#arma3_gui | ARMA | Page 11

tepid bramble Jun 10, 2020, 9:16 PM

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^ pretty much. i do ((0.5 * safezoneW)/pixelW) * GRID_W

stark compass Jun 11, 2020, 11:57 AM

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hey, any idea how i can eliminate this effect(2) and this bar(1)https://imgur.com/a/KyuIGea

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in-mission, without a mod, that is

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i tried using ctrlShow, but it doesnt work on the elements

quasi granite Jun 11, 2020, 12:12 PM

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[missionNamespace, "OnGameInterrupt", {
    params ["_display"];
    _c = _display displayCtrl 115099;
    _c ctrlShow false;
}] call BIS_fnc_addScriptedEventhandler;

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@stark compass

stark compass Jun 11, 2020, 12:22 PM

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hold on

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i swear i tried this

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yeah, no, it doesnt work @quasi granite

quasi granite Jun 11, 2020, 12:23 PM

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I tried it from debug console and it worked?

stark compass Jun 11, 2020, 12:23 PM

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tried to run it on display 49

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hold on

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_c = (findDisplay 46) displayCtrl 115099;
_c ctrlShow false;```

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here's what i tried

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ashhh

quasi granite Jun 11, 2020, 12:24 PM

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display 46 is not the escape menu

stark compass Jun 11, 2020, 12:24 PM

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49

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yes

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typo

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im such an idiot

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no wonder it didnt work XD

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welp, it was a good try

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but it still doesnt work

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_c = (findDisplay 49) displayCtrl 115099;
_c ctrlShow false;```

quasi granite Jun 11, 2020, 12:26 PM

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have you tried my code?

stark compass Jun 11, 2020, 12:26 PM

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i'll give it a shot

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just a moment

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nope, that wont work either

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ran it from debug

quasi granite Jun 11, 2020, 12:27 PM

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did you close and open the escape display inbetween?

stark compass Jun 11, 2020, 12:27 PM

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yep

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i also dropped a systemchat in there to make sure the event is firing

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the print comes out just fine, but the element is still there

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wait, this is for the blur-effect?

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yeah, that's gone

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that works

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now i jsut need to find the idc for the bottom bar

quasi granite Jun 11, 2020, 12:29 PM

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it disables the tile effects

stark compass Jun 11, 2020, 12:29 PM

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Thank you so much

quasi granite Jun 11, 2020, 12:37 PM

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the black bar at the bottom has no idc so here is a workaround: ```sqf
_cs = ["Version", "MissionTitle", "TraffLight", "MissionNameBackground"];
allControls findDisplay 49 apply {
if (ctrlClassName _x in _cs) then {
_x ctrlShow false;
};
};

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(this is only the bottom bar, combine it with the script from above)

stark compass Jun 11, 2020, 12:45 PM

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i could kiss you right now

quasi granite Jun 11, 2020, 12:56 PM

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np 😘

stark compass Jun 11, 2020, 1:14 PM

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Kiss

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@quasi granite sorry to be btohering you again. Do you know what is the name of this fella here?
https://imgur.com/a/ftl8i7Q

barren apex Jun 11, 2020, 1:20 PM

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A picture?

stark compass Jun 11, 2020, 1:25 PM

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FuFu

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sorry, the rsc element name

barren apex Jun 11, 2020, 1:27 PM

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RscPicture or one of it's variant ^^

stark compass Jun 11, 2020, 1:38 PM

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very funny

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JahyFufufu

barren apex Jun 11, 2020, 1:39 PM

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Well I mean, what other answer did you expect? 😄

stark compass Jun 11, 2020, 1:40 PM

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the name of that specific element or idc

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but i guess i got the message

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i'll go and look it up myself

barren apex Jun 11, 2020, 1:40 PM

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Oh, well I don't know that one, but should be easy to find in the config viewer if you know what is the parent display/dialog name 🙂

stark compass Jun 11, 2020, 1:41 PM

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uhhh... im just crawling the script

quasi granite Jun 11, 2020, 3:15 PM

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@stark compass @barren apex nope, not a picture: cpp class Pause1: RscText { idc = 1000; x = "safezoneX + safezoneW - 2.2 * ( ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 40)"; y = "safezoneY + 1.4 * ( ( ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25)"; w = "0.7 * ( ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 40)"; h = "2 * ( ( ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25)"; colorBackground[] = {1,1,1,1}; shadow = 2; }; class Pause2: Pause1 { idc = 1001; x = "safezoneX + safezoneW - 3.2 * ( ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 40)"; }; you can find all the controls in configFile >> "RscDisplayInterrupt"

barren apex Jun 11, 2020, 3:17 PM

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Well, that's another way to do it I guess 😄

quasi granite Jun 11, 2020, 3:18 PM

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or unpack the data to a p drive and dive into the config.cpp itself (very very useful)

stark compass Jun 11, 2020, 7:37 PM

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I umpacked it in addons

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nyansquish

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And found it already

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But thank you regardless

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Getting back into arma 3 gui programming

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Took a little break off

vast apex Jun 13, 2020, 7:42 AM

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got a thing that's boggling me for the past 3 days... i got a CT_TREE control with a onTreeSelChanged EH.

so i found this.. if i open the dialog that has that CT_TREE using createDialog the event is working fine, but if i open the dialog as display using createDisplay with the required params seems like the event dosen't want to work at all
is there something that I miss?
no RPT logs also...

stark compass Jun 13, 2020, 12:38 PM

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Can yougive your exact code onwhen you create the display and when you create the eh?

stark compass Jun 15, 2020, 1:22 PM

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What is my best bet if i want to display an image on a button and have it change depending on the button's state? RscShortcutButton?

tepid bramble Jun 15, 2020, 1:51 PM

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depends what you're trying to achieve exactly. if its an image and text then i use RscButtonMenu which inherits from RscShortcutButton, not quite sure what the difference is. if the button is just an image then you may prefer RscActivePicture as it looks more like the image is the button rather than an image on a button.

stark compass Jun 15, 2020, 2:03 PM

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i see

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there is no documentation for RscActivePicture though

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anyone have RscActivePicture base-class?

cerulean roost Jun 15, 2020, 2:31 PM

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how you mean?

stark compass Jun 15, 2020, 2:31 PM

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the base-class for RscActivePicture

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iu cant find one

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and there is no documentation about it

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@tepid bramble any ideas?

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it's listed here: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ctrlCreate/classnames

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but that's it

tepid bramble Jun 15, 2020, 2:47 PM

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use bis_fnc_exportbaseguiclasses or whatever it is called

stark compass Jun 15, 2020, 2:47 PM

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docs?

tepid bramble Jun 15, 2020, 2:47 PM

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run it in debug and itl copy the base gui classes to ur clipboard

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just look it up on the wiki?

stark compass Jun 15, 2020, 2:47 PM

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bis_fnc_exportbaseguiclasses is not on the wiki

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you mean BIS_fnc_exportGUIBaseClasses?

tepid bramble Jun 15, 2020, 2:48 PM

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probably

stark compass Jun 15, 2020, 2:48 PM

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kk

tepid bramble Jun 15, 2020, 2:48 PM

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use the default option

stark compass Jun 15, 2020, 2:49 PM

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ah, there it is

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thanks!

stark compass Jun 15, 2020, 8:42 PM

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is there a way to make listnbox elements auto-cut if the text is too long to fit the element

quasi granite Jun 15, 2020, 9:08 PM

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disableOverflow = 1; in config

raw lagoon Jun 16, 2020, 9:20 PM

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howdy fellas, I'm making a side hud rsc display for an ac130, I have the main rsc controls bordered nicely inside a rsc control group, but i need to have a second bordered area inside that where other controls can only be seen inside the second 'internal' box, I'm racking my head and looking everywhere but can't figure out how to have two borders inside a rsc display

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dang it would seem i cant post images here to help explain

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this is my initial control group setup:

class Rsc_Pingo_AC130SideHUD_UI: RscUnitInfo
    {
        idd=301;
        onLoad = "_this spawn ac130_fnc_onRSCLoadHUD";
        onUnload = "removeMissionEventHandler ['eachFrame', uiNamespace getVariable 'USAF_SIDE_PFH_eachFrame']";
        controls[]=
        {
            //"CA_Zeroing",
            "CA_IGUI_elements_group"
        };
        class VScrollbar;
        class HScrollbar;
        class CA_IGUI_elements_group: RscControlsGroup
        {
            idc=170;
            class VScrollbar: VScrollbar
            {
                width=0;
            };
            class HScrollbar: HScrollbar
            {
                height=0;
            };
            x = 0.189078 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.06088 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.623906 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.836926 * safezoneH;
            class controls
            {
                class SysFM1Picture: ac130SideHUDPicture
                {
                    idc = 1500;
                    text = "";
                    x = 0.378281 * safeZoneW - XPAD;
                    y = 0.434593 * safezoneH - YPAD;
                    w = 0.0520834 * safezoneW;
                    h = 0.0907778 * safezoneH;
                };

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but within that id like to have a second area with its own limits where a horizontal compass would reside, the compass edges would need to be limited to a given area

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sorry this is super hard to explain

ocean hazel Jun 16, 2020, 9:48 PM

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you can upload the picture elsewhere

raw lagoon Jun 16, 2020, 10:41 PM

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ok so my imgur wasnt working initially

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https://i.imgur.com/d8UuFDR.jpg

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that is my side hud currently

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as you can see with the dashed gun box it cuts off nicely where its supposed to around the borders

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if you turn your attention to the horizontal 2d compass at the top

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thats just one of the stock arma ones i used as a template, id like to have my own compass textures there

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however i cannot figure out how i can define a seperate, second, border for the textures that would go where that compass is

raw lagoon Jun 17, 2020, 10:55 AM

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never mind i got it figured out, just made a second control group under the same IDD rsc display

stark compass Jun 17, 2020, 10:27 PM

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is there a method to detect if/when a dialog is closed through Esc?

main wolf Jun 17, 2020, 10:28 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/User_Interface_Event_Handlers#onUnload

quasi granite Jun 17, 2020, 10:28 PM

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onUnload eh will fire with [_display, 2] as params. 2 is for a cancel action

stark compass Jun 17, 2020, 10:31 PM

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yeah, that works

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Thank you

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@quasi granite what's this?

quasi granite Jun 17, 2020, 10:34 PM

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_display displayAddEventHandler ["Unload",{
  params ["_display", "_exitCode"];
  if (_exitCode == 2) then {
    systemchat "Display was left by canceling (Escape or cancel button)";
  };
}];

stark compass Jun 17, 2020, 10:34 PM

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oh yeah!

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No, it's cool, i just need to detect if it was generally closed

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Destroy doesnt work with Esc

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"unload" works better

wicked talon Jun 21, 2020, 8:02 PM

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How would I go about scrolling a listbox via script?

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I want it to start at the bottom, instead of at the top

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and then keep scrolling if more entries are added

placid osprey Jun 21, 2020, 8:16 PM

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Don't think its possible with listboxes

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Unless you pre-add the rows before and alter/update them later

barren apex Jun 21, 2020, 8:17 PM

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You cannot set the scroll of a control so it's not possible without some hacky work-around

placid osprey Jun 21, 2020, 8:18 PM

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Alternative: get rid of listbox and use predefined ctrlGroups as entries

barren apex Jun 21, 2020, 8:19 PM

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He still cannot set the scroll afaik

wicked talon Jun 21, 2020, 8:27 PM

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Plan B then, add things to a listbox at the top instead of the bottom

ocean hazel Jun 21, 2020, 8:49 PM

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But if you do lbSetCurSel, won't it scroll it for you?
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/lbSetCurSel

wicked talon Jun 21, 2020, 9:10 PM

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It does!

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// Autoscroll
    private _curSel = lbCurSel _listCtrl;
    if (_curSel isEqualTo -1 || _curSel isEqualTo _entriesNum -1) then {
        _listCtrl lbSetCurSel (lbSize _listCtrl - 1);
    };

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that will have to do

ocean hazel Jun 22, 2020, 12:09 AM

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Oh nice, no need to rewrite everything then 😄

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 2:37 AM

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Im trying to import a dialog into my editor

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https://i.gyazo.com/f938161e5f691df2de20e17fb838f038.png

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im opening gui editor and doing ctrl + i then typing missionConfigFIle >> "life_my_gang_menu" and it says display not found

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 3:41 AM

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already past that

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now my issue is when I load a gui, the existing buttons/backgrounds/imgs are just gray/invisible

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 9:31 AM

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can you pastebin the defines for the dialog?

brisk cairn Jun 23, 2020, 4:26 PM

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@tardy river basically trying to create a dropdown list like with RHS
https://imgur.com/a/vdrvYQp

tardy river Jun 23, 2020, 4:28 PM

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i am a 3d artist, no idea how the base script works these days

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feel free to have a look over it

brisk cairn Jun 23, 2020, 4:28 PM

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yeah didn't know about RHS main
was looking in the humvees configs but couldn't find what I was looking for

tardy river Jun 23, 2020, 4:28 PM

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RHS configs are a bit different from vanilla, since we use quite a few custome made functions, macros etc.

brisk cairn Jun 23, 2020, 4:30 PM

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thanks

tardy river Jun 23, 2020, 4:31 PM

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or here - afrf/addons/rhs_decals/ / usaf/addons/rhsusf_decals/

brisk cairn Jun 23, 2020, 4:33 PM

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oh that might be it
checking

brisk cairn Jun 23, 2020, 5:29 PM

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also
@main wolf
sorry to bother but I've also tried the script you made

_box = _this select 0; 
_logo = switch (_box) do {
    case 0: { logoA };
    case 1: { logoB };
    case 2: { logoC };
    case 3: { logoD };
    default { logoA };
};
_box setObjectTextureGlobal [0, _logo];

the attribute appears in the editor but it doesn't change textures
could it be that the control combo is not finding the function?
cpp control = "combo"; property = "SZ_custom_logo"; displayName = "logo"; description = "This combo has twentyfive values."; tooltip = "Choose the logo to use on the box"; expression = "_this setVariable ['%s', _value, true]; 0 = [_this] call SZ_fnc_changeLogo;"; defaultValue = 0; typeName = "NUMBER"; unique = 0; condition = "1";

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I probably messed up the expression but I'm not sure how

main wolf Jun 23, 2020, 5:33 PM

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I don't know... I'm a scripter, not GUI expert 😉

brisk cairn Jun 23, 2020, 5:34 PM

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honestly I don't even know if its a GUI related issue
anything interface wise works
the script just doesn't work

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and I wonder whats causing it

main wolf Jun 23, 2020, 5:36 PM

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but does expression even exist?

brisk cairn Jun 23, 2020, 5:36 PM

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uh..?
shouldn't it?
its onthe 6th line of the combo control

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it may be wrongly written but it exists I think

main wolf Jun 23, 2020, 5:37 PM

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I've never heard of it...

