#arma3_gui

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distant axle
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Regarded to the vert text, no unfortunately. 2.12 is going to introduce text to texture, though

distant axle
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Is it just me being crazy, or is it somewhat impossible to use ctrlShow to a control inside a control group? Dev-Branch rn

distant axle
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Tried in public branch as well, it doesn't work. as well as show = 0; parameter

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ctrlShown does even return false if I try to hide it, yet it is shown still

strange arrow
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Are you using the alternative syntax of ctrlShow?

distant axle
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You mean control ctrlShow false?

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I always use this syntax so I wouldn't call it an alt 😛

strange arrow
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Can you post the relevant code?

distant axle
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Let me write the repro code

distant axle
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Hmm it turns out that there is an issue when the parent group gets ctrlShow true or false?

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Description.ext```cpp
import RscBackground;
import RscControlsGroupNoScrollBars;

class RscTitles
{
class A
{
idd = -1;
duration = 1e+011;
fadein = 0;
onLoad = "uiNamespace setVariable ['test',_this#0] ;";
class controls
{
class GroupOverlay: RscControlsGroupNoScrollBars
{
idc = 1;
x = 0;
y = 0;
w = 1;
h = 1;
class controls
{
class Blackout: RscBackground
{
idc = 2;
x = 0;
y = 0;
w = 1;
h = 1;
colorBackground[] = {0.5,0.5,0.5,1};
show = 0;
};
};
};
};
};
};```

test.sqf

"test" cutRsc ["A","plain",-1] ; 
private _disp = uiNamespace getVariable ["test",displayNull] ;

(_disp displayCtrl 1) ctrlShow false ;
//(_disp displayCtrl 2) ctrlShow false ;
systemChat str ctrlShown (_disp displayCtrl 2) ;
sleep 1 ;
(_disp displayCtrl 1) ctrlShow true ;

systemChat str ctrlShown (_disp displayCtrl 2) ;```
topaz talon
mental trench
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How difficult is it to create a new MapControl ?

topaz talon
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some config editing

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look at RscMapControl in the config viewer

mental trench
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I might just use arma 3 addon builder to unpbo everything and go looking for that

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config viewer is a pain

distant axle
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Okay I'm not insane!!!!!!1eleven Can you check once again @topaz talon ? This time please consider that class Blackout has show = 0;

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(Which I actually forgot to mention)

topaz talon
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i copy pasted everything 1:1

distant axle
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show = 0; should make it ctrlShow false, and I never done (_disp displayCtrl 2) ctrlShow true in the script

topaz talon
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isn't it intended behavior that if you run ctrlShow on a group, it also applies to all it's child controls?

distant axle
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I never heard that is a thing?

mental trench
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Where do I begin with GUI modding?

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And really understand how it works. Well some of it I understand some I don't.

strange arrow
topaz talon
mental trench
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What would be the best command set to animate a 3D compass into a 2D strip?

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I have some source code, from someone who wrote one but it's messy and hard to maintain or do anything with.

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Voyager compass it's called

opaque crag
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Also should be documented, because I wasted a couple of hours on that :P

mental trench
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When cutRsc is executed are all sub-controls also instantiated?

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Or do they have to be independently created as well?

quasi granite
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no

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all controls inside class ControlsBackground and class Controls (and class Objects) will be created

mental trench
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Are paths relative in GUIs or do I have to provide the entire path say to a texture.paa ?

quasi granite
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mod or mission?

mental trench
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Currently mission for testing a mod

quasi granite
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then texture paths are relative to the mission folder

mental trench
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class RscMyHUD
{
    idd = 17100;
    duration = 1.0e+11; 
    movingEnable = 0;
    enableSimulation = 1;
    name = "IBIS_HUD";
    onLoad = "uiNamespace setVariable ['IBIS_HUD', _this select 0]";
    controlsBackground[] = {};
    objects[] = {};
    class Controls {
        class RscPicture_1200: RscPicture
        {
            idc = 1200;
            text = "ui\compass_indicator.paa";
            x = 0.486888 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.00172197 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.039336 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.0564088 * safezoneH;
        };
    };
};
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When executing this it does not seem to create the display.

quasi granite
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how do you create the display?

mental trench
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cutRsc

quasi granite
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exact code please

mental trench
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cutRsc ["RscMyHUD","Plain"];
quasi granite
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"yourLayerName" cutRsc ["RscMyHUD","Plain"];
mental trench
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"YourLayerName" can be anything?

quasi granite
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yes but it should be unique

mental trench
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I've never done animation in ArmA 3

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And unfortunately I can't directly invoke A3's built-in compass in ContactDLC.

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I've also never seen a lot of the methods of creating GUI in that mod

quasi granite
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the mod is creating a display via script which is uncommon but not unheard of

mental trench
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I know exactly why, they have to update all the positions along the strip at once.

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Inside a eachFrame handler

quasi granite
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it then adds a function to the event system of Arma to update the display every frame

crude berry
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very usable if you want to hide all the GUI code in servermod and never store them in the actual MP mission 🤣

mental trench
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It's a rather messy mod though.

quasi granite
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it's small enought to get a lgtm from me

mental trench
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I want to integrate it into a mod, but I don't like just slapping code together, and of course permission.

quasi granite
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yeah no license so no one's allowed to use it basically

mental trench
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Figured as much.

quasi granite
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but it's a good starting point for learning GUI creation since it is rather simple and straightforward

mental trench
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You should see the original...

quasi granite
mental trench
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Nope, there is one that builds the entire UI using a script and formatting

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This one

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Very monolthiic

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Almost impossible to maintain again I understand the approach. I just know nested loops might not be the best approach.

quasi granite
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ah that's easy to implement for the end user. just drop a single file in the mission folder and add a line to init.sqf done

mental trench
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I kind of want to re-write it.

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It needs to integrate with an FFID system, 3D markers etc.

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The moving texture tape is probably far less computationally expensive.

mental trench
quasi granite
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your own or the one from the script you linked?

mental trench
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My own

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I am trying to create a transparent picture at the top of my screen

quasi granite
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any output in the rpt?

mental trench
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Didn't have logging enabled.

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Still nope

mental trench
quasi granite
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nope

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class RscTitles
{
  class RscMyHUD
  {
      idd = 17100;
      duration = 1.0e+11; 
      movingEnable = 0;
      enableSimulation = 1;
      name = "IBIS_HUD";
      onLoad = "uiNamespace setVariable ['IBIS_HUD', _this select 0]";
      class Controls {
          class RscPicture_1200: RscPicture
          {
              idc = 1200;
              text = "ui\compass_indicator.paa";
              x = 0.486888 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
              y = 0.00172197 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
              w = 0.039336 * safezoneW;
              h = 0.0564088 * safezoneH;
          };
      };
  };
};

maybe try this some attributes might be interfering

mental trench
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Is there a required number of "parameters" within the class?

quasi granite
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yeah the necessary ones are idd, duration

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@mental trench i edited my code above, had some typos

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oh hold on i know why

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you have to put HUDs inside of the RscTitles class

mental trench
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#include "IBIS\addons\hud\defines.hpp"
class RscTitles 
{
    
    class Default 
    {
        idd = -1;
        fadein = 0;
        fadeout = 0;
        duration = 0;
    };

    #include "IBIS\addons\hud\ibis_hud.hpp"
};
quasi granite
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are you reloading the mission config properly?

mental trench
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What is the proper way to reload it?

quasi granite
mental trench
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MissionConfigFile >> "RscTitles" >> "RscMyHud" isn't loading the actual GUI into the editor correctly either.

quasi granite
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yeah try to reload the config

mental trench
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Using this?

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findDisplay 313 createDisplay "RscMyHUD" ?

quasi granite
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no

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The mission config is reloaded every time the mission is saved or when you return from the preview to Eden

mental trench
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Ah yes I've been doing that.

quasi granite
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you could ofc stay in Eden and execute your cutRsc command

mental trench
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Weird, no result

