#arma3_gui

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frank stump
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Hey sorry for the late response
i thought about something like that but i think that is not that easy to do / to complicated is it?
https://jooinn.com/images/stock-market-graph-2.png

I mean i just should be simple point line point graph, maybe 3-5 points

quasi granite
# frank stump Hey sorry for the late response i thought about something like that but i think ...

i did make an fps graph before: https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/204157-display-graph-in-dialog/?tab=comments#comment-3286107 (pretty old, some not optimal code). also there are these commands: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getGraphValues and https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/decayGraphValues but never understood their use, probably something to do with the performance binary or sth, dunno

frank stump
quasi granite
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currently investigating getGraphValues with this example:

    private _minX = 0;
    private _maxX = 10;
    private _minY = 0;
    private _maxY = 100;
    private _count = 11;
    private _random = 0;

    getGraphValues [
        [_minX, _maxX, _minY, _maxY, _count, _random],
        0, 5,
        1, 10,
        2, 100,
        3, 50,
        4, 30,
        5, 100,
        6, 10,
        7, 50,
        8, 75,
        9, 100,
        10, 100
    ];
    /*
        returns [[0.05, 0.1, 1, 0.5, 0.3, 1, 0.1, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1], [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]]
        supposedly [array of 1-based Y values, array of X values]
    */
``` and some math you can this graph:
unknown.png
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display config:

class DisplayGraph
{
    idd = -1;
    onLoad = "['onLoad',_this] execVM 's\graph.sqf';";
    class Controls
    {
        class Background: ctrlStatic
        {
            x = 0;
            y = 0;
            w = 1;
            h = 1;
            colorBackground[] = {0,0,0,0.8};
        };
        class Graph: ctrlControlsGroupNoScrollBars
        {
            idc = 100;
            x = 0;
            y = 0;
            w = 1;
            h = 1;
        };
    };
};

s\graph.sqf:

params ["_mode", "_params"];
switch _mode do {
    case "onLoad":{
        _params params ["_display"];
        private _ctrlGraph = _display displayCtrl 100;
        ctrlPosition _ctrlGraph params ["_graphX", "_graphY", "_graphW", "_graphH"];
        private _minX = 0;
        private _maxX = 10;
        private _minY = 0;
        private _maxY = 100;
        private _count = 11;
        private _random = 0;

        getGraphValues [
            [_minX, _maxX, _minY, _maxY, _count, _random],
            0, 5,
            1, 10,
            2, 100,
            3, 50,
            4, 30,
            5, 100,
            6, 10,
            7, 50,
            8, 75,
            9, 100,
            10, 100
        ] params ["_yValues", "_xValues"];
        {
            private _xValue = _x;
            private _yValue = _yValues select _forEachIndex;
            private _ctrlPoint = _display ctrlCreate ["ctrlStatic", -1, _ctrlGraph];
            _ctrlPoint ctrlSetPosition [
                (_forEachIndex / _count) * _graphW,
                _yValue * _graphH,
                5 * pixelW,
                5 * pixelH
            ];
            _ctrlPoint ctrlCommit 0;
            _ctrlPoint ctrlSetBackgroundColor [1,0,0,1];

        } forEach _xValues;

    };
};
quasi granite
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New code because my math was wrong (y coordinates go from top to bottom):

#include "\a3\3den\ui\macros.inc"
params ["_mode", "_params"];
switch _mode do {
    case "onLoad":{
        _params params ["_display"];
        private _ctrlGraph = _display displayCtrl 100;
        ctrlPosition _ctrlGraph params ["_graphX", "_graphY", "_graphW", "_graphH"];
        private _values = [
            0, 5,
            1, 10,
            2, 100,
            3, 50,
            4, 30,
            5, 100,
            6, 10,
            7, 50,
            8, 75,
            9, 100,
            10, 100
        ];
        private _minX = 0;
        private _maxX = 10;
        private _minY = 0;
        private _maxY = 100;
        private _count = 11;
        private _random = 0;
        getGraphValues ([
            [_minX, _maxX, _minY, _maxY, _count, _random]
        ] + _values) params ["_yValues", "_xValues"];
        {
            private _xValue = _x;
            private _yValue = _yValues select _forEachIndex;
            private _xPos = ((_forEachIndex + 0.5) / _count) * _graphW;
            private _yPos = _graphH - _yValue * _graphH;
            private _ctrlPoint = _display ctrlCreate ["ctrlStatic", -1, _ctrlGraph];
            _ctrlPoint ctrlSetPosition [
                _xPos - 5 * pixelW,
                _yPos - 5 * pixelH,
                10 * pixelW,
                10 * pixelH
            ];
            _ctrlPoint ctrlCommit 0;
            _ctrlPoint ctrlSetBackgroundColor [1,0,0,1];
            private _ctrlLabel = _display ctrlCreate ["ctrlStructuredText", -1, _ctrlGraph];
            _ctrlLabel ctrlSetPosition [
                _xPos + 10 * pixelW,
                _yPos - 2.5 * GRID_H + 3 * pixelH,
                20 * GRID_W,
                5 * GRID_H
            ];
            _ctrlLabel ctrlCommit 0;
            _ctrlLabel ctrlSetText format ["(%1 | %2)", _xValue, _yValue];

        } forEach _xValues;

    };
};
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Result:

unknown.png
frank stump
strange arrow
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Terra hid ...

import ctrlControlsGroupNoScrollBars;
import ctrlStatic;
```... from you; `ctrlControlsGroupNoScrollBars` is a predefined control class in vanilla A3 and should be a CT_CONTROLS_GROUP. You can find it in the config viewer (`configFile >> ctrlControlsGroupNoScrollBars` if I remember correctly).
quiet arrow
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So far I know getGraphValues is meant to return all values that fit within the defined graph, but I haven't actually tested that.