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and also isn't mentioned on the wiki https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/DialogControls-Combo

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unless it's not a GUI element

quasi granite Jun 23, 2020, 5:40 PM

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those attributes are available in eden

brisk cairn Jun 23, 2020, 5:40 PM

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https://community.bohemia.net/wiki/Eden_Editor:_Configuring_Attributes:_Controls#Combo
@main wolf

main wolf Jun 23, 2020, 5:42 PM

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Like I said... I'n not a GUI expert, so not the person to ask

brisk cairn Jun 23, 2020, 5:42 PM

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yeah I understand
thanks anyway

quasi granite Jun 23, 2020, 5:45 PM

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this is a topic for somone that knows GUIs AND eden so a very very small percentage of a3 players

brisk cairn Jun 23, 2020, 5:45 PM

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😭

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 7:18 PM

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#define ST_LEFT           0x00
#define ST_MULTI          0x10
#define GUI_GRID_CENTER_WAbs        ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2)
#define GUI_GRID_CENTER_HAbs        (GUI_GRID_CENTER_WAbs / 1.2)
#define GUI_GRID_CENTER_W        (GUI_GRID_CENTER_WAbs / 40)
#define GUI_GRID_CENTER_H        (GUI_GRID_CENTER_HAbs / 25)
#define GUI_GRID_CENTER_X        (safezoneX + (safezoneW - GUI_GRID_CENTER_WAbs)/2)
#define GUI_GRID_CENTER_Y        (safezoneY + (safezoneH - GUI_GRID_CENTER_HAbs)/2)
``` @stark compass

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 7:22 PM

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THERE'S NOTHING HERE

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😅

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 7:23 PM

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https://i.gyazo.com/1b57412d3450f5646283d9b013f2b169.mp4

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 7:23 PM

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yes?

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 7:23 PM

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?

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thats what it does

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 7:23 PM

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for sure

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im surprised it does that much

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since there are no elements defined

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 7:24 PM

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https://hastebin.com/raw/yehubahumu

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that?

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 7:24 PM

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yes, THAT

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 7:24 PM

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https://hastebin.com/raw/ajuquxomoq

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 7:25 PM

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this is L*fe?

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 7:25 PM

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Mhm...

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 7:25 PM

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sure

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try swapping Life_RscPicture to RscPicture

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just once

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because i recall the gui editor having a hard time with custom classes

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 7:26 PM

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i thought about that but shouldnt it work since I have a common.hpp that says life_rscpicture is a type of rscpicture?

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 7:26 PM

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yep, but the editor is tricky

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so just give it a go

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just change one of them to rsc

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 7:27 PM

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undefined base class RscPicture

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wot

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 7:28 PM

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how's your defines?

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this is a mission, right?

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not a mod

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 7:28 PM

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yea in vr

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 7:28 PM

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if youre doing it from mission, you have to manually import your classes

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 7:28 PM

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uhhhh..

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 7:29 PM

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copyToClipboard ("Default" call BIS_fnc_exportGUIBaseClasses)

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run that in the debug field

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 7:30 PM

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😮

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witchcraft

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 7:30 PM

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paste them in defines.hpp (or whatever)

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and #include that file in Description.ext

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 7:31 PM

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https://i.gyazo.com/6d1eac5bea68faaa0f0d4dd6cd74dbdd.png

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hell yea bo

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 7:31 PM

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yep

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👍

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 7:31 PM

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thx habibi

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 7:31 PM

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have fun

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 7:32 PM

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got a phone script, everything looks rlly nice except they just left out the gang menu/wanted list so its like wtf..

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 7:34 PM

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erm...

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#offtopic_arma

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or #server_admins 🤷‍♂️

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 7:34 PM

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?

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i was giving back story about why i need to make this

tranquil iron Jun 23, 2020, 7:34 PM

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neither of these channels

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 7:40 PM

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@tranquil iron where abouts would be the correct one for complaints on unrelated matters?

tranquil iron Jun 23, 2020, 7:40 PM

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which complaints?

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I see someone asking about GUI editing in #arma3_gui

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and stating why he wants to do what he wants, to make it more clear what he wants to archieve

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 7:42 PM

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his issue was already handled and i thought they were starting a discussion of the framework/community, so i invited them to join in on different discussion to keep this channel on-topic

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 7:44 PM

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🙄

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 7:45 PM

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if you have more questions, feel free to ask

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 7:45 PM

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ill pass since im gonna gfet complaints for it

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 7:46 PM

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i dont know who complained to you, but sure. You do you

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 7:46 PM

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@tranquil iron where abouts would be the correct one for complaints on unrelated matters?

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his issue was already handled and i thought they were starting a discussion of the framework/community, so i invited them to join in on different discussion to keep this channel on-topic

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 7:48 PM

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yes? Nobody was complaining to you

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 8:26 PM

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about

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            x = 0.338097 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.203 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.314524 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.594 * safezoneH;

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i need to copy these values into the position of my new dialog

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https://i.gyazo.com/6d11c588eba8a60a66d5db34ae23f464.png

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but they are a different format.

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think i figured it out actually.

quasi granite Jun 23, 2020, 9:30 PM

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GUI_GRID is broken in GUI editor. See this here: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_GUI_Coordinates#Using_the_grids_in_the_GUI_Editor

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 10:01 PM

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after saving the vr mission and leaving how do i get back my gui

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really hope i didnt lose my 2 hours of work..

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https://i.gyazo.com/1f37d37a1f20ee7070d4de62c17d2c77.png

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saved it under those settings

quasi granite Jun 23, 2020, 10:04 PM

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two options:

You have exported it as GUI Editor format, just copy paste that code back into the Editor with CTRL+V
You have it exported it as config, load it to missionconfigfile (description.ext), press CTRL+I while in GUI Editor and write missionConfigfile >> "YourDisplayName"

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yours is option 1

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 10:04 PM

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where do i copy it from

quasi granite Jun 23, 2020, 10:04 PM

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it was saved to you clipboard

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 10:04 PM

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...

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so i just lost it when i copied that link to send.

quasi granite Jun 23, 2020, 10:05 PM

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oof

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thats just as funny as it is sad notlikemeow 😄

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 10:06 PM

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its hilarious

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im laughing

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haha

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#thanksarma

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undefined variable in expression. saved it as config

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and STILL didnt work

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 10:19 PM

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need help?

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 10:19 PM

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ive remade this dialog 3 times now.

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and it wont save.

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 10:19 PM

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do you want it as a config-entry?

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 10:19 PM

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Yes

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i chose config controls as class

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called it GangGUI

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then press ok then saved then loaded the mission back up and got an error.

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and no file to be found with the contents.

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 10:20 PM

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shift+ctrl+s -> cancel -> shift + alt + s -> paste in your controls

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 10:20 PM

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after making it again

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a 4th time?

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 10:20 PM

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make it right once

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 10:21 PM

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i did

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it wont save right

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or at all

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 10:21 PM

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shift+ctrl+s -> cancel -> shift + alt + s -> paste in your controls
@toxic cradle

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 10:22 PM

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into the file.

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 10:22 PM

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into the controls class in your dialog class

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 10:23 PM

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its not even making the file for it

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 10:23 PM

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when you load the inventory through missionconfig, it will change all coordinates to GRID_GUI so remember to change those back to safezone

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 10:23 PM

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i am

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but i save the mission and it doesnt make a new file

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 10:23 PM

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what do you mean not making a file?

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yeah, it doesnt

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so?

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make the file yourself

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define your dialog in your .hpp and make a controls class for it

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then just paste the stuff you just copied from the editor into the controls class

ruby swallow Jun 23, 2020, 10:25 PM

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As Alternative, Download an external gui Editor and use that

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 10:26 PM

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or write it all by hand

ruby swallow Jun 23, 2020, 10:26 PM

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The ingame gui Editor is... Usable at best

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 10:26 PM

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🤷‍♂️

ruby swallow Jun 23, 2020, 10:26 PM

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For rookies most of the time no options

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 10:26 PM

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i find it easier to just do the math

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 10:26 PM

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math is disgusting

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 10:27 PM

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the in-game gui editor is tricky and lacking

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 10:35 PM

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love clicking on controls and instead of selecting it its like "OHHHHH, CHANGE SIZE? OK!"

ocean hazel Jun 23, 2020, 10:37 PM

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I have found third person who might be interested in the GUI layout manager we discussed @ruby swallow

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Are you still interested in making it... by chance?

ruby swallow Jun 23, 2020, 10:42 PM

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No time currently, that is why sqf-vm and arma.studio are on halt currently too

And I think that was pre arma.studio ui editor 🤔 which I started now pretty much as a way to craft guis

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 10:45 PM

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why is it still using the old version of an image? I restarted the mission like 4 times and it wont update to the latest

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can you add conditions to menus so one background picture will show for 1 condition, another picture for a different condition

ocean hazel Jun 23, 2020, 11:05 PM

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why is it still using the old version of an image? I restarted the mission like 4 times and it wont update to the latest
You need to go back to editor then start the mission again for arma to reparse the .ext file

stark compass Jun 23, 2020, 11:06 PM

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you can change the textuure

ocean hazel Jun 23, 2020, 11:06 PM

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can you add conditions to menus so one background picture will show for 1 condition, another picture for a different condition
with code, everything can be done

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with code, everything can be done
perhaps you can put some script into onLoad event

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 11:23 PM

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        class Phone: RscPicture
        {
            idc = 1201;
            text = "images\pages\gang.paa";
            x = 0.338097 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.203 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.314524 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.594 * safezoneH;
        };

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need to change the "text" of this on load..

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I could make 2 separate dialogs but that seems inefficient.

quasi granite Jun 23, 2020, 11:25 PM

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onLoad = "(_this select 0) ctrlSetText 'images\pages\gang.paa';";

toxic cradle Jun 23, 2020, 11:37 PM

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_this select 0 would be Phone?

quasi granite Jun 23, 2020, 11:37 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/User_Interface_Event_Handlers#onLoad. Yes that would be the control

toxic cradle Jun 24, 2020, 12:05 AM

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For some reason I cant click my buttons on my dialog..its like they are hidden behind the picture

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but I have them at the top in ctrl l

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do the pictures need colortext with transparency or something..?

tepid bramble Jun 24, 2020, 12:07 AM

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at the top in ctrl l
ctrl l?

toxic cradle Jun 24, 2020, 12:08 AM

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the hierarchy list thing

tepid bramble Jun 24, 2020, 12:08 AM

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oh, try them at the bottom

toxic cradle Jun 24, 2020, 12:08 AM

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https://i.gyazo.com/84796088e2e744cd28f257d2e073e2fa.png

tepid bramble Jun 24, 2020, 12:09 AM

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idk about the gui editor because i do mine by hand, but when using the controls class you define controls from lowest layer to highest

toxic cradle Jun 24, 2020, 12:09 AM

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well theres controls then controlsbackground

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the background ones are the images they are above in the file

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idc is just the control's id right

tepid bramble Jun 24, 2020, 12:10 AM

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yea. id-control

toxic cradle Jun 24, 2020, 12:24 AM

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can you change the font size of text on titles?

tepid bramble Jun 24, 2020, 12:24 AM

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yes

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again, not sure about in the gui editor, but you'd usually use either sizeEx in the control config class or use ctrlSetFontHeight command