quasi granite
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run

isClass (missionConfigFile >> "RscTitles" >> "RscMyHUD")
``` this should result in `true`
mental trench
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Sorry I was reloading the wrong .hpp

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Now I am getting the result I needed

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text = "ui\compass_indicator.paa";

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Telling me the file doesn't exist.

quasi granite
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well does it?

mental trench
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Yeah it does, but now it tells me the ui file deosn't exist.

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the paa

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I've probably got the path wrong

quasi granite
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I wouldn't call paa files UI files. they are simply image files

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the path has to be relative to your mission folder (where your mission.sqm is)

mental trench
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Ah so ```sqf
text = "IBIS\addons\ui\compass_indicator.paa";

quasi granite
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uuh is the image from an addon or is it in the mission folder?

mental trench
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In mission folder

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This is for testing the addon

quasi granite
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if the path exists then yes

mental trench
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Got it working

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Thank you.

quasi granite
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yw

mental trench
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Whats the fastest way to learn GUI?

quasi granite
mental trench
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Now I need to create a window similar to the GPS window in ArmA 3

quasi granite
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also: learning by doing, looking at other people's stuff, asking

mental trench
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I've got cTabs source

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thats pretty good.

quasi granite
mental trench
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How can I update an RscStructuredText GUI?

quasi granite
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with ctrlSetStructuredText

mental trench
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Does disable serialization inherit from files?

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Or do I have to put that in every file?

quasi granite
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I havent used that command in years

mental trench
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Now I've got to add my radio coms indicators

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For checking if TFAR is active and only

mental trench
quasi granite
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no reason to ping me. you can change the size of the control and it will scale

mental trench
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Ah.

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I just increased the image size.

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Looks better too.

mental trench
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How do I update the controls in a GUI?

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I know about Set structured text

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but is there anything else I need to do?

distant axle
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Define update

mental trench
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Change the values in the entry set the formatting / text size etc

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I want to update current GPS position using cutRsc

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I have the cutRsc working fine, but now I need to make it so the GUI elements actually update now.

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I've seen another guys UI and they used commit and get uiNameSpace

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, displayCtrl ctrlSetFade and cntrlCommit

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Then used ctrlSetStructureText parseText format []
ctrlCommit again

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Why am I asking these questions I should just go the wiki

distant axle
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I do not think this is ever documented

mental trench
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Can multiple lines be written to RscStrucutredText ?

distant axle
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<br/>?

mental trench
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Ah good.

mental trench
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How to do you fade out a single control? Not the entire display?

distant axle
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ctrlSetFade

mental trench
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Yep got it

strange arrow
mental trench
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A recommendation with the UI examples

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Maybe provide a screenshot of what they do?

distant axle
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?

mental trench
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It might be helpful, if you know what you are looking at?

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Just an idea.

distant axle
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For what/where?

mental trench
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Like showing a gif or something for the GUI examples

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Instead of just code.

distant axle
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For what/where?

mental trench
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GUI scripting commands?

distant axle
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100% sure we won't do it

mental trench
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Good idea though?

distant axle
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Not really

mental trench
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Which CT_MAP do you use CT_MAP_MAIN or CT_MAP?

distant axle
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There is no control that currently uses this control type. It might be obsolete. See CT_MAP_MAIN instead.
CT_MAP say this

rapid atlas
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been working on a font mod, but it seems every time I press esc or enter the pause menu it puts me on this loading menu'

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And ah, only happens when Im in infantry, can use esc menu perfectly fine in zeus

zinc oriole
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ctrlBackgroundDark = WL_DISPLAY_MAIN ctrlCreate ["RscPictureKeepAspect", -1];
_ctrlBackgroundDark ctrlSetText "img\button_dark.paa";
_ctrlBackgroundDark ctrlCommit 0;

how can i make _ctrlBackgroundDark more birght in game? its basically a picture of a black rectangle but ingame its very hard to see it and it seems grey.

unkempt cliff
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or edit RscPictureKeepAspect config class

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those might work but if the image is really dark just make it brighter it self

unkempt cliff
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How come hints wont appear when one of my dialogs is open? i dont have this problem with rest of the dialogs thonk

topaz talon
solid gyro
unkempt cliff
topaz talon
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hmm, weird 🤔

unkempt cliff
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when I exit/close the dialog then I see the hint message

solid gyro
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But not on open?

unkempt cliff
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yes

solid gyro
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Could you post your code where you are defined where open hint should active?

unkempt cliff
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well I was testing the hint with this line from console: [] spawn { sleep 3; hint "TEST222!"; };

solid gyro
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Test

["Hello"] remoteExec ["hint"];

Just for sure

unkempt cliff
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its run from editor so i don't know if that helps

solid gyro
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Aa

topaz talon
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can you sqfbin the dialog?

unkempt cliff
topaz talon
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yeah

unkempt cliff
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ok but its a big one

topaz talon
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ill take a look in abit, never seen such behavior

unkempt cliff
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thx 🙂

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I found out it's actually some sqf code that messes up the hint box

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yep, this line does it: _soldiersList lnbSetCurSelRow 1;

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ok now i found the very root of the problem, in this code: ```sqf
showCinemaBorder false;

_cpos = getposATL _man;
_cam = "camera" camCreate _cpos;
_cam camSetTarget _man;

_cam camSetRelPos [2, 2, 2];

_cam cameraEffect ["internal", "BACK"]; // This line causes hints to disappear

_cam camCommit 0;

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Fixed with: cameraEffectEnableHUD true;

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btw does anyone know if the hint can be made topmost?

mental trench
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No but you could create your own

gleaming gale
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im having this error when i close a dialog i made, i dont have any eventhandler with that
modeloaded: developer tools and rhs

its quite erratic, any clue what can be?

image.png
unkempt cliff
gleaming gale
# unkempt cliff more code please?

( i cant send the full code 😅 )

dialog created with createDialog

and this are the elements i used and its evenhandlers:


class SD_editButton : RscShortcutButton {
    textureNoShortcut = "\a3\ui_f\data\igui\cfg\simpletasks\types\Use_ca.paa";
    onButtonClick = "[_this, 'edit'] spawn myfunc";
    class AttributesImage
    {
        font = "RobotoCondensed";
        color = "#E5E5E5";
        align = "center";
        valign = "middle";
    };
    autoAdjustTexture = true;
};

class SD_RscPicture {
    style = ST_MULTI + ST_TITLE_BAR + ST_KEEP_ASPECT_RATIO;
    type = CT_ACTIVETEXT;
    colorBackground[] = { 1, 1, 1, 0 };
    onButtonClick = "['weaponclick',_this] spawn myfunc";
        text = "\A3\ui_f\data\map\groupicons\waypoint.paa";
};

class SD_buttons : RscButton {
    onButtonClick  = "['ButtonClick',_this] spawn myfunc";
    size = GUI_GRID_H;
    colorBackground[] = {0,0,0,1};
    colorActiveBackground[] = {0,0,0,1};
    //colorActiveBackground2[] = {1,0,0,1};

    colorBackgroundDisabled[] = {1,1,1,0.5};
    colorBackgroundActive[] = {0,0,0,1};

    colorDisabled[] = {1,1,1,0.5};
    colorBorder[] = {0,0,0,1};
    colorFocused[] = {1,1,1,1};
};

my "main" dialog class is under idd 50090
and only have an onload and unload EH

unkempt cliff
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i was thinking of the sqf code around the error if you have any

gleaming gale
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its not a sqf problem

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after i close the dialog, i have that error every time i mouse click press some key on the keyboard

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its like that eventhandler is stuck, but i dont use any "onKey"

unkempt cliff
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ok

gleaming gale
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its erratic af

unkempt cliff
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try disabling those mods

gleaming gale
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yea maybe is somthing from the developer tools.
but its triggered when i use my gui, not before

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ok i just discovered that it happens when i switch a weapon, so its not related to my gui

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ok, its related to that mission, so i broke something somehow lol

solid gyro
gleaming gale
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i always use is with out trouble

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i remplace it with an older file and it seems to work now lol

solid gyro
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Good to hear. Easy fix 🙂

gleaming gale
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yea, thanks 😄

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fuu it there again, well, someday ill find what it its lol

solid gyro
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GUIs are always funny because they don't always even show problems, they just don't work

gleaming gale
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the code is under licencse, so i cant freely share it sadly, but i didnt use any eventhandler

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something is preventing to something to create this eventhandler, and failed to remove it later, maybe something related to actions menus.
it only happen in this mission, so its something related to the gui class, not the sqf

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i had some crap on the initplayerlocal, i deleted it and it seems to work, at least for now

zinc oriole
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where can i find paths like these?

"\A3\ui_f\data\igui....  .paa"
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i do the search in my pc library and it takes 1 hour for it to then say no search results

solid gyro
zinc oriole
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thank you very much

solid gyro
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Np

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so correct pbo is this one

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worldly ocean
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Good afternoon, comrades! How do I make my squad in the editor so that it is on the red or blue side?

distant axle
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In what sense? Are you sure that you're in the right channel?

mental trench
grizzled saffron
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hey i have a question

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i'm making a gui and the button text are all capital how do i not make them all capital

distant axle
grizzled saffron
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thanks

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how would i put that in the code

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style = ST_UPPERCASE; ?

distant axle
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What, you don't want the uppercase no?

grizzled saffron
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no

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lowercase

distant axle
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Then just don't use style = 0xC0

grizzled saffron
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i mean for example i put in text = "Use"; but then it shows USE

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with all capital

distant axle
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I know

grizzled saffron
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how do i not put those in all capital

distant axle
grizzled saffron
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i'm not

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it doesn't have any style

distant axle
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You're not. Your base class does

grizzled saffron
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ohh oke i see now thanks

solar shoal
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not exactly sure where to put this but how do i go about making arma play a custom video for the main menu background? is that possible? thanks

mental trench
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Don't think so.

distant axle
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It is certainly possible, I'm 99% sure. Since the main menu screen is just a GUI that is the same tech with the in-game ones, you just need to have a knowledge of GUI modding and scripting

wind spade
solar shoal
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thank you guys

crystal trellis
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how should i remove the center of the main menu?

strange arrow
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@crystal trellis I can't give you first-hand advice regarding main menu modification because I have never looked into it myself, but since it is a recurring topic in this channel, you should be able to find a few starting points for your own journey into the topic by searching for in:#arma3_gui_modding main menu in this Discord.

wind spade
# crystal trellis how should i remove the center of the main menu?

https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/193124-how-to-remove-the-big-square-spotlight-buttons-in-apex-main-menu/

Bohemia Interactive Forums
How to remove the big square spotlight buttons in Apex main menu?

Is there a way to remove these new big buttons in the Apex main menu? Here it says that the left and the right one are hard coded, but we can mess with the middle one (change it, etc.), but Id like to remove all of them (including the background stripe) in order to present a nice cutscene in the ...

crystal trellis
wind spade
crystal trellis
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i just made it a pbo, ummmm author cant be blank? dependencies cant be blank?

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im putting the pbo in addons instead of making a mod

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would that cause problems joining servers?

wind spade
wind spade
crystal trellis
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my config.cpp

class CfgPatches
{
    class cleanApexMenu
    {
        name = "Clean Apex Menu";
        author = "";
        units[] = {};
        weapons[] = {};
        requiredAddons[] = {};
    };
};

class RscStandardDisplay;
class RscDisplayMain: RscStandardDisplay {
    enableDisplay = 0;
    delete Spotlight;
    class controls {
        delete Spotlight1;
        delete Spotlight2;
        delete Spotlight3;
        delete BackgroundSpotlightRight;
        delete BackgroundSpotlightLeft;
        delete BackgroundSpotlight;
    };
};```
wind spade
dark light
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I have the reverse problem. I would like to restore a spotlight,m or protect it it some way, from getting deleted. But I suppose that's not possible 😦

distant axle
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You can re-define the official configs

dark light
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It's not about the official ones, but the ones of our unit.
But if a mod gets loaded after ours, it can just erase it.
And I am not aware of any method to ensure loading after other mods without requiring them.

distant axle
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You can __has_include and #if to know if the game has the Mod and add some lines into the config on-the-fly

dark light
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I'm still not 100% on how __has_include works. Does my config have to be unbinarized for this?

distant axle
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Yes

dark light
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Not sure if that's worth it. Not sure how big the benefit of binarization is either.
But even then, how would that work?

dark light
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What am I looking for exactly?

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It doesn't seem to to anything to the spotlights

distant axle
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The configs

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I suggest to check that Mod and see what's inside to learn how a hasinclude works

earnest oriole
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Sup guys.
How to change size of LBox's elements size??

topaz talon
earnest oriole
topaz talon
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otherwise you'll have to make your own listbox class and use that

earnest oriole
topaz talon
earnest oriole
topaz talon
# 
// config
import RscListbox;
class TAG_RscListbox : RscListbox {
    rowHeight = "TAG_RscListbox_rowHeight";
    sizeEx = "TAG_RscListbox_sizeEx";
};

// sqf

TAG_fnc_createRscListboxDynamicSize = {
  private _config = configFile >> "RscListbox";
  params ["_display", "_idc", ["_controlsGroup", controlNull], ["_rowHeight", getNumber (_config >> "rowHeight")], ["_sizeEx", getNumber (_config >> "sizeEx")]];
  parsingNamespace setVariable ["TAG_RscListbox_rowHeight", _rowHeight];
  parsingNamespace setVariable ["TAG_RscListbox_sizeEx", _sizeEx];
  _display ctrlCreate ["TAG_RscListbox", _idc, _controlsGroup]
};

private _myListbox = [_myDisplay, -1, controlNull, 0.08, 0.08] call TAG_fnc_createRscListboxDynamicSize;
earnest oriole
minor sonnet
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any reason why i cant open a png/jpg with TexView?

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been so long since ive used texview

tight light
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Is there any guide how to edit spotlight1? I found instructions only how to modify spotlight2... (Apex big square in main menu)

quiet arrow
zinc oriole
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how can i like open a dialog on script command?

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im trying to make a little intro screen but rn im using createdialog. so ppl can use scroll wheel id like it to just show up on script command

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for ex. openDialog

strange arrow
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@zinc oriole What do you mean? createDialog is a script command ...

zinc oriole
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yh it gives ppl to option use the scroll wheel to acces the dialog, how can i force it to open not that they have the option

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i wanna use it for a welcome screen

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do i just call the file without createdialog?

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nvm sry

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i got it wrong

minor sonnet
crystal trellis
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about removing spotlight, what are these elements called? it seems we missed those

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dark light
crystal trellis
dark light
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yeah

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Are you using Advanced Developer Tools?

crystal trellis
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i think im not

dark light
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If not, highly highly recommended, otherwise you will die before you find it in the config

crystal trellis
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i found some workshop item about that but im not sure if its the right one

crystal trellis
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the ui is weird

rigid delta
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See for textboxes - how do you hide the outline of the textbox? Can't work it out -

