / AKA max speed.

Ok

[strange egret]

thrust is applied after initspeed and increases speed until maxspeed is reached or thrustTime is exceeded

[untold temple]

Thrust starts after initTime

[strange egret]

my bad

[river ravine]

Gotcha, and I'm guessing if thrustTime is lower, thrust is gained faster or?

[strange egret]

no thrust = amount of "force" pushing (-> acceleration)

more thrust -> speed increases faster

[untold temple]

It's pretty much the opposite of airFriction on bullets

But has additional parameters to delay the start of thrusting, and a way to limit the time and and max velocity thrust works for

[river ravine]

Ah! Okay that makes more sense.

Thanks yall!

Hopefully I can wrap up this PzF3 after work haha.

[upbeat bison]

Sorry, one more question. Does my folder with everything I need to copy go into a3?

[zenith osprey]

Hi All, trying to do a Beret retexture as a local mod. Currently I can get the 1st Beret Working but not the other two, and I don't know why :/
Here is my config Script:

class CfgPatches
{
    class RC_cuck_headgear
    {
        weapons[] = {"RC_Beret_01"}; 
        requiredVersion = 0.1;
        requiredAddons[] = {"A3_Characters_f_epc"};
    };
};
class CfgWeapons
{
    class H_Beret_Colonel;
    class RC_Beret_01: H_Beret_Colonel
    {
        author="Demsoft";
        scope=2;
        displayName="Beret, 6MD [Recruit]";        
        hiddenSelections[] = {"Camo"};
        hiddenSelectionsTextures[] = {"\Custom_Beret\Data\Beret_6MD_Black_co.paa"};
    };
};
class CfgPatches
{
    class RC_cuck_headgear
    {
        weapons[] = {"RC_Beret_02"}; 
        requiredVersion = 0.1;
        requiredAddons[] = {"A3_Characters_f_epc"};
    };
};
class CfgWeapons
{
    class H_Beret_Colonel;
    class RC_Beret_02: H_Beret_Colonel
    {
        author="Demsoft";
        scope=2;
        displayName="Beret, 6MD [Green]";        
        hiddenSelections[] = {"Camo"};
        hiddenSelectionsTextures[] = {"\Custom_Beret\Data\Beret_6MD_Marine_Green_co.paa"};
    };
};
class CfgPatches
{
    class RC_cuck_headgear
    {
        weapons[] = {"RC_Beret_03"}; 
        requiredVersion = 0.1;
        requiredAddons[] = {"A3_Characters_f_epc"};
    };
};
class CfgWeapons
{
    class H_Beret_Colonel;
    class RC_Beret_03: H_Beret_Colonel
    {
        author="Demsoft";
        scope=2;
        displayName="Beret, 6MD [Maroon]";        
        hiddenSelections[] = {"Camo"};
        hiddenSelectionsTextures[] = {"\Custom_Beret\Data\Beret_6MD_Maroon_co.paa"};
    };
};

[hearty sandal]

no your mod stuff would go into your own project folder

like A3\ is BI project folder

your would be something like P:\DogeDude\OtherFoldersYouPackIntoPbos

[zenith osprey]

I fixed it, realised the simple error

[upbeat bison]

Hi again. I'm back where I started, with the name of my model not showing up at all in my Arsenal. I've got P Drive Development going, and I did my best to edit my .cpp to match, but I obviously messed up somewhere. Here's my file structure:

│   cfgHeadgear.hpp
│   config.cpp
│
└───HelmetModel
        Atlas_85042.paa
        TestHelmet.p3d
        Helmet.cfg```

And here's my config.cpp

{
    class DogeDude
    {
        weapons[] = {"D0G3_TestHelmet"};
        requiredVersion = 0.1;
        requiredAddons[] = {"A3_Characters_F"};
        units[] = {};
    };
};

class CfgWeapons
{
    class ItemCore;
    class HeadgearItem;
    class D0G3_TestHelmet: ItemCore
    {
        author = "DogeDude";
        scope = 2;
        weaponPoolAvailable = 1;
        displayName = "Test Helmet";
        picture = "\DogeDude\HelmetModel\Atlas_85042.paa";
        model = "\DogeDude\HelmetModel";
        hiddenSelections[] = {"camo"};
        hiddenSelectionsTextures[] = {"\DogeDude\HelmetModel\Atlas_85042.paa"};
        class D0G3_TestHelmet: HeadgearItem
        {
            mass = 40;
            uniformModel = "\DogeDude\HelmetModel";
            modelSides[] = {0,1,2,3};
            hiddenSelections[] = {"camo"};
            hiddenSelectionsTextures[] = {"\DogeDude\HelmetModel\Atlas_85042.paa"};
            class HitpointsProtectionInfo
            {
                class Head
                {
                    hitPointName = "HitHead";
                    armor = 6;
                    passThrough = 0.5;
                };
            };
        };
    };
};