toxic cradle Jun 24, 2020, 12:26 AM

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Whats the default size?

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need to make it smaller

tepid bramble Jun 24, 2020, 12:26 AM

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whats the base class?

toxic cradle Jun 24, 2020, 12:27 AM

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sizeEx = "(((((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25) * 1)"; is the default

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How am I supposed to understand that

tepid bramble Jun 24, 2020, 12:27 AM

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the * 1 at the end is what matters

toxic cradle Jun 24, 2020, 12:27 AM

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ahh

tepid bramble Jun 24, 2020, 12:28 AM

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the usual values are

#define GUI_TEXT_SIZE_SMALL        (GUI_GRID_H * 0.8)
#define GUI_TEXT_SIZE_MEDIUM        (GUI_GRID_H * 1)
#define GUI_TEXT_SIZE_LARGE        (GUI_GRID_H * 1.2)

burnt token Jun 24, 2020, 12:52 PM

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does anyone know the paths to the red/yellow chain texture? I've tried to find it in ui_f but could not find it there.

distant axle Jun 24, 2020, 12:53 PM

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Maybe data_f? I'm not sure though

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Found them: a3\ui_f\data\gui\rsc\rscpendinginvitation

burnt token Jun 24, 2020, 3:44 PM

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thx ❤️

tidal shale Jun 24, 2020, 4:13 PM

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Hello, which Rsc is responsible for this progess bar ?

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https://i.imgur.com/gmxpQ6G.jpg

main wolf Jun 24, 2020, 4:18 PM

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RscProgress ?

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and I'm not sure exactly which one that is, although:

#define CT_PROGRESS         8

#define IDC_LOADING_PROGRESSMAP        1008
#define IDC_LOADING_PROGRESSMISSION        1013

stark compass Jun 24, 2020, 4:20 PM

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i think he might be asking for the IDC and display

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or not

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🤷‍♂️

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too ambiguous

tidal shale Jun 24, 2020, 4:22 PM

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I want to tweak this progress bar ( width, texture etc), i already tweaked main menu, lobby etc

stark compass Jun 24, 2020, 4:23 PM

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yeah, so the display and the idc

tidal shale Jun 24, 2020, 4:24 PM

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ye

main wolf Jun 24, 2020, 4:25 PM

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all data is available in UI_F, so it shouldn't be too hard to figure them out 🤷‍♂️

tidal shale Jun 24, 2020, 4:29 PM

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👍 all good ty

quasi granite Jun 24, 2020, 5:15 PM

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configfile >> "RscDisplayLoadMission" >> "ProgressMap" keep in mind that there are different loading screens for different situations, like editor preview and mission

ocean hazel Jun 24, 2020, 5:42 PM

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quick question, when I restart the mission in singleplayer, is the mission display 46 recreated?

stark compass Jun 24, 2020, 6:21 PM

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just reset

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so if you have any changes to 46, you'll have to redo those

ocean hazel Jun 24, 2020, 6:21 PM

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So created controls get deleted, event handlers get deleted?

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Good to know. Because it's not the case for a mission reset in editor.

quasi granite Jun 24, 2020, 7:05 PM

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Restarting the mission does not update the mission display 46. returning to 3den does.

stark compass Jun 24, 2020, 7:17 PM

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that's weird

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for me it did

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even in editor

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i msutve done something wrong

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🤷‍♂️

quasi granite Jun 24, 2020, 7:43 PM

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controls created on the mission display stay there until the display is closed, aka you return to 3den

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not sure about UIEH. they might be bound to the missionnamespace

weary imp Jun 25, 2020, 6:45 AM

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@ocean hazel you mean in Eden when you click restart button? No, only if you go back to editor and preview again

distant axle Jun 25, 2020, 9:09 AM

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Is there any way to make place a image in an additive blend mode or something? Might not fit here but if there's a way to do it in a command like drawIcon3D, it's also okay for me

stark compass Jun 25, 2020, 7:55 PM

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how do i import the default engine defines for a mod?

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pboProject is giving me flak for class RscObject { access = 0; type = CT_OBJECT; scale = 1; direction[] = {0,0,1}; up[] = {0,1,0}; shadow = 0; };
access = 0;

tranquil iron Jun 25, 2020, 7:58 PM

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class RscObject;

stark compass Jun 25, 2020, 7:58 PM

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alright, so no need to define them manually?

tranquil iron Jun 25, 2020, 7:59 PM

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no, declaration is sufficient

stark compass Jun 25, 2020, 7:59 PM

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alright

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thank you

tranquil iron Jun 25, 2020, 8:00 PM

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if you redefine it, once vanilla changes every mod would break eachother

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but you need proper requiredAddons

stark compass Jun 25, 2020, 8:05 PM

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like so

class ScrollBar;
class RscObject;
class RscText;
class RscFrame;
class RscLine;
class RscProgress;
class RscPicture;
class RscPictureKeepAspect;
class RscVideo;
class RscHTML;
class RscButton;
class RscShortcutButton;
class RscEdit;
class RscCombo;
class RscListBox;
class RscListNBox;
class RscXListBox;
class RscTree;
class RscSlider;
class RscXSliderH;
class RscActiveText;
class RscToolbox;
class RscControlsGroup;
class RscControlsGroupNoScrollbars;
class RscControlsGroupNoHScrollbars;
class RscControlsGroupNoVScrollbars;
class RscButtonTextOnly;
class RscButtonMenu;
class RscButtonMenuOK;
class RscButtonMenuCancel;
class RscButtonMenuSteam;
class RscMapControl;
class RscMapControlEmpty;
class RscCheckBox;```

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what would i need to add to my required addons?

tranquil iron Jun 25, 2020, 8:06 PM

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the oldman loadorder

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was posted here recently, just search loadorder

stark compass Jun 25, 2020, 8:11 PM

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File P:\NCA\TOM\Addons\inventory\dialogs.hpp: circa Line 18 Mismatched quotes or missing ','

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so such matter exists

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dialogs.hpp is literally just

class ScrollBar;
class RscObject;
class RscText;
class RscFrame;
class RscLine;
class RscProgress;
class RscPicture;
class RscPictureKeepAspect;
class RscVideo;
class RscHTML;
class RscButton;
class RscShortcutButton;
class RscEdit;
class RscCombo;
class RscListBox;
class RscListNBox;
class RscXListBox;
class RscTree;
class RscSlider;
class RscXSliderH;
class RscActiveText;
class RscToolbox;
class RscControlsGroup;
class RscControlsGroupNoScrollbars;
class RscControlsGroupNoHScrollbars;
class RscControlsGroupNoVScrollbars;
class RscButtonTextOnly;
class RscButtonMenu;
class RscButtonMenuOK;
class RscButtonMenuCancel;
class RscButtonMenuSteam;
class RscMapControl;
class RscMapControlEmpty;
class RscCheckBox;```
and comments

tranquil iron Jun 25, 2020, 8:12 PM

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then its somewhere else, somewhere close by

stark compass Jun 25, 2020, 8:13 PM

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here is config.cpp

/*  */
#include "basicDefines_A3.hpp"
#include "cfgPatches.hpp"
#include "defines.hpp"
#include "dialogs.hpp"


class cfgFunctions
{
    class TOM // project or person tag
    {
        class inv_functions // This represent a group of function
        {
            file="inventory\inv_functions";
            class showInventoryDialog {};
            class initInventory {};
            class dropInventory {};
            class pickupInventory {};
            class takeCargo {};
            class dropCargo {};
            class populateInventoryItems {};
            class weaponType {};
            class removeAmmoMagazine {};
            class itemIconClicked {};
            class itemListClicked {};
            class itemListDoubleClicked {};
            class showBag {};
            class closeBag {};
            class getConfig {};
            class setPictures {};
            class addBackpackAction {};
            class itemType {};
        };
    };
};```

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ahhh

tranquil iron Jun 25, 2020, 8:13 PM

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check CfgPatches and defines

stark compass Jun 25, 2020, 8:13 PM

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class CfgPatches
{
    class TOMInventory
    {
        units[] = {};
        weapons[] = {};
        requiredVersion = 0.1;
        requiredAddons[]=
        {
            "A3_Data_F_Oldman_Loadorder"
        };
    };
};```

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i jsut sent defines

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https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/616327617725071373/725805549509279796

tranquil iron Jun 25, 2020, 8:14 PM

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no you didn't

stark compass Jun 25, 2020, 8:14 PM

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sorry

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defines.hpp

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ok, so it wants dialogs

tranquil iron Jun 25, 2020, 8:15 PM

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you wrote thats dialogs.hpp

stark compass Jun 25, 2020, 8:15 PM

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yep

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ok it crunched now

vast apex Jun 27, 2020, 6:19 AM

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is there any function to set the colorFocused of a ctrl?

tepid bramble Jun 27, 2020, 7:34 AM

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not that im aware of, no

weak trail Jun 28, 2020, 11:44 PM

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arma 3 gui making is cancer

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(just wanted to give this constructive criticism to you guys GWomoGabSmile )

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thanks, i already knew that tho

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(for the ones that would say now, but what do yoi already know, here would be a link to screenshot of the error i get that makes no sense to me if it wasnt deleted)

stark compass Jun 29, 2020, 12:04 AM

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so where's the link?

weak trail Jun 29, 2020, 12:18 AM

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deleted

weary imp Jun 29, 2020, 9:47 AM

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Is it possible to create ListBox with scrollbar without using ControlsGroup?

tepid bramble Jun 29, 2020, 10:09 AM

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doesnt listbox have its own scroll bar?

weary imp Jun 29, 2020, 12:49 PM

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private _ctrlTree = _disp ctrlCreate ["RscListBox", -1];
_ctrlTree lbAdd "Category A";
_ctrlTree lbAdd "Text 1";
_ctrlTree lbAdd "Text 2";
_ctrlTree lbAdd "Text 3";
_ctrlTree lbAdd "Text 4";
_ctrlTree ctrlSetPosition [0,0,0.1,0.1];
_ctrlTree ctrlCommit 0.0;```
does the scroll bar show for you @tepid bramble ?

tepid bramble Jun 29, 2020, 12:59 PM

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no, though it does when using ctrlListbox

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i honestly cant say ive ever encountered that issue before.

weary imp Jun 29, 2020, 1:02 PM

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intredasting

weary imp Jun 29, 2020, 1:38 PM

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w and h properties are to blame. when 0 scrollbar shows straight away, when not 0 then scrollbar shows only if list over certain size

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private _disp = findDisplay 46 createDisplay "RscDisplayEmpty";
private _ctrlTree = _disp ctrlCreate ["RscListBox", -1];
_ctrlTree lbAdd "Category A";
_ctrlTree lbAdd "Text 1";
_ctrlTree lbAdd "Text 2";
_ctrlTree lbAdd "Text 3";
_ctrlTree lbAdd "Text 4";
_ctrlTree lbAdd "Text 1";
_ctrlTree lbAdd "Text 2";
_ctrlTree lbAdd "Text 3";
_ctrlTree lbAdd "Text 4";
_ctrlTree ctrlSetPosition [0,0,0.1,0.1];
_ctrlTree ctrlCommit 0.0;

shows

weak trail Jun 29, 2020, 5:35 PM

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soooo, i m encountering a problem while making a gui.
(This link is a screenshot of the error message i get)
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/531504200182530058/727214436439293952/unknown.png
(This is the part of the ui that is the problem)

class myUi {
    idd = -1;                   // set to -1, if don't require a unique ID
    movingEnable = 0;           // the dialog can be moved with the mouse
    enableSimulation = 1;       // freeze the game
    controls[] = {
        ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        // GUI EDITOR OUTPUT START (by bruh, v1.063, #Duzyne)
        ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

        class zb_wl_background: RscText
        {
            idc = 1000;
            x = 0.291667 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.203704 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.416667 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.564815 * safezoneH;
            colorBackground[] = {0,0,0,0.3};
        };

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i honestly dont see the problem here....i would appreciate some help....

quasi granite Jun 29, 2020, 6:57 PM

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@weak trail you cant list classes in an array. there are two ways of setting up the config:
The more popular way:

class myUi
{
    idd = -1;                   // set to -1, if don't require a unique ID
    movingEnable = 0;           // the dialog can be moved with the mouse
    enableSimulation = 1;       // freeze the game
    class controls
    {
        class zb_wl_background: RscText
        {
            idc = 1000;
            x = 0.291667 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.203704 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.416667 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.564815 * safezoneH;
            colorBackground[] = {0,0,0,0.3};
        };
    };
};
``` or the array definition way:
```cpp
class myUi
{
    idd = -1;                   // set to -1, if don't require a unique ID
    movingEnable = 0;           // the dialog can be moved with the mouse
    enableSimulation = 1;       // freeze the game
    controls[] = {"zb_wl_background"};
    class zb_wl_background: RscText
    {
        idc = 1000;
        x = 0.291667 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
        y = 0.203704 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
        w = 0.416667 * safezoneW;
        h = 0.564815 * safezoneH;
        colorBackground[] = {0,0,0,0.3};
    };
};

weak trail Jun 29, 2020, 7:06 PM

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ooooooooohhhhh

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i see

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makes sense

quasi granite Jun 29, 2020, 7:08 PM

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hmm the biki is a bit unprecise in that regard. I'm gonna change that real quick.

weak trail Jun 29, 2020, 7:10 PM

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euhm, i m getting a new error now....

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https://prnt.sc/t8od0h

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it says that there is no entry for RscText_1001

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(The link is the screenshot to my error)

quasi granite Jun 29, 2020, 7:23 PM

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obv there is something wrong in the config but w/o code cant tell what

weak trail Jun 29, 2020, 7:24 PM

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am i allowed to share that here?

quasi granite Jun 29, 2020, 7:25 PM

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if it is a small text yes, otherwise use a pasting website like https://pastebin.com/

weak trail Jun 29, 2020, 7:28 PM

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This is my ui : https://pastebin.com/gnprFnd8
This is the defines that i use (the life one) : https://pastebin.com/idxKyHVU

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i already added the type to all the button, but that cant be it, right? i mean, i have already made a ui, and that ui didnt need the type on each button

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now that i added the type to all the buttons, it now requires me to add a text to every edit

quasi granite Jun 29, 2020, 7:31 PM

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the controls array consists of strings so

controls[]=
    {
        zb_wl_background,
        zb_wl_non_whitelisted_listbox,
                [...]
``` should be 
```cpp
controls[]=
    {
        "zb_wl_background",
        "zb_wl_non_whitelisted_listbox",
                [...]

weak trail Jun 29, 2020, 7:32 PM

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didnt seem to change anything

quasi granite Jun 29, 2020, 7:34 PM

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now that i added the type to all the buttons, it now requires me to add a text to every edit
@weak trail class inheritance should have you covered. would be easier to modify the base classes, as in add the missing attribute to the base class instead of each control individually. eg. from what i can tell is that Life_RscEdit is missing the text attribute

weak trail Jun 29, 2020, 7:35 PM

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hm, would make sense, but i dont really want to touch it, as the life framework uses it and i dont want to break anything

quasi granite Jun 29, 2020, 7:37 PM

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it says that there is no entry for RscText_1001
@weak trail I cant really see why that error occurs as you dont have such a value or class in the config

weak trail Jun 29, 2020, 7:37 PM

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i already fixed that one

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my problem was, that i exported it as array and i use the life_ everywhere, but the export of the ui uses the default names

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so, in the controls was rsctext_1001 defines, but in the ui, it was life_rsc...

quasi granite Jun 29, 2020, 7:46 PM

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its also possible to inherit classes from within the dialog, eg:

class Dialog
{
    class Controls
    {
        class Ctrl1: ParentClass
        {
            text = "hello";
        };
        class Ctrl2: Ctrl1
        {

        };
    };
};

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Ctrl2 will also have the text "hello"

weak trail Jun 29, 2020, 7:47 PM

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i was about to ask how, but then i saw the ctrl1 at the second part

quasi granite Jun 29, 2020, 7:49 PM

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be aware that clases are similar to code blocks in that regard. you cant inherit from Ctrl1 in another dialog

weak trail Jun 29, 2020, 7:49 PM

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yea, makes sense, ctrl1 is only defined in this dialog class

acoustic veldt Jun 29, 2020, 9:20 PM

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I am using a .paa image that is blue for an RscImage. When I open the file in TexView2 it still shows as blue, but when open it in the GUI Editor it comes up as orange. Any idea why?

quasi granite Jun 29, 2020, 9:21 PM

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is the image in the size a² x b²?

acoustic veldt Jun 29, 2020, 9:21 PM

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No

quasi granite Jun 29, 2020, 9:22 PM

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paa files have to be in that format

acoustic veldt Jun 29, 2020, 9:22 PM

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what about jpegs?

weak trail Jun 29, 2020, 9:22 PM

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jpegs dont need to be, and can be used just as easily as paa files

acoustic veldt Jun 29, 2020, 9:23 PM

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Ill give it a go then thanks!

quasi granite Jun 29, 2020, 9:23 PM

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jpegs have no transparency though

acoustic veldt Jun 29, 2020, 9:24 PM