quasi granite
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from my understanding now is that it converts all y values to a range between 0 and 1. but what is the advantage of over using linearConversion?

quiet arrow
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Probably that you can convert a whole array in one go ¯_(ツ)_/¯

obsidian mulch
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How to change chat position by script? I cant find any idc or idd for chat controls. What parent display (or something) of chat box?

strange arrow
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You can also investigate with allDisplays and allControls while the chat is displaying something, but I don't know about the success chances of that either.

obsidian mulch
obsidian mulch
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private _vehModel = getText(configFile >> "cfgVehicles" >> _className >> "model");

_3dModelUI ctrlSetModel _vehModel;
_3dModelUI ctrlSetScale 0.01;
_3dModelUI ctrlCommit 0.01;

after displaying a 3d model on the UI is there a way to texture it with a specific texture?
is there also any way to stop you from being able to drag it around?

quasi granite
quasi granite
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I hope its possible or I just wasted 2h of my time KEK

obsidian mulch
quasi granite
obsidian mulch
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From Bohemia forums:

{{_x ctrlShow false} forEach allControls _x} forEach allDisplays
or
{{_x ctrlShow false} forEach allControls _x} forEach (uiNamespace getVariable "IGUI_Displays")

Hides everything except chatbox 🤷‍♂️

quasi granite
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then the chat display is not using BIS_fnc_initDisplay so unfortunately you can't access it. I can't test myself as I don't have a PC this week

sharp frost
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is there a way to add an eventHandeler to a CT_MENU_STRIP item that doesn't involve overwriting the action with menuSetAction?

quasi granite
sharp frost
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Yeah am doing that already now

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Just feels very, dirty

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couldn't get OnMenuSelected to work

quasi granite
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just make sure that you are not executing that command multiple times with the same arguments. otherwise i don't see a problem doing it that way

sharp frost
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Ah nah that will be fine just adding my own onEditorPreview event to the Eden editor (until we get an engine one) :)

what I did if you are curious ```sqf

//Change the Menu Strip Play actions so they call onPreview before the BIS function and stop their engine behaviour.
private _menuStrip = _edenDisplay displayCtrl IDC_DISPLAY3DEN_MENUSTRIP;
for "_i" from 0 to (_menuStrip menuSize [6]) do {
private _path = [6, _i];
private _data = _menuStrip menuData _path;
//Only seperator Items do not have any data defined, skip if we are on a seperator
if (_data isEqualTo "") then {continue};

private _action = _menuStrip menuAction _path;

//Create an action that emulates engine behaviour if Item doesn't have an action.
if (_action isEqualTo "") then {
_action = format [QUOTE(do3DENAction '%1';), _data];
};

//Prepend onPreview function to Item action.
_menuStrip menuSetAction [_path, QUOTE(call FUNC(onPreview);) + _action];

//Delete Item data to prevent Engine from overriding us.
_menuStrip menuSetData [_path, ""];
};```

unkempt cliff
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Can you select the row selection color for CT_LISTNBOX via script?