I'm really sorry that I keep on asking dumb questions, but I just keep on hitting roadblocks that I can't figure out

[hearty sandal]

you need model.cfg

your config class is fubar

[ashen prairie]

Does a mod have to be on the workshop rather than loaded as a local mod for the modlogo to appear correctly?
(or am I doing it wrong)

[Turns out I was doing it wrong, the mod.cpp needs to be in the finished mod folder not in a folder that gets wrapped into a .pbo]

[hearty sandal]

👍 Indeed, Well done there!

[paper path]

new question since i solved my last one. is there anyway to stop a commander from controlling a turret when turned in? once i turn out to control the turret and turn back in, it still allows the turret to rotate based on where im looking

[hearty sandal]

yes I recall there are config parameters for that

[paper path]

I think its turretFollowFreelook. the wiki says its whats used to determine if it follow the gunnerview or not

hm setting it to 0 didnt work and neither did 2.

[hearty sandal]

free look is the ALT look I think

[paper path]

since the commander doesnt actually use it till they turn out, id like it to only follow the camera when turned out

[covert sapphire]

Does anyone know where I can find a head config. On google all these tutorials are on armaholic and its down.

[hearty sandal]

in the game files

I dont think anyone ever wrote any tutorials on custom heads

so you will need to figure it out from the games configs

[muted plaza]

Trying to find some info on configing my own ammo boxes, but I can't find any posts about it anywhere. Can someone point me in the right direction?

[hearty sandal]

Check out the config of a vanilla ammo box in game

[muted plaza]

Ok

[plucky notch]

I am looking for how this works so that I can find a way to more easily maintain aspect ratio of a font. If it works, I'll also add it to the wiki

[nocturne verge]

Hey guys , I retextured a uniform and i am trying to get the injury.rvmat to work any ideas on where i am going wrong?cpp class Wounds { tex[] = {}; mat[] = { "rCamothread_Camo\Uniforms\rCamothread_ia_soldier_01_clothing.rvmat", "rCamothread_Camo\Uniforms\rCamothread_ia_soldier_01_clothing_injury.rvmat", "rCamothread_Camo\Uniforms\rCamothread_ia_soldier_01_clothing_injury.rvmat", "A3\characters_f\common\data\coveralls.rvmat", "A3\Characters_F\Common\Data\coveralls_injury.rvmat", "A3\Characters_F\Common\Data\coveralls_injury.rvmat", "A3\Characters_F\Common\Data\basicbody.rvmat", "A3\Characters_F\Common\Data\basicbody_injury.rvmat", "A3\Characters_F\Common\Data\basicbody_injury.rvmat", "a3\characters_f\heads\data\hl_white.rvmat", "a3\characters_f\heads\data\hl_white_injury.rvmat", "a3\characters_f\heads\data\hl_white_injury.rvmat", "A3\Characters_F\Heads\Data\hl_white_bald_muscular.rvmat", "A3\Characters_F\Heads\Data\hl_white_bald_muscular_injury.rvmat", "A3\Characters_F\Heads\Data\hl_white_bald_muscular_injury.rvmat", "A3\Characters_F\Heads\Data\hl_white_02_bald_muscular.rvmat", "A3\Characters_F\Heads\Data\hl_white_02_bald_muscular_injury.rvmat", "A3\Characters_F\Heads\Data\hl_white_02_bald_muscular_injury.rvmat", "A3\Characters_F\Heads\Data\hl_black_bald_muscular.rvmat", "A3\Characters_F\Heads\Data\hl_black_bald_muscular_injury.rvmat", "A3\Characters_F\Heads\Data\hl_black_bald_muscular_injury.rvmat", }; };

[hearty sandal]

what part does not work?

[nocturne verge]

the part where i shoot someone and no bloody fx appears on the uniform, thought thats what this code does

[hearty sandal]

indeed it should

where did you put it?