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There is no transparency so it should work perfectly

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Now my issue is getting the text to show in front of the RscImage

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Any ideas>

#

?

stark compass Jun 29, 2020, 10:00 PM

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@acoustic veldt define the text after the rscimage

acoustic veldt Jun 29, 2020, 10:01 PM

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what do you mean?

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sorry Im very new to this

stark compass Jun 29, 2020, 10:02 PM

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Hoe are you creating the element?

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Is it part of a dialog you define previously

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Or are you generating it through script?

acoustic veldt Jun 29, 2020, 10:03 PM

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I am just in the GUI Editor trying to drag a text box over an RscImage. I have tried changing the element order, colors, and position, but have had no luck

stark compass Jun 29, 2020, 10:04 PM

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You cant order images under anything in the ingame gui editor

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Images will ALWAYS be on top

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Dont know why

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Just lock it and set it to tramsparent when youre working

acoustic veldt Jun 29, 2020, 10:06 PM

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So if I have the order set correctly and run the gui after saving it, it will come out with the text on top even if it doesnt show that way in the editor?

stark compass Jun 29, 2020, 11:23 PM

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@acoustic veldt correct

acoustic veldt Jun 30, 2020, 2:47 AM

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I have got everything in working order. I really appreciate the help! Now I have a new issue though which is that the RscPicture does not appear when the dialogue is created. Any ideas?

#

{
    idd = 9999;
    movingEnabled = false;
    class controls
    {
        class RscPicture
        {
            idc = 1200;
            text = "images\Raffle_Background.jpeg";
            x = 0.293495 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.225 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.413011 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.55 * safezoneH;
        };

    };
};```

tepid bramble Jun 30, 2020, 2:47 AM

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you didnt define a ctrl type, or any of the other properties the base rscpicture has.

#

class RscPicture
{
    deletable = 0;
    fade = 0;
    access = 0;
    type = 0;//CT_STATIC;
    idc = -1;
    style = "0x10 + 0x20";//ST_MULTI + ST_TITLE_BAR;
    colorBackground[] = {0,0,0,0};
    colorText[] = {1,1,1,1};
    font = "TahomaB";
    sizeEx = 0;
    lineSpacing = 0;
    text = "";
    fixedWidth = 0;
    shadow = 0;
    x = 0;
    y = 0;
    w = 0.2;
    h = 0.15;
    tooltipColorText[] = {1,1,1,1};
    tooltipColorBox[] = {1,1,1,1};
    tooltipColorShade[] = {0,0,0,0.65};
};

this is the base class. you can either modify this class directly or define it in the description.ext root and then inherit it to your control

stark compass Jun 30, 2020, 2:49 AM

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that's a dangerous name for your class

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i recommend inheriting from a base class

acoustic veldt Jun 30, 2020, 2:50 AM

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It gives me an error whenever I modify from the base class though

tepid bramble Jun 30, 2020, 2:51 AM

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do you have the base class already defined in your description.ext?

acoustic veldt Jun 30, 2020, 2:52 AM

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How would I define that?

tepid bramble Jun 30, 2020, 2:53 AM

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put that snippet i posted in the description.ext above the RR_Raffle_Menu class and then inherit by doing class myPicture: RscPicture {

acoustic veldt Jun 30, 2020, 3:18 AM

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Wait what do I put in description.ext?

tepid bramble Jun 30, 2020, 3:18 AM

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https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/616327617725071373/727355048945909780

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that snippet

old scaffold Jun 30, 2020, 3:49 AM

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Hey all. I’m new to GUIs but not new to sqf. Curious what’s the proper way to pass variables from a dialog (slider and list) to be used as parameters for a function called on a button press?

tepid bramble Jun 30, 2020, 3:52 AM

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by variables do you mean a variable set on the control or the control value?

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if it is the control values you would do something like

//onButtonClick

params ["_ctrlButton"];
private _display = ctrlParent _ctrlButton;
private _ctrlSlider = _display displayCtrl 1;
private _ctrlList = _display displayCtrl 2;
private _ctrlListCurSel = lbCurSel _ctrlList;

[
    sliderPosition _ctrlSlider,
    _ctrlList lbText _ctrlListCurSel,
    _ctrlList lbData _ctrlListCurSel,
    _ctrlList lbValue _ctrlListCurSel
] call fnc_stuff;

stark compass Jun 30, 2020, 3:56 AM

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buttons have a config field called "action"

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you can define your code there in string*

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no need for "onButtonClick"

tepid bramble Jun 30, 2020, 3:57 AM

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dont they more or less do the same thing?

stark compass Jun 30, 2020, 3:57 AM

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pretty much

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but action is the de-facto propper way of doing it

tepid bramble Jun 30, 2020, 4:00 AM

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based on the wiki i assume action was the original way to do it. at least the sqf commands related to it existed before ctrlAddEventHandler did apparently.

stark compass Jun 30, 2020, 4:02 AM

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without knowing the internal guts and we assume "action" is just an EH

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it comes down to milliseconds of time

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so yeah

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i would say it's "irrelevant", but it's not irrelevant

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if you have the possibility of defining your action in the config, then do it

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less code is more code

old scaffold Jun 30, 2020, 4:14 AM

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if it is the control values you would do something like

//onButtonClick

params ["_ctrlButton"];
private _display = ctrlParent _ctrlButton;
private _ctrlSlider = _display displayCtrl 1;
private _ctrlList = _display displayCtrl 2;
private _ctrlListCurSel = lbCurSel _ctrlList;

[
    sliderPosition _ctrlSlider,
    _ctrlList lbText _ctrlListCurSel,
    _ctrlList lbData _ctrlListCurSel,
    _ctrlList lbValue _ctrlListCurSel
] call fnc_stuff;

@tepid bramble this was the path I was on but I might need to refine it a bit more. Will check back once I have a second look. Thanks for the quick response everyone!

placid osprey Jun 30, 2020, 4:45 AM

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based on the wiki i assume action was the original way to do it. at least the sqf commands related to it existed before ctrlAddEventHandler did apparently.
@tepid bramble iirc, action was the command that didn't send over any information about the ctrl. So nothing in _this

tepid bramble Jun 30, 2020, 4:57 AM

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mm. i cant think of a case where action would be better than onButtonClick.

placid osprey Jun 30, 2020, 4:57 AM

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Yeah. It's more or less obsolete.

acoustic veldt Jun 30, 2020, 5:51 AM

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I just began today on learning to make GUIs in Arma 3 and everyone who assisted me here really helped me to progress at a quicker pace than I expected so thanks especially to @tepid bramble and @stark compass . I finally got everything sorted out for getting the gui formatted and getting created correctly

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Now I'm wondering how to create a RscText with text that can be changed based on a script. Would anyone be able to help or point me towards a resource?

tepid bramble Jun 30, 2020, 5:53 AM

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ctrlSetText

acoustic veldt Jun 30, 2020, 5:56 AM

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I'm trying to make it so that every time someone buys something it is noted and displayed. For instance one person buys something for $1 so it displays "$1" and then two other people buy the same thing for $1 so now "$3" is displayed

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Could ctrlSetText be used for that?

tepid bramble Jun 30, 2020, 6:01 AM

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yes. you use ctrlSetText to set the text of a control in a script after it has been created.

acoustic veldt Jun 30, 2020, 6:02 AM

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Perfect

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Ill take some time to look into it

stark compass Jun 30, 2020, 9:12 PM

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is there a way to create a control as a world-model?

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as in a control that exists in the 3d space of the world instead of the 2d space that is the users display

main wolf Jun 30, 2020, 9:21 PM

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I doubt it

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Controls/Dialogs need to be shown to the player in the correct layers, so having a "3D Control" doesn't make sense.
You could fake it like ACE Interaction, which shows stuff in 2D but relatively to 3D points

stark compass Jun 30, 2020, 10:14 PM

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yeah, i guess

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is there a function to translate 3d point to 2d or will i have to write one myself?

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found it https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/worldToScreen

ocean hazel Jul 1, 2020, 1:58 PM

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I add some controls to display 46, but when I open the map I still see these controls. I thought that the map display is entirely different from game display, is it not?

stark compass Jul 1, 2020, 11:34 PM

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Anyways, here's all the displays:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_IDD_List

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Youre better off adding your GUI stuff somewhere else than 46, or hiding it on map opem

quasi granite Jul 2, 2020, 7:51 AM

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Well RscTitles would be for adding HUDs

ocean hazel Jul 2, 2020, 12:02 PM

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Yes but I thought that game renders either mission display or map display, but it turns out that it renders both, that's why I am confused

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I have solved it by hiding my controls when visibleMap is true

quasi granite Jul 2, 2020, 12:03 PM

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ya the display 12 is a bit weird. once opened it stays open for the duration of the mission

ocean hazel Jul 2, 2020, 12:04 PM

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The game gets weirder every day

old scaffold Jul 2, 2020, 10:43 PM

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does anyone have pointers on sliderSetRange? I cannot seem to figure it out for the life of me...

main wolf Jul 2, 2020, 10:47 PM

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It just sets the min/max range of the slider return value;
so

class mySlider {
   type = 3;
   sliderRange[] = {0, 100}; // slider goes from 0 till 100
   sliderPosition = 50; // default position is at 50, aka center
   sliderStep = 10; // moving the slider goes in steps of 10 (so 0, 10, 20, 30, etc.)
}

old scaffold Jul 2, 2020, 10:47 PM

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please oh please don't tell me it's that simple...

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I can just drop that in under the class??

main wolf Jul 2, 2020, 10:48 PM

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if your GUI is made with configs, yes (see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/DialogControls-Sliders)

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sliderSetRange (scripting command) basically works the same, just for scripted controls

old scaffold Jul 2, 2020, 10:50 PM

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excuse me while I go jump off a building out of frustration

sound of sliding glassdoor opening

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@main wolf Thank you

stark compass Jul 3, 2020, 12:28 AM

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🔨

tribal dagger Jul 3, 2020, 8:48 PM

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Hi question regarding RscText: I currently have the following GUI:
https://i.gyazo.com/30ae301a9d2f8023b9f83f54a94d3de3.png

If you look closely, you can see the text is not veritcally aligned to the center. For some reason it is slightly offset downwards. Does anybody know why? Here is my config for the middle text:

        class MatchTimer: RscText
        {
            idc = 100;
            text = "00:00"; //--- ToDo: Localize;
            font = "PuristaSemiBold";
            x = 0.46125000000000005 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.02 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.0775 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.044 * safezoneH;
            sizeEx = 0.08;
            style = ST_CENTER; // ST_CENTER = 0x02
            shadow=0;
            colorBackground[] = {0,0,0,0.447};
        };

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This only seems to happen with certain fonts though. If I use EtelkaMonospacePro as font then it is fine

main wolf Jul 3, 2020, 8:53 PM

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according to the wiki there's a style = ST_VCENTER; // 12 - 0x0C for vertical alignment, although there's also a note stating that it might not work well with other styles.

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And that certain fonts work properly is because every font is different, so you might need to increate sizeX to make it fit

tribal dagger Jul 3, 2020, 8:55 PM

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Tried ST_VCENTER however that made the font not appear at all (prob got drawn offscreen somewhere). I'll mess around with the size setting then. Thanks 🙂

quasi granite Jul 3, 2020, 9:57 PM

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maybe a structured text might be better. then you can use

text = "<valign='middle'>00:00</t>";

tribal dagger Jul 4, 2020, 7:39 PM

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Tried that, didnt work sadly. I just switched to a different font that isnt offset in that scenario and called it a day

weak trail Jul 4, 2020, 9:11 PM

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is it possible to like, flush the missionconfigs in the editor? so you dont allways need to exit the editor and then go back in and load the mission, everytime you make a minor change to your ui?

main wolf Jul 4, 2020, 9:15 PM

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Configs are loaded before the mission starts, so to reset the configs you need to be in a state before that happens aka restart the (internal) server

weak trail Jul 4, 2020, 9:23 PM

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so, basically, i must leave the editor each time i change stuff

main wolf Jul 4, 2020, 9:24 PM

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I usually go back to the editor and than load the mission again, which will reload the mission properly

weak trail Jul 4, 2020, 9:25 PM

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hm, for me it still keeps the classes if i only reload the mission

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or did i just do the same mistake in the edit again and didnt notice it hmmm

main wolf Jul 4, 2020, 9:27 PM

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So when in the editor you go to load mission, select mission, load it. And then start the mission.
That should reset all configs (it works for me when I work in mission configs like CfgFunctions).

weak trail Jul 4, 2020, 9:27 PM

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i see, gonna try that then

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alright, works

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i m having a weird problem tho

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i think the problem are the buttons.

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When i try to open the dialog, it says, "Cannot load texture add.paa"

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the only thing in my ui that has anything with an "add" is a button

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This is the button

        class zb_wl_add_to_whitelist: Life_zb_button
        {
            idc = 1600;
            text = "ADD"; //--- ToDo: Localize;
            x = 0.59375 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.731481 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.104167 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.0185185 * safezoneH;
            type = 1;
        };

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And this is the parent class

        class Life_zb_button: Life_RscButton
        {
            type = 1;
            access = 0;
            colorShadow[] = {0,0,0,0};
            color[] = {1,1,1,1};
            colorActive[] = {1,1,1,1};
            colorBackground[] = {0,0,0,0};
            colorBackgroundFocused[] = {0,0,0,0};
            style = 48 + 0x800;
        };

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i cant post the life_rscButton class, due to clydebot telling me that i dont share a server with this server

main wolf Jul 4, 2020, 9:38 PM

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well, that is not the problem, you most likely try to load an image somewhere else

weak trail Jul 4, 2020, 9:40 PM

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actually not at all

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at least i dont think i do

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all i do is, set the class of the ui, and then open it

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on opening, it tells me about the texture

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guess i ll just completely start over with this whole thing

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catPOLITE

tribal dagger Jul 5, 2020, 3:39 AM

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Hmmm, now I am having issues getting RscListNBox to work. No matter what .hpp I try, the list itself just doesn't get drawn on the screen. Here is an example config that doesn't work (its the example from the wiki with some minor changes):
https://pastebin.com/4zyr8xF3

When i create tha dialog with createDialog "wip", it creates an empty dialog (cursor appears but the list doesnt get drawn). If i define any event handlers in the config, then those fire as they should

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any other control gets drawn, but the listnbox just doesnt wanna appear

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no error either

old scaffold Jul 5, 2020, 6:14 AM

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Hey everyone- brain storming a script idea for an automated jump school. It’s pretty straightforward...pick a point and spawn a plane with the group as passengers at a specific altitude...I’d like to make a GUI that populates a map where the player can select start and finish for the flight path with a drop down menu for altitude...how would I go about creating a map within a dialog? How do I draw the flight path on the map so the player can confirm before starting?

Appreciate any advice! Thanks!

quiet arrow Jul 5, 2020, 7:24 AM

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@tribal dagger are you sure that all the macros are defined?

tribal dagger Jul 5, 2020, 7:37 AM

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Yep all the macros are defined in my defines.hpp which is properly included

barren apex Jul 5, 2020, 8:09 AM

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is it possible to like, flush the missionconfigs in the editor? so you dont allways need to exit the editor and then go back in and load the mission, everytime you make a minor change to your ui?
@weak trail for GUI changes you only need to go back to the editor and save. If you click play again the config should have been updated.

quasi granite Jul 5, 2020, 8:10 AM

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is it possible to like, flush the missionconfigs in the editor? so you dont allways need to exit the editor and then go back in and load the mission, everytime you make a minor change to your ui?
@weak trail i make my uis directly in 3den with

findDisplay 313 createDisplay "MyDisplay";
``` and to update the config just save the mission. This should be the fastest method but will ofc not work if your ui depends on the mission.


