#arma3_gui

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ionic tundra
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Ok, so any attempts at applying it again fail by default, gotcha

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I was never able to find a workaround for what seems to be the gpu throwing them out, which is a real shame since I put some solid work into that mod

tranquil iron
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It is supposed to load it back in if it had been thrown out. If that's not working thats a bug that should be fixed.
But I somehow need a repro for that bug

ionic tundra
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Could I help with that? Do you want steps or a mission file or something else?

opaque crag
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Well, it's likely to be highly dependent on OS, GPU driver and GPU...

ionic tundra
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Since it requires the gpu to be running out of memory to throw it out, it needs to be at scale. For reference my mod changes the uniform textures of everyone within a distance to be ui2texture displays, so its a lot of units and a lot of memory being used

ionic tundra
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Anyway if I can do anything to help with this then let me know, I am personally interested in seeing it work

tranquil iron
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So I found the bug with changing texture quality that broke UI2Texture. Potentially that also fixes your issue, it will be on next #perf_prof_branch which might release this week.
Please ping me if it still is broken after that

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I can also reproduce the texture not reloading.
Turn camera away from texture, change texture quality setting (from high to low). Turn camera back, the texture is now not being rendered.

ionic tundra
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@tranquil iron I did experience that same issue with texture quality. However I still experienced the uniforms turning black even when I didnt change the texture quality :(

tranquil iron
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I hope both are fixed

ionic tundra
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Awesome, thankyou very much Dedmen!

idle spruce
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configFile >> "RscButtonMenuOK" >> "style"
style = "0x02 + 0xC0"

what is 0xC0 didn't find it on a wiki search

tranquil iron
idle spruce
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oh its a 0 not a O

opaque crag
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It's hex, just base-16 numbers. 0xC0 = 192, but the hex makes more sense when referring to bitmap flags.

ebon nimbus
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how do i change the arma 3 starup screen?

tranquil iron
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which, and for what reason

zinc oriole
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what was the class called where you can display a tree of stuff

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they did it in the main menu of arma so you could see the diff sub divsions etc

burnt token
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Orbat?

zinc oriole
mellow arch
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Is it possible, with the right know how, to edit the look of the ARMA 3 radar panel?

west steeple
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It's possible to open the config viewer from the main menu ?

opaque crag
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I don't think so. Quickest to go into the editor.

peak dust
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How would I go about adding a Map to an gui? one that is centered on a player

hoary estuary
pale root
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I found this code on github and tried to pack it into a config.cfg and this into a PBO

but theres no effect?
does somebody have an idea how to fix this problem.

class CfgPatches {
class amp_spotlight {
units[] = {};
weapons[] = {};
requiredVersion = 0.6;
requiredAddons[] = {};
version = 2.0;
versionStr = 2.0;
versionAr[] = {2, 0};
author = "Ampersand";
};
};

class RscStandardDisplay;
class RscDisplayMain: RscStandardDisplay
{
class Spotlight
{
class AwesomeServer
{
text = "[ OFFICIAL ] Arma 3 Zeus by Bohemia Interactive (EU) #15"; // Text displayed on the square button, converted to upper-case
textIsQuote = 0; // 1 to add quotation marks around the text
picture = "\amp_spotlight\button.paa"; // Square picture, ideally 512x512
//video = "\a3\Ui_f\Video\spotlight_1_Apex.ogv"; // Video played on mouse hover
//action = "0 = [_this, 'your.domain.name', '2302', 'yourpasshere'] execVM '\amp_spotlight\joinServer.sqf';";
action = "0 = [_this, '85.190.155.165', '2302', ''] execVM '\amp_spotlight\joinServer.sqf';";
actionText = "Join server: [ OFFICIAL ] Arma 3 Zeus by Bohemia Interactive (EU) #15"; // Text displayed in top left corner of on-hover white frame
condition = "true"; // Condition for showing the spotlight
};
};
};

wind spade
pale root
pale root
magic dew
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Anyway to get aa HUD text element to display a variable

_money = [player] call HALs_money_fnc_getFunds;
text = _money;

Tried doing this and no luck. not sure what to do now

hoary estuary
magic dew
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Ty

jolly cloud
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Hey there! I'm setting up a private variable within the onLoad parameter in my config. This variable stores the name of an object that gets spawned when the page loads. What I want to do is use this variable in the onButtonClick parameter of a button to control that particular object.

I'm trying to figure out how to pass this variable from the onLoad function to the onButtonClick function. Does this sound like the right approach?

My main concern is making sure that multiple users can open the GUI at the same time and not mess with each other's spawned objects.

quiet arrow
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Set it in missionNamespace globally

rain flume
jolly cloud
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That works R3vo, thanks

dapper cloak
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How would I go about filling the SpawnerType attribute which is a combo with values from a public Variable SPI_SpawnerTypes for an Eden module

class SPI_vehicleSpawnerModule: Module_F
{
    scope = 2;
    author = "Suppressor Industries";
    category = "SPI_functions";
    displayName = "Vehicle Spawner";
    function = "SPI_Vehicles_fnc_VehicleSpawnerModule";
    //icon = "105th_Vehicles\textures\Icons\vehicleSpawner.paa";
    //picture = "105th_Vehicles\textures\Icons\vehicleSpawner.paa";
    functionPriority = 10;
    isGlobal = 1;

    class Attributes: AttributesBase
    {
        class SpawnerType: Combo
        {
            property = "SPI_VehicleSpawner_SpawnerType";
            displayName = "Spawner Type";
            typeName = "STRING";
            tooltip = "What type of spawner is this";
        };
        class SpawnPad: Edit
        {
            property = "SPI_VehicleSpawner_SpawnPad";
            displayName = "Spawn Pad";
            tooltip = "Object variable name of where vehicles should be spawned";
            defaultValue = """""";
        };
    };
    class ModuleDescription: ModuleDescription
    {
        description[] = {
            "Enables players to spawn vehicles on the object defined ""SpawnPad"".",
            "You can create custom SpawnerTypes within the configs if you want to spawn",
            "your own custom assets or you can use a default setup that already exists",
            "",
            "Usage: Sync an object to this module to add the vehicle spawner action to them."
        };
    };
};
strange portal
uncut compass
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Anyone able to find the counterpart to \a3\ui_f\data\igui\cfg\actions\close.ca with the arrows reversed? I've been looking for a while and can't find it, but I could swear I've seen it before.

image.png
quiet arrow
uncut compass
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I checked everywhere in ui_f and couldnt find it

queen orchid
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"\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\Actions\Obsolete\ui_action_open_ca.paa"

uncut compass
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Looks like I didn't look hard enough, thx

queen orchid
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Having game data unpacked and a good search tool is nice.

distant axle
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(Disregard that I'm using my own Mod for Arsenal) What is this bottom gap that is noted with red? This could be an issue for me when I try to check which is the mouse-overed item

image.png
opaque lynx
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Q: about slider controls...
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/CT_SLIDER
I want to label the slider with the current value for display purposes...
I'm not sure slider is directly supported in that.
but is there a way that a transparent or passthrough static control might be overlaid...
for that to work would need to passthrough all forms of control, tab navigation, keys, mice, etc, I think.
possible? alternate suggestions?
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ctrlSetText
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/CT_STATIC

CT SLIDER
ctrlSetText
CT STATIC
opaque lynx
quasi granite
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overlaying interactible controls is not possible in arma

hoary estuary
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Hmm, maybe you can have RscText under the slider and have it disabled?

livid sable
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I am wondering if there is a way to have multiple displays on the screen at one time.

curently, I have a background display, and then I open a dialog on top of it. My gui has different sections that are all very complex so I'd like to be able to separate it completely rather than using control groups.

Currently it works, but if I switch to a new dialog (with the same background display), and then switch back to the first one, something weird happens where the first displayed dialog does not close correctly so it breaks the dialog on top.

Is there a way to fix this behavior or will I have to resort to control groups?

Thank you!

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For reference, this is how I create my background :

(findDisplay 46) createDisplay "SPAWNMENU_BACKGROUND";

And this is how I create dialog on top of background:

findDisplay _activeIDC closeDisplay 0;

createDialog ["SPAWNMENU_STATMENU", true];
strange arrow
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Have you tried using closeDialog instead of closeDisplay?

livid sable
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Ive also tried closing the dialog multiple times, stuff like that, but it still bugs out.

strange arrow
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What about _backgroundDisplay createDisplay "SPAWNMENU_STATMENU"?

livid sable
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yea thats what I tried before

livid sable
strange arrow
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Yes, you can have at most one display created with createDisplay and one display created with createDialog visible at the same time.

livid sable
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Okay. That part has been working.

The BG is display.
The on top GUI pages that I switch between are create dialog

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But they glitch out because they aren’t properly deleted I’m thinking

strange arrow
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Is moving the stuff from SPAWNMENU_BACKGROUND to ControlsBackground of SPAWNMENU_STATMENU an option?

livid sable
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Yes, but that would mean a bunch of duplicated code, because both the statmenu and other menus all sit on top of the background

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er

livid sable
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private _activeIDC = uiNamespace getVariable "SPAWNMENU_ACTIVEIDC";
if (_activeIDC isEqualTo IDC_BG_STATS) exitWith {};

closeDIalog 0;
systemChat (str dialog + " should be false";
 createDialog ["SPAWNMENU_STATMENU", true];
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this is what I was doing to test at one point

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and dialog kept coming back as true, even though I have just closed the currently active dialog (which there is only one of) in the previous line

strange arrow
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That is not what I would have expected either.

livid sable
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mhm

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ive done stuff like copy pasting closeDialog or looping it but that still doesnt make the chat "false should be false"

strange arrow
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Can you try it with a sleep 1 after closeDialog?

livid sable
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im thinking it may be that because the BG display is interfering?

livid sable
strange arrow
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You can spawn the entire block as far as I can see.

livid sable
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ill try that

strange arrow
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Just to test if closeDialog returns before the dialog has actually been closed.

livid sable
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but it does mean there will be a delay when you click stuff

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ye

livid sable
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IT WORKED!!

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so now I guess I just shorted the sleep command to as little as possible while it works

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tysm

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yea I got it down to sleep 0.001 which is basically instant

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by change would you also know how to switch a units POV camera?

it works when I first do createCam, but can I return unit view to that cam after its created?

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ive tried selectCamera or switchunit and it hasnt worked

strange arrow
# livid sable Yes, but that would mean a bunch of duplicated code, because both the statmenu a...

You can easily avoid duplicate code using https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Class_Inheritance:

class SPAWNMENU_BACKGROUND {
  ...
};
``````hpp
class SPAWNMENU_STATMENU {
  class ControlsBackground {
    class Background: SPAWNMENU_BACKGROUND {}; //Same effect as copy-pasting the SPAWNMENU_BACKGROUND class here.
  };
  class Controls {
    ...
  };
};

class SPAWNMENU_OTHERMENU {
  class ControlsBackground {
    class Background: SPAWNMENU_BACKGROUND {};
  };
  class Controls {
    ...
  };
};
livid sable
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ah

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I did not know that! ty

strange arrow
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Or like so:

class SPAWNMENU_MENU {
  class ControlsBackground { /* Background stuff here */ };
};
``````hpp
class SPAWNMENU_STATMENU: SPAWNMENU_MENU {
  class ControlsBackground: ControlsBackground {};
  class Controls {
    ...
  };
};

class SPAWNMENU_OTHERMENU: SPAWNMENU_MENU {
  class ControlsBackground: ControlsBackground {};
  class Controls {
    ...
  };
};
strange arrow
livid sable
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sort of. But I create a camera and want to move the player's perspective to that

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the camera is already existing

strange arrow
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Ah, you probably need to do something like ...

private _camera = "camera" camCreate _somePos;
_camera cameraEffect ["Internal", "BACK"];

...