[nocturne verge]

class I_rCamothread_DitheredDigitalDensityXL_WastelanderV2: I_Soldier_base_F
    {
        _generalMacro="I_Soldier_base_F";
        author="[TF 461]Maj.AntiAlligat3r";
        displayName="Unarmed";
        scope=1;
        scopeCurator=1;
        side=1;
        //faction="TF461_Spec_Ops_Standard_F";
        //vehicleClass="TF461_Infantry";
        //editorSubcategory="TF461_Men";
        camouflage=0.5;
        nakedUniform="U_BasicBody";
        uniformClass="U_rCamothread_DitheredDigitalDensityXL_WastelanderV2";
        model="a3\characters_f_beta\indep\ia_soldier_01.p3d";
        hiddenSelections[]=
        {
            "camo",
            "insignia"
        };
        class Wounds

hang on

i have a theory

nvm , didnt work

[idle matrix]

you don't need that though

all you really need for reskins is hiddenSelectionsTextures

[nocturne verge]

i know , I just would like to have this extra feel , I have always hated it how the blood effect is gone when you do reskins

[delicate inlet]

Soo. I have a bit of a problem. I'm doing a personal project and my changes are going through, except the light shines backwards (?)

Under the required addons, I called A3_Weapons_F_acc, rhs_c_weapons and rhsusf_c_weapons.

    class rhsusf_acc_anpeq15 : acc_pointer_IR
    {
        class ItemInfo : InventoryFlashLightItem_Base_F
    };
    class rhsusf_acc_anpeq15_light : rhsusf_acc_anpeq15
    {
        picture = "\rhsusf\addons\rhsusf_inventoryicons\data\accessories\rhsusf_acc_anpeq15_light_ca.paa";
        dlc = "RHS_USAF";
        author = "Red Hammer Studios";
        displayName = "AN/PEQ-15/M952V (Light)";
        descriptionShort = "Weapon mounted light. Press CTRL+C (next CM key) to change IR/Light mode";
        rhs_acc_combo = "rhsusf_acc_anpeq15";
        rhs_acc_combo_text = "Switched to Laser";
        class ItemInfo : ItemInfo
        {
            RMBhint = "Flashlight";
            mass = 8;
            class Pointer
            {
            };
            class FlashLight
            {
                color[] = {149, 186, 208};
                ambient[] = {0.58431, 0.72941, 0.81569};
                flareMaxDistance = 300;
                scale[] = {0};
                size = 1;
                innerAngle = 6;
                outerAngle = 70;
                coneFadeCoef = 12;
                intensity = 4550;
                useFlare = 1;
                dayLight = 0;
                FlareSize = 4;
                onlyInNvg = 0;
                position = "flashdir";
                direction = "flash";
                class Attenuation
                {
                    constant = 8;
                    hardLimitEnd = 260;
                    hardLimitStart = 180;
                    linear = 0.6;
                    quadratic = 0.01;
                    start = 0;
                };
            };
        };
        inertia = 0.2;
        rhs_anpeq15_base = "rhsusf_acc_anpeq15_light";
    };

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/706690865267212318/851559246154956860/unknown.png for you to look and laugh at

I realize it's very messy and I'll clean it up as I go, for now I'm trying to get the basics down and learning how to work with other mods, bear with me

[strange egret]

if its backwards, then swap the names in position and direction

[gritty rune]

did artillery computer change lately? I just got a user report from Unsung that the mortar carrier M113 and the M114 howitzer don't work any longer correctly. Either the range circles are broken or changes in ammo are not working (e.g. he to illum)

[delicate inlet]

oo. Thanks a lot :D

How exactly does that stuff work anyway? I guess position is the origin point?

[strange egret]

50/50 ... the game isnt particularly consistent, but in case of flashlight, yes i think so. Point is origin and dir is where its pointing to.

[delicate inlet]

noted. Thanks a lot

[queen gust]

Hi guys
is

opticsFlare = 0;

the same as

opticsFlare = false;

in a config.cpp

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/CfgWeapons_Config_Reference#opticsFlare.3Dfalse
Shows it as false but I keep seeing configs which have the value as 0, does it matter?

I've been trying to eliminate glare from certain optics by making a patch to effect this value, I've tried it both ways and the result was no change...