colorBorder[] = {0, 0, 0, 0};

Which I thought should hide it isn't seemin' to do bugger all.

solid gyro
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If I remember correctly, style = 512 + yourstyle

rigid delta
rigid delta
# solid gyro From styles

Follow up - if you've got the time.

How would I return the user in something like an onButtonClick - is it local in that I can simply use "Player" (Or remoteUnit), or do I need to do something funky?

strange arrow
#

All GUI is local, so player is the way to go.

velvet cipher
#

is it possible to populate x number of buttons on a GUI where x is the count of an array? sorta list style

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I want players to select an object from a number of dynamic options

quasi granite
#

yes, either with ctrlCreate inside of a controls group or with CT_CONTROLS_TABLE

velvet cipher
unkempt cliff
#

how do you get the overlays/RscTitles via script? I mean the vanilla arma ones

solid gyro
unkempt cliff
#

tried allCutLayers to no avail

topaz talon
unkempt cliff
topaz talon
#

its engine driven

unkempt cliff
#

yes but the text ctrl may still exist..

topaz talon
#

you cannot disable it, don't launch the game with the -showScriptErrors or whatever thing

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or do the proper thing and fix the error

unkempt cliff
#

we just had this discussion at Dev channel 🙂

bronze cobalt
#

I have a RscBackground. I would like to add an image instead of a color to it.

#

How can I do that?

unkempt cliff
earnest oriole
#

Hi guys! Need some help.
My control is different from the map interface. That is, it is always on the right below. What can be wrong?
ps. Red square its Control

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solid gyro
earnest oriole
quasi granite
#

map controls inside of controls groups are wonky

earnest oriole
#

and...

_pH = pixelH * 5 * (getResolution select 1) / 1080;
_pdaWW = 384 * _pW;
_pdaWH = 216 * _pH;```
quasi granite
earnest oriole
#

Omfg, ty m8. Feel like a fool...

earnest oriole
earnest oriole
quasi granite
#

well it's very new. introduced with 2.06

earnest oriole
#

Nice!

earnest oriole
# 
_ctrl ctrlSetPosition [_pdaWW*0.15039063,_pdaWH*0.23958334,0.6953125*_pdaWW,0.58854167*_pdaWH];
_pos = position player;
_ctrl ctrlMapAnimAdd [0, 0.1, [(_pos select 0)+450,(_pos select 1)-250,(_pos select 2)]];
mapCenterOnCamera _ctrl;
ctrlMapAnimCommit _ctrl;
_ctrl ctrlEnable true;
_ctrl ctrlCommit 0;
_ctrl ctrlMapSetPosition [];```
#

_ctrl ctrlMapSetPosition (ctrlPosition _ctrl); this not work too :C

earnest oriole
gleaming gale
earnest oriole
earnest oriole
#

if anyone can help please help. Spent a lot of time on this. :C

rigid delta
#

I assume it's in relation to the BI Wiki example

     _ctrlMap ctrlMapSetPosition []; // instant sync to new _ctrlGroup position
#

However that example appears to have a lot more ControlSetPositions for a cntrlGroup of type RscControlsGroup which is referencing the position - which I don't see in your code - I only see your map control.

#

My question was - does anyone know the cause or fix for this.
Part of the action that opens this GUI tells that slider where it needs to be, but for some reason it

#

is moving back to it's default point every time regardless of being told otherwise.

#

The bit that's confusing me is it's STARTING in the right spot - I can't work out why it's moving at all.

# 
_volume = _target getVariable ["Volume", 5];  
 _sliderPos = ((_volume / 10) *0.8); 
 _disp = createDialog "StaticRadioUIOff";       
 _display = (uiNamespace getVariable "StaticRadioUIOff");       
 _slider = (_display displayCtrl 1500);       
 _slider ctrlSetPosition [safeZoneXAbs,(safeZoneY - (_sliderPos)), safeZoneWAbs, safeZoneH];       
 _slider ctrlCommit 0;

Code being used to spawn the GUI.

earnest oriole
quasi granite
#

wait, sooo is this problem solved? Are you guys @rigid delta and @earnest oriole working on the same project?

earnest oriole
quasi granite
#

ahh ok

earnest oriole
#

This is my decision. If suddenly someone needs it.

_ctrl ctrlMapSetPosition [safeZoneXabs + (safeZoneWAbs / 2) - (_pdaWW / 2)+(_pW*_tw*0.15039063),
safeZoneY + (safeZoneH / 2) - (_pdaWH / 2)+(_ph*_th*0.23958334),
_pW*_tw*0.6953125,_ph*_th*0.58854167];
//hint format ["%1",(ctrlMapPosition _ctrl)];
_pos = position player;
_ctrl ctrlMapAnimAdd [0, 0.5, [(_pos select 0)+450,(_pos select 1)-250,(_pos select 2)]];
mapCenterOnCamera _ctrl;
ctrlMapAnimCommit _ctrl;
_ctrl ctrlEnable true; ```
Ty for attention! :3
rigid delta
quasi granite
#

uuh yeah i meant commenting out

rigid delta
#

Oh - yeah then it just starts at its origin point - at volume 0 for reference.

quasi granite
#

so to reiterate, your problem is that your control (not an actual CT_SLIDER) moves to the bottom of the scale even though it should stay at "80"(?)?

rigid delta
#

And yeah - it's not an actual controller slider because I found those finicky and more of a pain than they were worth and preferred a button based system - so the "Slider" is just a static image control that moves around with ctrlSetPosition.

rigid delta
spring island
#

@idle radish

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quasi granite
#

there might be a ctrlSetPosition command somewhere that is not executed until ctrlCommit is used

idle radish
#

please use correct channels

spring island
#

I have no idea where to post them

strange arrow
#

@rigid delta How does the user move the slider up and down?

rigid delta
rigid delta
strange arrow
# rigid delta static image control that moves around with ctrlSetPosition.

Yes, you mentioned that. But how does the user move the slider? Not at all (yet)? By klicking a button? By pressing a key? By dragging something with the mouse?
I'm asking because if there is a system that allows the user to move the slider, then maybe that system is unintentionally or erroneously triggered when the UI is created, thus moving the slider.

rigid delta
#

Yeah, you’re clicking invisible control buttons along the volume slider which move the button using setCntrlPos and cntrlCommir.

strange arrow
#

I would place some systemChat (or diag_log if you prefer that) statements throughout that system to verify that it doesn't do anything it's not supposed to do.

solid gyro
#

Hello,
Still stuck with map shaking(Ace uses that on map when running), I would have it own my notepad.
Can I just change my RCS to ctrlMapEmpty , does it work like others dialogs?
Because ace event to shaking works on ctrlMap , so can I just do my notepad on it or not?
Tried look from wiki about ctrlMap but I didn't get how it works or is there any difference to other controls

rigid delta
#

New bug - fun one too

class FrequencyText: RscEdit {
            idc = 5202;
            type = CT_EDIT;
    maxChars = 6;
    style = 512 + 48;
    x = 0.304062 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
    y = 0.258 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
    h =  0.11 * safezoneH;
    w = 0.33 * safezoneW;
            colorText[] = {0,1,1,0.6};
            colorBorder[] = {0, 0, 0, 0};
        shadow = 0;
        font = "LCD14";
            sizeEx = "0.04 / (getResolution #5)"; //0.04;
            canModify = 1;        
            onLoad = "ctrlSetText [5202,str ((player getVariable '_RadioBox') getVariable ['Freq','69'])];";

Hint the value it's meant to be obtaining onLoad - comes up correct value, one I'd be expecting.
When I load the GUI associated with this control - it's empty.

opaque crag
#

onLoad ordering is a pain but I would have expected that to work.

#

Does it work if you spawn rather than calling directly?

rigid delta
opaque crag
#

Usually the trouble with onLoad is that it fires it before all the controls have been created.

rigid delta
#

Works a charm now - lol.

opaque crag
#

Well, that's horrifying :P

rigid delta
#

YUP.

# 
            onLoad = "_this spawn {  ctrlSetText [5202,str ((player getVariable '_RadioBox') getVariable ['Freq','69'])]; }";
#

That's the line that works

opaque crag
#

It is pretty standard to spawn the onLoads for that reason but I'd have expected it not to stomp the text in its own control.

strange arrow
strange arrow
opaque crag
#

Oh, because the dialog might not be active yet? Seems plausible.

#

similarly displayCtrl 5202 may not return the right control.

rigid delta
#

Well. 'Error' in that it doesn't work - not error as in it's giving an error.

distant axle
#

I wanted to understand what those grids in \a3\ui_f\hpp\defineCommonGrids.inc stands for. Is there any good docs that explains what they're after?

zinc oriole
#

is there a way i can add a scroll wheel option on a RscStructuredText class?

#

right now the text that is to much just goes below and i cant scroll to it

quasi granite
#

embed the structured text control inside of a controls group and resize the structured text control according to the height of the text

zinc oriole
#

How do i resize the height of the control to the height of the text?

topaz talon
zinc oriole
quiet arrow
zinc oriole
#

i saw all these things but what i want to to is not fit the text in the structured text bu more allow it to be longer then the structured text height and then add an option to scroll down to see more, just like you have in the list box basically

#

if you have more indexes then the height you can scroll down

quiet arrow
#

You need to place the structured text inside a controls group control

#

If the Structured text control's height is larger than the controls group it will have scroll bars

zinc oriole
#

give me a bit

#

bc im lost

quiet arrow
#

Sure

topaz talon
#

in that case as R3vo said you need to use a controls group

quiet arrow
# 
class DescriptionControlsGroup: RscControlsGroup
{
    class controls
    {
        class HintDescription: RscStructuredText
        {
            w = "safezoneW - ((40 - 22) *             (            ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 40))";
            h = "SafezoneH - (9.4 *             (            (            ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25))";
            size = "(            (            (            ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25) * 1)";
            idc = 1100;
            x = "0 *             (            ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 40)";
            y = "0 *             (            (            ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25)";
        };
    };
    y = "SafezoneY + (7.1 *             (            (            ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25))";
    w = "safezoneW - ((40 - 22.5) *             (            ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 40))";
    h = "SafezoneH - (9.4 *             (            (            ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25))";
    idc = 2300;
    x = "16.5 *             (            ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 40) +             (safezoneX)";
};

This is an example config from the FieldManual.

zinc oriole
# 
class welcomeTextBlock: RscStructuredTextMRTM
{
    idc = 69696;
    deletable = 0;
    type = CT_STRUCTURED_TEXT;
    style = ST_LEFT;
    x = 0.485469 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
    y = 0.269 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
    w = 0.245937 * safezoneW;
        h = 0.528 * safezoneH;
};

so this is what i had
does this seem good?

class welcomeControlGroup: RscControlsGroup
{
class controls
{
    class welcomeTextBlock: RscStructuredTextMRTM
    {
        idc = 69696;
        deletable = 0;
        type = CT_STRUCTURED_TEXT;
        style = ST_LEFT;
        x = 0.485469 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
        y = 0.269 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
        w = 0.245937 * safezoneW;
    h = 0.528 * safezoneH;
    };    
    idc = 696992;
    x = 0.485469 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
    y = 0.269 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
    w = 0.245937 * safezoneW;
    h = 0.528 * safezoneH;
    };
};
quiet arrow
zinc oriole
#

should i make the structured text height bigger?

quiet arrow
#

Put that in your description.ext

quiet arrow
zinc oriole
#

structured needs to be more h?

quiet arrow
#

yes

zinc oriole
#

ok

#

running a test rn

#

oh even with the same height it has the scroll bar

#

any way i can remove the orizontal bar?

quiet arrow
#

Make your structured text control a tad narrower

zinc oriole
#

alr

#

thanks for the help also, i appreciate it

quiet arrow
quiet arrow
zinc oriole
#

so im working with this structured text and im epxeriencing the issue of my structured text not staying in the same relative spot on different resolution.
is this because the safezoneH etc in the description.ext class is the safezone of the pc thats hosting the mission?

#

when i create a structured text in an empty display trough commands it works fine but when i predefine the x,y,w,y position in description it doesnt seem to work on other resolutions.

# 
class welcomeControlGroup: RscControlsGroup
{
    deletable = 0;
    fade = 0;
    class VScrollbar: ScrollBar
    {
        color[] = {1,1,1,1};
        height = 0.528;
        width = 0.021;
        autoScrollEnabled = 1;
    };

    class HScrollbar: ScrollBar
    {
        color[] = {1,1,1,1};
        height = 0;
        width = 0;
    };

    class Controls
    {
        class welcomeTextBlock: RscStructuredTextMRTM
        {
            idc = 69696;
            deletable = 0;
            type = CT_STRUCTURED_TEXT;
            style = ST_LEFT;
            x = 0.295469 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.230 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.245937 * safezoneW;
            h = 3 * safezoneH;
        };    
    };
        type = CT_CONTROLS_GROUP;
    idc = -1;
    x = 0.485469 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
    y = 0.269 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
    w = 0.255937 * safezoneW;
    h = 0.528 * safezoneH;
    shadow = 0;
    style = ST_MULTI;
};
#

its pretty big sry but i thought to small for pastebin

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so the issue im having is not the scrollbar moving on different resolutions. but just the structured text isnt where its supposed to be

quiet arrow
#

Try x and y in absolute units. (Without safezone) The position of the text control is relative to the groups position.

zinc oriole
#

Ah k thx, ill try in a bit and see

#

Btw, is this alwys when you have a class in a class? That the pos is relative to its higher class?

quiet arrow
#

Nope. Only with Control Groups.

#

And perhaps with Control Tables, but don't quote me on that.

west steeple
#

Hello, I need help I'm a beginner and I'm trying to "customize" the menu, I removed the Spotlight and the footer, no problem so far. but I can't delete the InfoNews and I have the menus that no longer work as before.

class CfgPatches {
    class 14eGamingNewMainMenu {
        name = "14e Gaming New Main Menu";
        author = "Vaskii#3449";
        requiredAddons[] = {"A3_Ui_F"};
        units[] = {};
        weapons[] = {};
    };
};

class RscStandardDisplay;
class RscDisplayMain: RscStandardDisplay {
    enableDisplay = 1;
    idd=0;
    movingEnable=1;
    onLoad= "[""onLoad"",_this,""RscDisplayMain"",'Menu'] call (uinamespace getvariable 'BIS_fnc_initDisplay')";
    onUnload= "[""onUnLoad"",_this,""RscDisplayMain"",'Menu'] call (uinamespace getvariable 'BIS_fnc_initDisplay')";
    scriptName="RscDisplayMain";
    scriptPath="Menu";
    class controls {

        delete Spotlight;
        delete Spotlight1;
        delete Spotlight2;
        delete Spotlight3;
        delete SpotlightPrev;
        delete SpotlightNext;
        delete BackgroundSpotlightRight;
        delete BackgroundSpotlightLeft;
        delete BackgroundSpotlight;
        delete Footer;
        delete InfoNews;
    };
};
crude berry
#

you can't delete classes that have other classes inheriting from them. And there is class InfoVersion: InfoNews

west steeple
#

Okay, thank you, I hadn't noticed that. But suddenly no choice to delete only the InfoNews ?

tight light
#

Is it possible to add sound to the spotlight video when a person moves the mouse over it?

ebon blade
#

There a way to prevent the object from being able to move (being dragged)? Trying to create a some gui in the tablet and just want to make positioning simple so to do that I was going to make it so the screen can't move

class WAG_HeavensSkyMenu_Dialog
{
    idd = 9999;
    movingEnabled = false;

    class controls
    {
        
    };

    class objects
    {
        class Tablet
        {
            idc = 1570; 
            type = 82;
            model = "\a3\props_f_exp_a\military\equipment\tablet_02_f.p3d";
            scale = 0.6;

            position[] = {0,0,0.2};
            positionBack[] = {0,0,1.2};
 
            direction[] = { 1, 0, 0 };
            up[] = { -1, 0, -1 };
            inBack = 0;

            enableZoom = 0;
            zoomDuration = 1;
            waitForLoad = 0
        };
    };
};
opaque crag
#

@ebon blade I think the attribute is movingEnable not movingEnabled

topaz talon
#

also i assume you have macrod false, otherwise you should be using 0 instead, booleans do not exist in configs

ebon blade
ebon blade
#

Even with setting it to 0 instead of false it didn't work, even when it was in the tablet class

topaz talon
#

onObjectMoved = "_this select 0 ctrlEnable false" in the control, so you don't prevent it from loading i guess

ebon blade
#

I'm not sure. I don't mess with GUI so I don't really know what I'm doing. I'm trying to use the tablet as a background for the ui which would be on the screen

#

trying to make it interactible

topaz talon
#

then it should be fine

#

interactable as in, adding buttons on top of it etc?

ebon blade
#

Going to have a RscMapControl and some buttons on it

topaz talon
#

disabling it should be fine then

ebon blade
#

and where would that go?

#

under the tablet class?

topaz talon
#

yes

ebon blade
#

alrighty

#

It still moves for some reason :/

#

if the rest of the ui is under the main class WAG_HeavensSkyMenu_Dialog would it all move together keeping the same relative positions to each other?

topaz talon
#

send the tablet class

#

did you reload the mission?

ebon blade
#

yeah exited to editor then reloaded

# 
class Tablet
        {
            idc = 1570; 
            type = 82;
            model = "\a3\props_f_exp_a\military\equipment\tablet_02_f.p3d";
            scale = 0.6;
            onObjectMoved = "_this select 0 ctrlEnable false";

            position[] = {0,0,0.2};
            positionBack[] = {0,0,1.2};
 
            direction[] = { 1, 0, 0 };
            up[] = { -1, 0, -1 };
            inBack = 0;

            enableZoom = 0;
            zoomDuration = 1;
            waitForLoad = 0
        };
#

oh wait it does work but only after you have moved it once

#

oh wait I can just disable it with a script

#

yup it works

quiet arrow
ebon blade
#

@mental trench Thanks a bunch. I really appreciate having people in the community like you taking time out of their day to help those who are learning!

quiet arrow
quasi granite
autumn kindle
#

what is Config : some input after EndOfFile from

ebon blade
#

I'm pretty sure you want the config or model makers channel for that

autumn kindle
#

why is my hud image greyed out and transparent when I import it

ebon blade
#

I'm trying to add a map to my gui but it shows only one at a time. The map pops up and when you exit then the WAG_HeavensSkyMenu_Dialog shows up

disableSerialization;
createDialog "WAG_HeavensSkyMenu_Dialog";

waitUntil {!isNull (findDisplay 9999) };

_ctrlTablet = (findDisplay 9999) displayCtrl 1000;
_ctrlTablet ctrlEnable false;

_map = findDisplay 9999 createDisplay "RscCredits" ctrlCreate ["RscMapControl", 1200]; 
_map ctrlSetPosition [0.4175 * safezoneW + safezoneX,0.291 * safezoneH + safezoneY,0.154687 * safezoneW,0.264 * safezoneH]; 
_map ctrlCommit 0;
#

nvm had to remove createDisplay "RscCredits"

quasi granite
ebon blade
#

There a way to increase the width of the lines on a RscFrame?

#

I'm not finding anything

quasi granite
quasi granite
ebon blade
#

:(

#

That's a missed feature

autumn kindle
#

I fixed it now

autumn kindle
#

thankyou though

buoyant tree
#

Hey fellas, maybe a stupid question but this is my situation:

// This is all included inside RscTitles in the missionConfigFile.
import RscCredits from RscTitles;

class CANI_display : RscCredits
{
    idd = 9696;
    fadein = 1;
    fadeout = 1;
    movingEnable = 0;
    onLoad = "_this call CANI_fnc_ui_onLoad;";
}

So RscCredits contains about 400 child classes inside the controls class that I do wish to retain.
However, since AFAIK there is no ctrlSetStyle command, I would like to extend this with additional (possibly hundreds) of classes with other styles.

So the question is it possible to extend the controls class with my own while not overwriting the existing controls and if so how.

If not could it possible to merely import them into CANI_display >> controls somehow and not have to rewrite them entirely?

quasi granite
#

what's the maximum number for idcs and idds?

quiet arrow
#

400 classes meowsweats

#

Scripting it is not an option?

buoyant tree
# quiet arrow Scripting it is not an option?

Probably 😛 It's just what BIS decided to do when they wrote RscCredits, but then again they use it to show everyone working on A3 on screen at the same time so...
Using it was a quick and dirty way to get started, I was gonna ditch it and rewrite for something more sane and it's looking like I'll be doing that sooner rather than later.

mental trench
#

GUI scripting is crazy, is there any guides on where to start? Basic terminology?

crude berry
opaque crag
mental trench
#

Yikes, maybe ill stick with avoiding GUI for now

opaque crag
#

A popular choice :P

opaque lynx
opaque lynx
opaque crag
#

I guess you could, but the intended method is lnbSize

opaque lynx
#

ah 💡 right... usually I am deconstructing out the row count, but what if there are no rows yet?

#

would that report [0, N] for instance?

unkempt cliff
#

you could get the columns by: getArray (missionconfigFile >> "TheDialog" >> "Controls" >> "TheLBControl" >> "columns");

opaque lynx
#

well I could, that's sort of the long way round, of course. but good point.

unkempt cliff
#

wait, lnbSize doesnt give you the column count?

opaque lynx
unkempt cliff
#

sorry not following

opaque lynx
#

but I can run with the config approach. I have it on control load EH. so no worries there.

#

appreciate the feedback all. 🍻

opaque crag
#

Oh, I thought you were asking about what lnbGetColumnsPosition would return for no columns, so I was very confused.

#

but yeah, lnbSize should return [0, columnCount] for no rows.

opaque lynx
#

circling around... np @opaque crag thanks for clarifying.

proven obsidian
#

disregard, figured it out

rough nexus
#

Been trying to get a custom logo in an aux mod, but using the normal way it conflicts with a side mod our unit uses. The conflict causes there to be no logo at all, here's my code I'm using. Does anyone have any insight/ideas on how to solve this?

class RscDisplayMain: RscStandardDisplay
{
    class Controls
    {
        delete Spotlight1;
        delete Spotlight2;
        delete Spotlight3;
        delete BackgroundSpotlightRight;
        delete BackgroundSpotlightLeft;
        delete BackgroundSpotlight;
        class Logo: RscActivePicture 
        {
            scope = 0;
            text="\Hastati_Armory\data\emblems\HC_aux_squish.paa";
        };
        class LogoHastati: Logo
        {
            scope = 1;
            text="\Hastati_Armory\data\emblems\HC_aux_squish.paa";
        };
    };
distant axle
#

Adjust requiredAddons

rough nexus
real bluff
#

Question, how do I remove the PVT before the rank. The hexagon too, difficulty has been set to veteran later on custom none of them deleted the hexagon. I presume its one of the mods conflicting but as far as I explored didn't find the exact mod that does this.

image.png
#

Not sure if i asked in correct channel but im not sure anymore

outer oar
#

probably your squad radar mod

real bluff
#

i see

proven obsidian
#

is there a quick exemplar for putting a 1920x1080 resolution image perfectly filled on a 1080p screen? Trying to use it as a base template.

quasi granite
# 
x = safeZoneX;
y = safeZoneY;
w = safeZoneW;
h = safeZoneH;
``` fills the entire screen
proven obsidian
#