_camera cameraEffect ["Terminate", "BACK"];
camDestroy _camera;
```... but that's an [#arma3_scripting](/guild/105462288051380224/channel/105462984087728128/) topic 🙂
opaque lynx
opaque lynx
strange arrow
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@opaque lynx Well CT_XSLIDER controls in the base game usually have a CT_EDIT with the current slider value next to them (e.g. the sliders for the Skill, Health / Armor and Ammunition entity attributes in the Editor). Is that approach an option for you?

opaque lynx
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not sure this was coincident with any recent ARMA updates, or maybe it is just a trick of the in game daylight evening lighting, IDK...
I drew yellow lines underscoring there are bounding box lines being rendered as expected.
the red arrows indicate there are in fact faint yellow lines where there should be bounding box edges drawn in.
like I said, these were far bolder before.
https://pasteboard.co/6K7L31lWZNlf.png

A3 drawn bounding box oddities - Image on Pasteboard

"Pre-update" the lines were drawing in far more boldly.

opaque lynx
opaque lynx
# opaque lynx another question, seems like the indicated button is, for whatever reason, not r...

so strange... when I have the controls specified in the controls group in one order, I get the result above.

class KPLIB_inventoryMgr_btnSearchBy : KPLIB_inventoryMgr_btnSearchByBase {
    idc = KPLIB_IDC_INVENTORYMGR_BTN_SEARCHBY_R;
    x = KPLIB_INVENTORYMGR_BTN_SEARCHBY_R_X;
};
class KPLIB_inventoryMgr_edtSearchBy : KPLIB_inventoryMgr_edtSearchByBase {
    idc = KPLIB_IDC_INVENTORYMGR_EDT_SEARCHBY_R;
    x = KPLIB_INVENTORYMGR_EDT_SEARCHBY_R_X;
};

which in this alignment I do want the button first for tab order purposes.
however, when I reverse the order, the button appears fine.
no idea what is influencing that.
anyone at all?

class KPLIB_inventoryMgr_edtSearchBy : KPLIB_inventoryMgr_edtSearchByBase {
    idc = KPLIB_IDC_INVENTORYMGR_EDT_SEARCHBY_R;
    x = KPLIB_INVENTORYMGR_EDT_SEARCHBY_R_X;
};
class KPLIB_inventoryMgr_btnSearchBy : KPLIB_inventoryMgr_btnSearchByBase {
    idc = KPLIB_IDC_INVENTORYMGR_BTN_SEARCHBY_R;
    x = KPLIB_INVENTORYMGR_BTN_SEARCHBY_R_X;
};
opaque lynx
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kinda bizarre how sensitive order of class controls {} class must be...

opaque lynx
hoary estuary
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This makes first control with idc = -1 disappear in the display

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So you need to have a dummy contol for engine to hide instead of your useful one

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Didn't look into your issue deeper, just remembered this quirk

opaque lynx
hoary estuary
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maybe engine still picks some control if none with idc = -1 exist? idk

opaque lynx
# opaque lynx except it's not, to do with `idc`. my `idc` are all defines, I show it in my log...

pattern seems to be in the nature of:

class Base {
  class controls {
    class A_base {};
    class B_base {};
  };
};

class Derived : Base {
  class controls {
    class A {};
    class B {};
  };
};

wants for the order to be specific in Derived.
doing this seems to cause "issues", dunno why though.

class Derived : Base {
  class controls {
    class B : B_base {};
    class A : A_base {};
  };
};

anyway, I might try to bring A and B out apart from controls and see if that helps.

class A_base {};
class B_base {};
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Base of course a controls group, here for brevity.

humble falcon
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How can I change a RscMapControl style to the one with white base color and contour lines? It's in "texture" mode by default

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So i.e. not this

image.png
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But this instead

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next warren
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guys, is there any OK way to create interactive dealogue like this? (even mod can help me if u know one)

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and trader like this

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both for hosted MP

hoary estuary
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#define CT_MAP              100
#define CT_MAP_MAIN         101
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CT_MAP is the one you want

humble falcon
pulsar oar
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Anybody knows the name of the UI in the bottom left which displays units under your command? I already looked through the config and uiNamespace variables but could not find it.

opaque crag
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"command bar" typically.

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I have no idea what it's called in config.

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Might be IDD 313?

pulsar oar
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Ok I found it after googling better

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configfile >> "CfgInGameUI" >> "CommandBar"

proven obsidian
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out of curiosity has anyone managed to determine if rvmats can be used on GUI work? If so, any guides?

distant axle
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A rvmat is not really usable in GUI. If you place a p3d model, you can consider it is used

livid sable
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Has anyone had an issue where, when using combo boxes, if you press out of them a certain way or click the GUI in a certain weird way, all of the combo boxes become unresponsive, and to fix you have to reload the dialog. I’ve been having this issue forever, not sure how it could be my end.

placid hare
livid sable
placid hare
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create ctrl and then do ctrlSetfocus

....
_display ctrlCreate ["XM8SlideCommanderController", 4340];
private _DoorController = _display displayCtrl 4340;
_DoorController ctrlSetPosition [0,0];
_DoorController ctrlShow true;
_DoorController ctrlCommit 0;
ctrlSetFocus _DoorController;
livid sable
placid hare
livid sable
placid hare
livid sable
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So the display?

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My combo boxes are predefined in config

placid hare
livid sable
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I don’t have a parent control? It goes directly from dialog -> combo boxes

placid hare
short thicket
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Greetings. Will anyone be able to animate a custom animation of a chemical detector from the Contact add-on with a script? (configFile >> "RscWatch" >> "AnimationSources" >> "Threat_Level_Source") I tried with the command: (findDisplay 12 displayCtrl 101) ctrlAnimateModel ["Threat_Level_Source", 0.5] and it didn't work. What don't I understand?
This detector is a "watch".
(I realized that display is not the correct one, but how can I find the right one?)

strange arrow
short thicket
strange arrow
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The code on the Wiki is a little confusing. If I interpret it correctly, this is how you display a threat value on the chemical detector:

"YourLayerName" cutRsc ["RscWeaponChemicalDetector", "PLAIN", 1, false];

private _display = uiNamespace getVariable "RscWeaponChemicalDetector";
private _obj = _display displayCtrl 101;

_obj ctrlAnimateModel ["Threat_Level_Source", 0.5, true];
```The lines with `"YourLayerName" cutText ["", "PLAIN"]` and `_obj ctrlShow false` remove the display / hide the detector, so don't execute those if you want to see something 😅
short thicket
idle spruce
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Is there a getter to find the current position of a display/ctrl?

solid gyro
idle spruce
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ty

arctic solstice
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Hello everyone. I'm new to gui development for arma, i've got a few questions:

  1. I have StructuredText control in a dialog, and i want to have a tooltip when i hover over a certain text inside of it. Is it possible to do so? If not, what could be a possible alternative?
  2. How to make cutRsc HUD toggleable with a script? findDisplay doesn't find displays (both by idd and scriptname) defined inside RscTitles, and uiNameSpace getVariable returns nil if HUD was not initialized before. Probably im missing something here.
hoary estuary
# arctic solstice Hello everyone. I'm new to gui development for arma, i've got a few questions: 1...
  1. Not easily possible. Structure your code so that your text with tooltip is a separate element. You can also do some trickery with ctrlTextWidth and ctrlTextHeight to position your tooltipped element at the end of text instead of say on a next line after structured text.
  2. Either close whole layer with cutFadeOut or wrap all your controls in RscControlsGroup and ctrlSetFade/ctrlShow it to hide everything at once.
short thicket
minor sonnet
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how does the A3 field manual show vehicle images?

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trying to show vehicle images for asset spawner, and I dont like the ugly grey background on the "editorPreview" pic

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or is it like "ctrlSetModel" or something

empty mountain
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yeah

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P:\a3\ui_f\scripts\GUI\RscDisplayFieldManual.sqf can see it here

minor sonnet
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awesome thank you

strange arrow
short thicket
# strange arrow I don't understand what the chemical detector has to do with the compass. I've a...

As a tool, of course, the detector has nothing to do with the compass 😉 What I meant was that I would try to get the display number of the compass in a similar way to the detector... but it didn’t work out - the compass does not seem to use the RSC “registration” in the RscTitles class and does not creates a variable containing display 😦 In any case, thanks for the useful information.

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Moreover, I realized that I did not understand the "mechanics" of working with UI configs - I tried to add the onload and onunload properties to the RscCompass class (in the hope of creating event handlers), where I put _this select 0 in the uiNamespace namespace variable, but the variables did not appear - apparently the handlers were not created or the events did not occur... (rather, I don’t understand where and how to create them correctly). Can someone enlighten me on this matter? (What did I do wrong?) And of course - has anyone worked with configs (interested in the display number) and compass animations?

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Is there any standard approach to defining the display and control of existing UI elements?

hoary estuary
short thicket
hoary estuary
short thicket
short thicket
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So - a general description of the problem: I made a compass model that contains both basic and custom animations. Then I found the RscCompass class which mentions the basic compass model (p3d) - I replaced it with my model. I also added AnimationSources with my animations to RscCompass (added because I saw that RscWatch also has AnimationSources - added in the Contact add-on). Basic animations work in the game, but I can't get around to enabling custom animations because... I just can’t find the display and control (I can redefine it) of the compass... Can anyone tell me the direction in which I need to move? What basic mistakes did I make?

hoary estuary
short thicket
hoary estuary
short thicket
hoary estuary
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class MyDisplay {
    ...
    onLoad = "private _compass = _this select 0 displayCtrl 123";
    class controls {
        class MyCompass:RscCompass {
            idc = 123;
            ...
        };
    };
};
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Better have the onLoad call some function instead though

short thicket
hoary estuary
short thicket
hoary estuary
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🤔

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The game compass is configFile >> "CfgInGameUI" >> "Compass", but it lacks idcs or anything like that, probably completely engine driven and not accessible through scripts

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Oh wait, it is a flat compass, not a model

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Yeah, it seems to be completely hardcoded

short thicket
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It’s also very strange to me that CfgTitles is completely empty... despite the fact that RscTitles is actively used.

short thicket
hoary estuary
short thicket
hoary estuary
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A2:

class CfgTitles
{
    access = 1;
    defaultSpeed = 1;
    defaultIn = 0.5;
    defaultTime = 10;
    defaultOut = 0.5;
    titles[] = {"Sphere","BISLogo","TVSet"};
    class Sphere
    {
        access = 0;
        name = "Sphere";
        duration = 5;
        camera[] = {0,0,-10};
        model = "\ca\data\koule.p3d";
    };
    class BISLogo
    {
        access = 0;
        name = "Bohemia Interactive";
        duration = 3;
        camera[] = {0,0,-200};
        model = "\ca\data\bohemiaolor2.p3d";
    };
    class TVSet
    {
        access = 0;
        name = "TV Set";
        duration = 1000;
        camera[] = {0,0,-1.2};
        model = "\ca\data\TVhi.p3d";
    };
};
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So yeah, some ancient stuff

short thicket
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It’s also strange to me that this code didn’t produce anything:
{ private _display = _x; { if ((ctrlIDC _x) == _compassCtrl) then { hint str ctrlIDD _display; }; } forEach allControls _display; } forEach allDisplays;

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_compassCtrl contains idc which I overridden in RscCompass

hoary estuary
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It if it is a UI control at all, maybe you can try requesting a scripting command to return it

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inGameUICompass, inGameUIWatch something like this

short thicket
short thicket
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In model.cfg everything works as it should if the "source" property in the animations is present and equal to the names of the base animation controllers ("compassPointer", ...). If “source” is missing (which is necessary for custom animations), then the main config (in my case in configFile >> “RscDisplayMainMap” >> “objects” >> “Compass” >> “AnimationSources”) contains classes with names corresponding animation names in the model.cfg file, with approximately the following content:
source = "user";
animPeriod = 0.002;
initPhase = 0;
minPhase=-3.141593;
maxPhase=3.141593;
minValue=-3.141593;
maxValue=3.141593;

Next, I try to animate the model in the game, for example using the command "findDisplay 12 displayCtrl 102 ctrlAnimateModel ["limb", 2, true]" and... nothing happens...

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("limb" - class name in AnimationSources)

distant axle
hoary estuary
short thicket
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Greetings. Could anyone please provide a working example of CUSTOM animation of any 3D interface object? (like a compass or a watch) I haven’t found one yet... I’m interested in animation mechanics (I really already doubt their existence) - using which classes in which sections of the configs and using which commands?

empty mountain
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spearhead uses 3d UI for the tank sights and similarly animates them

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    class SPE_MGZ40_Gunner_Optic: SPE_RscUnitInfo_Optic // MG42/34 Statics
    {
        class Objects
        {
            class MainSight
            {
                class AnimationSources
                {
                    class reloadAnim
                    {
                        source = "user";
                        animPeriod = 1;
                        initPhase = 0;
                    };
                    class MainTurret_Inertia
                    {
                        source = "user";
                        animPeriod = 1;
                        initPhase = 0;
                    };
                    class MainGun_Inertia
                    {
                        source = "user";
                        animPeriod = 1;
                        initPhase = 0;
                    };
                    class Illuminated_Sight
                    {
                        source = "user";
                        animPeriod = 1e-06;
                        initPhase = 0;
                    };
                };
            };
        };
short thicket
# empty mountain ```cpp class SPE_MGZ40_Gunner_Optic: SPE_RscUnitInfo_Optic // MG42/34 Static...

Thanks Kerc. I just found a solution last night. Before this, I tried to use the AnimationSources class and nothing worked for me (I understand that it works well with CfgVehicles, perhaps in a couple of other places, but not with 3D interface objects... or I didn’t understand how). And then I tried to do without AnimationSources completely... and it worked 🙂 However, I did not use 'source = "user";' , and assigned the “source” parameter a value equal to the name of the animation class itself. And yes - then I animated the model using ctrlAnimateModel.

zinc oriole
#

how do i get the same effect as the debug console with my rscEdit.

  • i cant make multiple lines.
  • text also begins in the middle of the box not top left.
strange arrow
#

Should be ST_MULTI.

zinc oriole
magic dew
#

Anyway to add breaks in lines for rscStructuredText with the on load statement?

distant axle
#

<br/>?

magic dew
#

Been trying that but it returns an error

#

onLoad = "((_this select 0) displayCtrl 201) ctrlSetText ('Item 1: ' + str(player getVariable 'Item1')<br/>('Item 2: ' + str(player getVariable 'Item2')));";

#

Im sure im being stupid here

opaque crag
#

onLoad is tricksy.

#

but the <br/> isn't in a string there?

distant axle
#

You're using very terrible way to join multiple strings and you confused yourself. Use format instead that is very easy to read

format ["Item 1: %1<br/>Item 2: %2",player getVariable 'Item1',player getVariable 'Item2']```
opaque crag
#

you'd need + "<br/>" +. THe format version is much better although it needs to use single quotes here.

distant axle
#

I do believe format is way faster to execute either

magic dew
#

GUI stuff is not my hot spot so im clueless on stuff like this, where would i put the format code snippet?

distant axle
#

It's not GUI script command. It's a command to format your string instead of having +s

opaque crag
#

onLoad = "((_this select 0) displayCtrl 201) ctrlSetText format ['Item 1: %1<br/>Item 2: %2',player getVariable 'Item1',player getVariable 'Item2'];"

magic dew
#

Not an error but it just shows <br/> in the string itself

opaque crag
#

An improvement :P

magic dew
#

Would formatText also work in this case?

distant axle
#

I don't recall right now. BIKI said no though

opaque crag
#

Try this:
onLoad = "((_this select 0) displayCtrl 201) ctrlSetText format ['Item 1: %1%3Item 2: %2',player getVariable 'Item1',player getVariable 'Item2',endl];"

magic dew
#

Now theres just a small space between the 2

#

Gonna fuck around a find out with formatText

opaque crag
#

What's the control class?

magic dew
#

RscStructuredText

opaque crag
#

Oh, in that case you need to feed it with structured text, yes.

#

might need ST_MULTI as well though?

magic dew
#

Would it be simplier to change the control class instead?

distant axle
#

CT_STRUCTUREDTEXT should work as is w/o any styles IIRC?

opaque crag
#

I'd hope so but not clear.

magic dew
#

I have 0 clue what any of those are but i'll look it up and try

hoary estuary
#

Yeah, you don't need styles for CT_STRUCTUREDTEXT, they're described in Attributes subclass

#

If control is CT_STATIC (RscText), then you need style = ST_MULTI (style = 16) for line breaks to work, I think \n works as line break

#

There is ready control for that RscTextMulti with that style

hoary estuary
outer oar
#

hello folks how are you supposed to make gui hide when the rest of it is hidden like with splendid camera etc

hoary estuary
#

Child to display 46

outer oar
#

so within rsctitles inherit off of whatever display 46 is?

strange arrow
outer oar
#

Ah knew they did just couldn't find it, thx ansin

quiet arrow
#

Does anyone know how it's done that the GPS minimap can be static (player rotates) or dynamic (map rotates) ?