> When i try to open the dialog, it says, "Cannot load texture add.paa"
@weak trail thats because of `style = 48 +...` where 48 is ST_PICTURE so it interprets `text = "add";` as an image file.

barren apex Jul 5, 2020, 8:11 AM

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On a mission that is, otherwise you can use diag_mergeConfigFile

weak trail Jul 5, 2020, 10:00 AM

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oh, i see, so if i remove the style 48 thingy, it shouldnt ask anymore?

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gonna do that then asap

quasi granite Jul 5, 2020, 10:00 AM

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change it to another style

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style = 0;

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aligns the text to the left. see more here: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma:_GUI_Configuration#Control_Styles

weak trail Jul 5, 2020, 10:04 AM

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oh, thanks

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i basically copied this parent class from a ui made by allianceapps, as they also use the life common.hpp and i struggled to find all the missing pieces on my own

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and yea, i didnt really question that style, i was like, must work, probably

weak trail Jul 5, 2020, 11:18 AM

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@quasi granite i am pleased to be able to tell you, that this was in fact the problem. My ui works now to 95%. Only a checkbox to fix (which doesnt give any error)

quasi granite Jul 5, 2020, 11:35 AM

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magic

weak trail Jul 5, 2020, 12:59 PM

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catPOLITE

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so, idc 1005 and 2800 dont want to display for some reason

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1005 is a text, the other texts work fine

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2800 is a checkbox

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        class Life_RscText_1004: Life_RscText
        {
            idc = 1004;
            text = "New Level :"; //--- ToDo: Localize;
            x = 0.302083 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.675926 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.046875 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.0185185 * safezoneH;
        };
        class Life_RscText_1005: Life_RscText
        {
            idc = 1005;
            text = "Display All Players"; //--- ToDo: Localize;
            x = 11.5 * UI_GRID_W + UI_GRID_X;
            y = 8 * UI_GRID_H + UI_GRID_Y;
            w = 7 * UI_GRID_W;
            h = 1 * UI_GRID_H;
        };

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the top one here works (idc 1004) and the bottom one doesnt

quasi granite Jul 5, 2020, 1:03 PM

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do you have UI_GRID_X/Y/W/H defined?

weak trail Jul 5, 2020, 1:03 PM

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i just noticed

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i dont remember setting anything in grid....

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i set everything to safezone

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maybe i just missed those two elements then....

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the checkbox is also in grid

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works now

trail ledge Jul 9, 2020, 11:18 AM

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Does anyone know to hide the range of a turret weapon from the top right display - i.e. the numbers you usually see when paging up and down - i.e. 200m, 300m, 400m etc...? Thanks.

ocean hazel Jul 9, 2020, 3:30 PM

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you would need to find that control in configs, get its ID, then move it elsewhere or hide it

topaz talon Jul 11, 2020, 1:47 PM

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Anyone know why using ctrlCreate with ctrlEdit crashes the game?

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hmm, looks like ctrlEditMulti works fine THONK

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private _ctrlEdit = _display ctrlCreate [QGVAR(ctrlEdit), -1, _ctrlGroup]; tried with regular vanilla definition of ctrlEdit aswell, same crash

tepid bramble Jul 11, 2020, 2:50 PM

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is a known issue that i think might be fixed on dev branch.

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yep, ticket:
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T136596

topaz talon Jul 11, 2020, 2:55 PM

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good to know, thanks

sage shore Jul 12, 2020, 3:02 PM

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Alright this is a bit embarassing but I am having inexplicable problems closing my dialog.
Here is the exit button:

class Button_ok: Rev_RscButton
        {
            idc = 1604;
            action = "execVM 'scripts\Test_script.sqf';closeDialog 1;";
            x = 0.5 + (196 * pixelW);
            y = 0.5 + (342 * pixelH);
            tooltip = "Confirm message";
        };

The problem is that the cloaseDialog command closes the dialog wihtout running the script. If I include the closeDialog at the end of the script instead the script will run but the dialog will remain open. Am I missing something obvious here?

ocean hazel Jul 12, 2020, 3:05 PM

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That's right, because execVM does not behave synchronously, it adds script to be run by scheduler some time later, most likely not even at this frame.
Then you do closeDialog immediately, but the script has not run yet at this point.

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Instead you should either put closeDialog inside your test_script, or use call

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I'd rather never use execvm or spawn with user interfaces

sage shore Jul 12, 2020, 3:06 PM

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Ok no problem I'll just turn in this into a function

ocean hazel Jul 12, 2020, 3:07 PM

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action = "call compile preprocessFileLineNumbers 'scripts\Test_script.sqf'; closeDialog 1;";

This should work

sage shore Jul 12, 2020, 3:08 PM

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Thanks, I'll process it.
Its just nice to use scipts in the editing phase so I don't have to close the game every time I do a minor change.

ocean hazel Jul 12, 2020, 3:08 PM

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are you making an addon?

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or a mission?

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I guess you do a mission?

sage shore Jul 12, 2020, 3:09 PM

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Not a addon, this will be TFAR inspired interface for calling artillery

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So a script

ocean hazel Jul 12, 2020, 3:09 PM

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Then you can do it in a temporary mission

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To avoid relaunching the game or mission

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If you use function library, it lets you recompile code
Otherwise you can always do myFunction = compile ... to recompile it

sage shore Jul 12, 2020, 3:10 PM

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Never thought of that actually

ocean hazel Jul 12, 2020, 3:12 PM

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It's good to think of better ways for your workflow to avoid wasting time for testing changes 😄

sage shore Jul 12, 2020, 3:18 PM

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I could not agree more 🥳

sick grove Jul 17, 2020, 5:52 PM

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Has anyone tried to make a RscMapControl work within a RscControlsGroup?

barren apex Jul 17, 2020, 5:59 PM

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I was not able last time I tried so assume it's still not possible

placid osprey Jul 17, 2020, 6:31 PM

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It "kinda" is possible

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BUT:
You can't resize it, otherwise it will have an offset.

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iirc, it also created an offset when you moved it around.
So yeah, technically it's possible, but some limitations.

flint herald Jul 18, 2020, 9:06 AM

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oi, can anyone tell me from where i can grab these colors? https://i.imgur.com/ZYmicEi.png

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i can't figure it out

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i know that these hint colors are predefined somewhere. i want to use them outside of the hint text

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["GUI", "BCG_RGB"] call BIS_fnc_displayColorGet gives me the current menu layout color, but it's not "it"

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actually the grey is static, i can just use raw values for that one. but the bright color is depending on the set menu scheme

quiet arrow Jul 18, 2020, 10:03 AM

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@flint herald ```sqf
//--- Get custom color and brighten it if it's too dark
private _keyColor = (if (_color isequaltypearray [0,0,0,0]) then { +_color } else { ["GUI", "BCG_RGB"] call BIS_fnc_displayColorGet }) select [0, 3];
private _max = selectMax _keyColor;
_keyColor = (if (_max > 0) then { _keyColor vectorMultiply (1 / _max) } else { [0,0,0] }) call BIS_fnc_colorRGBtoHTML;

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BIS_fnc_advHintFormat line 62

flint herald Jul 18, 2020, 10:05 AM

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ah. this looks like it could be it

quiet arrow Jul 18, 2020, 10:07 AM

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The grey is static as you said, it should be #99999999

flint herald Jul 18, 2020, 10:07 AM

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#989898 🙂

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well, at least to my screenshot

quiet arrow Jul 18, 2020, 10:08 AM

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I took it from the code 😄

flint herald Jul 18, 2020, 10:12 AM

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from a different script?

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the brightening works, thanks. guess i should have looked at the advhint script ... i was not expecting to see it in there at all. wasnt making the connection between field manual and advhint

quiet arrow Jul 18, 2020, 10:22 AM

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Glad it works now 🙂

pearl yarrow Jul 21, 2020, 3:43 PM

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~~hi gents, I wondered if a control existed that would "stretch" with the text in it, or not?~~
~~it is to apply some background to the text so one can read it even if facing a white wall~~
I will use getTextWidth, thanks 😉

wicked talon Jul 23, 2020, 1:44 PM

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Has anyone here worked with custom curator modules?

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using BIS_fnc_initCuratorAttribute and that sort of stuff

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https://i.imgur.com/H8MzMbk.png

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There are a few problems I am running into here, one being that the module title is not displaying correctly

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second is that the attributes are displaying in the wrong places

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and third is that from what I understand, the box should expand to fit the attribute placement, which they don't here.

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Here's the config for the display/attributes https://pastebin.com/UDw7RWnE

wicked talon Jul 23, 2020, 3:04 PM

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Ping me if anyone replies

wicked talon Jul 23, 2020, 3:30 PM

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Found the issue

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The function it was calling didn't include #include "\A3\ui_f_curator\UI\Displays\RscDisplayAttributes.sqf"

tidal karma Jul 28, 2020, 7:34 PM

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Anyone know who to get rid of this silly timer? tens, hundreths and thousandsths of a second... blurg

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https://puu.sh/GbXrf/896ccf57ac.jpg

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I want the rest of the revive systen, just not this ridiculous timer. The one below shows whole seconds anyway, so theres no need for the top one

burnt token Jul 28, 2020, 10:44 PM

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Set up your respawn template correctly.

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Disable the Counter one.

agile sinew Jul 29, 2020, 10:15 AM

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you should be also able to duplicate the function, adjust the code, hook it into the template system (possibly even mission only)

tranquil arch Jul 29, 2020, 2:08 PM

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I'm trying to rotate a picture but I'm running into issues trying to figure out how to keep aspect ratio while rotated.
The image I'm using is 512x256 "\A3\Weapons_F_Exp\Rifles\AK12\Data\UI\icon_arifle_AK12_F_X_CA.paa"
This is what it looks like using style = ST_PICTURE + ST_KEEP_ASPECT_RATIO; https://i.imgur.com/NZmonwj.png
and this is using style = ST_PICTURE; https://i.imgur.com/W68vdGt.png
I'm rotating the picture with _itemImgCtrl ctrlSetAngle [90,0.5,0.5];
I'm going to assume my issue is because the picture is not squared but if there is a way to get the rotated picture to not look skewed, help will be much appreciated.

stark compass Jul 29, 2020, 4:38 PM

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@tranquil arch are you rotating the picture but not resizing the element?

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try to resize the element to be 256x512 when you rotate the picture

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(instead of of 512x256)

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also, it could be that it's trying to fit the aspect ratio and not rotating it correctly when the element is rotated

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so you might have to find an alternate way around it

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also, cool work

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you the same guy with the glovebox-stuff?

tranquil arch Jul 30, 2020, 1:12 AM

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The element should be the right size, if it wasn't the frame would show it since they both use the same position.

I don't fully understand what you mean by "resize the element to be 256x512". If you are saying change the size of the box that's not something I want to do.

I changed the picture to "#(ai,512,512,9)perlinNoise(256,256,0,1)" and it resulted with https://i.imgur.com/MtIPmRv.png This is using style = ST_PICTURE + ST_KEEP_ASPECT_RATIO; and I'm 100% that the picture control is the right size because again it shares the same position as the frame.
Then I messed around with it and set the picture to "#(ai,256,512,9)perlinNoise(256,256,0,1)" to reflect your suggestion of 256x512 and I got https://i.imgur.com/Il7R3eP.png
To see what would happen I changed the picture to "#(ai,512,256,9)perlinNoise(256,256,0,1)" and got https://i.imgur.com/ZapguJZ.png

I'm still lost on what needs to be done so the rotated picture looks right and I'm willing to accept the fact that the ability to rotate items won't be a feature.

you the same guy with the glovebox-stuff?
No
@stark compass

stark compass Jul 30, 2020, 1:16 AM

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@tranquil arch dont use keepaspect

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That's how

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Im counting this on the fact that the keepaspect tries to fit the image in the aspect it is in the stored format, and doesnt account for the rotation

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So drop the keep aspect ratio

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Try without it

tranquil arch Jul 30, 2020, 3:18 PM

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If I just use style = ST_PICTURE; then it looks like https://i.imgur.com/W68vdGt.png which still doesn't look right.

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I tried with a squared picture and style = ST_PICTURE + ST_KEEP_ASPECT_RATIO; and got https://i.imgur.com/RNGLM9o.png which looks perfect.

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But then I tried with style = ST_PICTURE; and got https://i.imgur.com/qVpXVtN.png which would back up your assumption

Im counting this on the fact that the keepaspect tries to fit the image in the aspect it is in the stored format, and doesnt account for the rotation

So unless there is some solution I don't know I'm going to assume that rotating pictures will only work correctly with squared pictures in a square RscPicture or a squared picture in a RscPicture with ST_KEEP_ASPECT_RATIO.

distant axle Jul 30, 2020, 3:28 PM

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I'm not sure this would work though, put a RscPictureKeepAspect into a controlsGroup and rotate the group?

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...Wait, ctrlSetAngle works only for pictures? Never mind

tranquil arch Jul 30, 2020, 3:30 PM

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I was about to ask how to rotate a controlsGroup

distant axle Jul 30, 2020, 3:30 PM

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Thought was possible, but my brain must be 🦆ed

stark compass Jul 30, 2020, 5:32 PM

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@tranquil arch you COULD try to display the 3D object instead. Dont count on this, and you'll have to make some ammends when it comes to weapons, which i will mention later. I'm not sure how well it works 🤷‍♂️ either. never tried this myself beyond some simple tests, but this topic could help you get started:
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/167884-dialog-controls-on-3d-object-surface/

When it comes to weapons, displaying the p3d of the weapon as is is not a solution as it will also display the muzzle-flash-proxy. To avoid this happening, you need an object that the weapon is shown on through the means of a proxy again, similar to ground weapon holders.

If you cant get that to work through any mental gymnastics of your own, you could always just give up on rotating weapons.

Also, im not sure if you can rotate the dialog containing the item and what are the performance impacts of the 3D "preview"

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something you'll jsut have to look into yourself

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although, if youre making only vanilla-weapons, you could make a simple script that compiles a list of rotated pictures for those weapons and then include that script with your mod download as a tool, if people want to patch their mods to work with yours

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the 3D object view is cool if you want to do the DayZ-style object inspect where you can rotate the object

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i also read that you can add some actions to the selections on the weapon or something. Maybe a cool attachment system JahySmug3

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i might look into that myself, though

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i already have an inventory-overhaul in works, so i cant be asked to work on another, but an extended attachment system sounds nice

stark compass Jul 30, 2020, 6:01 PM

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also, the source of the issue is still probably solvable

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you can most definately rotate pictures/textures without them getting warped

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just needs some elbow grease

tranquil arch Jul 30, 2020, 6:04 PM

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@stark compass I did think about using 3D object instead of a picture but my goal with this inventory is mainly a new style of virtual inventory. So it could display items such as food, resources, or money and yes roleplay missions are on my mind while making it, but I'm making so it standalone so it could be added to any mission.

I do plan on making it support gear items as well in a way that it's like an extension of the default inventory and you can equip gear with a contextual menu, and add/remove attachments from weapons. I started to work on this inventory system for fun and to see what it would be like and shortly after starting I thought about making it replace the default inventory, but as I went on I scrapped that idea out of not wanting to make it harder then it has to be.

While having the ability to rotate items can make inventory management nice, I'm going to accept defeat and not add it.