you're a star

glad spire
#

Hey dunno if this is the right place to put it but how to do you make a map modlist

Like one mod that has a bunch of maps in it that were already made?

distant axle
#

?

#

Do you think there is any pros?

pliant hollow
#

is there anyway to change the Hud font with scripts for a single player mission?

humble falcon
#

Btw, thanks to @quasi granite and @pearl yarrow especially (and everyone else who contributed) for improving the GUI related documentation! The lack of GUI docs in BIKI has been blocking me from learning it properly until now. It's so much clearer how they work and I can actually start continuing my pet project now 🙂

humble falcon
#

I already managed to make a couple of UIs, yay!

How do I anchor the font size properly to the rest of the UI if I use Pixel Grid and anchor values inside it to safeZone based values? This is a bit cryptic to me: size = "10.32 * (1 / (getResolution select 3)) * pixelGrid * 0.5";

humble falcon
pearl yarrow
humble falcon
humble falcon
#

Well, this seems to work pretty well since I want to ignore the user's UI scale:

#define GRID_H (pixelH * pixelGridNoUIScale)
#define BASE_FONT_SIZE (0.5 * GRID_H)
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But I have an eerie feeling that I still need to include safeZone there because of different screen ratios... Or not?

hoary estuary
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still doesn't understand pixel grid system

quiet arrow
quasi granite
# humble falcon Btw, thanks to <@313038558958977024> and <@137855151120711680> especially (and e...

You are very welcome, that's exactly why I initiated a rework of most UI pages on the BIKI. I remember how painful it was to get into Arma UIs and how much I had to test and figure out. Also time to thank @quiet arrow @pearl yarrow @final ibex @weary imp @tranquil iron and all those on the BI Forums/Discord/where ever that helped me out through the years. I would not be where I am today if not for all of you meowheart

quasi granite
# humble falcon I got it to work with ```hpp #define BASE_FONT_SIZE (0.5 * pixelH * pixelGrid) `...

Font sizes in pixelGrid are a bit weird to me too. BI uses a function to determine the font size (inside \a3\3den\UI\macroExecs.inc) but I could not make sense of it as it ends up with multipliers like 4.32. This seems in contradiction to not take fractions of pixels. But then again, fonts are always fractions of pixelGrid (e.g. the strokes of an "a" may be drawn between pixels). As for you question: safeZone is a shortcut to get the left, top, right and bottom edge of the screen so not necessary in pixelGrid but can be useful.

quiet arrow
# quasi granite Font sizes in pixelGrid are a bit weird to me too. BI uses a function to determi... 
//SIZEEX_PURISTA(SIZEPX)        __EVAL([SIZEPX,1.8,[6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,34,35,37,46]] call _fnc_sizeEx)


_fnc_sizeEx = 
{
    _pixelScale = 20 * pixelScale; //Pixel scale is just 0.5 (hardcoded)
    _size = _this select 0;
    _size = _size * _pixelScale;
    _coef = _this select 1;
    _sizes = _this select 2;
    _sizeEx = _sizes select 0;

    {
        _xSize = _x * _coef;
        _cond = _xSize < _size;
        if _cond then {_sizeEx = _xSize;};
    } foreach _sizes;
    
    _sizeEx = _sizeEx / _pixelScale;
    _bracketL = tostring [40];
    _bracketR = tostring [41];
    _pixelH = _bracketL + "1 / " + _bracketL + "getResolution select 3" + _bracketR + _bracketR; //This was before pixelH command was added
    str _sizeEx + " * " + _pixelH + " * pixelGrid * " + str pixelScale //0.53 + pixelH * pixelGrid * 0.5 (example)
};```

Would be interesting to know how they got these fixed values.
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@lyric brook Any chance to get some insights on this so we can document it?

sage shore
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Hi people, I'm having a problem which I feel like should be rather simple but I'm getting no headway. I'm doing a map config for myself where some of the color values are determined by code (value pulled from namespace variable).