#

I checked the script but that's empty.

hoary estuary
#

inb4 its ctrlSetAngle

quiet arrow
#

Seems like it.

burnt token
#

minimap is engine driven

hoary estuary
#

Just tried ctrlSetAngle, doesn't work

#

I guess there is no command for it

lyric kayak
#

is there a nice simple/easy way to restrict characters that can go into a text box? using onChar perhaps

distant axle
#

See if you can return a string on onEditChanged do it, or simply ctrlSetText within

lyric kayak
#

thanks, that turned out to be the best event handler since onChar gets fired before the text is actually changed

quiet arrow
#

onEditChanged as mentioned and regex

quiet arrow
loud flame
#

#arma3_scripting message
I'm working on making a custom menu for my chat wheel mod, and given that my experience with them is fairly limited, I had a few questions, such as whether it should be a dialog or HUD, is there any difference between them other than one allows other input, while the other doesn't?. I want players to be able to use the menu while still moving and shooting, and should be quick to use.

My goal is for it to be similar to the commanding menu, but not make the back end messy, which is my current situation.
Essentially, to send a message, the user would:

  1. Press a keybind to open the menu.
  2. Scroll up or down a list of options.
  • If possible, using scroll wheel or arrow keys.
  1. Select an option.
  • If possible, using enter or space.
  1. Optionally open another menu if the selected message has further options.
  2. Once the end of the message has been reached (no further options left), call a function to send the message.
quasi granite
# loud flame https://ptb.discord.com/channels/105462288051380224/105462984087728128/118541361...

should be possible.

whether it should be a dialog or HUD, is there any difference between them other than one allows other input, while the other doesn't?
you want to make a hud: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/GUI_Tutorial#HUDs
Press a keybind to open the menu.
Add a UIEH for detecting key presses to the mission display (findDisplay 46): https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/User_Interface_Event_Handlers#onKeyDown
Scroll up or down a list of options.
UIEH for scroll wheel: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/User_Interface_Event_Handlers#onMouseZChanged
Select an option. If possible, using enter or space.
Also UIEH for key presses, check for the DIK code inside the event: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/DIK_KeyCodes
Optionally open another menu if the selected message has further options.
Can be done via createDialog/createDisplay
Once the end of the message has been reached (no further options left), call a function to send the message.
The logic is up to you but it should probably happen inside the event handler

DIK KeyCodes
GUI Tutorial
User Interface Event Handlers
loud flame
loud flame
#

How can I get a user's menu color settings?
I assume it's in profileNamespace but I didn't see anything that seemed to be it.

Specifically I'm looking for the backgrounds/active elements colors

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distant axle
#

There is a function to do it. Don't recall name rn

#

BIS_fnc_getGUIColor or smth?

loud flame
quiet arrow
#

You can also directly get them from profile.

#

This page explains how the variable names are build

manic flame
#

I exported my UI from the builtin editor, and it just opens up as blank in-game.

SQF used to open the UI:

createDialog "Logi";

Description.ext:

import RscFrame;

class Logi {
    idd = 20000;
    class background: RscFrame
    {
        idc = IDC_TEST_BACKGROUND;
        x = 0.298906 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
        y = 0.236 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
        w = 0.402187 * safezoneW;
        h = 0.528 * safezoneH;
        colorBackground[] = {1,1,1,1};
    };
}

It allows me to move the mouse, but not do anything outside of that, blank UI, no color either.

hoary estuary
#

Does RscFrame event support background color?

#

Otherwise might be same issue, mission is not fully reloaded

strange arrow
#

The background class needs to be placed in Controls or ControlsBackground:

class Logi {
  idd = 20000;
  class ControlsBackground {
    //Your background controls here ...
  };
  class Controls {
    //Your other controls here ...
  };
};
loud flame
loud flame
loud flame
quiet arrow
#

Is anyone aware of a way to hide this icon in the center that indicates the player position?

image.png
unkempt cliff
quiet arrow
#

Hmm. Indeed.

#

I thought more about a config entry for ctrlMap but this might work as well.

quasi granite
quasi granite
loud flame
#

Is there a way to make a "live" preview image for CfgUIGrids?
I'd like the preview to reflect the user's color settings as opposed to just mine.

loud flame
#

I realized it would probably just be better to make the text white anyway, so that it matches the other vanilla elements

#

What would be the best way to create a preview image anyway?
I took a screenshot of my UI from in-game and remade it in photoshop (since the background is partially transparent), but the resolution of it is no longer compatible with .paa files.

I could just resize it and leave that space empty, but then that leaves a bunch of empty space being highlighted when hovered over in the "Layout" menu.

unique prawn
#

My GUI displays, but the list isn't populating with spawn controls. I've been working on this for like 4 hours a day for the last 3 days, CANNOT find a solution, although I've gradually improved my code, still nothing displays...
The Dialog is created in initPlayerLocal.sqf via [] call UL_fnc_createSpawnDialog;

Any ideas? I'm out of ideas and tired of debugging. I see very similar code function without issues, mine refuses to though.

image.png
#

spawnDialog.hpp

class SpawnDialog
{
    idd = 5000;
    movingEnable = false;
    enableSimulation = false;
    
    class ControlsBackground
    {
        
    };

    class Controls
    {
        class spawnDialogList : RscListBox
        {
            type = 5;
            idc = 5001;
            x = 0;
            y = 0.065;
            w = 1;
            h = 0.89;
            style = 16;
            colorBackground[] = {0.11,0.11,0.11,1};
            colorDisabled[] = {0,0,0,1};
            colorSelect[] = {0.4,0.6,0.6,1};
            colorText[] = {0.702,0.702,0.702,1};
            font = "PuristaMedium";
            maxHistoryDelay = 0;
            rowHeight = 2;
            sizeEx = (((((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25) * 1);
            soundSelect[] = {"\A3\ui_f\data\sound\RscListbox\soundSelect",0.09,1.0};
            blinkingPeriod = 0;
            shadow = 1;
            class ListScrollBar
            {
                color[] = {1,1,1,1};
                thumb = "\A3\ui_f\data\gui\cfg\scrollbar\thumb_ca.paa";
                arrowFull = "\A3\ui_f\data\gui\cfg\scrollbar\arrowFull_ca.paa";
                arrowEmpty = "\A3\ui_f\data\gui\cfg\scrollbar\arrowEmpty_ca.paa";
                border = "\A3\ui_f\data\gui\cfg\scrollbar\border_ca.paa";
                
            };
        };
        
        class spawnDialogSpawnButton : RscButton
        {
            type = 1;
            idc = 5002;
            x = 0;
            y = 0.95;
            w = 1;
            h = 0.05;
            style = 0+2;
            text = "Spawn";
            borderSize = 0;
            colorBackground[] = {0.102,0.102,0.102,1};
            colorBackgroundActive[] = {0.2,0.2,0.2,1};
            colorBackgroundDisabled[] = {0,0,0,1};
            colorBorder[] = {0.302,0.502,0.502,1};
            colorDisabled[] = {0.2,0.2,0.2,1};
            colorFocused[] = {0.2,0.2,0.2,1};
            colorShadow[] = {0.102,0.102,0.102,1};
            colorText[] = {0.8,0.8,0.8,1};
            font = "EtelkaNarrowMediumPro";
            offsetPressedX = 0.001;
            offsetPressedY = 0.001;
            offsetX = 0;
            offsetY = 0;
            sizeEx = (((((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25) * 1);
            soundClick[] = {"\A3\ui_f\data\sound\RscButton\soundClick",0.09,1.0};
            soundEnter[] = {"\A3\ui_f\data\sound\RscButton\soundEnter",0.09,1.0};
            soundEscape[] = {"\A3\ui_f\data\sound\RscButton\soundEscape",0.09,1.0};
            soundPush[] = {"\A3\ui_f\data\sound\RscButton\soundPush",0.09,1.0};
            action = "[] call UL_fnc_spawnPlayer";
            blinkingPeriod = 1.5;
            shadow = 1;
        };

        class spawnDialogHeader
        {
            type = 0;
            idc = -1;
            x = 0;
            y = 0;
            w = 1;
            h = 0.065;
            style = 0;
            text = "Town Spawn Menu";
            colorBackground[] = {0.1641,0.2764,0.2764,1};
            colorText[] = {0.8,0.8,0.8,1};
            font = "PuristaMedium";
            sizeEx = (((((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25) * 1);
        };
    };
};

createSpawnDialog.sqf

disableSerialization;

[0, "BLACK", 0, 1] spawn BIS_fnc_fadeEffect;
0 fadeSound 0;

private _dialog = findDisplay "SpawnDialog";

if (isNull(_dialog)) then
{
    _dialog = createDialog ["SpawnDialog", true];
};

private _listBox = _dialog displayCtrl 5001;
private _spawnLocations = [
    "Pyrgos (Main Spawn)", 
    "Athira (Main Spawn)",  
    "Kavala (Main Spawn)",
    "Zaros (Main Spawn)",
    "Paros (Main Spawn)",
    "Sofia (Main Spawn)",
    "Selakano (Main Spawn)",
    "Chalkeia (Minor Spawn)",
    "Agios Dionysios (Minor Spawn)",
    "Abdera (Minor Spawn)",
    "Telos (Minor Spawn)",
    "Oreokastro (Minor Spawn)"
];

{
    _listbox lbAdd _x;
    _listBox lbSetText [_forEachIndex, _x]; //debug
} forEach _spawnLocations;
proper cipher
unique prawn
#

I'm not sure, relatively new to scripting myself, and never worked with C++. Honestly the dialog was generated by Arma Dialog Creator, and I just made small modifications.

proper cipher
#

oh! I also saw in another channel the unescaped backslash thing. 😄 it looks like this is not the issue

unique prawn
#

Ahh figured it out.
My dialog creation for RscListbox was missing correct values here. I'm guessing my row height was far too small, plus probably incorrect number of rows.