[strange egret]

yes. false automatically gets converted to 0 in the game. If you binarize, i think it will already be converted

[kindred viper]

Is this all that is needed to make a weapon foldable using RHS?

        baseWeapon = "rhs_weap_ak74m";
        rhs_fold = "rhs_weap_ak74m_folded";

    class rhs_weap_ak74m_folded
        baseWeapon = "rhs_weap_ak74m_folded";
        rhs_fold = "rhs_weap_ak74m";```

[regal jacinth]

does editorPreview use jpg or paa for the pictures?

[kindred viper]

The weapon class I'm trying this on isn't inherited from any RHS class

[kindred viper]

It can both, PAA is always better

[regal jacinth]

thanks

[queen gust]

okay, so I'm doing something else wrong if I'm not seeing an effect then. Thanks!

[strange egret]

you can check your config ingame via the config viewer

[queen gust]

How does that help me? Doesn't it just display the raw sqf? I've never really used that tool...

[strange egret]

no it displays the configs...

[queen gust]

Okay, I'll check it out thanks!

[regal jacinth]

ok so i tried to change the previews to .paa and Texview cant load it for some reason

and they wont show in arma when theyre jpg either

[queen gust]

is it square?

and Textview usually only works for me to open an .PNG or .PAA

[regal jacinth]

The pictures are 455x256

[queen gust]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/TexView_2_Manual

Note: All input textures must have resolution 2^x / 2^y

[idle matrix]

I have made plenty of reskins and never had the issue of the wounded texture not applying

[untold temple]

He’s probably using hiddenSelectionsMaterials too. Which does stop injury rvmats from working. No way around that

[untold temple]

No, you need to call the functions for it in a custom weaponInfoType

[nocturne verge]

even without it ,my custom wounds rvmat fails to work even though i kept everything the same

[kindred viper]

Isn't that for optics?

I looked around and tried this, but still wouldn't get the weapon to fold

    class RHS_FOLD_BASE; //external
    class Rifle_Base_F; //external

    class myweapon_base: Rifle_Base_F{
        class FOLD : RHS_FOLD_BASE {};
        muzzles[] = {this, FOLD};
    };
    class myweapon: myweapon_base{
        baseWeapon = "myweapon";
        rhs_fold = "myweapon_folded";
    };
    class myweapon_folded: myweapon{
        baseWeapon = "myweapon_folded";
        rhs_fold = "myweapon";
    };```

Couldn't find any more things in the config that could be linked to folding

[clever geyser]

pboProject doesn't like the example of macros in character configs from the wiki, is fixing it as simple as writing "mag_2" as "MAG_2"?

Wiki:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Characters_And_Gear_Encoding_Guide#Character_configuration

Screenshot of error:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/789257226032250921/851848217478037595/unknown.png

[hearty sandal]

yes

[clever geyser]

alright thanks

Why is it supposed to be capitalized btw? Best practice?

[untold temple]

Yeah but the folding and safety functions are also dependent on having one

[kindred viper]

I'm calling the RHS_FOLD_BASE class, shouldn't it already have that then?

Or do I need to redefine/make my own fold class?

[untold temple]

That’s just a fire mode for animation of the stock. Nothing to do with initialising the script

The fire mode isn’t even necessary. It was only recently added to embellish the visuals when folding and unfolding a weapon

If you have two classes with separate p3ds of a folded and unfolded model and don’t mind it just switching between the two

[kindred viper]

I c, so what am I meant to do with weaponInfoType?

All I am seeing is that rhs_weap_ak74m_Base_F has weaponInfoType = "RscWeaponZeroing";
and rhs_weap_ak74m has weaponInfoType = "rhs_rscOptics_ak74m";

[vast tartan]

Does anyone know which PBO has the action menu in it? I want to change the color and add an icon the to the eject option in the scoll menu.

[slim halo]

it's added by the engine

[untold temple]

Yes, and rhs_rscOptics_ak74m has a bunch of onLoad function calls

Each weapon generally uses its own rsc class, even if it has similar functions to other weapons

[kindred viper]

Ah, I understand now

So I create a custom weaponInfoType , and in RscInGameUI define it smth like this?

    class rhs_rscOptics_ak74m{};
    class my_RscOptics: rhs_rscOptics_ak74m{
            smth
    };```

What do I put in smth? Or is there any need, and I can just leave is inheriting everything the same way?