Looking at some vanilla configs the following is fine:

colorOutside[] = ["(profilenamespace getvariable ['test_color_R',0])","(profilenamespace getvariable ['test_color_G',1])","(profilenamespace getvariable ['test_color_B',1])","(profilenamespace getvariable ['test_color_A',0.8])"];

What I would like to do is to compress that into a single variable pull like:

colorOutside[] = {"profileNamespace getVariable ['test_color', [0,0,0,1]]"}; //error

However the code above does not register as array. Is there a tidier way of doing than in the first example? Having straight code like:

colorOutside[] = "profileNamespace getVariable ['test_color', [0,0,0,1]]"; //error

Also fails as the config wants an array and not code.

opaque crag
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You might need some array-to-string shenanigans.

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{"profileNamespace getVariable ['test_color', [0,0,0,1]] joinString ','"} maybe

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might also be impossible. I'm not sure how the config parsing works.

tranquil iron
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You cant compress it

viscid oak
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Can someone please explain lbSetData to me in English? I am pretty certain that I am using it completely wrong, but the description given on Bohemia's wiki is doing my head in...

Description:
Sets the additional text (invisible) in the item with the given index of the listbox or combobox with id idc of the topmost user dialog to the given data.

What the fuck does that even mean...? 😵‍💫

Here's what I am trying to do:

disableSerialization;
createDialog "RscFKVehicleReloadDialog";
_display = uiNameSpace getVariable ["RscFKVehicleReloadDialog", displayNull];
_fullTurret = true;
_reloadableMagazineSelectionBox = _display displayCtrl 3;
lbClear _reloadableMagazineSelectionBox;
_reloadableMagazineData = [] call FKClient_util_vehicleReload_getReloadableMagazineData;
diag_log format["[MUBCHECK] _reloadableMagazineData: %1", _reloadableMagazineData];
// _reloadableMagazineData returns: [_magazineDisplayName,_turretMagazineBulletsRemaining,_reloadPrice,_turretPath]
{
    _reloadableMagazineName = str (_x select 0);
    _reloadableBulletsRemaining = str (_x select 1);
    _index = _reloadableMagazineSelectionBox lbAdd (format["%1 (%2 Bullets Remaining)", _reloadableMagazineName,_reloadableBulletsRemaining]);
    _reloadableMagazineSelectionBox lbSetData [_index, str(_x)];

    _fullTurret = false;

} forEach _reloadableMagazineData;

All of this seems right to me, except I think str(_x) is extremely wrong. I just can't figure out what goes there. Every example I've looked at from Exile shows a class name going in there, but I don't even know what kind of data it's looking for or how it works in general. All I want to do is just populate the list with every reloadable magazine that is in _reloadableMagazineData.

crude berry
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any string (and only string) can go there. What you do with that string afterwards is yours to decide 🤷‍♂️ If you use _listbox lbSetData [_index, str(_x)]; - you'd get "[_magazineDisplayName,_turretMagazineBulletsRemaining,_reloadPrice,_turretPath]" when you _listbox lbData _indexafterwards

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and it isn't shown anywhere, you can only get it back by explicitly running lbData in your code somewhere 🤷‍♂️

viscid oak
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So the 2nd value for lbSetData can only be a string?

crude berry
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yes

viscid oak
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That would explain why str(_x) had better results than what I tried previously lmao.

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Is it possible to populate a ListBox without lbSetData and just using forEach and lbAdd? _index does what I need it to, but without lbSetData I'm stuck with only a single entry I think.

crude berry
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yes, lbSetData isn't mandatory

viscid oak
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Good to know, thanks. That should hopefully solve one of my two headaches. 😅

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The other has to do with when I change selections, but I think that's only a problem because I'm most likely feeding it in correct data via lbSetData or something. I'll find out after I get it properly populating.

crude berry
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you can create an array linked to control with something like sqf _lbox setVariable ["MUH_array", []]; private _myArray = _lbox getVariable "MUH_array"; { private _index = _lbox lbAdd (str _x); _myArray set [_index, _x]; } forEach [1,2,3,4,5];to store arbitrary typed values there. Although that may fall apart if you do any filtering/sorting on the listbox contents afterwards.

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and access it afterwards in, say, selection changed EH with something like: sqf _lbox ctrlAddEventHandler ["LBSelChanged", { params ["_control", "_lbCurSel", "_lbSelection"]; private _myArray = _control getVariable "MUH_array"; private _savedData = _myArray select _lbCurSel; }];fixed (?), thanks Dedmen

viscid oak
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🤔 Hmm, that might be a doable work around I suppose. What I want to do is fill my ListBox with strings (<Magazine Display Name> (<Bullet Count> Bullets Remaining)' and elsewhere in the GUI, there is a place for the Reload Price and the Turret Name to be displayed and I'd like it to update those last two fields with appropriate data for their corresponding selection in the ListBox.

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But so far it was having trouble populating the ListBox and my Reload Price + Turret Name fields were not showing anything because they were erroring out (Type Number, expected Array,String,Config entry).

crude berry
viscid oak
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I'll mess with things a bit more based on the info you already gave. Thanks for pointing out that lbSetData only takes strings in the second value. That shit had me going bonkers. 😆

crude berry
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this is definitly possible with listnbox 😛

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viscid oak
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🤔 Very interesting. I'll definitely check it out. This is my 2nd day trying to mess with GUI so I really appreciate the guidance.

crude berry
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eyyy, spurious timeouts. Thanks, Discord

distant axle
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Sorry about that 😦

crude berry
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CT_LISTBOX command family can be used with CT_COMBO, CT_LISTBOX, CT_XLISTBOX and CT_XCOMBO (direct quote from the doc)

distant axle
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there's a whole lot of them. CT_LISTBOX command family can be used with CT_COMBO, CT_LISTBOX, CT_XLISTBOX and CT_XCOMBO. (from https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/CT_LISTBOX#Scripting_Example)

tranquil iron
crude berry
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trying to understand GUI left me with 3 (i think?) different in-mission pylon editors. And one of them even could crash the game to desktop, although i haven't managed to make a minimal reproduction notlikemeow

viscid oak
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I'm still stuck. 😦

I looked into ListNBox today. Unless I misunderstood, it seems irrelevant because I am trying to populate two separate Text fields upon a ListBox's selection change and not listing all of the data inside multiple columns within the same ListBox. Here are screenshots of my GUI, _show function, and _onSelectionChanged function. I've included some comments to help make sense of what I'm trying to do.

Any ideas?

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opaque crag
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Not sure I'm following, but is this just a data management problem? You have a price and a turret path for each item in the list and you want to populate those on selection?

viscid oak
# opaque crag Not sure I'm following, but is this just a data management problem? You have a p...

Correct. I have a function that gets all of the data I need for the GUI (magazine class name, bullet count, price, and turret path). All of that data gets pushed back into an array that gets called in the _show function so I can begin populating the GUI. The ListBox is then filled with half of that data by using forEach to process the data dump, but I want the Price and Turret boxes to populate via _onSelectionChanged since there is only room for 1 value at a time.

I'm extremely new to making GUIs so I have no idea what I'm doing and it's been a lot of trial and error to get me so I could easily be doing something simple very wrong lol. And I'm sure if I just made a bigger List Box and tossed them all in the List Box that could probably work, but I feel like this should easily be possible and I'm just missing the understanding on how to connect the data.

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Earlier, I tried calling the same data array in _onSelectionChanged too, but I don't know how to link the info that comes back to the current selection in the List Box. Does that make sense or should I rephrase?

opaque crag
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So it's kinda annoying because lbData is strictly a string rather than arbitrary data. If your listbox order doesn't change then you could store a parallel array data array and use lbCurSel as an index into that.

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Often you'd want to put a hashmap key in lbData instead, but it looks like your data doesn't have any usable keys (why no magazine class?)

crude berry
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🧠 original listbox index may work as a unique-and-persistent-enough hashmap key if you're brave enough

opaque crag
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Yeah that works if you're not adding entries.

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It's pretty annoying here because these entries are clearly magazines, which have a unique classname :P

crude berry
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but the original question seemed to exclude the actual magazine classnames from available inputs, oof

crude berry
viscid oak
opaque crag
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There are other ways but they have requirements.

crude berry
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it's easy to get all of magazine properties from its classname. It's hard (or sometimes impossible) to do the same from its displayName

opaque crag
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But general idea is to store the data separately and look it up using either lbCurSel or some value stored in lbData.

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You could convert all the required data to a string and jam it into lbData too. This is ugly.

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In this case not too unreasonable, because you just have two pieces of data, one of which is a number.

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And the other is a single word without special characters. Probably.

viscid oak
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😆 Well, just to be clear: is it ugly because of what I am trying to do or is it ugly because of how I am trying to do it?

I don't really understand what is possible within all the GUI commands, but I feel like populating two text fields based on a selection in a List Box should be possible. If that is possible, then it just comes down to finding the cleanest way to do it...but if I am trying to fit a square peg into a circle hole, it sounds like I shouldn't even be attempting it.

opaque crag
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actually you can do something even easier here and just use lbValue for the price and lbData for the gunner/whatever string.

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but in general that wouldn't work.

crude berry
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my take on what you've claimed you want:

  1. make multiple of listboxes for whatever can be changed
  2. make a separate function that checks all the listboxes and fills the "price" and whatever else text fields with a total calculated value
  3. call a function from 2) in every listbox's "LBSelChanged" EH
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correction: not "what you want", but "what i think you want"

viscid oak
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I think that is what I am already doing though. I'm just struggling with making #2 work.

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Also, I don't think I need multiple list boxes. I only need the one list box and the box itself works fine. It's just getting the right data into the two text fields to populate when the LBSelChanged function is called.

viscid oak
opaque crag
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You can store two invisible values on each entry of a listbox. lbSetValue is a number, lbSetData is a string.

viscid oak
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Like this?

{
    _reloadableMagazineName = str (_x select 0);
    _reloadableBulletsRemaining = str (_x select 1);
    _reloadPrice = _x select 2;
    _turretPath = str (_x select 3);
    _index = _reloadableMagazineListBox lbAdd (format["%1 (%2 Bullets Remaining)", _reloadableMagazineName,_reloadableBulletsRemaining]);
    _reloadableMagazineListBox lbSetValue [_index, _reloadPrice];
    _reloadableMagazineListBox lbSetData [_index, _turretPath];
    _fullTurret = false;

} forEach _reloadableMagazineData;
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And then I would just use lbValue / lbData for onSelectionChanged to pull those values/data?

viscid oak
mellow arch
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Then edit to MainTurret, or check for a name

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Oh, @viscid oak typeOf could be of use here

viscid oak
lyric nymph
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Guys, I have a .hpp dialog loaded from description.ext that I need to be able to show whenever the player opens its inventory, the issue with that when players open their inventory this dialog shows instead of the inventory, if I add a spawn and a sleep inside the inventoryOpened EH then it is the Inventory UI which overwrites the other...