rows = 25;```

Also modified my dialog creation to also set extra values. Some of this is redundant, but it works and I can clean it up now. Hope this helps others if they run into the same issue and search it up later.

```_listbox lbAdd _x;
    _listBox lbSetText [_forEachIndex, _x];
    _listBox lbSetTextRight [_forEachIndex, _x];
    _listBox lbSetValue [_forEachIndex, -1];
    _listBox lbSetData [_forEachIndex, _x];```
unkempt cliff
#

you mean like UI controls/text ?

unkempt cliff
#

I think you mean this file: "a3\weapons_f\data\nightvisiontl.paa"

#

but i dont know where's the code that displays it

distant axle
#

We don't know what you mean or what it is. Or even what you've done

distant axle
#

NV vignettes are driven by engine and not even a texture but somewhat special model in vanilla. If you talk about ACE, don't know

outer oar
#

its possible to do in 2.16 now

fast prism
#

Regarding dialog control classes... Is "Rsc" just a naming convention, or is there anything that specifically looks for that tag when running scripts? And just for my own edification, what does "Rsc" it stand for?

distant axle
#

Resource. It does nothing with how it should behave. Just convention

distant axle
#

GUI Editor that is integrated is VERY awful and I never recommend to use. Write in description.ext and test is the best way, is my answer/preference

#

Well not really

#

It is very easy to apply your change and test

#

In fact, make a change in Description.ext, press Ctrl+S in Eden, open Debug Console, check how it looks. This is fine

#

Any way can actually work regarded to positioning. I think I haven't used PixelGrid so far but vanilla macros

#

No

#

Check for safeZone BIKI article

#

A control within a controlgroup on the other hand... 0,0 is top-left of the parent group

#

It can be messy at first glance. In a few glances, it still is. But if you stare at them enough, you may find the clue. It still is messy though

#

It is because the GUI is driven in very legacy thing. Blame the engine that haven't updated for two decades

#

Well PG or safeZone or some other way is "easier" workaround

#

Don't forget that, besides window size (usually same as screen resolution) there're several UI scale that can be set in Video Settings

lyric nymph
# 
        class fact1: BioText 
        {
            idc = 1101;        
            style = ST_MULTI;    
            lineSpacing = 0.8;        
            SizeEx = 0.026;
            y = 0.552 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            text = "";
        }; ```
#

☝️ The BIS Wiki says: "To remove border add 512 (+ ST_NO_RECT) to the style (style 528, 529 and 530 are therefore border-less)."

#

So what do I add to that to make it borderless? Right now players can click the text and the box disables the clicking of other buttons from the GUI

distant axle
#

Do you mean multi line static's border?

#

If so just add 512 to the style

lyric nymph
distant axle
#

Just "add"

#

ST_MULTI is not a string but a number

lyric nymph
#

so sqf style = ST_MULTI + 512; ?

distant axle
#

Yes

#

528, 529 and 530 is the result and this is what it does mean

lyric nymph
#

Thanks!

lyric nymph
opaque crag
#

what's your BioText class based on?

#

If you want plain text or image with no interaction then you use CT_STATIC.

lyric nymph
fast prism
#

Is there any significant performance difference between using .PAA and .JPG files in a display? JPG are significantly smaller and look identical at the size I'm using. Anything else to consider? I've always used .PAA files for vehicle textures, which are much larger... 2k or 4k.

placid hare
fast prism
# placid hare

So on display buttons that suspend gameplay it probably doesn't matter.

placid hare
fast prism
#

Yeah, and I probably will. When doing complicated mockups I just use jpg since I can flip back and forth between Photoshop and Eden. I'll do it before publishing.

abstract tinsel
#

Anybody know how i can export a helmet from arma 3

lament mauve
#

so i guess i can ask here.
Im looking to make a Gui for arma which includes lists and buttons but this is my fist time doing such things, im following the tutorial on the bohemia wiki but i cant get the button to show up. is there a better tutorial/definitions page that describes how each element work, and what attributes each element has?

quiet arrow
#

I'd probably start with an existing UI and work from there.

lament mauve
#

how would i go about getting that?

quiet arrow
lament mauve
#

i have.
found the issue, i think, i had { idd = -1; access = 1; movingEnable = true; onLoad = ""; onUnload = ""; enableSimulation = true;
and im guessing that was throwing some kind of backend error

#

so is there no way to move a display/dialog after is created via normal gui rsc commands?

quiet arrow
#

displays/dialogs can't be moved really. You can move the controls within via scripting, or via the mouse if moving = 1

lament mauve
#

so main window is locked, but everything inside it (controls only) dont have to be... alright.

#

now next question, can you nest multiple items within an object? say like this, and move around the parent object or do i need to make a seperate element for each item and move them individually with scripts.

image.png
quiet arrow
#

This is what controlsGroups are for

#

You create a controlsGroup and add the controls to it. Then only move the controls group.

#

This also allows scrollbars V/H

lament mauve
#

ahhh ok, nice. ill probably have questions tomorrow but for now im good. thanks for the help

tribal lily
#

Hi guys is any way possible to remove all "vanilla" spotlight from main menu so i can have there my own photo presentation?

placid hare
tribal lily
burnt token
tribal lily
fringe kiln
#

hello people, i am lost, confused and utterly frustrated with the following: i am trying to use the native GUI editor to make a menu based on the PixelGrid system........ but when i look for documentation, i get overwhelmed with old and conflicting information that makes no sense to me. is there anyone here who can help me going?

strange arrow
#

Don't worry, the frustration is normal 🫠

#

You can reduce frustration by not using the GUI editor. Most people create / edit GUI configs in text editors / IDEs (e.g. VS Code) and test the results in the Eden Editor.

fringe kiln
quiet arrow
fringe kiln
# quiet arrow Let us know what is dysfunctional in <#105465701543723008> and we will fix it.

on this page: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_GUI_Coordinates
when i use the provided example for the PixelGrid system, nothing shows up. the dialog is created but there are no visible controls. i have no idea why. there are no errors. just nothing visible. i have been at this for too long and i just feel lost and overwhelmed. i just want to put my ideas into reality and i get bombarded with all these complexities and i am just fed up with it. i just want a straightforward tutorial that allows me to comprehend the system and how to apply it. it seems like the information out there are parts of a puzzle and i am having a hard time putting all the pieces together because to me it seems like there are pieces missing or broken.

Arma 3: GUI Coordinates
distant axle
#

How is your config

fringe kiln
distant axle
#

Yes

fringe kiln
#

it is like the tutorial wiki page suggests. the includes are there, everything present.

distant axle
#

Still I want to see that

fringe kiln
distant axle
# 
class ctrlDefault;```Invalid in a description.ext
# 
import ctrlDefault;``` instead
#

Also cpp sizeEx = "4.32 * (1 / (getResolution select 3)) * pixelGrid * 0.5";I don't think wrapping this into a string will work, it will be considered as a string rather a evaluated number, AFAIK

fringe kiln
#

oh damn......... yeah now something shows up but there is an error.

image.png
distant axle
#

In the first place, you can just import ctrlDefaultText; import ctrlStructuredText instead

fringe kiln
distant axle
#

That is only example

#

And... I maybe wrong actually about string

fringe kiln
#

basically, i have no idea what i am doing and the existing material i have found is somehow unable to teach me any confidence in what it is i am doing.

#

yeah sure i have done a bunch of stuff for ArmA 2 and 3 many years ago. that is how i racked up 3200 hours in ArmA 3 alone. but lets just say that i have gotten a bit rusty.

distant axle
# 
#include "\a3\3DEN\UI\macros.inc"
#include "\a3\3DEN\UI\macroexecs.inc"

import ctrlDefaultText;
import ctrlStructuredText;
class MyPixelGridDialog
{
    idd = -1;
    class controls
    {
        class TextLeftTop : ctrlStructuredText
        {
            text = "Left top";
            x = safeZoneX + 0 * GRID_W;
            y = safeZoneY + 0 * GRID_H;
            w = 50 * GRID_W;
            h = 5 * GRID_H;
            colorBackground[] = {1,0,0,1};
        };
        class TextCenterMiddle : TextLeftTop
        {
            text = "Center middle";
            x = CENTER_X - 25 * GRID_W;
            y = CENTER_Y - 2.5 * GRID_H;
        };
        class TextRightBottom : TextLeftTop
        {
            text = "Left bottom";
            x = safeZoneX + safeZoneW - 50 * GRID_W;
            y = safeZoneY + safeZoneH - 5 * GRID_H;
        };
    };
};```Looks like BIKI's example is outdated. Try this in description.ext
fringe kiln
distant axle
#

Yes, GRID_W and GRID_H

#

In macros.inc

#define GRID_W (pixelW * pixelGrid * pixelScale)
#define GRID_H (pixelH * pixelGrid * pixelScale)```
fringe kiln
#

yeah about those macros: do you know why the include provided by the wiki refuses to work inside an addon's config.cpp? in a mission description.ext it works fine.

distant axle
#

description.ext and config.cpp work a bit different

#

Especially import there is exclusive for description.ext

fringe kiln
fringe kiln
#

also, yesterday someone told me to avoid using the GUI editor........ sounds a bit contradicting. honestly it is one of the reasons for why i am very frustrated with ArmA 3 development at the moment. i strongly hope that the modding experience for Enfusion ( arma 4 ) will be smoother.

distant axle
#

Hm, looks it lackscpp #include "\a3\ui_f\hpp\defineResincl.inc"as a plug-and-play example

fringe kiln
distant axle
#

This replaces CT_STRUCTURED_TEXT -> 13

fringe kiln
#

13 what?

distant axle
# 
class ctrlStructuredText : ctrlDefaultText
{
    type = CT_STRUCTURED_TEXT;
    [...]
};```
fringe kiln
#

it probably means something to you. to me, it means nothing.

distant axle
#

Regardless it means nothing to you, it means something to Arma 3

fringe kiln
#

i know. but as you can probably imagine, i want to understand what it is i am typing. i hate just assuming something about what it is i write. i am not the copy-paste kind of guy. well sure, to get me going, but after that i want to know the nuts and bolts of it.

#

for example, i had to find out the hard way that this:
_handle = [] spawn { };
does not work with preStart in CfgFunctions. i would have appreciated it if the wiki would have mentioned that. would have saved me a bunch of time. i would have done the change to the wiki myself but i lost access to my account there. it has been a long time since i have used it and i no longer have the email account associated with it.

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for a few minutes i thought i had found the solution to the problem i have with trying to execute code ( to open the menu i am working on ) during mission RESUME. so i can use the menu in a mission i am already playing ( old man ). because i figured out that preInit and postInit do not work when resuming a mission. so then i tried preStart but found out that it simply ignores spawn.

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oh and the ArmA-related plugins for VScodium are bitching and whining about non-existent errors too so that is far from helping the frustration levels.

fringe kiln
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@distant axle so now that i have something showing up as controls, i want to build on that and express the ideas i have in my head. but how am i supposed to know which classes i should use for which purpose and what each one is meant to do?

quiet arrow
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The wiki has a page for each control type with examples and images.

fringe kiln
minor ermine
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Is it possible to edit the missile camera feed in the sensor display area? Would it be possible to add like a crosshair to the feed from the missiles pov?

iron heron
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hi, I hope I'm in the right place.

how can I use CT_LISTBOX with an automatic line break?

If the text is too long, it moves out of the Ctrl.

quiet arrow
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There is no linebreak.

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You can set disableOverflow to 1 to automatically cut if that text

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If too long you can add the full text as tooltip.

lyric nymph
#

☝️ My background is appearing on top of the vanilla inventory UI, any way to put it under?

# 
private _bg_pic = _display ctrlCreate ["RscBackground", -1];
_bg_pic ctrlSetBackgroundColor [0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.8];
_bg_pic ctrlSetPosition [safeZoneX + 0.25, safeZoneY + 0.447, safeZoneW * 0.81, safeZoneH * 0.59];
_bg_pic ctrlCommit 0;
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private _display = (findDisplay 602); // Find Inventory Display

hoary estuary
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Try disabling it?

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_bg_pic ctrlEnable false

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Another idea, iterate through all controls but your background control and do ctrlSetFocus on it

lyric nymph
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Your second suggestion will work for sure 😉

hoary estuary
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Sadly there is no easy z-index or anything like that, you have to play around with controls order, disabled status and focus to make controls appear in the proper order

lyric nymph
lyric nymph
# 
private _display = (findDisplay 602); // Find Inventory Display
private _allCtrls = allControls _display;
private _bg_pic = _display ctrlCreate ["RscBackground", -1];
_bg_pic ctrlSetBackgroundColor [0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.8];
_bg_pic ctrlSetPosition [safeZoneX + 0.25, safeZoneY + 0.440, safeZoneW * 0.81, safeZoneH * 0.58];
_bg_pic ctrlCommit 0;
_bg_pic ctrlEnable false; // So it goes to the bottom of the UI list

{
  ctrlSetFocus _x;
} forEach _allCtrls;
lyric nymph
hoary estuary
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Try simple RscPicture instead?

lyric nymph
hoary estuary
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Just a RscPicture with your background .paa

lyric nymph
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ok, my .paa had an empty center (was just the border frames) but I can add some background to it and try like that

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I am impressed that there is no way to send something to the bottom of the control layers

hoary estuary
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Tested it, looks like it doesn't work.

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Having it disabled doesn't send it to background

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Only control getting top priority is focused one

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I guess your best bet would be drawing several rectangles between existing menu spacings

lyric nymph
lyric nymph
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maybe I can use a keydown eh to detect the I being pressed before the vanilla inventory UI is created and create the background then...

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a shot in the dark but I see no other way

lyric nymph
# 
private _display = (findDisplay 602); // Find Inventory Display
private _allCtrls = allControls _display; // Find all the parts of the inventory
private _vanillaBackground = _allCtrls select 0; // Select the background
private _vanillaBackgroundPos = ctrlPosition _vanillaBackground; // get its current position
// Make vanilla inventory background darker
_vanillaBackground ctrlSetBackgroundColor [0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.8]; // WORKS
// Make vanilla inventory background bigger
_vanillaBackground ctrlSetPosition [_vanillaBackgroundPos select 0, _vanillaBackgroundPos select 1, _vanillaBackgroundPos select 2 * 0.81, _vanillaBackgroundPos select 3 * 0.58]; // Doesn't work
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☝️ Ok, I am taking a whole new approach regarding the inventory background issue. I am just trying to modify the background which the vanilla UI already has (and therefore is already at the bottom) and it works but I can only make the background darker, it doesn't work when trying to make it bigger

strange arrow
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You need some round brackets, * has higher precedence than select.

lyric nymph
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that didn't do it either

strange arrow
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What does systemChat str _vanillaBackgroundPos give you?

lyric nymph
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I can move the background control and change its color but can't make it bigger for some reason

strange arrow
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What do you get if you set both its w and h to 1?

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Can you color the relevant control pink or red or blue or something so that we can clearly distinguish it from the other controls?

lyric nymph
# 
_vanillaBackground ctrlSetBackgroundColor [0.90, 0.05, 0.05, 0.8];
_vanillaBackground ctrlSetPosition [safeZoneX, safeZoneY, safeZoneW * 1.3 ,safeZoneH * 1.3];
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just using safeZoneW and safeZoneH without the multiplier yields the same results

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y will search for other backgrounds used by the vanilla UI to see if can resize them... it is weird because I can move them allright

lyric nymph
strange arrow
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Are you doing ctrlCommit at the end?

lyric nymph
strange arrow
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Wiki knew it all along

lyric nymph
#

Thank you both @strange arrow and @hoary estuary , took some workarounds but I've finally defeated arma 🤣

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Final result (before customizing the new panels):

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PS: Virtual items will show ACE's items inside the container, without having to open another UI like it currently is in ACE. So ACE's virtual inventory is integrated to the A3 inventory hmmyes

quiet arrow
#

Does this UI still work on smaller resolutions?

lyric nymph
quiet arrow
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safezone is no guarantee for that.

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The inventory already covers like 90% of the screen with small resoluation and large UI size sitting

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so adding left an right panels might be problematic.

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But I guess these days thats going to be rare

lyric nymph
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Yeah, will do testings in 1080p at the lowest

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hopefully my ui doesn't get too armaed on lower res

quiet arrow
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You can test that yourself

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just switch to windowed mode and adjust resolution and UI size

lyric nymph
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from 1440 to 1080 and from small interface to normal

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But fixable, lower than that and bigger interface I won't even dare to try meowsweats

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Can I force normal/small UI size with a script command?

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Can I detect the client's UI size and resolution via script commands?

placid hare
#

95% of the players use Small UI Size imho.