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If anyone comes up with ideas on how to solve the picture getting warped I will happily try them, but for now I'm going to move on from the issue as it's not that important for what I'm working on.

stark compass Jul 30, 2020, 6:10 PM

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i see

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nothing complicated with replacing the default inventory

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been there, done that

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but keep trying. I'll take a look tomorrow if i have time when it comes to rotating pictures

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MenheraSalute2

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good luck on your project!

undone ore Jul 31, 2020, 4:14 AM

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Do you guys know the difference between buttons and shortcut buttons? Wiki pages on GUI stuff seems pretty sparse. Thanks

tidal karma Aug 2, 2020, 12:57 PM

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Set up your respawn template correctly.
@burnt token Oh wow. As simple as that. I assumed counter template would break the respawn delay. Thank you very much

exotic crag Aug 4, 2020, 2:20 AM

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Does anyone know what would cause background colors to not appear? I have an RscText field with a colorBackground that works fine. But I can not get a background to appear behind an RscListNBox no matter what I try. I've put an RscPicture and RscText behind it, and I've given the listnbox a colorBackground attribute. No matter what I try it's just fully transparent

tepid bramble Aug 4, 2020, 2:49 AM

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try creating a dummy ctrl as the bottom most layer, doesnt need to be visible, just needs to exist. ive encountered issues where the bottom most layer is invisible when a listnbox exists. dont know why.

exotic crag Aug 4, 2020, 3:02 AM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

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Yup that did it

strange turtle Aug 4, 2020, 4:09 AM

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Having a very strange issue, hopefully someone here will have some insight

Building a dialog using a single control group (currently only with a single input), replicated a couple times over
The edit input inside the control group has some strange border color inconsistency https://i.imgur.com/gVP3FX7.png

If I move the input out of the control group, and instead replicate the edit input itself, the borders of the inputs look like I would expect https://i.imgur.com/9SpGJAT.png

Not quite sure what the cause is, I've tried changing a bunch of properties, code is here: https://sqfbin.com/poqilifusuhokibuqasu

tepid bramble Aug 4, 2020, 4:25 AM

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yea, frames and lines dont always look normal when inside ctrl groups... dont think anything can be done about it.

strange turtle Aug 4, 2020, 4:28 AM

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😦

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might just have to turn the frame off and shim in some other solution for visually separating everything

potent osprey Aug 6, 2020, 6:15 PM

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Does anyone have an easy way to make the weapon icon that shows up in the inventory

stark compass Aug 6, 2020, 8:12 PM

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getText (configFile >> [config file of the item] >> [class name of the item] >> "picture")

i use this to get the config-file ```sqf
params["_className"];

switch true do
{
    case(isClass(configFile >> "CfgMagazines" >> _className)): {"CfgMagazines"};
    case(isClass(configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> _className)): {"CfgWeapons"};
    case(isClass(configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _className)): {"CfgVehicles"};
    case(isClass(configFile >> "CfgGlasses" >> _className)): {"CfgGlasses"};
};```

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oh, "make".... errr... GIMP?

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it's free

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just define it as the "picture"

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in the config

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of the item

potent osprey Aug 6, 2020, 10:57 PM

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Damn was hoping for some sort of short cut

stark compass Aug 6, 2020, 11:12 PM

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@potent osprey what do you mean shortcut? for what?

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for getting the texture or for making it

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if you want help in making one, go to #arma3_texture

novel heron Aug 7, 2020, 2:29 PM

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How do i use the import function?

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I don't have a GUI format (fml) so was trying to import as a config file from my addon but i'm not sure how to point it out (if even possible)

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Where does this project thing go when saved?

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profile folder?

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Nvm, managed to find the class

novel heron Aug 7, 2020, 2:58 PM

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How the hell:

x = 0.37625 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
y = 0.467 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
w = 0.061875 * safezoneW;
h = 0.011 * safezoneH;

becomes this ingame
["8 * GUI_GRID_W + GUI_GRID_X","11 * GUI_GRID_H + GUI_GRID_Y","6 * GUI_GRID_W","0.5 * GUI_GRID_H"]

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However when i export, it maintains the 8...

barren apex Aug 7, 2020, 3:07 PM

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It's just a different position "type", you can change that for each control when you edit them

novel heron Aug 7, 2020, 3:09 PM

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Ah okay. ffs. Is it because my class doesnt have define the position type, so he just converts instead of maintain my setting?

barren apex Aug 7, 2020, 3:10 PM

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Idk, I don't really use the GUI Editor ¯_(ツ)_/¯

novel heron Aug 7, 2020, 3:10 PM

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lol

barren apex Aug 7, 2020, 3:11 PM

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If I had to guess, it converts to GUI Grid positions by default when you import from a config (which is what you did I assume?)

novel heron Aug 7, 2020, 3:11 PM

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yes

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i guess i don't mind using the gui_grid reference, as is more round numbers

barren apex Aug 7, 2020, 3:12 PM

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Well it's probably that then. There's no way to know if a position is in GUIGrid, safeZone, or whatever format as in the end, everything is reduced to a single number

novel heron Aug 7, 2020, 3:12 PM

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I guess is weird my config uses safezone sizing in the first place instead

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I haven't used gui editor in 2 years that's why I'm still figuring out best approach to edit what i already have

stark compass Aug 8, 2020, 4:31 AM

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@novel heron the gui editor is crazy. Every time you import something, it switches the type to grid. You have to mannually switch all the types to safezone

novel heron Aug 8, 2020, 10:06 AM

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Yeah, I'm just doing small changes at a time, Ctrl+shift+s what I actually care and then import again with the changes

ruby swallow Aug 8, 2020, 12:25 PM

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Best approach is to Ditch the ingame Editor and use some external one

strange turtle Aug 8, 2020, 12:58 PM

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I've just been using the dev branch and diag_mergeConfigFile, it's been working out okay

restive girder Aug 8, 2020, 2:27 PM

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It just doesn't give you good control

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And most ui are far better complement with scripting so you'll need to learn coordinate system anyway

topaz talon Aug 8, 2020, 3:08 PM

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does anyone know how exactly drawIcon width and height are calculated?

topaz talon Aug 8, 2020, 4:22 PM

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http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-how-to-draw-icon-on-map/

[_xPos, _yPos] inArea [_ctrlMap ctrlMapWorldToScreen _position, _width / 640 / 2, _height / 480 / 2, _direction, true]

hopefully it's reliable 😄 (check if icon is under cursor on the map control)

mental trench Aug 11, 2020, 4:52 AM

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hey guys, are there ways to fill a polygon in display via script? or do I have to use pictures? checked the gui wiki and only found ways to stroke the shape with ST_LINE

stark compass Aug 11, 2020, 1:22 PM

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@mental trench what is the use case?

mental trench Aug 11, 2020, 4:16 PM

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just contemplating options for a action menu mod i'm about to start working on, would be great if I can draw pies or polygons on display as some background shape for the radial menu, also I don't like using images very much (just a pet peeve) that's why I asked if there's any scripting option

novel heron Aug 13, 2020, 8:41 AM

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Those ST_LINE are for vector graphics only I believe. You might really just have to resort to images, why the pet peeve tho?

barren apex Aug 13, 2020, 8:48 AM

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@mental trench No there's no easy way to create polygons in Arma UI. Closest you can get is with a map control and some triangulated polygons + drawTriangle. (you can probably make the map control transparent so you only have you're markers and nothing else).
You can draw "empty" polygons with ST_LINE but you cannot set the width of the line iirc so not really usefull.

weary imp Aug 13, 2020, 8:57 AM

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@mental trench you can display transparent map and drawTriangle your thingy https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/drawTriangle

drawTriangle

mental trench Aug 13, 2020, 9:01 AM

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i'll give that a try. would it make the cursor transparent too?

weary imp Aug 13, 2020, 2:17 PM

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depends how you make the map show with cursor or without, but if with you can also change it https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ctrlMapCursor

ctrlMapCursor

mental trench Aug 13, 2020, 6:32 PM

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sweet thanks! @weary imp

proven obsidian Aug 15, 2020, 7:57 PM

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Odd question but, does ArmA provide a generic 'background' video similar to the one they use in their loading screens/promo trailers/jet showcase ? I really liked the effect and would like to add some content to a blank one.

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(also how the heck do people do the UAV fly over before a mission, that's so cool)

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Yush

barren apex Aug 15, 2020, 8:12 PM

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I made a combobox with _actionList = (findDisplay 49) ctrlCreate ["RscCombo", 9999]; Is there a way I can make it longer when expanded? With a lot of items, it creates a scroll bar.
@crystal trail Not by script but there's a wholeHeight attribute you can change

proven obsidian Aug 15, 2020, 8:14 PM

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Oh neat, ma yi credit it ?

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😮 i'd be happy to credit your version if you're okay with it, looks dope

barren apex Aug 15, 2020, 8:16 PM

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Right ok, gonna have to learn how to actually configure GUI stuff I guess. Also is there something similar to a listbox that allows you to select multiple items at once?
@crystal trail Yeah I think there's a LB_MULTI style you can set on listboxes (see: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/DialogControls-ListBoxes)

quasi granite Aug 16, 2020, 10:35 AM

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@crystal trail https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/616327617725071373/701369540591747172

quasi granite Aug 16, 2020, 10:53 AM

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nope there is https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/lbSelection for multi selection

glacial orchid Aug 17, 2020, 10:37 AM

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can someone help me out with making a "Y Menu" because ive looked around and there is no main videos with general things/code for it

main wolf Aug 17, 2020, 10:44 AM

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what is a "Y Menu"?

glacial orchid Aug 17, 2020, 10:44 AM

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for example this

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https://gyazo.com/a82cba70ba140efd6686406d6e582419

main wolf Aug 17, 2020, 10:47 AM

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stuff like that is custom coding, so you won't be able to find tutorials/guides for that.

glacial orchid Aug 17, 2020, 10:47 AM

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okay thanks

main wolf Aug 17, 2020, 10:47 AM

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although a basic explanation about how to build GUI elements can be found on the wiki: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma:_GUI_Configuration

stark compass Aug 19, 2020, 8:16 AM

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@main wolf l*fe stuff

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"Y menu"

tranquil arch Aug 22, 2020, 2:49 PM

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Regarding ctrlCreate it says on the wiki you can use -1 for the IDC if you don't care what it should be.

idc: Number - IDC of the new control (use -1 if you don't care what it should be)
Does this mean it will use a random unique IDC?

What I'm wanting to do is loop through an array of items and create several controls per item (ctrlGroup, Frame, 2 Images, StructuredText). Then I want to store the ctrlGroup into an array to be referenced in another function and on the ctrlGroup there will be a variable attached that contains the other created controls. So when I want to change the frame color I get the ctrlGroup based off index and from there I can use getVariable to get the frameCtrl.

If I can avoid using staggered auto-incrementing IDC's as the number of items can vary and I'm afraid of the IDC's eventually being used more then once causing issues.

barren apex Aug 22, 2020, 2:57 PM

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No it doesn't generate a random idc, it will just be set to -1 and you will not be able to retrive it with displayCtrl, but you can ofcourse store it in a variable and whatnot

tranquil arch Aug 22, 2020, 3:05 PM

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I think I understand but to clarify for my self will this set _frame1 to red and _frame2 to green? Or will it not work/set both to green?

_arr = [];

_frame1 = _display ctrlCreate ["RscFrame",-1];
_arr pushBack _frame1;

_frame2 = _display ctrlCreate ["RscFrame",-1];
_arr pushBack _frame2;

(_arr # 0) ctrlSetTextColor [1,0,0,1];
(_arr # 1) ctrlSetTextColor [0,1,0,1];

barren apex Aug 22, 2020, 3:07 PM

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Yes this should work

wicked talon Aug 24, 2020, 8:35 PM

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Anyone here familiar with canDrag for listnboxes?

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Trying to figure out where it pulls the displayed text from

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that is the text that follows your cursor around while you're dragging

wicked talon Aug 24, 2020, 9:24 PM

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Alright it just appears to be broken for ListNBox

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works fine for listbox, everything else identical.

flint herald Aug 25, 2020, 3:52 PM

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wiki always timing out when i need it

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is there an option to rotate a gui element / image?

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RscPicture

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so far it looks to me like no

main wolf Aug 25, 2020, 4:14 PM

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@flint herald scripted yes: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ctrlSetAngle

flint herald Aug 25, 2020, 4:19 PM

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i need it in config

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well, i dont "need" it, i just thought why make multiple images if it can be done with one

barren apex Aug 25, 2020, 4:19 PM

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You can just do that in the picture's onLoad

flint herald Aug 25, 2020, 4:24 PM

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hmm ok i try

warped karma Aug 25, 2020, 4:49 PM

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you can use angle in the config - and for using a center different than (0.5/0.5) you can use centerU and centerV

hoary estuary Aug 25, 2020, 4:55 PM

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So apparently its impossible to lbAdd pictures into CT_CHECKBOXES through script. Shame.

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lbSetPicture and lbSetPictureRight would fit well for checked\unchecked texture setters

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Will have to do it the hard way through lots of buttons then.

quasi granite Aug 25, 2020, 4:56 PM

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what about style=ST_PICTURE ? that will make the the checkboxes as pictures but no text

hoary estuary Aug 25, 2020, 4:57 PM

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Yes it will, except lbAdd adds empty icon and text is used as tooltip

quasi granite Aug 25, 2020, 4:58 PM

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oh so dynamically creating checkboxes?

hoary estuary Aug 25, 2020, 4:58 PM

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Only config-defined items work, no way to do it with scripting

quasi granite Aug 25, 2020, 4:58 PM

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yeah that's true. but you might be interested in CT_CONTROLS_TABLE maybe

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

hoary estuary Aug 25, 2020, 4:59 PM

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Yeah, will have to do it the hard way

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Checkboxes or toolbox would fit perfectly for my goal, but arma is arma

flint herald Aug 25, 2020, 6:51 PM

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x = "0 * (0.01875 * SafezoneH) + (SafezoneX + ((SafezoneW - SafezoneH) / 2))";

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how come this bs isn't "0" ?

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if i set it to 0 for lolz, my coordinates are completely borked

tranquil iron Aug 25, 2020, 6:52 PM

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why would it be 0?

flint herald Aug 25, 2020, 6:52 PM

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0 * ?

tranquil iron Aug 25, 2020, 6:52 PM

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0+N = N

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not 0+N = 0

flint herald Aug 25, 2020, 6:52 PM

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but * not +

tranquil iron Aug 25, 2020, 6:53 PM

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"(0.01875 * SafezoneH) +"

flint herald Aug 25, 2020, 6:54 PM

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this gui stuff is driving me mad

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i just want to correctly center my box, but i'm too much a dum dum for this

main wolf Aug 25, 2020, 7:24 PM

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You have 0 * 1 + 1, so it returns 1 ```cpp
x = "0 * ( (0.01875 * SafezoneH) + (SafezoneX + ((SafezoneW - SafezoneH) / 2)))";

This will return 0

barren apex Aug 25, 2020, 7:57 PM

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or just x = 0, wouldn't this be easier 😄 ?

flint herald Aug 25, 2020, 7:57 PM

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only if i would want 0

barren apex Aug 25, 2020, 7:57 PM

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Yeah but that's what you want here?

flint herald Aug 25, 2020, 7:57 PM

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no 😄

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then i would just type 0 :p

barren apex Aug 25, 2020, 8:00 PM

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Well you never know, everyone does stupid things from time to time (like if (_var isEqualTo true) ahem) 🙃

knotty panther Aug 26, 2020, 5:47 PM

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Hey there! I have a problem that is quite weird to solve.
I am looking to remove target and lock on information from the screen when in a particular vehicle, as I have my own interface for managing it. I was hoping there would be a config option to do so, but I don’t believe there is. Currently this is done in the mod by overriding "CfgInGameUI" >> "Cursor" >> "Targeting" classes, but this has the unfortunate side effect of overwriting the interface for other mods that need it.
Does anyone know how vanilla arma does their lock-on indications? I am trying to look for that, to see if there is a way to override it.

agile sinew Aug 27, 2020, 5:26 PM

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is it possible to have key shortcuts in scripted controls?

weary imp Aug 28, 2020, 3:44 AM

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@hoary estuary if you make a ticket and give me the link I will have a look. Please include repro if you do

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Well you never know, everyone does stupid things from time to time (like if (_var isEqualTo true) ahem) 🙃
This is not stupid, if _var is optional argument passed to the function and you only care when it is true then it saves lots of param checking as it can be anything but expression will be false unless you pass true to it.

hoary estuary Aug 28, 2020, 6:36 AM

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Does anyone use CT_CONTROLS_TABLE anywhere? I initially dismissed it as being mostly useless but looking at it again it seems to be useless yet again.