[untold temple]

You can inherit like that yes. Or change idcs or other things

    class rhs_rscOptics_rpk: RscWeaponZeroing
    {
        onLoad="['onLoad',_this,'RscUnitInfo','IGUI'] call (uinamespace getvariable 'BIS_fnc_initDisplay');_this call rhs_fnc_safemode";
        controls[] = {"CA_Zeroing","RHS_safemode_handler"};
        class RHS_safemode_handler: RscPicture {idc=9999;};
    };
    class rhs_rscOptics_rpks: rhs_rscOptics_rpk {
        onLoad="['onLoad',_this,'RscUnitInfo','IGUI'] call (uinamespace getvariable 'BIS_fnc_initDisplay');_this call RHS_fnc_fold_weapon;_this call rhs_fnc_safemode";        controls[] = {"CA_Zeroing","RHS_safemode_handler","RHS_ak_fold_handler"};
        class RHS_safemode_handler: RscPicture {idc=9999;};
        class RHS_ak_fold_handler: RscPicture {idc=9899;};
    };```

[kindred viper]

Alright, thanks a lot for the help!

[stoic lily]

cfgActions and CfgInGameUI/Actions or CfgInGameUI/DefaultAction

however would be easier in your case from the sound of it to use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction and hide the native eject

[vast tartan]

Yeah sorry I didn't reply, I found it. It was in bin.pbo, thanks anyways :)

[regal jacinth]

hey im still having problems with the editorPreviews not showing

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Eden_Editor:_Configuring_Asset_Previews i followed this guide but still get the "Cannot load texture" error

[wintry tartan]

Which means your path is wrong

[untold temple]

Or the files aren't being compiled into the .pbo

[regal jacinth]

the path is correct, is there a limit on how deep the folder can be?

[wintry tartan]

Tell more details

[regal jacinth]

currently my preview images folder is in the same folder as the units config

thought that maybe arma only could scan 1 folder deep or something

[untold temple]

What are you packing it with?

[regal jacinth]

rn addon builder

[untold temple]

In the options for it, does it have *jpg in the list of files to copy directly?

[regal jacinth]

ah

maybe thats the problem yea

[untold temple]

Full list would look something like this *.pac;*.paa;*.rtm;*.sqf;*.sqs;*.bikb;*.fsm;*.wss;*.ogg;*.wav;*.fxy;*.csv;*.html;*.lip;*.txt;*.bisurf ;*.sqm;*.ext;*.dbf;*.prj;*.shx;*.shp;*jpg;*.hpp;*.h

[regal jacinth]

thanks ill give it a go

yep that solved it

[random siren]

Hello, I have a problem, I have a gunner which handles 3 guns, Cannon, coaxial and atgm, for some reason the atgm comes out of the main gun and not the secondary gun

memoryPointGun[]=
{
"usti hlavne2",
"usti hlavne3"
};
stabilizedInAxes =0;
selectionFireAnim = "zasleh2";
gunBeg = "usti hlavne";
gunEnd = "konec hlavne";
gunnerCompartments="Compartment1";
weapons[]=
{
"CLV_BGPz_Cannon","Coax",
"CLV_TOW_W"
};
magazines[]=
{
"CLV_APHE_Belt",
"CLV_HE_Belt",
"CLV_PF_Belt",
"CLV_PF_Belt",
"CLV_TOW_tube",
"CLV_TOW_tube",
"CLV_TOW_tube",
"CLV_TOW_tube",
"CLV_TOW_tube",
"CLV_TOW_tube",
"2000Rnd_762x51_Belt_Red",
"2000Rnd_762x51_Belt_Red",
"2000Rnd_762x51_Belt_Red"
};
minElev=-5;
maxElev=+20;
initElev=10;
soundServo[]= {"A3\Sounds_F\vehicles\armor\noises\servo_best", db-40, 1.0,50};
turretInfoType = "RscWeaponRangeZeroing";
discreteDistance[] = {
100,200,300,400,500,600,700,800,
900,1000,1100,1200,1300,1400,1500,1600,
1700,1800,1900,2000,2100,2200,2300,2400
};
discreteDistanceInitIndex = 5; // start at 600 meters
memoryPointGunnerOptics= "gunnerview";
gunnerOutOpticsModel = "";
gunnerOutOpticsEffect[] = {};
gunnerOpticsEffect[] = {};
gunnerForceOptics = 1;
turretFollowFreeLook = 0
lockWhenDriverOut = true

[untold temple]

CLV? Not looking for help to port more War Thunder models are you because it sounds a lot like you want help with the BgPz 57 variant of the TAM tank that you got in trouble for porting before

[random siren]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/844964162962063411/846866393097175111/unknown.png?width=842&height=473

We were warned that this was wrong, we removed all content and started from scratch modeling the vehicles ourselves via Blender.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/844964162962063411/846896938954653706/unknown.png

[random siren]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/836989202347851796/846929870696349696/unknown.png?width=940&height=473

[sharp raven]

I think this is the right place to ask this.