The rest just needs some glasses xD

exotic ledge
#

hello, im trying to make a main menu mod and im trying to import a image into i made in adobe illustrator but im having trouble getting the colours to work they keep inverting (mainly yellows and blues). i got the right pixel size to make it into a paa but i dont know if im missing something? because it work with regular png's i get off the internet but not with the ones i made? can anyone help?

quiet arrow
#

It's probably one of the export settings. Had that a few times as well.

exotic ledge
simple bay
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I need to add two buttons to the pause screen in a mod.
If it were a mission, I would just add them programmatically with onPauseScript set in description.ext.
Any idea what an "equivalent" for this couldbe for mods?

quiet arrow
#

There is an event handler iirc. You can use that and wait until DisplayInterupt is available

simple bay
quiet arrow
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Check the biki eh page

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It was a scripted event handler

simple bay
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Damn, never heard about scripted events. Will take a look, thank you!

hybrid wraith
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Heya all, is there a solution to automatically cut an dialog Element when it leaves a certain Area?

Currently it works like the Top Picture, but I want to work like the bottom one:

https://i.imgur.com/yLRzqOz.png

Imgur
hoary estuary
hybrid wraith
hoary estuary
hybrid wraith
hoary estuary
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Check config of RscControlsGroupNoScrollbars

# 
class RscControlsGroupNoScrollbars: RscControlsGroup
{
    class VScrollbar: VScrollbar
    {
        width = 0;
    };
    class HScrollbar: HScrollbar
    {
        height = 0;
    };
};
hybrid wraith
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Worked, thanks again 🙂

dark light
#

If anyone here is familiar with some semi-internal workings of certain guis, I'd love to gain some insight in a couple things.
Like... the grey background in the main menu, which you see when there is no background scene, which element is that actually?
I thought it was the Picture class in the background controls of RscDisplayMain, but no matter how I manipulate that, it doesn't seem to change. I would like to entirely replace it.

Also in the server browser, the listControl that has all the server results, it is set up as a list box, but it has columns and I am thoroughly confused how one could access them, because it's not the listNBox commands.

distant axle
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Do you mean this grey background?

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dark light
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Yeah.

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I think it should be this one, but it doesn't change, even when I overwrite the text value

image.png
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Lots of those elements are also quite puzzling. Not just what their function is, but also why they have such weird sizes.
The gray background usually has h = 0;, and the BackgroundLeft/Right has h = 2 * 10;, which is like multiple times the screen height...

distant axle
# 
class RscPicture;
class RscTitles
{
    class RscDisplayMainMenuBackground
    {
        class controls
        {
            class Picture: RscPicture
            {
                text = "a3\static_f_jets\AAA_System_01\Data\AAA_system_01_co.paa";
            };
        };
    };
};```Very *whatever* reason, but it is defined elsewhere other than actual display, this works
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dark light
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Oh nice, thank you!
That makes things a lot easier.
Also explains why the height was set to 0. Someone was too attached to delete it outright, but wanted it out of the way xD
I would assume that it's a different display, because it gets turned off or on depending on whether there is a background scene, maybe?

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and while I am at it, is there a way to get notified when the "shown" state of a UI changes?
I haven't found any event and I'd rather avoid polling the living shit out of it.
Cause I'd like to randomize the background every time the main menu is shown, but it seems that the main menu is only created once and not destroyed, hence the onLoad only being triggered once and that's not helping

wind spade
#

Is there any way to adapt the structuredText text size for 4:3 monitors? I am using such macros:

#define GRID_W( num ) ( num * ( pixelGridNoUIScale * pixelW * 2 ))
#define GRID_H( num ) ( num * ( pixelGridNoUIScale * pixelH * 2 ))

Accordingly, I set the size like this: size = GRID_H(1);

I myself play with a 16:9 aspect ratio, but players with a different ratio from mine encounter problems with the text size.

burnt steeple
# distant axle ```cpp class RscPicture; class RscTitles { class RscDisplayMainMenuBackgroun...

Yo quick question how did you manage to show picture in main Menu i have this in config.cpp but my main menu is just gray ?

class CfgPatches
{
    class MyAddon
    {
        name = "Main Menu Addon";
        author = "Legion";
        url = "http://xkcd.com";
        requiredVersion = 1.60;
        requiredAddons[] = { "A3_Functions_F" };
        units[] = {};
        weapons[] = {};
        skipWhenMissingDependencies = 1;
    };
};

class RscPicture;
class RscTitles
{
    class RscDisplayMainMenuBackground
    {
        class controls
        {
            class Picture: RscPicture
            {
                text = "a3\static_f_jets\AAA_System_01\Data\AAA_system_01_co.paa";
            };
        };
    };
};
distant axle
#

requiredAddons I guess

burnt steeple
distant axle
#

Filepath is a irrelevant thing here

safe matrix
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not sure if it goes here

but is there a mod, or an reasonably understandable (for a novice) way to get the 3rd person camera to be offset to the side in vehicles??
I know there is some that do that for Infantry 3rd person, but i cant find anything for vehicles

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similar to how GTA4 had it offset to the left by about 2-3 meters

distant axle
#

That doesn't happen dynamically anyways

safe matrix
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oh?

distant axle
#

If you meant just move TPP camera's pivot, yeah you can. But camera won't pan backwards or anywhere on the fly like GTA IV you mention anyways

safe matrix
#

oh, i just mean the position of it

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basically just moving it to the side in vehicles, especially helicopters

distant axle
#

I see, but in order to do that, you still cannot change TPP pos for entire vehicles the game offers but requires to change value that controls it for every each vehicles you want to apply the change

safe matrix
#

oof

distant axle
# distant axle (Disregard that I'm using my own Mod for Arsenal) What is this bottom gap that i...

So I've wondered LB's weird things for a long time and figured in #arma3_feedback_tracker message very recently so going to share two facts:

  • the row height can be rounded if there is a subpixel modulo (aka height mod pixelH != 0) so it makes impossible to calculate which item the mouse is on or such (maybe there is a workaround tho). To fix, you can do sizeEx = height - (height mod pixelH) so it is not going to have subpixel height, stick to the screen perfectly
  • the gap between the last item and the bottom part of control equals to controlHeight mod columHeight
    Hope these facts can help someone
quiet arrow
#

Might be nice to have on the wiki

hoary estuary
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Would be great if this rounding was controlled by ctrlSetPixelPrecision

hoary estuary
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Wasn't there a way to disable controls through config definition?

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Without having to do ctrlEnable false manually

empty mountain
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i dont think there is

strange arrow
hoary estuary
#

Sad

lament mauve
#

Is there a limit to how many nested groups you can have in arma3? Like

Class group1{
    Class group2{
        Class group3{
... ect```
proud steppe
#

Currently struggling with the RscMapControl config. attempting to get each of these names to disappear, however I cannot seem to find the config entry


class RscMapControl
{
    showCountourInterval = 1;
    scaleMin = 0.001;
    scaleMax = 1;
    scaleDefault = 0.45;
    shadedSea = 0.7;
    showMarkers = 0;

    text = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.2,0.2,0.192,0.1)";

    ptsPerSquareCLn = 10;
    ptsPerSquareCost = 10;
    ptsPerSquareExp = 10;
    ptsPerSquareFor = 9;
    ptsPerSquareForEdge = 9;
    ptsPerSquareForLod1 = 4;
    ptsPerSquareForLod2 = 1;
    ptsPerSquareMainRoad = 6;
    ptsPerSquareMainRoadSimple = 0.01;
    ptsPerSquareObj = 9;
    ptsPerSquareObjLod1 = 2;
    ptsPerSquareRoad = 6;
    ptsPerSquareRoadSimple = 1;
    ptsPerSquareSea = 5;
    ptsPerSquareTxt = 20;

    maxSatelliteAlpha = 0.9;
    moveOnEdges = 1;
    alphaFadeStartScale = 1;
    alphaFadeEndScale = 0.5;
    widthRailWay = 2;

    colorText[] = {0,0,0,0};
    colorCountlines[] = {0.572,0.354,0.188,0.25};
    colorCountlinesWater[] = {0.491,0.577,0.702,0.3};
    colorForest[] = {0.31,0.35,0.18,0.325};
    colorForestBorder[] = {0, 0, 0, 0.5};
    colorForestTextured[] = {0.624,0.78,0.388,0.45};
    colorGrid[] = {0.1,0.1,0.1,0.6};
    colorGridMap[] = {0.1,0.1,0.1,0.6};
    colorInactive[] = {1,1,1,0.0};
    colorLevels[] = {0,0,0,0};
    colorMainCountlines[] = {0.572,0.354,0.188,0.5};
    colorMainCountlinesWater[] = {0.491,0.577,0.702,0.6};
    colorMainRoads[] = {0.9,0.5,0.3,1};
    colorMainRoadsFill[] = {1,0.6,0.4,1};
    colorNames[] = {0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0};
    colorOutside[] = {0,0,0,1};
    colorPowerLines[] = {0.1,0.1,0.1,1};
    colorRailWay[] = {0.8,0.2,0,1};
    colorRoads[] = {0.7,0.7,0.7,1};
    colorRoadsFill[] = {1,1,1,1};
    colorRocks[] = {0,0,0,0.3};
    colorRocksBorder[] = {0,0,0,0};
    colorSea[] = {0.467,0.631,0.851,0.5};
    colorTracks[] = {0.84,0.76,0.65,0.15};
    colorTracksFill[] = {0.84,0.76,0.65,1};
    colorTrails[] = {0.84,0.76,0.65,0.15};
    colorTrailsFill[] = {0.84,0.76,0.65,0.65};
};```
image.png
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this is for DayZ btw so maybe our shits fubar

distant axle
blazing yacht
#

How I can change the message box font?

#

Does anyone know how to change it? Or do you know the class name?

hoary estuary
#

font in config or ctrlSetFont through script

blazing yacht
#

in config

blazing yacht
#

How I can change?

hoary estuary
#

Create copy of the display and change it there?

blazing yacht
#

What is the class name?

hoary estuary
#

You'll have to find it, I don't know which message box you're trying to change

blazing yacht
#

Where I can find?

hoary estuary
#

Unpack ui pbos of the game/mod, download all in one config dump (or make it yourself with kju's tool)

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then make a mod that copies\inherits that message box with your needed changes

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or unpack the mission if its some mission message box

blazing yacht
#

Thank you. I try it

opaque crag
#

Uh, displays don't have any size restrictions like that.

opaque crag
#

Well, it's Arma so everything is bugged to hell, but I would be surprised if using 2^n pixel displays is going to help you.

distant axle
#

Vanilla way is either stretch pic or have empty space

hoary estuary
#

Have the button without background and some other element under it which will be the animation

hoary estuary
#

Thats what I meant, I animate them like that.

#

Not sure how these engine-driven textures work, its easier to just do your own animations

blazing yacht
hoary estuary
#

You can only edit its font through an addon

blazing yacht
hoary estuary
#

Actually I'm not sure where it pulls the font from

#

might be some global setting somewhere

#

Its heavily engine-driven

blazing yacht
#

That is, I have created a font in my language. But I want to be able to chat in my language too.

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Sorry, I'm not good at English.

blazing yacht
hoary estuary
#

Probably some definition elsewhere

blazing yacht
astral gulch
#

Does anyone have time to tell me about a very basic MFD setup?

#

Rather, I mean to ask: Is MFD/AirplaneHud this channel or #arma3_config

#

I'm trying to figure out how to increase the available HMD space, to make it wider than a normal HMD is.

hallow geyser
#

guys i created a gui for my fridge mod but this files in mission folder. is there any tutorial for converting these to config or something

image.png
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i want to put these in my own pbo

hallow geyser
#

fix*

hoary sorrel
hallow geyser
#

vscode

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theme is one dark pro

#

that feels different text editor

lament mauve
#

Well the idd should probably be something other then 1234.
Secondly the description.ext will have to be modified to a config.cpp and then you will need to do the add on preamble in the config file

minor valley
#

Hi, would anyone happen to have a role selection mod/script I could use for a mission?
I'm looking for something that would allow players to choose a set role (machinegunner, medic, etc) and apply the proper permissions/tags to them based on what they pick. Ideally I'm going to try to use this alongside GROM Restricted Arsenal to make class based arsenals, though if there was a mod/script that includes something like that aswell immediately after role selection that would be perfect.

stoic delta
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Is there a way to remove the ability to scroll an control group? I have a control group that contains information and a button to minimize/maximize the control group to (un)hide the information contained in it. It works for the most part however, I still have the ability to scroll the control group, revealing the hidden content at the bottom of the group.

distant axle
#

Do you mean in a scripted way or let scroll wheel on your mouse do it?

hoary estuary
stoic delta
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@hoary estuary I remember there either being a script command that did it or you had to set a property in the config for it but I don't remember what it is since I haven't done it in a long time

hoary estuary
#

unless you do two groups inside each other

stoic delta
#

I actually figured out I could just make they're width 0 to hide the scroll bars. The group can still be scrolled but tbh is not a big issue as the information is hidden at the user's discretion

#

And not seeing the scroll bars I imagine they wouldn't think to use it

hoary estuary
#

Try ctrlEnable false?

stoic delta
#

I'll give that a try when I get back on computer tomorrow. I'm assuming use that on the group ctrl?

hoary estuary
#

Yeah

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Maybe it will stop scrolling

outer oar
#

are there literally any alternatives other than trial and error? trying to make a gui which literally just has a table with a scrollbar in a frame with a close button, its big pain meowsweats

hoary estuary
outer oar
#

ouch

unkempt cliff
outer oar
#

the ui editor sux

unkempt cliff
#

hmmm

#

well its definitely not perfect

quiet arrow
#

Just get familiar with the code and have a way to quickly test the design. It gets easier with time.

outer oar
#

i just want to finish this damn gui so i can publish this mod

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its been over 6 months now

quiet arrow
#

I know these kind of comments....meowsweats

outer oar
#

its literally the last difficult thing left to do as well

image.png
#

i just hate doing gui and find it incredbily difficult hmmyes

stoic delta
# hoary estuary Try ctrlEnable false?

Unfortunately, that also disables all the child controls in the group, which the group contains the min/max button, as well as a Listbox that needs to remain active as well. Thanks for the help, I'm able to get the desired effect it seems w/o needing to disable the box. Now we know haha

hoary estuary
#

My current approach is shit ton of #define's and then simple definition in the display itself

outer oar
#

it took me like 8 hours just to make a blood sticker

hoary estuary
#

Since defines rely on other defines I can adjust sizes and the rest of the display adjusts with it, similar to how browsers render html

#

Having this adjustment dynamically is more painful but you just need to set it up right

#

controls group are useful for moving lots of stuff at once

hoary estuary
outer oar
#

i just tryna do something like this

image.png
outer oar
outer oar
#

the big pain

hoary estuary
#

Looks like a job for a listbox

#

lbSetText
lbSetTextRight

outer oar
#

listbox is selectable isnt it? 😅

hoary estuary
#

Just make selections invisible

outer oar
#

roger i shall try that next thanks

#

(i will almost certainly give up)

hoary estuary
#

Just set all selected colors the same as non-selected colors

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and selected background invisible

outer oar
#

ya that bit i get i just moreso mean the listbox part lol

hoary estuary
#

I did that for my scoreboard, its a listnbox with invisible selection

#

Listbox is ideal fit for you here, auto adds scrolling, has left and right aligned texts

#

the only issue I could see is right text touching the scrollbar

#

but you can just do format ["%1 ", _number] for a spacer

outer oar
#

can pad it if need be

hoary estuary
#

listbox draws the scrollbar itself, no way to pad it

#

apart from such tricks

outer oar
#

i meant pad the text

hoary estuary
#

yeah

outer oar
#

also perhaps a daft q but how am i supposed to free the mouse to scroll? 😅

hoary estuary
outer oar
# 
_display = findDisplay 46;
{
ctrlDelete _x
} forEach kjw_displays;
_lb = _display ctrlCreate ["RscListBox", -1];
kjw_displays = [_lb];
_lb ctrlSetPosition [0.8, 0.4, 0.4, 0.2];
private _arr = [["RBC",10],["WBC",24],["Platelet",40],["Cholera",20]];
{
    systemChat str _x;
    _lb lbSetText [_forEachIndex, _x#0];
    _lb lbSetTextRight [_forEachIndex, str ((_x#1)/24*100) + "%"];
} forEach _arr;
_lb ctrlCommit 0;```
am i doing something obviously wrong here? ![meowsweats](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/707626030613135390.webp?size=128 "meowsweats")
hoary estuary
#

You need to add the row first

outer oar
#

ah

hoary estuary
outer oar
#

yes however i cannot scroll it meowsweats

image.png
#

i can arrow key further down but scroll bar doesnt automatically appear

hoary estuary
#

it will appear once number of items exceeds height

#

scroll bar has to be defined inside the control btw

#

ListScrollBar

outer oar
#

ah it appears now but has some lines cut off

image.png
outer oar
# 
//private _display = findDisplay 46;
private _emptyDisplay = findDisplay 46 createDisplay "RscDisplayEmpty";
{
    ctrlDelete _x
} forEach kjw_displays;
private _lb = _emptyDisplay ctrlCreate ["RscListBox", -1];
kjw_displays = [_lb];
_lb ctrlSetPosition [0.8, 0.4, 0.4, 0.2];
private _arr = [["RBC",10],["WBC",24],["Platelet",40],["Cholera",20],["idk aids",24],["sqf",2],["a thing",2],["another thing",24]];
{
    systemChat str _x;
    _lb lbAdd "";
    _lb lbSetText [_forEachIndex, _x#0];
    _lb lbSetTextRight [_forEachIndex, str round ((_x#1)/24*100) + "% "];
} forEach _arr;
_lb ctrlCommit 0;```
#

(i know the code is bad im just trying to get it to work first)

solid gyro
outer oar
#

indeed

hoary estuary
#

Hmm, weird indeed

#

getNumber(configFile >> "RscListBox" >> "rowHeight") => 0

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might be because of this

#

engine defaults to something and messes up height calculation

# 
"getNumber(_x >> 'type') == 5" configClasses configFile apply {[configName _x, getNumber(_x >> "rowHeight")]}
```=> `[["RscListBox",0],["RscListBoxKeys",0],["RscIGUIListBox",0],["RscListBoxMulti",0],["ctrlListbox",0.0363636]]`
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Only vanilla root listbox that has height is ctrlListbox