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If I read it right:

No mission-defined controls, only main config sourced classes
Limited to 1-dimensional table (list)

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Well not completely useless of course, but very limited.

placid osprey Aug 28, 2020, 9:04 AM

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@quasi granite ☝️

quasi granite Aug 28, 2020, 9:45 AM

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Does anyone use CT_CONTROLS_TABLE anywhere? I initially dismissed it as being mostly useless but looking at it again it seems to be useless yet again.
@hoary estuary yup did so in my mod: https://github.com/7erra/-Terra-s-Editing-Extensions/blob/3c2124016648c1ef8f9ebf858a86444fc2e9f65d/TER_editing/gui/RscDebug.hpp#L560 the CT_CONTROLS_TABLE is a very nice control imo. what is indeed not possible is to use mission config controls. for the most basic controls there are controls defined by arma though.

hoary estuary Aug 28, 2020, 9:47 AM

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@quasi granite Thanks, gonna have a look. Any screenshot of it being used?

weary imp Aug 28, 2020, 9:47 AM

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what is indeed not possible is to use mission config controls.
What do you mean by that

quasi granite Aug 28, 2020, 9:49 AM

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@quasi granite Thanks, gonna have a look. Any screenshot of it being used?
@hoary estuary https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1458554570418505395/D29D204958694B2890274F7B0F6651549763218D/ the second and third picture contain a controls_table (third one is the one that i sent you the config to)

hoary estuary Aug 28, 2020, 9:50 AM

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Thanks!

quasi granite Aug 28, 2020, 9:51 AM

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what is indeed not possible is to use mission config controls.
What do you mean by that
@weary imp https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/DialogControls-ControlsTable#Base_class the controlBaseClass[] extends automatically to configFile >> ... so no missionConfigFile possible

weary imp Aug 28, 2020, 9:53 AM

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I’ll have a look, a bit shortsighted unless something is not documented

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is there a ticket?

quasi granite Aug 28, 2020, 9:54 AM

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I don't thinks so. apart from me I don't know anyone using it yet. It was originally an addition to Argo, not arma and is not even used in arma afaik

weary imp Aug 28, 2020, 9:55 AM

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i think it might be used in contact

quasi granite Aug 28, 2020, 9:56 AM

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I'll make a ticket for it

weary imp Aug 28, 2020, 9:56 AM

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please and pm me the link

main wolf Sep 3, 2020, 10:07 PM

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I have a Dialog made with configs and use the action parameter to execute a script on a button.
However I would like to know the _display value of the created dialog, which can be used in _display displayCtrl 1234;

Is this even possible? Is there way to get the (parent) Dialog at all?

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Or do I just have to store it in uiNamespace and use that?

ruby swallow Sep 3, 2020, 10:14 PM

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at least the good old way always has been: https://github.com/X39/XMS2/blob/master/X39_MS2_UIs/MedicalUi/ui.hpp#L8-L9

main wolf Sep 3, 2020, 10:16 PM

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was already afraid of that, at least I know when and how it's needed so (unless someone calls functions manually) it shouldn't cause any issues 😉

tepid bramble Sep 3, 2020, 10:58 PM

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if you use onButtonClick instead of action you can use the ctrl (provided in the event arguments) with ctrlParent to get the display.

main wolf Sep 3, 2020, 11:06 PM

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Are you sure?

class GUI_Button_TEST: GUI_Button_Base {
   idc           = IDC_BUTTON_TEST;
   x             = (((((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25) * 1);
   y             = (((((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25) * 7);
   text          = "TEST";
   action        = "_this call Test_fnc_doTest"; // _this contains unit which pressed button
   // replace with ?
   onButtonClick = "_this call Test_fnc_doTest"; // _this contains button _ctrl ?
};

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I know there's an EH for 'onButtonClick', but can't find any reference to the variable on the wiki

tepid bramble Sep 3, 2020, 11:17 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/User_Interface_Event_Handlers#onButtonClick

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so _display = ctrlParent(_this#0);

unkempt mason Sep 4, 2020, 7:31 AM

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hey

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should i rather work with safezones or with pixelgrid?

quiet arrow Sep 4, 2020, 9:39 AM

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@unkempt mason You need to use both

unkempt mason Sep 4, 2020, 9:52 AM

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why? @quiet arrow

quiet arrow Sep 4, 2020, 9:59 AM

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you use safezones to anchor the GUI and pixel grid to define it's size and position for precise placement.

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@unkempt mason https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/GUI_Coordinates

GUI Coordinates

unkempt mason Sep 4, 2020, 10:00 AM

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thank you very much

weary imp Sep 4, 2020, 10:24 AM

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@unkempt mason You need to use both
@quiet arrow Not true, before grid existed one could just use safe zones

unkempt mason Sep 4, 2020, 10:27 AM

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@weary imp So as i have understood rn the pixel grid is here that no pixel gets lost by rendering a gui?

quiet arrow Sep 4, 2020, 10:27 AM

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yes, you get perfect alignment

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Pixel_Grid_System

Arma 3 Pixel Grid System

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@weary imp Of course it's not needed, but recommended.

unkempt mason Sep 4, 2020, 10:39 AM

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Thank you so much @quiet arrow @weary imp

weary imp Sep 4, 2020, 12:01 PM

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but recommended
No. It is personal preference, whatever works for you.

quiet arrow Sep 4, 2020, 12:26 PM

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Then the wiki is wrong 🤷

main wolf Sep 4, 2020, 1:58 PM

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Q: is it possible to make a RscHTML control with scrollbars independent of the length of the loaded HTML?
I did see some stuff with ControlGroups, but all configs have a fixed height on the HTML element which makes it useless (and I don't plan to add a 1000 units whitespace).

main wolf Sep 4, 2020, 9:27 PM

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In addition to RscHTML; how are images handled?
Because for some reason images are not shown within the control, even when from the same domain as the HTML content (actually want to have from 3rd party URL which is also whitelisted in allowedHTMLLoadURIs).

unkempt mason Sep 8, 2020, 9:19 AM

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@weary imp What do you prefer and why? regarding to the pixelgrid /safezones

willow stratus Sep 11, 2020, 8:44 PM

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safeZone is used if you want the UI to look the same regardless of the UI size.

agile sinew Sep 12, 2020, 5:42 PM

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lnbSetText does not support structuredText, does it?

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so if you want to display an image and text, you need two cells?

distant axle Sep 12, 2020, 5:48 PM

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How about lnbSetPicture?

agile sinew Sep 12, 2020, 6:23 PM

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we use that atm for a picture - can you combine image and text with it (not part of the image)?

quiet arrow Sep 12, 2020, 7:15 PM

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Each column can have a picture and text IIRC

agile sinew Sep 13, 2020, 2:38 AM

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hm how does that work/look like?

distant axle Sep 13, 2020, 3:55 AM

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Look at Arsenal's magazines tab. That's an LNB

agile sinew Sep 13, 2020, 6:10 AM

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📎 20200913080936_1.jpg

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@distant axle are you referring to this? its a standard one type per column system

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                case IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_CARGOPUT: {
                    _virtualCargo = _virtualMagazineCargo;
                    _virtualAll = _fullVersion || {"%ALL" in _virtualCargo};
                    _columns = count lnbGetColumnsPosition _ctrlList;
                    {
                        if (_virtualAll || {_x in _virtualCargo}) then {
                            _xCfg = _CFGMAGAZINES >> _x;
                            _lbAdd = _ctrlList lnbaddrow ["",gettext (_xCfg >> "displayName"),str 0];
                            _ctrlList lnbsetdata [[_lbAdd,0],_x];
                            _ctrlList lnbsetpicture [[_lbAdd,0],gettext (_xCfg >> "picture")];
                            _ctrlList lnbsetvalue [[_lbAdd,0],getnumber (_xCfg >> "mass")];
                            _ctrlList lbsettooltip [_lbAdd * _columns,format ["%1\n%2",gettext (_xCfg >> "displayName"),_x]];
                        };
                    } foreach _list;
                };

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this is standard coding but i was asking about structuredText or combine two types in one cell

distant axle Sep 13, 2020, 6:13 AM

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You can do lnbSetPicture, lnbSetPictureRight and lnbSetText into one cell. Does this help?

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Highly doubt you can put structured text there

agile sinew Sep 13, 2020, 6:18 AM

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will try lnbSetTextRight and lnbSetPictureRight ty

as A3 seems not to use them at all, is there any community mods making use?

distant axle Sep 13, 2020, 6:21 AM

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Use what? PictureRight?

agile sinew Sep 13, 2020, 6:32 AM

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both these

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at least my search on p:\a3 in .sqf didnt turn up any matches

quiet arrow Sep 13, 2020, 8:42 AM

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as A3 seems not to use them at all, is there any community mods making use?
@agile sinew
I usually just add another cell for pictures so no use for setPictureRight.

agile sinew Sep 13, 2020, 8:52 AM

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can one disable sorting for specific columns?

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or set data to some dummy value same for each row to disable it

distant axle Sep 13, 2020, 8:57 AM

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What is the case? Why you would need to disable it?

quiet arrow Sep 13, 2020, 9:17 AM

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How would disabling sorting for one column work? The others are sorted buy one stays the same?

agile sinew Sep 13, 2020, 10:26 AM

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at times you dont want sorting for a specific column. ie when its value doesnt make sense to sort or is too technical to understand or too imprecise (think of good vs bad, or slow, medium, fast)

quiet arrow Sep 13, 2020, 10:31 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/lnbSort But you have to define the column index of the colum you want to sort.

if(_colIndex == 5) exitWith {false};

lnbSort

agile sinew Sep 13, 2020, 10:34 AM

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ty

sage shore Sep 14, 2020, 12:17 PM

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Hello people, I'm currently playing with a display created by cutRsc command. However I'm having no luck really interacting with it. Should findDisplay, ctrlText, ctrlSetText and the like work with displays? Im unable to get any returns either from the main display or any of the controls.

main wolf Sep 14, 2020, 12:22 PM

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you should be able to use

"someLayer" cutRsc ["RscTitleDisplayEmpty", "PLAIN"];
_display = uiNamespace getVariable "RscTitleDisplayEmpty";
(_display displayCtrl IDC_SOME_ELEMENT) ctrlSetText "Some Text";

sage shore Sep 14, 2020, 12:44 PM

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Thanks for the code but no success either with that

sage shore Sep 14, 2020, 1:46 PM

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Still strugling with this. Since I can get the display created fine I can't imagine whats wrong with the config. Here is what i'm running. As I said Im unable to get any return with findDisplay or ctrlText.

class RscTitles { 

class test_hud {
        idd = 350;
        movingEnable = 0;
        duration = 10000;
        fadein = 0;
        fadeout = 0;
        class Controls
        {
        class Picture: RscPicture
            {
                x = safeZoneX;
                y = safeZoneY;
                w = safeZoneW;
                h = safeZoneH;
                idc = 350;
                text = "dialogs\textures\helmet_3_1.paa";
                };
        class Txt: RscText
            {
                idc = 351;
                font ="PuristaSemiBold"
                colorText[] = {0.184314,0.666667,0.117647,1};
                shadow = 1;
                SizeEx =GUI_TEXT_SIZE_LARGE;
                text = "MAG:";
                x = 0.92 * safeZoneW + safeZoneX
                y = 0.75 * safeZoneH + safeZoneZ
                w = 0.8 * safeZoneW;
                h = 0.25 * safeZoneH;
            };
        };
    };
};

placid osprey Sep 14, 2020, 2:08 PM

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@sage shore
Add this to test_hud (e.g. under idd):

    onLoad = "uiNamespace setVariable ['test_hud', _this select 0]";
    onUnload = "uiNamespace setVariable ['test_hud', displayNull]";

To get it after you loaded it:

_disp = uiNamespace getVariable ["test_hud", DisplayNull];

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iirc, RscTitles can't be found with findDisplay

sage shore Sep 14, 2020, 2:22 PM

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You are correct, this trick does work both for the display itself and contained controls. Do you know if ctrlText is similarly not usable with RscTitles?

barren apex Sep 14, 2020, 2:26 PM

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It should be usable as long as you provide it a valid control

placid osprey Sep 14, 2020, 2:41 PM

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Yeps, should work too

sage shore Sep 14, 2020, 2:42 PM

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Hmm, no success either with my own or any example RscTitles I tried from the BI wiki.

placid osprey Sep 14, 2020, 2:45 PM

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Add this to one of your scripts:

_disp = uiNamespace getVariable ["test_hud", DisplayNull];
_ctrl = _disp displayCtrl 350;
systemchat str["DEBUG: _disp:", _disp," - _ctrl:", _ctrl," - text: ", (ctrlText _ctrl)];

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And just check if everything is fine there (which it should be, according to the code above)

sage shore Sep 14, 2020, 2:47 PM

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Yep, it checks fine

placid osprey Sep 14, 2020, 2:47 PM

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So the issue is?

sage shore Sep 14, 2020, 2:50 PM

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That is a good question

placid osprey Sep 14, 2020, 2:55 PM

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Okay, let me rephrase:
What doesn't work, that you want to have it working?

sage shore Sep 14, 2020, 2:56 PM

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With your code Im able to check if the display exists and what is the current text value, now I'm trying to get the idc for the text control to use ctrlSetText

placid osprey Sep 14, 2020, 3:01 PM

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?!

sage shore Sep 14, 2020, 3:01 PM

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I.e. just using ctrlSetText wont work, I assume since there are bunch of other displays on all the time from the base game.

placid osprey Sep 14, 2020, 3:01 PM

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That is what you defined in the test_hud stuff

sage shore Sep 14, 2020, 3:01 PM

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Even with correct idc

placid osprey Sep 14, 2020, 3:01 PM

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Doesn't. An IDC is related to the display it is in

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As a quick tip: Don't use any IDC's below 100, even in your own definitions (0 & 1 are Okay/cancel for example, everywhere).
So if you have an IDC with 150 and another Display/RscTitles has 150 too -> No issue. All fine. You use "Display" as the indicator, in which Display (dataset) it will search for that IDC.