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I need this for selected row text color but cant find the command

vernal quest
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Hello, is any reasons - why i can't set tooltip for RscStructuredText control?

_ctrl ctrlSetTooltip _tooltip;

but is not shows me anything here :\

quiet arrow
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@vernal quest (except for CT_STATIC & CT_STRUCTURED_TEXT, although Arma 3 now supports these too)

From Biki. It should work.

vernal quest
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Should, but... don't work for me

hallow dew
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How would I go about creating a centralized main menu logo to replace the "ARMA 3" one?

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So far the issue I'm having is that its not cantered for people that don't have the same resolution or UI Scaling as me
Figured it out

quasi granite
hallow dew
# quasi granite sharing is caring

w = pixelW * pixelGrid * 24;
24 is the given size of the logo

x = 0.5 - pixelW * pixelGrid * 12;
0.5 is half the screen (the centre)
12 is half the size of the logo, needed to make the logo's centre be the actual centre, rather than it's corner

pixelW * pixelGrid is magic taken from the biki

quasi granite
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yep seems about right. since you are already working in pixel coordinates you can also use the 3den defines:

#include "\a3\3DEN\UI\macros.inc"
#include "\a3\3DEN\UI\macroexecs.inc"
// ...
x = CENTER_X - 12 * GRID_W;
w = 24 * GRID_W;
hallow dew
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It works for me & I'm happy w it, so I'd rather not touch it so it doesn't break))

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But thx anyhow, will use that if I need to do these things again next time

quasi granite
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grim jackal
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Hi guys, I'm a complete and utter amateur but I want to try and find out how much work a mod for a GUI would be before I get stuck in or if there already exists something better (I've searched the Steam Workshop pretty extensively.

https://imgur.com/a/My5QeQ0
In the above screenshot I've designed a VERY rough dialog, I basically want it to do the following:

1.) Keybinding brings up the menu
2.) Order Request Type dropdown has the options populated and they determine what marker gets placed on map
3.) Click here for request location button brings up the map and it's clickable to populate a grid coord then it returns to menu
4.) Order Details field populates a field in the Order Queue
5.) Order Queue pulls time from server, request number/ID maybe, details and grid coordinates and populates in order.
6.) Cancel button closes the menu
7.) Add to map & queue button populates map with marker and request number/ID

It's basically a player-driven 'order queue' for support taskings which in my unit are all done by players, supply drops, CAS etc. I want infantry to be able to request stuff and then other people can see it in the queue with some basic details.

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Also secondary question, would this need CBA?

quasi granite
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CBA would not be needed unless you find a function from CBA that makes your life easier

grim jackal
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Okay thank you, I have tried to parse that wiki a bit, first port of call was Google when I started, just finding the setting up of my GUI to actually do stuff tricky in terms of the SQFs.

quasi granite
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yeah that's why GUIs have their own channel here ^^

grim jackal
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I notice in Arma when I press 'ESC' it closes my dialog, is there a way to make my cancel button do the same thing an easy way? I figure it's tied to something like the OnMouseButtonClick? Does this have to be a SQF? I figure I'd start with the cancel button as that's probably the least complicated part

quasi granite
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yeah give your button an idc of 2

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or inherit from RscButtonMenuCancel

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(same thing)

grim jackal
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I'm guessing RscButtonMenuCancel is like BI's OG cancel button script?

quasi granite
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well the cancel button script is just the idc of 2

grim jackal
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But I've just set my idc, seemed easy in the program I'm using

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Awesome thanks so much for the help btw

quasi granite
grim jackal
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I appreciate it's probably frustrating to constantly explain the same things to newer peeps but we need it sometimes with how limited documentation is (don't get me wrong the wiki's are EXTENSIVE, it's just the tutorials are sometimes not plain enough for my smooth brain lol)

quasi granite
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no i agree. when I got into UI creation it was just as frustrating

grim jackal
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This reminds me of terrain creation lol, start out to do what I assumed would be simple and find out I was so very wrong haha, I'm excited though, it seems like progress is happening, only started a couple of hours ago and at least it's VISIBLE in Arma

quasi granite
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there's so much to know about GUIs that it is hard to put it all in one concise article on the biki. that's what I felt like when writing the GUI Tutorial and also maintaining other GUI related pages, especially the control types

grim jackal
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Oh for sure, it's such a deep and rich set of tools, hence the complexity

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But thanks heaps, that idc thing worked perfect!

quasi granite
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👍

grim jackal
quasi granite
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oh that was fast

grim jackal
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I think the next part will be set a keybind to open the dialog and make a menu/config for editing that keybinding

quasi granite
grim jackal
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Oh very cool thanks for the heads up

raw bronze
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hi can we draw a line around a character like an hud ?