#

Yeah works properly with that

#

Make your own list box with stuff properly defined

outer oar
#

roger doger thanks

#

perfecto

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hoary estuary
#

I assume yellow tint means you're infected by something

burnt steeple
#

i am gonan guess that or ace glasses tint 😄

hoary estuary
#

ace glasses of big 🐓 disease

burnt steeple
#

I dont know SQF disease looks worse 😄

hoary estuary
outer oar
#

it is

#

i havent even done diseases yet

#

this is just for medical expansion core meowsweats

burnt steeple
outer oar
#

i had to axe hospital expansion

#

may bring it back though for my final year project for med phys

outer oar
#

6 months later...

image.png
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thanks @hoary estuary, final hurdle crossed 😅

hoary estuary
#

Turns out ui2texture is great for resampling large resolution textures for usage as small pictures on UI

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Much less aliased

#

You'll have to calculate target resolution yourself off client resolution though, but its worth it

#

I feel like its christmas

#

holy shit, this is a game changer

hoary estuary
#

Not sure how long each texture takes to generate, might have to preload a procedural texture for every weapon, magazine and vehicle image.

hoary estuary
empty mountain
#

wish we could get that natively with UI

hoary estuary
#

Instead of doing getText(configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> _weapon) I do _weapon call client_func_textures_getVehicleIcon

# 
// Params: String (Class)
// Returns: String (Texture)
client_func_textures_getVehicleIconSmall = {
    client_textures_getVehicleIconSmallCache getOrDefaultCall [_this, {
        private _texture = getText(configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _this >> "picture");
        getTextureInfo _texture params ["_width", "_height"];
        if(_width > 0) then {
            private _h = if(client_texture_is4K) then {64} else {32};
            private _w = _h * (_width / _height);
            format ["#(rgb,%1,%2,1)ui('Texture_ResizerVehicles','ResizerVeh_%3')", _w, _h, _this];
        } else {""};
    }, true];
};
client_textures_getVehicleIconSmallCache = createHashMap;
#

Config is simple too:

class Texture_Resizer {
    idd = -1;
    onLoad = "_this select 0 call client_func_textures_resizer_onLoad";
    //onUnload = "_this select 0 call client_func_textures_resizer_onUnload";

    class Controls {
        class Texture:RscPicture {
            idc = 1;
            x = 0;
            y = 0;
            w = 1;
            h = 1;
        };
    };
};
class Texture_ResizerWeapons:Texture_Resizer {onLoad = "_this select 0 call client_func_textures_resizerWeapons_onLoad";};
class Texture_ResizerMagazines:Texture_Resizer {onLoad = "_this select 0 call client_func_textures_resizerMagazines_onLoad";};
class Texture_ResizerVehicles:Texture_Resizer {onLoad = "_this select 0 call client_func_textures_resizerVehicles_onLoad";};
# 
client_func_textures_resizerWeapons_onLoad = {_this displayCtrl 1 ctrlSetText getText(configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> displayUniqueName _this select [11,1e6] >> "picture")};
client_func_textures_resizerMagazines_onLoad = {_this displayCtrl 1 ctrlSetText getText(configFile >> "CfgMagazines" >> displayUniqueName _this select [11,1e6] >> "picture")};
client_func_textures_resizerVehicles_onLoad = {_this displayCtrl 1 ctrlSetText getText(configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> displayUniqueName _this select [11,1e6] >> "picture")};
#

I just hope that having 100s of displays for procedural textures isn't a problem 🤔

empty mountain
#

thats what Im wondering is if it causes a performance drain

hoary estuary
#

Maybe @tranquil iron can tell us if its a bad idea to pass lots of textures through ui2texture

tranquil iron
#

ui2Tex are registered as RTT textures.
These are not made to be many.

These textures get a "last used" flag when they appear on screen.
I think that was somewhat inefficient. Can't see the code rn.

#

We can ofc optimize that if there is a benchmark with like 500 textures or smth

hoary estuary
tranquil iron
#

Yeah maybe end next week

#

They're render once right? Not updating.
I never profiled that. Will probably be interesting.
I know there is some O(N) loops over all RTT sources

hoary estuary
#

I only do ctrlSetText/lnbSetPicture/ctrlSetStructuredText with <image>s, no displayUpdate anywhere

hoary estuary
#

Repro with ui2textures displays as RscPicture, inside RscStructuredText and setObjectTexture

#

Quickly editable to display much more textures if needed in init.sqf

tranquil iron
#

Rawr
Thanku

distant axle
tranquil iron
#

it will be in video memory only

tranquil iron
#

I would prefer you don't even talk at all when you have no idea what you're talking about.
You're just spouting nonsense and I don't get why.

humble falcon
#

But how is this all related to the discussion/repro above? Also while Big O notation is handy tool for algorithm design, it describes only theoretical performance after all. E.g. CPU architecture has a major effect in actual performance: say, cache misses have quite huge impact in practice

#

They were talking about O(n) algorithms, and I don't see a question there. Why would O(n^3) be faster than O(n^2) in any circumstances in theory? I'm confused 😅

#

Can you give an example? And are we talking about theoretical or practical performance?

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Yes, but I asked about O(n^3) vs. O(n^2)

#

Why are we comparing the n^3 to e^x? Again, I asked about n^2 compared to n^3. Both are divergent and n^3 more so. Yes, some algorithms are faster with small datasets but it's not the case here. I feel like we're comparing apples to oranges or then it's me being dumb again

#

I'm even more confused now but if you're referring to the size of dataset, how could it be anything else than positive integer?

#

Yes, some algorithms. But not n^2 and n^3 (in theory), that was my point

humble falcon
#

And how do you squeeze a dataset so that this would be relevant when it comes to the Big O?

#

Yes, as he talks about algorithms that actually are faster with small datasets. But that's not the case between n^2 and n^3

#

Yes, that's true if a large constant gets added. But how is this relevant to the original discussion?

#

And where is this algorithm with a large enough constant (and/or other axes)? They were talking about simple O(n) time complexity still

#

You aren't answering my question. Yes, it's cool stuff but irrelevant in this context

#

No, he didn't. I'm asking about this context right here and not a generic explanation. I give up

tranquil iron
#

You asked nothing. You just randomly started spewing stuff about n²/n³ that was comepletely irrlevant to what we were talking about.

You successfully took 4 letters out of my message, to completely derail the channel with irrelevant offtopic mess. 👏
What I meant with "you don't know what you're talking about", was that what you were talking was completely irrelevant and made no sense in the context. But good for you that you know what you're talking about, even though it makes no sense to talk about it.
Please don't. Thank you.

outer oar
#

he does this in every conversation he has here

tranquil iron
#

Yeah am noticing a pattern..

dark light
#

What's the deal with RscIngameUI >> RscUnitInfo and its derivatives and their controls structure? Why are they not wrapped in a controls class? What mechanic instantiates the controls defined there?
I am trying to add more elements to the UI, specifically for air units, to show the regular altitude (radar) but also the altitude above sea-level (barometric).

I tried a ton of different combinations of adding my own controls to the different RscUnitInfo classes, trying to add their names to the controls[] with += and I am getting a major headache because it seems to just not want to work. It only works properly for unarmed helicopters, who use RscUnitInfoAirNoWeapon, which is where I added the controls first. But for planes it instantiates the controls, but does not apply their proper positions. nvm that, they do not get instantiated

dark light
#

Like... maybe I don't understand inheritance properly?

#include "\a3\ui_f\hpp\defineResincl.inc"
#include "\a3\ui_f\hpp\defineCommonGrids.inc"

// undeffing cause otherwise it tries to place the macro by the same name instead of the literal string
#undef IGUI_GRID_VEHICLE_X
#undef IGUI_GRID_VEHICLE_Y
#define GRID_X_OFFSET   (profileNamespace getVariable [ARR_2('IGUI_GRID_VEHICLE_X',(safezoneX + 0.5 * GUI_GRID_W))])
#define GRID_Y_OFFSET   (profileNamespace getVariable [ARR_2('IGUI_GRID_VEHICLE_Y',(safezoneX + 0.5 * GUI_GRID_H))])
#define SIZE_EX         0.75 * GUI_GRID_H
#define SIZE_EX_LABEL   0.5 * GUI_GRID_H

class RscText;
class RscUnitInfo;
class RscUnitInfoAirNoWeapon;
class RscUnitInfoAir;
class RscUnitInfoAirPlaneNoWeapon;
class RscUnitInfoAirPlane;

class RscInGameUI {
    class RscUnitInfo {
        controls[] += {"CA_AltRadLabel", "CA_AltBarLabel", "CA_AltBar", "CA_AltBarUnits"};
        class CA_Alt: RscText {
            IDC = 1231; //IDC_IGUI_ALT;
            x = QUOTE(5.85 * GUI_GRID_W + GRID_X_OFFSET);
            y = QUOTE(2.05 * GUI_GRID_H + GRID_Y_OFFSET);
            w = QUOTE(1.5 * GUI_GRID_W);
            h = QUOTE(1 * GUI_GRID_H);
            sizeEx = QUOTE(SIZE_EX);
        };
        class CA_AltRadLabel: CA_Alt {
            IDC = 1230;
            x = QUOTE(6.3 * GUI_GRID_W + GRID_X_OFFSET);
            y = QUOTE(2.55 * GUI_GRID_H + GRID_Y_OFFSET);
            w = QUOTE(1.5 * GUI_GRID_W);
            h = QUOTE(0.9 * GUI_GRID_H);
            sizeEx = QUOTE(SIZE_EX_LABEL);
            text = QUOTE(Rad);
        };
        class CA_AltUnits: RscText {
            IDC = 1005; //  keeping original ICD so the game inserts the right units symbol
            x = QUOTE(6.9 * GUI_GRID_W + GRID_X_OFFSET);
            y = QUOTE(2.05 * GUI_GRID_H + GRID_Y_OFFSET);
            w = QUOTE(0.8 * GUI_GRID_W);
            h = QUOTE(1  * GUI_GRID_H);
            sizeEx = QUOTE(SIZE_EX);
        };
# 
        class CA_AltBarLabel: CA_Alt {
            IDC = 1240;
            x = QUOTE(8 * GUI_GRID_W + GRID_X_OFFSET);
            y = QUOTE(2.55 * GUI_GRID_H + GRID_Y_OFFSET);
            w = QUOTE(1.5 * GUI_GRID_W);
            h = QUOTE(0.9 * GUI_GRID_H);
            sizeEx = QUOTE(SIZE_EX_LABEL);
            text = QUOTE(Bar);
        };
        class CA_AltBar: CA_Alt {
            IDC = 1241;
            x = QUOTE(7.75 * GUI_GRID_W + GRID_X_OFFSET);
            y = QUOTE(2.05 * GUI_GRID_H + GRID_Y_OFFSET);
            w = QUOTE(1.5 * GUI_GRID_W);
            h = QUOTE(1 * GUI_GRID_H);
            sizeEx = QUOTE(SIZE_EX);
        };
        class CA_AltBarUnits: CA_AltUnits {
            IDC = 1242;
            x = QUOTE(8.8 * GUI_GRID_W + GRID_X_OFFSET);
            y = QUOTE(2.05 * GUI_GRID_H + GRID_Y_OFFSET);
            w = QUOTE(0.8 * GUI_GRID_W);
            h = QUOTE(1 * GUI_GRID_H);
            sizeEx = QUOTE(SIZE_EX);
        };
    };

    class RscUnitInfoAirNoWeapon: RscUnitInfoAirNoWeapon {
        controls[] += {"CA_AltRadLabel", "CA_AltBarLabel", "CA_AltBar", "CA_AltBarUnits"};
    };
    class RscUnitInfoAir: RscUnitInfoAir {
        controls[] += {"CA_AltRadLabel", "CA_AltBarLabel", "CA_AltBar", "CA_AltBarUnits"};
    };
    class RscUnitInfoAirPlaneNoWeapon: RscUnitInfoAirPlaneNoWeapon {
        controls[] += {"CA_AltRadLabel", "CA_AltBarLabel", "CA_AltBar", "CA_AltBarUnits"};
    };
    class RscUnitInfoAirPlane: RscUnitInfoAirPlane {
        controls[] += {"CA_AltRadLabel", "CA_AltBarLabel", "CA_AltBar", "CA_AltBarUnits"};
    };
};