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e.g.
Example #2 in ctrlSetText
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ctrlSetText

_ctrl ctrlSetText "Hello world.";

ctrlSetText

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/All_Arma_Commands_Pages == best and most helpful friend, if you read it properly 🙂

All Arma Commands Pages

sage shore Sep 14, 2020, 4:32 PM

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Thanks for the tips. With your previous code I am now indeed able to refer to the correct control with the ctrlSetText. I was indeed using the idc based wrong syntax.

acoustic veldt Sep 16, 2020, 4:22 AM

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where to do I define base classes like RscButton for dialogs in the mission file?

tepid bramble Sep 16, 2020, 4:28 AM

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in the description.ext

acoustic veldt Sep 16, 2020, 4:30 AM

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how would I get a list of all the base class definitions to put in description.ext?

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@tepid bramble

tepid bramble Sep 16, 2020, 4:35 AM

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bis_fnc_exportbaseguiclasses i think it is called.

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eventually you will be able to do something simpler like import RscButton but thats not available yet.

acoustic veldt Sep 16, 2020, 4:37 AM

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I appreciate it thanks!

distant axle Sep 16, 2020, 1:58 PM

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Is there any workaround to fire onSliderPosChanged via sliderSetPosition?

quiet arrow Sep 16, 2020, 7:06 PM

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Just execute the code which assinged to onSliderPosChanged when you use sliderSetPosition

distant axle Sep 17, 2020, 12:59 AM

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Well, the issue is I don't know the onSliderPosChanged script there. What I'm trying to do is changing Video Settings, including Postprocesses. Maybe they have one but can't find any info from any vanilla sqfs

quiet arrow Sep 17, 2020, 7:26 AM

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Might be handled by the engine actually.

distant axle Sep 17, 2020, 7:41 AM

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This actually is my very best guess

barren apex Sep 17, 2020, 7:51 AM

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Yeah I think it is, I tried to do that a few months ago and wasn't able to find anything in sqf, I think every related to user settings is handle by the engine

visual dragon Sep 18, 2020, 12:35 PM

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Anyone ever get the advanced flight model UI instruments showing/working on standard flight model

drowsy tendon Sep 18, 2020, 7:29 PM

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Not sure if this is the right place for this but will give it a go. I have created a display in Eden that has the following control in it.

class MissionMakerNotes {
        displayName = "Mission Maker Notes";
        collapsed = 0;
    class Attributes{
            class GVAR(missionMakerNotesForTesters) {
               displayName = "Any other notes for Mission Testers:";
               control = QUOTE(EditMulti5);
               property = QGVAR(missionMakerNotesForTesters);
               expression = QUOTE(_this setVariable ['%s',{[_value] call EFUNC(briefing,convertNewLineToHTML)}];);
               defaultValue = "''";
        };
    };
};

When I call this back into a structuredText control in game using getMissionConfigValue QGVAR(missionMakerNotesForTesters); the output has been forced to one line ignoring any \r that would have been used when adding the information to the Dialog.

Please excuse the CBA Macros, I can remove them to simplify if required.

I want the display on the other end to output the linebreaks as the user would have entered them in the editor dialog. Any clues?

Edit - please ignore the indentation issues. Discord is weird.

agile sinew Sep 22, 2020, 3:13 PM

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does A3 not have combo box with multi selection?

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is there really just https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/DialogControls-CheckBoxes

main wolf Sep 22, 2020, 3:18 PM

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you can use Listbox with LB_MULTI, to have multiple selections

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and to retrieve the selected rows, use lbSelection (not sure about ListNBox though... since there is no lbnSelection)

agile sinew Sep 22, 2020, 4:29 PM

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ty

quiet arrow Sep 22, 2020, 7:44 PM

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Also Tree View has multi selection support now IIRC

quasi granite Sep 25, 2020, 11:03 AM

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Just a heads up to what I found out a few days ago: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/DialogControls-Combo (and https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/DialogControls-ListBoxes) support the addition of static entries from the config with the class Items class, including value, data, etc.

quiet arrow Sep 26, 2020, 7:57 AM

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Interesting. I thought this was only working for Eden Attributes.

idle pecan Sep 27, 2020, 12:18 PM

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Hi, is there a way to vertically center a text in a ct_static ?

strange arrow Sep 27, 2020, 1:47 PM

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style = ST_VCENTER;

See https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma:_GUI_Configuration for more.

quasi granite Sep 27, 2020, 1:49 PM

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From that page, yellow warning box

Note that drawing of vertical text is not supported and any attempt to use ST_UP, ST_DOWN, ST_VCENTER is likely to result in the following .rpt spam:
Obsolete, sizeH and sizeW calculation missing
In addition, ST_UP, ST_DOWN, ST_VCENTER are stand alone styles and should not be mixed with any other styles

drowsy tendon Sep 28, 2020, 5:20 PM

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Only available in Dev Branch - https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ctrlSetURL 😢

weary imp Sep 29, 2020, 12:10 AM

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The situation is not permanent, it will make it to stable eventually

rotund lintel Sep 29, 2020, 6:04 PM

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Is it possible to control one Control Type with another? I'm looking to control CT_XLISTBOX with CT_TOOLBOX but to begin with I have no idea if such is even possible 😅
edit:
CT_TOOLBOX https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/DialogControls-Toolbox
CT XLISTBOX https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/DialogControls-ListBoxes#RscListBox_.28A3_1.28_Template.29

barren apex Sep 29, 2020, 6:28 PM

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Afaik no. What are you trying to achieve?

rotund lintel Sep 29, 2020, 6:45 PM

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Listboxes can be used to populate, well, lists with (for this example's case) gear or weapons. And then you can change between different lists. It's just that if you have multiple lists and one after other it becomes rather tedious to shuffle them always through to get in the list where you want to be. So I was just thinking that I could use the CT_TOOLBOX to create "buttons" for multiple lists that, when pressed would switch directly to the corresponding list

strange arrow Sep 29, 2020, 8:10 PM

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I have not tried it, but my best guess is that you can probably make it work using UI EHs and a bit of code.

quiet arrow Sep 29, 2020, 8:34 PM

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@rotund lintel Not sure what you are trying to do, but you can use the same listbox and just fill it dynamically ?

idle pecan Sep 30, 2020, 5:06 PM

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I have a dialog which have a map inside:

class map : RscMapControl 
{
  idc = 1101;
  x = safeZoneX + safeZoneW * 0.26875;
  y = safeZoneY + safeZoneH * 0.22444445;
  w = safeZoneW * 0.4625;
  h = safeZoneH * 0.55;
            
};

Can I create marker on it ? are they going to be shown on the real map ?

main wolf Sep 30, 2020, 5:28 PM

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you must use type = 101; or type = CT_MAP_MAIN; to at least show markers
I don't believe you can place markers by default, but I do think you can add stuff with (extensive) scripting

idle pecan Sep 30, 2020, 5:46 PM

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My type is already defined on 101

weary imp Sep 30, 2020, 9:08 PM

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should show markers on all maps

main wolf Sep 30, 2020, 9:13 PM

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But can you ADD markers to a custom map control?
And preferred shared the with the default map.

PS. I'm working on a similar project, so I wouldn't mind an answer either.

weary imp Sep 30, 2020, 9:18 PM

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can you add markers specifically to the main map?

main wolf Sep 30, 2020, 9:23 PM

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Adding on the normal map is no problem...
Question is, is it also working for on a custom map control?
Or does it need to be scripted manually?

weary imp Sep 30, 2020, 9:23 PM

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test it

main wolf Sep 30, 2020, 10:56 PM

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because people are not able or willing to answer this...
@idle pecan I've tested it and it's not possible (without scripting) to add markers to the custom map control

idle pecan Oct 1, 2020, 4:37 AM

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Wdym without scripting ? the createMarker cmd would do the job ?

opaque marsh Oct 1, 2020, 6:08 AM

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Hey guys, I have a couple of questions relating to GUI. I'm extremely new to GUI scripting so go easy on me lol.

Does anyone know how I can import an existing GUI from RscTitles in the Description.ext? I'm new to GUI scripting and the regular method for importing dialogs doesn't work with RscTitles.
If I want to use an RscPicture class can I use custom images and the other players still be able to see them? (I just want to make a mission with some custom GUI but I don't want players to have to download mods to be able to join)

distant axle Oct 1, 2020, 6:12 AM

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if others have the pictures, eg in the mission folder, yes

idle pecan Oct 1, 2020, 6:12 AM

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1: ```sqf
#include "your_defines.hpp"

opaque marsh Oct 1, 2020, 6:13 AM

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Well like, for example, Arma3Wasteland has small images used for the GUI in the bottom right but no one has to download anything to be able to see them

idle pecan Oct 1, 2020, 6:16 AM

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@opaque marsh probably because the image is in your mission folder. that mean it doesnt require addon, the image get implicitly downloaded by every player when they join the server

opaque marsh Oct 1, 2020, 6:16 AM

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Oh okay awesome thank you! And as far as question 1 goes, I'm referring to importing an RscTitle into the GUI Editor in game

idle pecan Oct 1, 2020, 6:18 AM

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I personnaly recommand you this tool instead of the vanilla gui editor > https://github.com/kayler-renslow/arma-dialog-creator
I have been using it for years and it's awesome

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all type doesnt exist but if you plan to do not extremly advanced dialog, it will perfectly works

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I dont know if you can import something in the GUI editor except if you previously export it from there

opaque marsh Oct 1, 2020, 6:22 AM

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I did previously export it from the GUI Editor but the issue is with the import command. In the default GUI Editor you press Ctrl + I and it opens up a dialog for you to type what you want to import and the format is

missionConfigFile >> "nameOfDialog"

where nameOfDialog is an hpp file but the issue is that RscTitles are defined within Description.ext so there is no hpp file to import

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Also that GUI Editor looks awesome

tepid bramble Oct 1, 2020, 6:23 AM

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"nameOfDialog" is the class name of the dialog, not the hpp specifically

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also you can move the dialog outside of rsctitles and try importing it?

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both normal dialogs and rsctitles dialogs are read from the description.ext

opaque marsh Oct 1, 2020, 6:25 AM

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I see what you mean. My confusion with moving it outside of the RscTitles class is how would I import it and then parent it to the RscTitles class?

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Or insert it into it I mean

tepid bramble Oct 1, 2020, 6:27 AM

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is that not a thing you would do after exporting it? i dont know much about the gui editor 😦

idle pecan Oct 1, 2020, 6:42 AM

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@opaque marsh in your description.Ext you can do this :

class RscTitles {
    #include "your_file.hpp"
};

then to import it in the gui editor you do missionConfigFile >> "classNameOfYourDialog"

opaque marsh Oct 1, 2020, 7:23 AM

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Thank you for all of the help everyone. You're awesome!

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@idle pecan I actually just got home and tested the solution you gave me and the import ui says Display Not Found

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But my RscTitle works because it shows up in game

idle pecan Oct 1, 2020, 7:39 AM

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Im not very experienced with RscTitle but I do think they work like dialogs?

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can you post your hpp file ?

opaque marsh Oct 1, 2020, 7:39 AM

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Ye

tepid bramble Oct 1, 2020, 7:40 AM

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i suspect the gui editor only looks for displays in the missionConfigFile root, not in the RscTitles subclass

opaque marsh Oct 1, 2020, 7:40 AM

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class RscStatDisplay
{
    idd = 1537;

    fadein = 0;
    fadeout = 0;
    duration = 1e+011;

    class controls
    {
        class baseFrame: RscFrame
        {
            idc = 1800;
            x = 0.731094 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.755 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.0876562 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.17 * safezoneH;
            colorBackground[] = {1,1,1,0.25};
        };
        
        class playerHealth: RscText
        {
            idc = 1000;
            text = "TEST"; //--- ToDo: Localize;
            x = 0.731094 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.755 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.0876562 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.034 * safezoneH;
            colorBackground[] = {-1,1,-1,0.5};
        };
    }
}

idle pecan Oct 1, 2020, 7:41 AM

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the problem could be what Connor said

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what happen if you try to define your hpp file, but not as a Rsc ?

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missionConfigFile >> "RscStatDisplay"
you put this in the gui editor ?

opaque marsh Oct 1, 2020, 7:44 AM

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That is correct. If I remove the #include from the class RscTitles and instead put it at the top level in Description.ext then I can import it but it is no longer inside the RscTitles class for me to use

tepid bramble Oct 1, 2020, 7:44 AM

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did you try missionConfigFile >> "RscTitles" >> "RscStatDisplay"?

opaque marsh Oct 1, 2020, 7:44 AM

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No I did not, let me try

tepid bramble Oct 1, 2020, 7:45 AM

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i didnt realise you had to give it a config path, i thought it was just the display name 🤦

idle pecan Oct 1, 2020, 7:45 AM

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same lol

opaque marsh Oct 1, 2020, 7:46 AM

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That was the solution @tepid bramble thank you! Again, you all are awesome!

idle pecan Oct 1, 2020, 7:51 AM

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@main wolf #arma3_gui message I answered you here but forgot to tag you

main wolf Oct 1, 2020, 2:48 PM

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On the normal map you can double-click etc. to add markers; that is not possible on a map control.
However every marker you place with scripts (as on the normal map) will show up.
So, to have the same functionality as the normal map, you will need to script the double click, marker selection, etc. yourself.

idle pecan Oct 1, 2020, 2:51 PM

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Perfect! Thanks 😄

weary imp Oct 1, 2020, 4:11 PM

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I've tested it and it's not possible (without scripting) to add markers to the custom map control
However every marker you place with scripts (as on the normal map) will show up.

So which one is it?

main wolf Oct 1, 2020, 4:55 PM

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What do you mean?

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If you have something to ask or say, feel free to do so... But till now I haven't seen anything useful...

opaque marsh Oct 2, 2020, 1:32 AM

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So I have another question. If I have an RscTitle which has this onLoad script in it:

onLoad = "uiNamespace setVariable ['stats', _this select 0]";

and I create this RscTitle in initPlayerLocal.sqf like:

cutRsc ["RscStatDisplay", "PLAIN", 0, false];

then will there be a uiNamespace variable called stats for each player?

My RscTitle works in singleplayer but when I tested it in multiplayer it only worked for one person

tepid bramble Oct 2, 2020, 2:07 AM

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any player with the display open would have that variable in the uiNamespace. but displays are only local so its not technically the same display on every player. also, uiNamespace is persistent even after a mission ends, so you really should use a prefix on your variables to avoid conflicts with other addons. It is best practice to use a prefix on global variables no matter where they are saved.

opaque marsh Oct 2, 2020, 2:11 AM

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What do you mean by prefix? If you mean the generic name 'stats' I intend to change that but I'm just trying to get this working at the moment so I was using a simple name. Regardless, I'm not sure if this is to do with the use of the uiNamespace variable I have created or what but it only works for one player in multiplayer and there are no errors or anything showing up

tepid bramble Oct 2, 2020, 2:13 AM

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like how functions have tags. for example bohemia uses BIS BIS_stats.

opaque marsh Oct 2, 2020, 2:13 AM

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I see what you mean now

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Do you have any insight as to why this isn't working for multiple players? It's just a simple RscTitle that displays the player's health