I'm super new to Arma 3 modding, all I've learned is from looking at other people's work. I'm trying to make a small mod to add a few custom map markers to A3. No special interfaces or anything, just some new .paa files that are select-able on top of the normal arrows, dots, etc. Is there any written documentation on this specifically? Is there anyone who'd be willing to take a look at what I've done and help me troubleshoot?

Any help is appreciated! Please @ me :)

[hearty sandal]

Don't think there is anything specific written down about this.

If you pastebin your config and link it here with description of what works and what doesn't someone might take a look.

[grand zinc]

You just add entries to CfgMarkers. Make sure that your scope=2 and thats about it

[sharp raven]

    {
        scope=2;
        name="ABF";
        icon="311Markers\Textures\ABF.paa";
        texture="311Markers\Textures\ABF.paa";
        color[]={1,0,0,1};
        size=32;
        shadow="true";
    };```

Thats one of my classes

It appears to line up with the wiki page on CfgMarkers and what I've seen on other mods

.paa's are in the 311Markers\Textures folder

[grand zinc]

shadow="true";
I'm pretty sure that should be shadow=1

[sharp raven]

hm, it appears so

[grand zinc]

whats the problem? not showing up? errors?

[sharp raven]

No errors

Just get nothing

[grand zinc]

no icon rendering, but marker is listed in marker selection list?

[sharp raven]

Negative, I get no indication anything's new

[wintry tartan]

What's your full config?

CfgPatches?

[sharp raven]

Uh, yes

{
    class plp_containers
    {
        units[]={};
        weapons[]={};
        version=0.2;
        requiredVersion=0.1;
        requiredAddons[]=
        {
            "A3_Data_F"
        };
    };
};```

[grand zinc]

class plp_containers
that sounds wrong

[sharp raven]

it does

[grand zinc]

you need your own name there

usually matches the pbo name

[sharp raven]

Okay

the required addons portion, is that relevant?

Different mods I've seen appear to have random basegame filles tossed in there

[grand zinc]

Depends on what you depend on

you basically depend on nothing though, (for only adding your new markers, no inheritance, no files from other pbo's) so you can even leave that empty

[sharp raven]

Makes sense

One other question as far as packaging everything up

I binarize the cfg, then plug the thing into the addon builder, which gives me a .pbo

I then take a folder, give it an "Addons" folder inside of it, and pop that .pbo in

Then I publish it using the A3 publishing tool

[grand zinc]

yep all right

well actually

[sharp raven]

okie doke, gonna glue everything together and see if it works

uh oh

[grand zinc]

I binarize the cfg, then plug the thing into the addon builder, which gives me a .pbo
addon builder binarizes for you, no need to do seperately

[sharp raven]

isn't that handy

Oh one more question, the color[]={x,x,x,x}; format

Am I right to assume thats RGBA

and secondarily, is there a reason some people, in their marker mods, use {1,0,0,1} and some use {0,0,0,1}

[grand zinc]

yes.
But I think its a modifier ontop of your marker icon

like. Have a black marker icon, and 1,0,0,1 color. Makes icon red?

something like that

[sharp raven]

Hm, it hasn't appeared to do anything noticable.

Oh and the config works now

Not sure what it specifically was but it was something you helped with

I really appreciate it!

[hearty sandal]

The marker itself needs to be greyscale for the coloring to work

[sharp raven]

Coloring seems to function properly with both

[neon bronze]

Can anyone help me

[hearty sandal]

will need more details than that

[hearty sandal]

I dunno, you did something wrong

you should not be editing config files to be honest

if you want to change something you make a config patch addon

you probably are somehow still loading your changed file

you got to figure out where you put it

I dunno

sounds like youre doing modding the wrong way so you might have done just about anything

you probably have packed a pbo with some program and put it somewhere where you run it from

😑

I have no idea what you are doing there to be honest.

yeh but your methods sound weird

which leads me to think youre doing it wrong

also you cant just edit mods

they wont work anymore like that

like I said if you want to change stuff you need to make config patch addon that loads after the mod and overwrites the things you want to alter

[slim halo]

@neon bronze just post your whole config file on pastebin

[neon bronze]

At this point

I reverted it to the original code and just want my game to launch

[slim halo]

this error is meaningless by itself

[neon bronze]

thats all I'm given

[slim halo]

which is why I said upload the config file

[neon bronze]

https://pastebin.com/Yd49aU4B

@slim halo Posted

[slim halo]

there's nothing wrong with that

[neon bronze]

I know ..