I also tried inheriting each class from its actual parent, but it doesn't work either.
This version works for helicopters, but for planes (RscUnitInfoAirPlane) the class is just empty, which boggles my mind

empty mountain
#

whats your requiredAddons in cfgPatches?

dark light
# 
{..., "A3_Data_F_AoW_Loadorder"}; // core
{..., "A3_Data_F"}; // ui, which contains the code
distant axle
#

Decade_Loadorder for every requiredAddons I'd suggest. If it doesn't work, please tell your goal, what you got and your entire config

dark light
distant axle
#

I mean what could be the result in a picture if you can

empty mountain
dark light
# empty mountain really? thought it was in "A3_Ui_F"

It actually is, but the loadorder requirement includes it either way. It is not an issue of the addon not being loaded prior to mine, since it works for helicopters, just not for planes.
core/ui are the names of my addons, if that was the confusing part

dark light
dark light
#

Unarmed helicopter

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#

armed helicopter

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dark light
#

in A3_ui_F the definition looks like this

class RscUnitInfoAirNoWeapon: RscUnitInfo
    {
        controls[]=
        {
            "CA_BackgroundVehicle",
            "CA_BackgroundVehicleTitle",
            "CA_BackgroundVehicleTitleDark",
            "CA_BackgroundFuel",
            "CA_Vehicle",
            "CA_VehicleRole",
            "CA_HitZones",
            "CA_VehicleTogglesBackground",
            "CA_VehicleToggles",
            "CA_SpeedBackground",
            "CA_SpeedUnits",
            "CA_Speed",
            "CA_ValueFuel",
            "CA_AltBackground",
            "CA_AltUnits",
            "CA_Alt"
        };
    };

So this looks very unintuitive to me. Using += on RscUnitInfo has the desired effect, but on the inheriting class it just overwrites it.

#

If I make all the lists explicit, it still looks like this in the plane, even though all the above classes have the additional ui elements defined

image.png
#

doesn't help that I cannot really determine which UI I am looking at right now, since they all have the script name "RscUnitInfo" -.-

strange arrow
dark light
distant axle
#

Late but expicitly you mean is controls[] = instead o +=?

dark light
#

Oh, my fault, thought I posted that already.
I defined all the arrays manually, basically just copying them from the original addons and adding the names of my controls. It continues to only work for the helicopters and nothing else

dark light
distant axle
#

I'm guessing you want to define class CA_BackgroundVehicle: CA_BackgroundVehicle {}; and others you want to include. Not sure that is the issue tho

dark light
#

Na, that is just the issue if I'm inheriting from the classes I want to override themselves. It does not happen when I keep to the original inheritance order

#

Like... naively you'd assume that it will just instantiate the controls defined in its base class if the name string appears in the controls[] array.

#

And for some derivatives of RscUnitinfo that seems to be true (like AirUnarmed), but then it doesn't for the plane types

#

But I cannot find the thing that sets them apart.

tranquil iron
# hoary estuary

Thanks.

I have 600fps in your default setup...
A noticably bad part actually is the HUD UI Drawing structured text. Structured text re-draw is not that nice.
Like 3% of total frametime is rendering structured text.

_structured ctrlSetStructuredText composeText _structured_icons; That text.
Turn that into one UI2Texture, and you get about +3% fps.

Also making the UserTexture object simpleObject would have benefit.
There is some cost for it checking if the "building" is animated, which wouldn't need to be there. Simple or Super Simple (model path) would be better.

With 1000 ui2tex, the issue I mentioned is noticable. 6% time spent tracking that R2T texture has appeared on screen. Its the single most expensive function running during render.
I'll fix that

hoary estuary
tranquil iron
tranquil iron
#

oke is fixed, from 6% down to 0.2%. Good enuff
Hopefully that doesn't break anything with R2T 🤞
Profiling branch shall find that out 😄

#

I have 350fps now
If I change your createVehicle to createSimpleObject doesn't help.
Changing to superSimpleObject "\A3\Misc_F\Helpers\UserTexture1m.p3d" makes them all not show up blobdoggoshruggoogly

hoary estuary
glad wren
#

@dark light

But I cannot find the thing that sets them apart.

This is the rule for inheritence:

  1. ---Standard local copy---
// first tell the engine which addon(s) have THE pre-existing 
// class(es) you are going to use, via requiredAddons[]=. THEN  you are free to create the class templates. Eg:

class A
{
  class B
  {
  };
};```
^^^an unmolested inheritence tree from which you inherit and alter the locally derived classes from them (eg)
```class apples: A
  {
     class oranges:B
     {
         ... //blah
     };
 };
  1. deliberate alteration
{
  class B
  {
         thingy=123;
  };
};

you are intentionally inserting into (or altering a var in) an already existing class in some other addon

#

anything= is a variable. at first glance it is not immediately obvious it includes arrays[]{..........};

#

finally, be aware that the alterations you made to another addon may or may not be seen by other addons unless those that use that addon set yours as a required addon of theirs. May or may not means it depends who gets loaded first, you,,,,, or them.

#

(as a side note, i have intentionally not mentioned class and delete operators)

tranquil iron
#

Second code block has syntax error, double class

glad wren
#

Eeek! thank u

dark light
#

Or at least not inherited by classes that are pre-existing, but probably inherited by classes I define after that.

dark light
glad wren
#

you are correct on both counts.. but, as described by you, it would make far more sense to create one.single class that adds/ changes all that as necessary, and YOU inherit from that. especially if your changes are needed in multiple pbos (in which case, this pbo is a required addon of the others)

#

and btw, there is no effective means of ensuring that foriegn pbos (eg not yours) use those changes unless they too have you as a required addon. Altering the base class itself will not garantee it being seen. It is a complete lottery whether it works one day and fails the next (simply because the user has removed/disabled a mod that loaded after you. The end result being your reputation becomes dodgy.

just to make sure we're being accurate here. the correct name is 'addon', not 'pbo' because there can be multiple addons in a single pbo. only one of those 'addons' has a cfgpatches class named appropriately as MyGreatAlteration

tranquil iron
astral gulch
#

Hey, so, airplane HMDs have an X/Y system

#

is this based on GUI_GRID, Pixel Size, pixelGridNoUIScale, or pixelGrid?

#

or none of the above

astral gulch
#

Is there a way to show the impactPoint crosshair without being inside of the pilotcamera or other turret cam?

simple swallow
#

Does anyone know where in the files I can find all of the unit marker/whatever they're called icons? I can't for the life of me find them

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hoary estuary
simple swallow
distant axle
spice drift
#

Question; is it possible to take a screenshot and then make that screenshot available in-game in the same mission?
Intended use; taking pictures as part of a recon mission and sending them to a different player for review.

distant axle
#

You cannot send a screenshot file itself using any in-game functionality. But they are all in one mission in MP, I think I can suggest r2t and ui2tex

spice drift
hoary estuary
#

Am I the only one who can't stop noticing this uneven margin?

image.png
distant axle
#

Likewise

#

Kinda annoying

hoary estuary
tranquil iron
#

Its a feature

hoary estuary
quiet arrow
burnt steeple
#

Hi guys question how can i enable ctrl in zeus display and game display ?

unkempt cliff
burnt steeple
unkempt cliff
burnt steeple
unkempt cliff
# burnt steeple Do you have example code how is that done ?

this is what i have in one of my projects: ```sqf
findDisplay 312 displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown",
{
params ["_display", "_key", "_shift", "_ctrl", "_alt"];

private _handled = false;

if(inputAction "CuratorInterface" > 0) then
{
_handled = true;
};

_handled
}];

#

maybe that helps, of course there may be other ways

#

or just loop ```
(findDisplay 312)

quasi granite
quasi granite
#

Is there a way to get the display's classname? I know that BI's BIS_fnc_displayInit sets such a variable but I don't use that for my purposes

#

What I am trying to do is compare a given class name to the currently open display

unkempt cliff
#

configOf? just a guess (nope)

quiet arrow
quasi granite
#

unfortunate. I am now comparing idds which is cringe

quiet arrow
#

What if both -1 ? meowsweats

quasi granite
#

I have a known set of UIs so I know (hope) this won't be a problem

quiet arrow
#

I see

quasi granite
#

but yeah, for anyone else reading: don't take this as advice

quiet arrow
#

What about control count?

quasi granite
#

wild idea

quiet arrow
#

Wild problem needs wild solutions😄

quasi granite
#

or compare all ctrlClassNames of all controls with the other

quiet arrow
#

Yeah why not.

quasi granite
#

but we will leave the implementation as an exercise to the reader hmmyes

jaunty rover
#

I currently have an image I want to display on my GUI and when I import it, its colors are all different. The yellows and reds turns to blues? I am using the textureviewer 2 on arma tools to convert the image to a paa file. Any idea why this occurs?

opaque crag
#

What's the original image format?

jaunty rover
#

PNG File (.PNG)

jaunty rover
#

using two different converters it looks to possibly be a color issue due to it being a PNG for I had the issue occur twice. Its sized at 2048x2048. Imma keep looking into it

jaunty rover
dim mirage
#

Is there any mods that adds The m1a2 , Sheridan, The Leclerc ECT

lunar fulcrum
#

Hello, I am working on a small UI mod that displays buttons alongside the map marker menu. I have encountered two issue and would appreciate any help.

  1. The buttons displayed by my mod (through createDialog) block the user from clicking any other UI elements until they press ESC to close the buttons. Ideally I would like for the buttons to be used at the same time as the marker menu. Even after setting the forceOnTop value to false it still doesn't work (createDialog ["ui", false];)

  2. I can't seem to be able to change my button's position to be next to the map marker menu. I have tried ctrlSetPosition but even with test values inputted my UI only appears in the centre of the screen.

hoary estuary
lunar fulcrum
jade heart
#

who knows how to adjust the arma ui thru scripting or whatever so i can make a new category that says like "operation server" that instantly connects you to it

ionic tundra
# jade heart who knows how to adjust the arma ui thru scripting or whatever so i can make a n...

If you want them to be standalone buttons on the main menu so that you can have as many as you want, you can edit the "RscDisplayMain" class in a config file as part of an addon. Then within the Controls class you can create a new one that uses "RscButton" as a parent, the important part that will get you into the server will be in the onButtonClick line, and is the "connectToServer" command

#

It would look something like this:

class RscButton;
class RscStandardDisplay;
class RscDisplayConfigure
{
  enableDisplay=1;
};
class RscDisplayMain: RscStandardDisplay
{
  access=1;
  enableDisplay=1;
  class Spotlight{};
  class controls
  {
    class CustomButton: RscButton
    {
      //Inset button paramaters here, including "onButtonClick".
    };
  };
};

If you want it to be in the middle in whats called the "Spotlight" portion of the main menu, then you can edit the spotlight class instead of controls which ive included as an example.

jade heart
#

ty tho

south cave
distant axle
#

No, it can't

idle spruce
#

Before I go further, I can have a copy of the main map in my larger box and have it move around like the normal map right?

image.png
quiet arrow
#

Yes

idle spruce
#

ok, ill probably check back when things are much more complete

cosmic loom
#

Hey, im attempting to code in a radio, but having trouble with this whole GUI thing. Is there a way to put a picture on this screen so I can actually know where im placing what

image.png
#

and ontop of that, how do I get the actual X and Y value

#

I see "Position: ["18 * GUI_GRID_W + GUI_GRID_X","12 * GUI_GRID_H + GUI_GRID_Y","4 * GUI_GRID_W","2.5 * GUI_GRID_H"]" but that doesn't really tell me anything

tribal marten
#

add a picture control and change the text to the relative filepath to your image. The path relative route changes if its made for a mission or a mod

#

i dont think you can update picture contents "live" in the editor, you need to refresh the gui

#

might be incorrect though

idle spruce
#

whats the best way to edit a control's controls (display > control > control)? since the values are relative to the parent control, its an absolute pain to attempt in GUI editor when say the stacked control is on the side of the screen

distant axle
#

Write by hand is best

idle spruce
#

oh noooo...

distant axle
#

It's the best. Fastest also. And only reliable way

tribal marten
#

wasnt there an external application for that?

#

or at least a photoshop plugin

idle spruce
#

Arma dialog creator has errors in its calculated coordinates (and it's abandoned), and doesn't support grid I believe.

gleaming gale
#

i only use it for placement, after that, all by hand
POLPOX had a mod that solves the grid issue iirc

spice drift
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Hello, quick question; did they change something to make the onUnload event fire for RscTitles displays created with cutRsc?

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I noticed that after yesterdays update, my custom binoculars no longer worked until I removed the onUnload event from my display.

idle spruce
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So I have this so far:

Right now, everything is under a single display "CarrierStrike_SpawnMenu". What I would like to do, is have the left pane a dialog (spawn menu), and the right pane a dialog (map menu), and have them function independently, changing their own dialogs using the tabs. This is mission side, not mod side.

What config organization would I need to have to do this? Because if I did a createdialog that executes create dialog, wouldn't the top most dialog be the one that could be messed with? And I don't really want a createdisplay as I want mouse control.

Or do i need to make a new config for every combination of tabs? And close/open those dialogs depending on what is clicked.

SpawnMenu
|--Kit Menu
|--Customize tabs change right display to customize display
|--Squad Menu

MapMenu
|--Map View
|--Customize Menu (can also be called from left pane)
|--Commander Map Menu

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idle spruce
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so this is made on small interface using:

#define GUI_GRID_X (0.5)
#define GUI_GRID_Y (0.5)
#define GUI_GRID_W (((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 40)
#define GUI_GRID_H ((((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25)

should I have made it on normal interface size first?

distant axle
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Use #include "a3\ui_f\hpp\defineCommonGrids.inc" instead

distant axle
idle spruce
distant axle
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No. GUI_GRID_X or such are defined in that inc

idle spruce
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i mean my inputted values, not the macro ones.

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yeah, everything shifted half a screen to the left and is wonky now so i have to reposition

idle spruce
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when doing a control position relative to a parent control, for x and y do I multiply the values by GUI_GRID_W/H with or without +/- GUI_GRID_X/Y

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yeah just using

// imported to config
#define GUI_GRID_WAbs            ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2)
#define GUI_GRID_HAbs            (GUI_GRID_WAbs / 1.2)
#define GUI_GRID_W            (GUI_GRID_WAbs / 40)
#define GUI_GRID_H            (GUI_GRID_HAbs / 25)
#define GUI_GRID_X            (safezoneX)
#define GUI_GRID_Y            (safezoneY + safezoneH - GUI_GRID_HAbs)

class RightPane: RscControlsGroupNoScrollbars
{
    idc = -1;

    x = 27.5 * GUI_GRID_W + GUI_GRID_X;
    y = -15.5 * GUI_GRID_H + GUI_GRID_Y;
    w = 50 * GUI_GRID_W;
    h = 37.5 * GUI_GRID_H;

    class controls {
        class LeftBorder: RscText {
            idc = -1;

            x = 0 * GUI_GRID_W;
            y = 1.5 * GUI_GRID_H;
            w = 0.5 * GUI_GRID_W;
            h = 34.5 * GUI_GRID_H;
            colorBackground[] = {1,0,0,1};
        };
...

blows the control off screen when set to normal interface size (built on small size) so I'm doing something wrong

idle spruce
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i guess i should try pixelgridnouiscale system

idle spruce
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yup thats the solution

quiet arrow
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PixelGrid is the way to go

frigid jolt
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Hi, I'm doing a mission and I want to hide the title from soldiers, but I want this to be global for all players, any suggestions?

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quiet arrow
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That's a difficulty option which is taken from the server in mp IIRC.

idle spruce
quiet arrow
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Thats the correct way

steady isle
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Hey, can someone tell my why Arma still initializes missions and sets it as a background if you have the -skipIntro parameter set in the main menu?
Like from my understanding this param should disable missions being loaded in the background and stop them from being displayed and instead display the RscDisplayMainMenuBackground image.
BUT when you start loading into a server or start loading into the editor arma replaces the main menu background with the previously selected mission although it should show the static background.

Now my question: where can I change this so that there is a image being displayed instead of the mission. Or is there maybe a way to set a image where the mission is loaded now.
*note: I know that you can replace / add a new class in RscDisplayMain -> controlsBackground -> new class with custom image here but this will disable / display above a mission being loaded when you have no skipIntro set. So basically I play a video via a loaded mission if the param is not set and if it's set then change the default main menu background, but now if you join the server, well it just edits the main menu background to that mission, so the main problem / question that I have. How can I remove that without adding the picture like I said previously that as well removes the video / loading of missions.

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here a clip of what I mean:

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This version was launched with -skipIntro

idle spruce
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Can you have a listbox where you can select multiple items and use those as an array of selections?

idle spruce
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also, does RscListNBox have a background? no matter what I set to colorBackground[] its just listbox text; or do i need to make a background control for it

quiet arrow
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Use a checkbox in checked and unchecked variant and switch the state when player selects an entry.

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Then just read the state of each item in the list and build an array from that.

idle spruce
quiet arrow
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Don't think that works

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Here is an example with a tree view

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Works identically with a listbox

idle spruce
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oh okay, so you built a checkbox image for the right picture.

quiet arrow
quiet arrow
idle spruce
outer oar
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bro is making tf2

steady isle
quasi granite
quiet arrow
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Ah yes, I guess I was to tired yesterday.

spice drift
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Hello, does anyone know where vanilla Arma 3 stores the code for updating stuff like range and such in vehicle commander optics? (Asking specifically for the Strider/Fennek).

thin shell
idle spruce
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can I use onMouseButtonDown for RscPictureKeepAspect? I want to make a clickable picture, but it seems to not do anything

thin shell
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you could define your own ? style = 0x30 + 0x800;

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type = 11;
style = 0x30 + 0x800;

idle spruce
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I keep forgetting about the type attribute

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instead of just using the import RscStuff

thin shell
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works a treat

quiet arrow
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You can also set an invisible button on top of the image.

idle spruce
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thats what i was originally thinking

hoary estuary
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Engine takes controls with certain IDCs and sets values there by itself

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If you want custom behaviour, have own IDCs so engine doesn't touch them and script it

spice drift
hoary estuary
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I can fix this locally (gonna add some session id salt into texture name), but thought you'd be interested to know

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Haven't checked what happens exactly yet but it seems that some/all ui2textures from previous session go blank

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no more display associated with them something-something?

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(latest stable)

idle spruce
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So right now, I'm making my buttons hide and show controls using ctrlShow. The question is, each class has to have its own customization menu that saves what the user selects. Right now, the right inventory pane is a single control. Should I keep it that way and edit through script when things change? or should I create a separate inventory pane for each class?

https://streamable.com/m8ejue

hoary estuary
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Crazy idea, spawn a local unit somewhere up in the air and draw a camera looking at it through r2t on UI

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Will be affected by day time though, maybe add a light source nearby

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I thought about doing that in KotH but there is no realiable way to know until gear models and textures are finished loading to know when to take a picture with ui2texture and r2t combined

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but in your case its a single unit to display, continuous r2t could work

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players gonna need PiP enabled in settings though

idle spruce
hoary estuary
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UI is one of the more reliable parts of Arma and pleasure to work with when you know it well

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Unlike the gameplay itself, no matter how much you learn all the nuances it always manages to surprise you with some bullshit somewhere

idle spruce
jade heart
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Is there a way to add "Main Operation Server" and "Fun Operation Server" to this dropdown menu instead of spotlight usage?

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idle spruce
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that menu specifically is:

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configFile >> "RscDisplayMain" >> "controls" >> "GroupMultiplayer"

hoary estuary
ionic tundra
steady isle
steady isle
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the inital launch works

ionic tundra
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@steady isle Yes that's how the game works. It will keep whichever world was last open loaded. You cannot change that. If you are talking about how your custom snowmobile image disappears, then thats probably an issue with how you've set it up in the config.

steady isle
fringe kiln
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hello everyone, i would appreciate it if someone can help me out with the following: i want to make my own impression of a mod that is similar to Old Man and Antistasi. but for that i want a proper GUI 🙂 so i tried to look on the web on how to do that but i got overwhelmed and confused very quickly. some information was simply outdated too. What i would strongly appreciate is if someone can point me in the right direction. where should i start with learning how to make a proper GUI? i have made many things for ArmA in the past but i got rusty at it and i might have used dirty methods in the past without knowing it 😉 so i want to start over and do it right 🙂 feel free to DM me if you care 🙂

hoary estuary
hoary estuary
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I'm going insane with ui2texture randomly not working. No matter what I do, the first time I use it on my real UI its always missing, even if I preload everything its made of (I made preloaded textures visible in the middle of the screen)

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Screens are: First run right after game start, after restarting the mission it suddenly works properly.

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Pretty sure I can reduce this into a repro but I need this fixed right now and it doesn't no matter what crutches I do

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Doing displayUpdate on that missing texture fixes it, but there is no way to know if it broke or not (getTextureInfo not helpful)

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So far the only reliable fix is doing:

    _display spawn {
        sleep 0.01;
        displayUpdate _this;
    };
```inside each ui2texture display's `onLoad` script but I bet it still wont work in some conditions (something freezes or doesn't load in one frame)
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Very annoying