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How can I set that up so that both show?

quasi granite
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how do you create the dialog?

lyric nymph
quasi granite
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yeah createDialog will hide other open dialogs, same for createDisplay. You'd have to make a control that gets created as part of the inventory display

lyric nymph
quasi granite
quasi granite
lyric nymph
quasi granite
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Be aware that there is no ControlsBackground class

lyric nymph
quasi granite
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ctrlCreate

hoary estuary
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I wonder if there is a way to z-sort controls through script? 🤔

distant axle
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I believe no

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Which is lame enough

hoary estuary
unkempt cliff
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how do you count the proper ctrl size for Treeview (In controls group)? I think that needs to be constantly updated when nodes are opened/closed

quiet arrow
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Why? Does it work different in a group?

narrow gyro
unkempt cliff
quiet arrow
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You mean out of bounds?

unkempt cliff
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unless of course the size is so big (at start) theres extra space but that's not really option for expanding treeview

quiet arrow
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Are you sure your TV control fits inside the group?

unkempt cliff
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thats the thing, it doesnt

quiet arrow
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Can you post the configuration?

unkempt cliff
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then i set some size like this _tvCtrl ctrlSetPosition [0,0,0.5,1];

quiet arrow
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whats the size of the ctrlgroup?

unkempt cliff
# 
// Inside controls group only
#define SEDLG_BUT_W 0.3
#define SEDLG_BUT_H 0.1

// The dialog size
#define SEDLG_W 0.85
#define SEDLG_H 0.85
#define SEDLG_X (safeZoneX + safezoneW - SEDLG_W - 0.01)
#define SEDLG_Y (safeZoneY + safezoneH - SEDLG_H - 0.01)


class TreeControlsGroup : RscControlsGroup
{
 idc = 1205;
 text = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(1,1,1,1)";
 x = 0;
 y = SEDLG_BUT_H;
 w = 0.8;
 h = 0.8 - (SEDLG_BUT_H * 2);
};
quiet arrow
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what if you set the hight of the tree view to be the same as the Group?

unkempt cliff
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i just noticed the treeview has scrollbar of its own. only for y though

quiet arrow
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thats Default

unkempt cliff
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can u get x scrollbar too?

quiet arrow
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nope

unkempt cliff
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:/

quiet arrow
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via ctrlgroup

unkempt cliff
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if I make the treeview wider its scrollbar doesnt show up. not sure whats the best way of doing this

quiet arrow
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The tree view needs to be wider than the Group. Then the Group will have scroll bars.

unkempt cliff
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i know 🤔

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now I have treeview y bar, group x & y bars

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would disabling treeview bar be the solution?

quiet arrow
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no clue

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Iam not at home so I cant test.

unkempt cliff
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ok np

tranquil iron
narrow gyro
tranquil iron
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Look in config

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I told you how to find it, not how you can randomly throw it in a script command and try to create it and be confused at it not working

narrow gyro
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🫡

narrow gyro
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Found it in the config. Its RscDisplayDLCPreview_List. Thank you Dedmen 🙃

outer oar
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Are there any mods that are useful for gui creation?

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just creating an icon that appears and has some text was annoying enough to put me off of it -- trying to make blackjack or something similar 😅

alpine mauve
#

Curious what the best way to go about adding a 'Aircraft Carrier' onto the map would be.

I've got a working solution using drawIcon, however the texture is drawn on top of everything else, and all other real 'map icons' disappear underneath of the carrier (such as your player position).

I've tried using createMarker but it appears I need the texture as an entry in CfgMarkers, which I do not think is viable without making my mission into an addon.

So 1). Is there a way to make drawIcon set it's "photoshop layer" to 0?
or 2). Is there a way to get around the CfgMarkers issue?

queen orchid
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Area markers?

dark light
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Can ComboBoxes allow multiple selections?

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The wiki doesn't say anything about it, so I fear for the worst

strange arrow
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No.

dark light
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meh :/

opaque lynx
distant axle
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IIRC yes

wispy cobalt
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Hi I’m just looking for some ideas to replace the scroll menu, I’ve been thinking about it but I don’t know what type of menu I should make. I don’t want to make the wheel menu I think it’s not unique and I’ve seen it in so many games e.g: gta v, but I cant argue against the fact the wheel is clean and simple. I’d still rather make something unique and new rather than using the scroll menu or using a wheel menu. Any ideas? I’m just not creative enough 😂😂

copper mantle
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Hey fellas!
Is there are "canvas" UI object where you can draw arbitrary primitives like lines and whatnot?
I'm thinking about making an airport surveillance radar (you're thinking big green circle with rotating line that pings planes). I was planning to make a dialog box with a "canvas" where I would draw the radar elements and stuff but there seems to be no such functionality.

hoary estuary
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There is no such thing

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You need to prepare your graphics beforehand

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Well, you can make textures with new ui2texture feature but its complicated

burnt token
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Fan song and Nasty boat radars in SOG work like this

copper mantle
oblique vortex
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For the Apex missions on Tanoa there is a nice main mission screen where you can select the mission etc

Is this some secret Bohemia magic that is not public through their API?

Or can it be replicated through modding?

Screenshot_2023-04-02_at_12.45.55.png
burnt token
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This is "just" a scripted lobby.

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You can disable lobby in description.ext of the mission and script your own.

oblique vortex
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Ah interesting, I'll see if I can find any templates or ways to do this online

burnt token
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In the end it's just an GUI that does whatever you've scripted it to do.

hoary estuary
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Added LBDrop to an inventory slot control, when dropped onto itself it logged:

["LBDrop",[Control #6215,0.456349,0.865079,6215,[["SOME NICE PICTURE :-)",0,"idc:6215"]]]]
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Since no listboxes were involved (CT_ITEMSLOT dropped into CT_ITEMSLOT), I guess this is a default list box item?

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Very strange default values because that string supposed to be list box item text, not picture

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and that data is item class, not weird idc string

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Not an issue but a weird observation

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Normal LBDrop log:

["LBDrop",[Control #6215,0.443452,0.838624,632,[["UAV Terminal [NATO]",0,"B_UavTerminal"]]]]
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SOME NICE PICTURE :-) can be found in arma3.exe

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A piece of useless trivia about Arma 3 engine

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LBDrop works with CT_ITEMSLOT/CT_ACTIVETEXT, while LBDrag doesn't thronking

tranquil iron
empty mountain
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🙂

opaque lynx
opaque lynx
hoary estuary
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can be any case

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bLaCk will work the same as BLACK

vale geode
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Q: trying to call a script using onLoad EH, did hints etc to confirm its getting inside the script which it is, however, when I try to add a row to a list box with lbAdd [1234, "Test Item 1"] my list box remains empty. Had this working from the debug console and using the onMouseButtonClick EH, just seems to be an issue with onLoad. The listBox is the only control on the UI. I've seen others use the onLoad EH in their mods and theirs work fine so I'm happy its something I'm doing wrong but I'm not sure how much simpler of a test I can make.
Is there some sort of nuance with onLoad I don't know about?

strange arrow
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@vale geode Can you share the relevant part of the config?

vale geode
strange arrow
vale geode
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I think so to, I moved my call up and down all the controls just to see if it works but to no avail

opaque lynx
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Q: about cutRsc UI elements...
I am working with a mission framework which has historically considered shown and hidden or rather overlay and blank resources. Basically, cut in and out, respectively.
However, would like to clarify, there is nothing saying a cutRsc could not have multiple shown states, as it were, correct?

bronze cobalt
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What combination of values do I use to have something be aligned to the top right?

#

and have some margin from the edge of the screen?

#

I would prefer to use safezone or grids to keep it responsive

#

I'm using the defines suggested here:

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"GUI_GRID_TOPRIGHT_X" , but that makes it appear more or less on the top center

quasi granite
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GUI_GRID_TOPRIGHT_X positions the GUI_GRID in the top right. this means that the "screen" is placed in the top right per the image on the right side of that page. the width of that "screen" is 40 grids and its height is 25 grids. So if your control is 5 grids high and 5 grids wide you have to use the following:

x = GUI_GRID_TOPRIGHT_X + 34.9 * GUI_GRID_W; // 5 grids + 0.1 margin from the right edge of the monitor
y = GUI_GRID_TOPRIGHT_Y + 0.1 * GUI_GRID_H; // 0.1 margin from the top of the monitor
w = 5 * GUI_GRID_TOPRIGHT_W;
h = 5 * GUI_GRID_TOPRIGHT_H;
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also noticed a mistake on the page:

#define GUI_GRID_TOPRIGHT_Y (safeZoneX)
``` should be
```cpp
#define GUI_GRID_TOPRIGHT_Y (safeZoneY)
``` mb
bronze cobalt
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thanks

ember cloud
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Sorry for the broad question but dialogs have confounded me for years and I'm trying to make some headway on them.

How do I get the data from editable text boxes, check boxes, lists, etc out to be used in a function? As in the player inputs their stuff and that information is passed along to be used as a variable in a script?

For reference this is what I'm working on (right now the dialog is just a proof of concept)

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The intended effect in this case being that clicking confirm would do a basic data validation to make sure it makes sense, if it does close the dialog and pass it along to a commandArtilleryFire function

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Long term - if I can make this proof of concept work - I'm planning on doing a much more in depth call for fire tool

unkempt cliff
ember cloud
unkempt cliff
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yes

ember cloud
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Thanks! The scripts for this are otherwise fairly trivial, this should let me fit them into a somewhat intuitive gui

ember cloud
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I've logged all controls of all displays when the button is pressed, yet for some reason the idc is not coming up in any of them

unkempt cliff
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display is the dialog you open with createDialog

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so log the _display to see if its something else than null

snow wharf
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Is there a handy starter guide to making gui? I've been using cutrsc but need stuff at the top of the screen and defaults are limited to bottom and middle. So I can only imagine I have to make my own for this purpose.

quiet arrow
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Check GUI Tutorial

bronze epoch
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I wonder if the onEditChanged GUI event handler would help here. The code of the event handler would call whatever script you need to use to save the edited text.

floral loom
quasi granite
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did you adjust the coordinates?

#

and did you move all your controls from ControlsBackground to the Controls class?

floral loom
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ah yeah I guess they don't support backgrounds. Needed other tweaks to fix but that worked, cheers.

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I'm using ctrlStaticTitle, in a display this makes it draggable. Can I replace this in a ctrl?

quasi granite
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only with scripts

floral loom
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like detecting mousedown? 🤢

quasi granite
floral loom
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well it's staying static in that case and they can write me a letter if they don't like it..

quasi granite
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fair

spice drift
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Hello, is there some way of drawing on a dialog akin to how you can draw on the map?

distant axle
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Well technically. Would require very complex script and GUI

spice drift
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Okay

nocturne stratus
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Hey. I am using CT_CONTROLS_TABLE for my project.
In my dialog is one Table defined via Config and one should be added later via ctrlCreate.
(this one has another classname + other idc range)

The current problem is, that when I create this ctrl it won't show.
But if I test for rows or controls (with position) it is all defined (even the position is right).

Does anyone has an idea how to fix this?

quasi granite
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are you adding elements to the table? that ct is not visible by itself

nocturne stratus
quasi granite
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then it's time to show some code

opaque lynx
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Q: beyond the "onLoad" EH, is there a way to find the CONFIG for a given CONTROL? configOf perhaps? thanks...

quasi granite
opaque lynx
rapid atlas
#

How do you apply postprocessing to just one unit?

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Every time I run a postprocessing command in a player characters init it does it for everyone, not sure what to do here

# 
["FilmGrain", 2000, [1, 0.15, 7, 0.2, 1.0, true]] spawn
{
    local _name = _this select 0;
    local _priority = _this select 1;
    local _effect = _this select 2;
    local _handle = -1;
    while {
        _handle = ppEffectCreate [_name, _priority];
        _handle < 0;
    } do {
        _priority = _priority + 1;
    };
    _handle ppEffectEnable true;
    _handle ppEffectAdjust _effect;
    _handle ppEffectCommit 2000;
    waitUntil { sleep 0.1; ppEffectCommitted _handle };
    systemChat "You feel SWAG!!!";
    uiSleep 3;
    _handle ppEffectEnable false;
    ppEffectDestroy _handle;
};
opaque crag
#

Editor init boxes do run globally, and with JIP IIRC.

#

If you only want to run it on one machine you can use if (local player) then { code }, but I don't think the player object is local to the client at that timing.

#

Better to use initPlayerLocal.

rapid atlas
#

how do I call it just on one player? If I remember correctly initplayerlocal affects every player

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Im not worried about resources, I just want the effet on just one person in a squad

opaque crag
#

What, one player defined in the editor?

#

You could just set the variable name of that unit and compare player to that.

rapid atlas
#

Sure, thank you

opaque lynx
#

Q: probably elementary, so forgive the question, there is the ctrlShow primitive to show/hide control accordingly... is there a class {...} equivalent? and this is the 'default' visibility, correct? not subject to change, short of rebuilding a project, correct? thanks...

opaque crag
#

yeah, you can set the class attribute show = false

quasi granite
#
  • show = 0;
#

no such thing as true or false in configs

opaque crag
#

Hmm. I have show = false here :P

#

I guess it just maps it.

quasi granite
#

indeed, anything that arma does not know will be interpreted as string

opaque crag
opaque lynx
#

then I do not need to do anything else 'special' in the onLoad EH for instance. that's what I need. cheers 🍻

opaque lynx
opaque crag
#

Not sure if it's an undocumented feature. Either that or it doesn't actually work and I worked around it elsewhere.

opaque lynx
#

but we can use show ...

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show = 0; or show = 1; as appropriate, assuming presence means show = 1; by default.

#

so what I need to know is definitively that, or is ctrlShow the path forward...
just looking for the sensible default CONFIG so we can do the least amount of work elsewhere.

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off the cuff, show is not highlighted using the Code linter, so wonder if that's even a thing.

#

thanks...

wooden jolt
#

There is this long time issue where stuff in the AI actions menu (6 menu) are not sorted by proximity, making it very unpredictable where AI is going to grab that launcher from 🙂

#

Is there any way to fix that with a mod?

quasi granite
#

Any UI that is handled by the engine is hardly modifiable with the methods available to us mortals, so I would lean towards "no" as an answer

wooden jolt
#

I had a similar feeling. But perhaps someone found a hack 🙂

#

@willow stratus ‘s all in one menu provides a great alternative to the standard menu though.

opaque lynx
#

Q: in terms of the inventory dialog, if I wanted to approximate that in a value added dialog, how is the ammo bar achieved?
https://pasteboard.co/zbToQZFVxQ1B.png
I'm thinking, bare minimum, the overall CONTROL might be a CT_LISTNBOX, but how is the bar itself achieved? any ideas, suggestions? in the illustrated example, the "7.62 mm 10Rnd Mag", for instance.

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opaque lynx
opaque lynx
#

anyone at all?

maybe help better frame the question. my dialog will need a version of the inventory listing at some level, images, display name, counts, and where ammo is concerned, would like to emulate cartridge levels and so forth. along these lines.

using the player inventory dialog as a template upon which to model that layout.

thanks...

opaque crag
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I think that's just a listbox (CT_LISTBOX). They support left/right pictures and right text in one row.

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The BIS and ACE arsenals are almost all listbox and controlsgroup too, IIRC. I think there's one CT_LISTNBOX.

opaque lynx
#

okay, in general, but specifically in this case? looking for the 'ammo level' emulation approach.

opaque crag
#

oh, the little bar...

#

yeah not sure about that one.

opaque lynx
#

yes. I mean, I generally get the CT_LISTNBOX aspect, and that probably this is more than likely the control group variant. but was curious about the level bar, or emulation thereof.

opaque crag
#

But I found that if any of the CT_xxx things don't cut it for some reason, it's surprisingly easy to emulate them with a controlsgroup.

opaque lynx
#

thanks for the discussion, got a general idea, I think. although if anyone can lend any specific insights, that'd be fantastic as well.

opaque crag
#

I considered controlsTable but I couldn't find much advantage over controlsGroup.

opaque lynx
#

I have used the control table before. the templating aspect takes a bit of mind warping to comprehend, but once you get the hang of it, it does work pretty well.

#

the main advantage, you do not have to repeat yourself, especially you have 2 or 3+ rows to insert in a template pattern.

opaque crag
#

I guess if you're creating them in config rather than code.

opaque lynx
#

but like I said, the template and EH is a bit of a mind warping exercise to wrap your head around.

#

yep

distant axle
#

Are compass (K) and watch (O) special cases that are driven by Engine so they can have lightings but not CT_OBJECTs?

distant axle
#

Nevermind, useGlobalLight = 1; is a thing. But it does only try to add lightings but no reflections (which I wanted to have)

20230515205843_1.jpg
simple bay
#

Hey there. I am about to create a "chat with admin" for events we play.
I've been thinking about how to structure the GUI and some help would be appreciated.

I came up with two possible implementations, one of them being a list, where each entry would be it's own message, using a multiline RscText, or having multiple RscTexts in a ControlsGroup.
Wondering if more experienced gui gods could tell me if I am on the right track. I probably lean mostly toward mutliple Rsctexts in a Controlsgroup, the RscText would ofcourse be created dynamicly depending on the number of messages.

quiet arrow
#

What about listNBox?

#

Msgs could be too long though

hoary estuary
#

Rendering ton of text in case of a long "chat" might be an issue though

simple bay
hoary estuary
#

It wont, you'll need to _ctrl ctrlSetPositionH ctrlTextHeight _ctrl (and ctrlCommit) each time you update the text

#

and yeah having it inside RscControlsGroup is a good idea for a scrollbar

simple bay
#

Thanks for the info, will look into this option.

Exactly why I wanted to ask, never would have thought about this approach

robust wagon
#

Hey people, I've seen mods with UIs that display 3D models, like units and vehicles. Do anyone know what GUI class or command is used to display that?

distant axle
#

CT_OBJECT

robust wagon
#

nice

#

thanks

robust wagon
#

another question blobcloseenjoy

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is it possible to keep a CT_OBJECT contained in a specific area of the UI?

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I mean, to display it inside a squared area, and crop the object render if it goes outside that area

distant axle
#

There's no direct way. Workaround is UiToTex procedural texture

robust wagon
#

Hmm, that sounds a bit more complicated 🤔

#

Thanks again meowheart

simple bay
hoary estuary
#

Well, whatever works for you

simple bay
strange arrow
#

@simple bay That's because the current version of the stable branch is 2.12 while onEditChanged is going to be introduced with 2.14.

simple bay
#

Yeah, I see.
Probably worth adding it to the wiki entry

strange arrow
#

The Wiki entry already documents that that EH comes with 2.14, but I agree that it doesn't indicate that 2.14 is actually an upcoming version.

simple bay
strange arrow
#

The icon in the top left 🙂

Screenshot_2023-05-21_at_12-06-02_User_Interface_Event_Handlers_-_Bohemia_Interactive_Community.png
simple bay
#

Damn it.

#

Better go to bed. Thank you

unkempt cliff
#

I have this button class that's supposed to have colorDisable when disabled with _button ctrlEnable false; but the image always stays white```sqf
class RscImgButton: RscButton
{
type = CT_ACTIVETEXT;
style = ST_PICTURE + ST_KEEP_ASPECT_RATIO;
action = "";
tooltip = "";

color[] = {1,1,1,1};

colorActive[] = {1,1,1,1};

colorDisabled[] = {1,0,0,0.25};

};

#

hmm ctrlSetTextColor seems to be one way

frail fern
#

Hello! I was wondering is there a best practice way of passing data to a GUI?
I mean, in terms of Namespaces, aside from lifetime, serialization and MP locality restrictions, is there much difference if I arbitrarily use uiNamespace/missionNamespace/localNamespace to do some quick throwing and grabbing here and there?

quiet arrow
#

Anything works as long as it fulfills your needs.

#

Lifetime is usually the criteria to look out for.

frail fern
#

Great. Thanks!

quasi granite
#

I wouldn't recommend saving stuff to uinamespace when working on a display for a mission because it is persistent even across missions

frail fern
#

Sure I'm aware. But I always promptly "nil" these temp globals.
I just always wondered if using a specific Namespace was most cost-effective than others, given the context (GUIs). I guess not.

solid gyro
#

hi, trying include file in mod and when packing with mikero tools, it gives error

#include "\a3\3DEN\UI\macroExecs.inc"

Rapify:Rap: In File \a3\3DEN\UI\macroExecs.inc: circa Line 56 bad eval/exec
.preprocessing files produced an error
#

Don't know is this correct place to ask config error, but it's GUI stuff so im asking here.

distant axle
#

Have you tried to remove the first \?

solid gyro
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It include file , but it says about __exec in file marcoExecs.

But i re-do all and check again.
It works if I do not do it with mikerotools , but just though is that only mikero 's check error . Don't know

zinc oriole
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can sliderSetSpeed [idc, number, number]'s number values not be 0.01 or 0.5?

#

does it need to be like 1,2,3...

unkempt cliff
zinc oriole
#

hm k, thank you

#

yep the issue was somewhere else

opaque lynx
#

Q: about addAction, does priority need to be unique?
I have a case, the condition says true, so I think it should be appearing in the action menu, but it is not, I suspect that another action is squashing it, its condition says true as well, same priority.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction

addAction
opaque lynx
#

nevermind I see another condition in play... sorry for confusion.

opaque lynx
quiet arrow
#

Other than whats written on that page, no.

opaque lynx
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well, I'm not you're QA, but if I notice anything obvious... 😉

opaque crag
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lol, who do you think their QA is :P

opaque lynx
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Q: about right justifying anything... recalling something about on screen coordinates {0,0} is not necessarily the screen top left. may be something such as this which I could do in the horizontal coordinate:

#define JUSTIFY_RIGHT(L,V,X,W) (L + V - X - W)
opaque lynx
opaque lynx
quiet arrow
#

SafezoneX and SafezoneY is what you are looking for

opaque lynx
#

nah, I am laying out something like the arsenal, so starting with safeZoneXAbs, safeZoneWAbs... far far left, far far right.