Yet its still giving me an error

https://gyazo.com/50914676bb93ce22c252a5a6f0948549

That error makes zero sense

I repaired all my mods

and restarted my PC

[slim halo]

what are your editing exactly?

[neon bronze]

the armor values ..

[slim halo]

that's not how you edit configs

sounds to me you just copied some config and edited its values

[hearty sandal]

how do you put your edits back into the mod?

[neon bronze]

what do you mean

Oh repacking the pbo

[hearty sandal]

[neon bronze]

no bueno?

[hearty sandal]

no

[neon bronze]

rip

[hearty sandal]

#arma3_config message

[neon bronze]

We have our own modpack

and we repack our pbo

[hearty sandal]

no bueno

you should not do that

[slim halo]

that's not allowed

[neon bronze]

Zero clue how to make config patch addons

Having our own modpack is not allowed

[hearty sandal]

no

[neon bronze]

says who

[hearty sandal]

most mod makers

[neon bronze]

We have permission tho ..

what

[slim halo]

repacking someone else's mod without their permission is an #ip_rights_violations

[neon bronze]

but we have permission

thats what im saying

@slim halo

everything else is custom content

im just trying to figure out how do I fix this

[hearty sandal]

config patch addon is still the way to go

then you dont even need the original mod in your pack and can just use the real one

[neon bronze]

class CfgPatches

[hearty sandal]

is the header of config file

it connects it to other configs

[neon bronze]

So how do I make the config patch addon?

I'm looking this up and cant find anything

[hearty sandal]

you set up the tools and P drive

and make a folder called P:\yourMod\

make a config.cpp file into it and write the config stuff you want to do

and pack it up

[neon bronze]

that will overwrite preexisting values?

[hearty sandal]

in its cfgpatches you refer to the original configs cfgPatches class name

so that your new config is loaded after the original one

and thus overwrites the values

[neon bronze]

ahhhh

that makes sense I guess

I've never used P drive

[hearty sandal]

thats about it in the simple form

yeh I figured

[neon bronze]

assuming this is it https://community.bistudio.com/wiki?title=P_drive&redirect=no

[hearty sandal]

Id recommend using mikeros tools and pboProject to pack your pbo

as it can catch most of the mistakes you can do

[neon bronze]

Less breaky

so Im getting this error most likely from packing up and unpacking the modfile

[hearty sandal]

https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=arma3:tools:installing-steam-arma-3-tools

[neon bronze]

which may or may not cause it to break

[hearty sandal]

probably

[neon bronze]

what do I do with mikeros tools

[hearty sandal]

setup P drive and pack the pbo

and pack it with heavy debugging that will help you make it right

[neon bronze]

And I should be able to reedit the PBOs I make right

[hearty sandal]

well you can edit your source and make a new pbo

editing pbos is not really good way to do stuff ever

[neon bronze]

PBO stacking sounds like it could get messy

[neon bronze]

https://pastebin.com/ArP7ZzpD

Is this the current correct way to set armor values

to a vest

Somehow the vest im editing is making their chest area invulnerable.

this is my current config

https://pastebin.com/KPS62b9P

Again it makes it to where they took no damage to the chest area.

[silver hollow]

is anyone know how to config a BLUFOR to make them GUER/INDEP?

[delicate inlet]

Is it possible to attach the ace hearing variables to facewear? 🤔

[wraith burrow]

yes I guess you can find needed codes on ace framework on ace website @delicate inlet

[dense elbow]

So I made a wheeled vehicle with a 120mm cannon and whenever firing the wheels get damaged, how can I prevent that from happening? Also the recoil seems to be tied to the damage of the ammo. My vehicle doesn't weigh that much and having 500 damage causes the vic to slide backwards after each shot

Is there a way to override the recoil?

[untold temple]

There's a parameter in cfgMagazines. muzzleImpulseFactor[]

[hearty sandal]

but that sounds amazing!

😄

[dense elbow]

That was it, thanks

[dense elbow]

muzzleImpulseFactor[1.5, 30] = Imperial Conquest Space Project