fringe kiln
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hello again all, i am trying to make sense of this page: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Pixel_Grid_System

in particular, where it says:
It is very important to remember that in order to maintain pixel accuracy, developers must only multiply grid sizes which result in a whole number of pixels. To ensure this, it is best to multiply grids by n / uiScaleFactor.

that is total gibberish to me. and i would like to resolve that.

also, the very last sentence on that page confuses me even more because i have no idea what it means and it conflicts with what i already know:
With this in mind, it is always best to try and configure UI by anchoring to SafeZones based values.

i would appreciate it if someone can translate that into beginner-friendly talk!

Arma 3: Pixel Grid System
quiet arrow
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All common resolutions can be divided by 4 and return a whole number. 1920 : 4 =480 and so on

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That's how you make sure you don't end up with 480.5 pixels

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Which the engine then needs to guess which is no longer pixel accurate.

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The last paragraph just means you should use safe zones to anchor it. You could also use the center of the screen with 0.5, 0.5. doesn't really matter.

In the end there are many different scenarios and you needed to choose what works best.

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If you wanna understand pixelGrid I recommend checking out how the Eden Editor UIs are built.

opaque crag
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The "very important" note is about using fractions of a pixel grid, like 0.5*pixelGrid*pixelW

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You don't normally need to do that anyway.

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Because uiScaleFactor is 4, 0.25, 0.5 and 0.75 are valid fractions. Others might result in non-pixel offsets, depending on the resolution.

fringe kiln
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i appreciate the replies but it seems like i am having some trouble with the basic terminology. to me it seems like someone wrote the wiki who already knew a bunch of stuff and forgot to write the article in a way that a newcomer could understand.

fringe kiln
quiet arrow
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It's hidden inside the macros.

fringe kiln
quiet arrow
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If you use 3den Enhanced you can view it in-game it's called macros.inc

fringe kiln
quiet arrow
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There is an example on the page you linked.

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It draws a centered box

fringe kiln
# quiet arrow There is an example on the page you linked.

this example?

    x = "0.5 - pixelW * pixelGrid * 6";    // centre minus half width
    y = "0.5 - pixelH * pixelGrid * 3";    // centre minus half height
    w = "pixelW * pixelGrid * 12";        // 12 Grid Width
    h = "pixelH * pixelGrid * 6";        // 6 Grid Height
    colorBackground[] = { 0.5, 0, 0, 1 };
};```

the problem i am having is i got confused by the last sentence in that post. telling me to "anchor it to safezone". i have no idea what that means and how to put it into practice.
idle spruce
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Make sure these are defined and use them:

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

#define pixelScale 0.5
#define GRID_X safezoneX
#define GRID_Y safezoneY
#define GRID_W (pixelW * pixelGridNoUIScale * pixelScale)
#define GRID_H (pixelH * pixelGridNoUIScale * pixelScale)
#define CENTER_X    ((getResolution select 2) * 0.5 * pixelW)
#define CENTER_Y    ((getResolution select 3) * 0.5 * pixelH)
# 
// probably not going to be a centered box, but you'll see something that you can then modify and move around
class MyDialog {
    idd = 99999;

    class Controls {
        class MyBox: RscText {
            idc = -1;
            x = 0 * GRID_W + GRID_X;
            y = 0 * GRID_H + GRID_Y;
            w = 100 * GRID_W;
            h = 100 * GRID_H;

            colorBackground[] = {0,0,0,0.5};
        };
    };
};
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only change the number, keep the macros

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and then for easy editing in realish time, run:

[] spawn {
    if (is3DEN) then {
        private _i = 0;
        while {sleep 1; _i < 30} do {
            _display = (findDisplay 313) createDisplay "MyDialog";
            sleep 2;
            _display closeDisplay 2;
            _i = _i + 1;
        };
    };
};

in debug while in 3den editor. make an edit, wait for display to close, save mission, and on next display open it will update

fringe kiln
idle spruce
# fringe kiln what is the meaning of pixelScale 0.5? why 0.5?

horrible explaination incoming, its sort of like... the grid box size on the screen. a smaller value, the smaller the grid boxes that you can snap things to. ACE uses a pixelScale of 0.25. I liked 0.5 when I was modifying things.

Whatever you choose, you'll be able to place things down more accurately. With my 0.5, I tend to have whole numbers +- 0.5. With 0.25, you can do say, 13.25, 13.5, 13.75, 14

fringe kiln
fringe kiln
idle spruce
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i do this because the GUI editor in game is... a pain.

fringe kiln
fringe kiln
idle spruce
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sure whatever floats your boat. i like less clicks so i just run it on a loop

fringe kiln
idle spruce
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yeah im like, okay its the general area, time to bump it by 0.5 until i get it right where I want.

fringe kiln
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it never helps when the wiki seems to written by people who already know how shit works but fail to describe things in ways that someone new to the topic can understand.

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for example, this:
x = "0.5 - pixelW * pixelGrid * 6"; // centre minus half width makes no sense to me. why 0.5? is this good enough to get it in the center? what about all that safeZone stuff i keep seeing.......

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basically what i mean to ask is: do i need to use safeZone to get something always centered? if not, when would i need to use safeZone?

idle spruce
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safezone should already be built into many of those macros. now take this lightly as I'm not a big GUI guy like R3vo, 7ERRA, and Sa-Matra, but safezone is kind of like a box in the center of your screen. The top left of the box is where safeZoneX is equal to 0 and safeZoneY is equal to 0. The bottom right of the box is [1,1] respectively. 0.5 on x would mean halfway of the full box starting from the left. 0.5 on y would be halfway down the box starting at the top

fringe kiln
idle spruce
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#arma3_gui message

this one + the included file (which is a really long file but it is filled with macros)

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the ones I linked are the ones I use for pixel grid, I think ACE uses them as well. I basically just figured out how ACE did it with their UIs.

fringe kiln
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i mean...... how can i make sense of this????

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opaque crag
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Generally you don't and you use the pixel grid instead :P

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Arma has like three different sets of GUI grid macros.

fringe kiln
opaque crag
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Fixed distance in pixelgrids from center, yes.

fringe kiln
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does anyone here know if i can use numbers like 1.4 in the case of:
y = CENTER_Y - 1.4 * GRID_H;

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or do they have to be whole numbers.

distant axle
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Whole number? What do you mean

fringe kiln
distant axle
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So is it have to be an integer or not? The answer is no

fringe kiln
idle spruce
fringe kiln
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( if the scale is 0.5 obviously )