#

when I use safeZoneX etc, things seem to align mid-screen, | |XXXXX| |, but when I use safeZoneXAbs, things seem aligned to the edge of the screen where I want them, i.e. |XXXX|. not sure why that is. but otherwise, if I review an ACE arsenal geometry, for instance, they definitely do use safeZoneX, etc. curious that.

quiet arrow
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Abs is for multi monitor setups

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If only one monitor is used they do the same as the commands without abs.

opaque lynx
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that is what the docs say, but that is not the behavior that I experienced. not sure why that is. and I do not have a multi-mon setup.

#

could it be perhaps resolution? I don't know...

#

ah I think I see why... because {0,0} is not top-left.

opaque lynx
opaque lynx
#

back on the CT_LISTNBOX colors and such, sure share with me the source code behind it, I'll tell you what the colors are doing (maybe... LOL).

frail fern
#

Hello, fine looking people

So, I was wondering, is there a way to make CT_PROGRESS (RscProgress) smoother?
It's scripting command "progressSetPosition" doesn't work with "ctrlCommit" so I'm stuck with hard, sharpy values, which is difficult for me when I just want a bar to fill in a specific time gap.
I started using "fake" RscText (CT_STATIC) so I can give it a background color and just commit my way through an empty overlayed RscProgress frame. But I wonder if there's a way to simply use the real deal, but smoother.

opaque crag
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Having "emulated" a couple of other controls when their limitations annoyed me, I'd say just do that.

quiet arrow
#

@frail fern Unfortunately, CT_PROGRESS is very limited, both in functionality and visuals.

#

Using a simple CT_STATIC it probably the best idea.

#

Having a CT_PROGRESS be animated smoothly requires a loop.

frail fern
opaque lynx
#

Re: CT_LISTNBOX, what I want to do is for the selected highlighting to not be so flashy. And to stay consistently whether the control has focus or not. And for it to be BLACK; the color itself, no problem. But how might I accomplish the rest?

opaque lynx
#

💡 ah-ha moment, this is clever, CT_LISTNBOX, idcLeft and right attributes... kind of a poor man's way of composing a controls group without having to muck that much with the template issues... subtly clever. like it 💯

elfin dawn
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why would this text show up in the GUI editor but not when I call the gui? the tooltip is there

class chkBoxOneText: RscText
{
    idc = 1001;
    text = "Bring Squad With"; //--- ToDo: Localize;
    x = 0.480312 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
    y = 0.738 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
    w = 0.065625 * safezoneW;
    h = 0.028 * safezoneH;
    tooltip = "Check this box to bring your squad within 10m of you in the halo"; //--- ToDo: Localize;
    sizeEx = 0.7 * GUI_GRID_H;
};
#

just dont see thetext

crude berry
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does wherever you "call the gui" from include GUI_GRID_H definition?

#

i.e. #include "\a3\ui_f\hpp\defineCommonGrids.inc"

elfin dawn
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oh you know what, I dont think it does.

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yep that was the issue, thank you

#

one more question actually, is there a way to center text in the available space?

#

Figured that out

align = "CENTER";
style = 0x02;
valign = "top";
opaque lynx
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Q: when you define CT_LISTNBOX, drawSideArrows = 1, does that automatically presume you declare both left+right controls? Like if I do not have one, then it rejects the case entirely?

opaque lynx
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Q: CT_LISTNBOX, I am trying to set the text of a particular cell using, _lnb lnbSetText [[_row, _column], _text], I can verify that the string is actually there, _lnb lnbText [_row, _column], it did get set, but the text is not displaying at all. I am also setting a picture in the left most cell, BTW, not sure if that is having an effect, _lnb lnbSetPicture [[_row, _column], _picture].

opaque lynx
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now it's starting to look like something interesting though...
https://pasteboard.co/LUbImtWPowvV.png
figured out some color issues, sort of, thanks to the folks with ACE, arsenal addon. 👍
able to emulate the controls tab using CT_LISTNBOX, works really nice actually without needing the controls resource overhead.

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opaque lynx
#

Q: what are the colors to persuade the color or background color of a CT_LISTNBOX? so far have tried color[], colorBackground[], colorShadow[] with no effect. running out of obvious choices there. The config is currently this.

color[] = { 0, 0, 0, 0 };
colorShadow[] = { 0, 0, 0, 1 };
colorBackground[] = { 0, 0, 0, 1 };
colorSelectBackground[] = { 0, 0, 0, 0.5 };
colorSelectBackground2[] = { 0, 0, 0, 0.5 };
colorPictureSelected[] = { 1, 1, 1, 1 };
colorSelect[] = { 1, 1, 1, 1 };
colorSelect2[] = { 1, 1, 1, 1 };

similar, along these lines, the difference in colors from the control to surrounding scenery.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/File:CT_LISTNBOX_buttons.jpg
plus side, I think I was successful in sortout out the solid selected color, focus not focused. so there's that.
thanks...

File:CT LISTNBOX buttons.jpg
opaque lynx
#

🤷‍♂️ partial victory, I have a background supporting one of the control groups (right hand side), but not the other. it is literally the same set of controls[] and base classes supporting both, in terms of defined colors and such. not sure why on the left I am not seeing the background. I double checked IDC and such are all there and unique as well.
https://pasteboard.co/BjehQZVU0fM0.png

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elfin dawn
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anyone know why after I tab out of the game while using the GUI editor after I tab back in I can only move gui objects half a cell to the right by clicking on them? did I press a keybind on accident?

opaque lynx
quasi granite
elfin dawn
#

alright thank you, one more thing. Any reason when I import a gui I was just working on, the class becomes classigave: rscInheritedType and the gui type on the bottom becomes RscText?

manic flame
#

Hi, I have made this button UI for my arma mission, and I want it to execute some code once its clicked...

        class sumbit
        {
            type = 1;
            idc = 3002;
            x = safeZoneX + safeZoneW * 0.61125;
            y = safeZoneY + safeZoneH * 0.32222223;
            w = safeZoneW * 0.095;
            h = safeZoneH * 0.03777778;
etc...        
};
#

In SQF code*

#

My dialog Id is 3000

quiet arrow
# 
class sumbit
{
    type = 1;
    idc = 3002;
    x = safeZoneX + safeZoneW * 0.61125;
    y = safeZoneY + safeZoneH * 0.32222223;
    w = safeZoneW * 0.095;
    h = safeZoneH * 0.03777778;
    onButtonClick = "_this execVM 'myScript.sqf'";
}
#

myScript.sqf is a script file in your mission's root

manic flame
#

Okay

#

Thanks

exotic blade
#

I'm trying to change the pictures on a CT_TOOLBOX via script commands without any luck so far.
lbSetText seems to have no effect when ST_PICTURE is enabled.
Is there a way to set them via script?

winged pagoda
#

Is there a way to set a different blend mode for an RscPicture? I'd need to make it additive instead of normal overlay

distant axle
#

No

opaque lynx
#

Q: about CT_LISTNBOX, is it possible to set both lnbSetData as well as lnbSetValue?

crude berry
#

yes. IIRC data only takes strings and value only takes numbers. You can also make your own array/hashmap using the control as a namespace and row id as a key, that seems to flow nicley with relevant ui events blobdoggoshruggoogly

opaque lynx
#

so my question is NOT what data versus value takes... I know this already.
I have a use case where it might be interesting to set BOTH. i.e. literally,

... lnbSetData ...;
... lnbSetValue ...;

and so on

#

I mean if I have to indirect and index to an array or something, fine, but would be interesting in the above use case.

crude berry
#

yes, you can

opaque lynx
#

very very interesting, thanks so much...

opaque lynx
#

Q: any idea why the text column is not showing up in either of these CT_LISTNBOX controls?
At least it is consistent, so there's that, I fix it one place, probably for both controls.
https://pasteboard.co/tjOoVRAF0WMt.png
I have verified in the logs, I am indeed setting the text with lnbSetText, which I then read back again with lnbText. For instance:

12:17:15 [...] [233.044] [INVENTORYMGR] [fn_inventoryMgr_lnbCategoryItem_onRefresh] Row: [_row, _displayName, _actualName, _class, _picture]: [0,"sights right 0","sights right 0","sightsItemR_0","a3\ui_f\data\gui\rsc\rscdisplayarsenal\itemoptic_ca.paa"]

"sights right 0" indicated by _displayName and _actualName respectively. So I am at least somewhat confident the control has received the message. Is it a colorText[] thing? That is set by a intermediate base class, not being reset by any classes AFAIK.

colorText[] = { 1, 1, 1, 1 };
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opaque lynx
scarlet nova
#

hey please help me how to fix this?

📎 mp4
opaque lynx
#

Q: is there a web page or docs describing any analogs to the Visual Studio Image Library for Arma 3?
https://microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35825
Looking for in game look feel for things like open, save, these sorts images.
Thanks...

Microsoft Download Center
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quiet arrow
#

There is no such thing.

#

Most common these days are UIs created with GUI_GRID or pixelGrid (Eden Editor).

#

You can check out some of the default UIs

opaque lynx
opaque lynx
unkempt cliff
quiet arrow
#

There is no downloadable image library though.

opaque lynx
#

thanks yeah that was kinda interesting, bit useful too...

simple bay
#

Hey there, got a weird problem.
When using cutRsc to cut in a resource, the _display param that I get in onLoad is Display #-1. Any ideas why this would be?
I cut it in as ("FNF_spectatorUI" call BIS_fnc_rscLayer) cutRsc ["spectatorSideNumbers", "PLAIN"];.

When I use this in a different framework I work on, it works no problem. The spectatorSideNumbers is in RscTitles like this:

class spectatorSideNumbers {
    idd = 9914;
    duration = 1e+011; 
      movingenable = true;
    onLoad = "uiNamespace setVariable ['FNF_spectatorUI', _this #0]; FNF_spectator = true; call FNF_ClientSide_fnc_spectatorUIhandler;";
      onUnload = "FNF_spectator = false; uiNamespace setVariable ['FNF_spectatorUI', nil];";

    class controls {
        class FNFalive1: RscText {
        idc = FNF_RSC_TEXT_1;
        style = 2;
        sizeEx = 0.045;
        x = safeZoneX + safezoneW * 0.1;
        y = safeZoneY + safeZoneH * 0.95;
        w = 0.05 * safezoneW;
        h = 0.05 * safezoneH;
        colorBackground[] = {0,0,0,0};
      };

      class FNFalive2: FNFalive1 {
        idc = FNF_RSC_TEXT_2;
        x = safeZoneX + safezoneW * 0.15;
      };

      class FNFalive3: FNFalive1 {
        idc = FNF_RSC_TEXT_3;
        x = safeZoneX + safezoneW * 0.2;
      };

      class FNFalive4: FNFalive1 {
        idc = FNF_RSC_TEXT_4;
        x = safeZoneX + safezoneW * 0.25;
      };
    };
  };
unkempt cliff
simple bay
#

I do. I do have it in another framework also set to -1 and it works no problem monkaHmm

unkempt cliff
#

make it value you wish to have

simple bay
#

Ok, that got the display to have a normal number, thank you.
(But still doesn't show monkaHmm, will need to look elsewhere then). I am just stupid

simple bay
#

Ok. Same config as above. Yet when I try

private _dialog = uiNameSpace getVariable ["FNF_spectatorUI", displayNull];
allControls _dialog

I get an empty array. _dialog is correctly the display with the 9914 id.

#

When I check the missionConfigFile and navigate to RscTiles >> spectatorSideNumbers I see the controls in there painsChamp

unkempt cliff
simple bay
unkempt cliff
#

did u give it time to init?

simple bay
#

It's been on for more than 10 minutes by now

unkempt cliff
#

hmmm

simple bay
#

I'll try to add some code into onLoad in the controls, to see if those get run

#

Hmm, did not get executed painsChamp

opaque lynx
#

Q: trying to associate couple of image resources with picture buttons, literally toolbar style buttons. getting the following errors in my log and prompts:

22:37:16 Warning Message: Cannot load texture res\openfolder_32x.paa.
22:37:16 Warning Message: Cannot load texture res\save_32x.paa.
22:37:16 Warning Message: Cannot load texture res\saveas_32x.paa.
22:37:16 Warning Message: Cannot load texture res\sharelink_32x.paa.
22:37:16 Warning Message: Cannot load texture res\delete_32x.paa.

AFAIK they are all 32x32, are there any other criteria? IIRC, maybe something to do with transparency, I'm not positive...
Thanks...

opaque lynx
#

The image is here, as a PNG obviously, but I did convert to PAA with GIMP.
https://pasteboard.co/OT3npJvCEOWH.png
Edit; pardon me, rather, this res. Still, I did verify it exists and its at least 'there'.

opaque lynx
#

okay I think I see, not sure how the PNG was sources, resaved as 24-bit and converted... now is DXT1 rather than DXT5 in the viewer.

opaque lynx
#

still not loading though, not sure what I am doing incorrectly there... possibly a 'border' issue re: transparency? shrug

opaque lynx
#

wondering if the issue is not the image resource at all, scanning through a couple of obscure forum posts.

you know I am studing my UI classes, and I wonder if somehow a custom image is not supported on a pure CT_BUTTON? I can set the "image" (loosely coined) as long as it was a "resource", it seems, just not a custom image?

looking at another area in the code, I think I emulated the toolbox feature using instead an active label set to an image for text = "...". or in another instance, I even used the ST_PICTURE + ST_KEEP_ASPECT_RATIO + ST_VCENTER style, which I think was met with halfway decent success.

🧠 thoughts?

simple bay
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The RSC get's loaded, the onLoad in the spectatorSideNumbersgets called, the PFH i create in FNF_ClientSide_fnc_spectatorUIhandler get's created and works. Just the controls arent there ree

solid gyro
simple bay
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What seems to be te problem is RscText. There already is one resource that does not use inheritance and defines the control fully like this:

class structuredText3 {
        access = 0;
        type = 13;
        idc = 1003;
        style = 0x00;
        lineSpacing = 1;
        x = 0 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
        y = 0.980 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
        h = 0.020 * safezoneH;
        w = 0.17 * safezoneW; //w == h
        size = 0.020;
        colorBackground[] = {0,0,0,0.85};
        colorText[] = {1,1,1,1};
        text = "";
        font = "TahomaB";
        class Attributes {
            font = "TahomaB";
            color = "#FFFFFF";
            align = "CENTER";
            valign = "bottom";
            shadow = true;
            shadowColor = "#000000";
            underline = false;
            size = "1.7";
        };
      };

When I copy and edit it, it also shows. So me trying to do it "properly" might be the issue.

I do define class RscText; at the top of the file like so

class RscText;

class RscTitles {
....
};
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Ok, that indeed is the problem monkaHmm this is really weird to me

unkempt cliff
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isn't it enough to just add the class? monkaHmm

unkempt cliff
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like above?

distant axle
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If is in a mission's Description.ext, is not enough

simple bay
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I see. So the class works only in addons monkaHmm

unkempt cliff
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works with GUIs too

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but class RscText; is not enough

simple bay
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Resources defined by addons and not by mission*

distant axle
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import is a thing