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or a square like this :

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sorry for the quality

quasi granite
raw bronze
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ok so i make a custom picture with a square and some transparency. after that with the drawIcon i choose the position pelvis on the character ?

quasi granite
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you could use selectionPosition and modeltToWorld

raw bronze
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and to disable this i've just to do a removeeventhandler

quasi granite
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correct

raw bronze
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ok thanks 👍

restive girder
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You could also do it through UI if you want to make yourself suffer

smoky hatch
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I want to listen for the MouseMoving event handler but hide the cursor from view, is this possible? Currently I am using an empty dialog to listen for mousemoving but dont need to see the cursor as its distracting

burnt token
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Needs custom empty cursor texture.

smoky hatch
unkempt cliff
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I'm using invisible button to cover a clickable area but the problem I am having is that tooltips don't work on the underlying controls. is there a better way/fix for this?

quasi granite
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hmm maybe a onMouseButtonDown UIEH that checks if the mouse button was clicked in the are of the button instead? and remove the button?

unkempt cliff
quasi granite
unkempt cliff
quasi granite
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w and h yes, x and y only if the button is not part of a controlsgroup

unkempt cliff
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they are in controlsgroup

quasi granite
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in that case you can check for ctrlParentControlsGroup and if it is not null add the x and y position of the controls group to the x and y of the button. do that recursively for all parent controls groups

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maybe a new command like ctrlPositionAbs would be cool, if it is not too much work

unkempt cliff
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hmm could the width & height be off due to being a child control? im getting too big click area

unkempt cliff
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nvm got it sorted

quiet arrow
ebon blade
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So I'm trying to add a background or just color to this and even after adding all that I'm not getting any color for some reason```hpp
class RscManagerSettings
{
idd = 1234;
class Controls
{
class SWG_CQB_UI_ManagerSettings_Background: RscFrame
{
idc = 1800;
x = 0.225 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
y = 0.2 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
w = 0.55 * safezoneW;
h = 0.6 * safezoneH;
colorDisabled[] = {25,25,25,0.8};
colorBackground[] = {25,25,25,0.8};
colorBackgroundDisabled[] = {25,25,25,0.8};
colorBackgroundActive[] = {25,25,25,0.8};
colorFocused[] = {25,25,25,0.8};
colorShadow[] = {25,25,25,0.8};
colorBorder[] = {25,25,25,0.8};
background = 1;
};
...

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Beginner at arma 3 GUI btw

quasi granite
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RscFrame has no background, use RscText instead and make two controls

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also the color arrays are in range from 0 to 1. any value above 1 is the same as 1

ebon blade
ebon blade
quasi granite
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yes

inland kiln
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Does anybody know how to make submenus work in Flexi Menu? All of the documentation has been deleted and everything I try to make it work fails. I'd like some help if it's still out there.

noble dove
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Do you know, wether it is possible to mirror images in structured Text?

ebon blade
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I've made the layout and now I'm trying to add items to the RscCombo but I'm not finding anything that works
Current progress https://imgur.com/dunI3gj

strange arrow
ebon blade
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Yeah I tried using items but couldn’t really figure it out

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Could I possibly get an example config of a combo with a few things listed?

strange arrow
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class IFSI_TargetCorrectionXDir: ctrlCombo {
    idc = IDC_IFSI_TargetCorrectionXDir;
    x = 0.75;
    y = 0.05;
    w = 0.1;
    h = 0.04;

    class Items {
        class Left {
            text = "Left";
            tooltip = "Adjust fire to the left.";
        };

        class Right {
            text = "Right";
            tooltip = "Adjust fire to the right.";
        };
    };
};
ebon blade
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Ty

ebon blade
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I'd like to have the list of items in another file and I know I can use #define and such but how would I put that into class Items?

strange arrow
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Something like this:

class MyCombobox {
  ...
  class Items {
    #include "items.hpp"
  };
};
````items.hpp`:
```hpp
class FirstItem { ... };
class SecondItem { ... };
ebon blade
quasi granite
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Two options:

  1. Use RscActivePicture
  2. Use CT_SHORTCUTBUTTON
    Option 2 is imo nicer but more complex. Make sure that your control has the same ratio as the image
unborn meteor
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A little question. Im planning on adding combat goggles to a mod im working on with some guys.
The thing is that i would like those goggles to have some kind of integrated HUD (that shows stuff like altitude, speed, position, compass and time).
Do i rather need a config maker or a gui maker or both to do that? I want to specify that when writing in #creators_recruiting

strange arrow
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GUI maker knowledge for making the overlay and config maker knowledge for applying the overlay when the goggles are equipped (and removing it when they are not equipped). Since I'm not a config maker I don't even know if the latter is possible using nothing but the config 🤷‍♂️

grim jackal
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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Modded_Keybinding Trying to follow this and struggling to work out where the set keybinding should appear in game or if my config is even correct? I basically want to set Num - to the default keybinding to open my dialog:

{
    class DozQueue_OpenMenu // This class name is used for internal representation and also for the inputAction command.
    {
        displayName = "Open the DozQueue";
        tooltip = "This is where a tooltip would go";
        onActivate = "['DozQueue_OpenMenu', true] call DozQueue_fnc_Handler";        // _this is always true.
        onDeactivate = "['DozQueue_OpenMenu', false] call DozQueue_fnc_Handler";    // _this is always false.
        onAnalog = "['DozQueue_OpenMenu', _this] call DozQueue_fnc_AnalogHandler";    // _this is the scalar analog value.
        analogChangeThreshold = 0.01; // Minimum change required to trigger the onAnalog EH (default: 0.01).
    };
};
class CfgDefaultKeysPresets
{
    class Arma2 // Arma2 is inherited by all other presets.
    {
        class Mappings
        {
            DozQueue_OpenMenu[] = {
                0x4A, // DIK_SUBTRACT
            };
        };
    };
};
class UserActionGroups
{
    class ModSection // Unique classname of your category.
    {
        name = "DozQueue Keybinding"; // Display name of your category.
        isAddon = 1;
        group[] = {"DozQueue_OpenMenu"}; // List of all actions inside this category.
    };
};```

I am a complete amateur so please go easy on me, I struggle to understand a lot of the terminology.
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I think it might be tied to DozQueue_fnc_Handler not existing anywhere else?

grim jackal
grim jackal
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Disregard my above message, we got it to show the mod actions category in controls, just haven't worked out how to add an action yet.

tranquil iron
tranquil iron
grim jackal
# tranquil iron Isn't it explained well enough on the page? if you have recommendations on how t...

Thanks for messaging, I'm sure it's great documentation for more experienced people but a few weeks ago I didn't know what string or boolean even meant lol so Arma SQF has been quite the learning curve!

Like this is the current config:

{
  class DozQueue
  {
    class Start
    {
      file="\Functions";
      class DozQueue_fnc_Handler{};
    };
  };
};

class CfgUserActions
{
    class DozQueue_OpenMenu // This class name is used for internal representation and also for the inputAction command.
    {
        displayName = "Open the DozQueue";
        tooltip = "This is where a tooltip would go";
        onActivate = "_this call DozQueue_fnc_Handler";        // _this is always true.
        onDeactivate = "_this call DozQueue_fnc_Handler";    // _this is always false.
        onAnalog = "_this call DozQueue_fnc_AnalogHandler";    // _this is the scalar analog value.
        analogChangeThreshold = 0.01; // Minimum change required to trigger the onAnalog EH (default: 0.01).
        // name = "DozQueue";
        // group[] = {"User3"};
    };
};
class CfgDefaultKeysPresets
{
    class Arma2 // Arma2 is inherited by all other presets.
    {
        class Mappings
        {
            DozQueue_OpenMenu[] = {
                0x4A, // DIK_SUBTRACT
            };
        };
    };
};
class UserActionGroups
{
    class DozQueue // Unique classname of your category.
    {
        name = "DozQueue Keybinding"; // Display name of your category.
        isAddon = 1;
        group[] = {"DozQueue_OpenMenu"}; // List of all actions inside this category.
    };
};```

Which we are trying to get to just test the keybinding and can't seem to make it work.
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The DozQueue_fnc_Handler in the Functions folder just has this in it for testing:
private _ehId = addUserActionEventHandler ["ReloadMagazine", "Activate", { systemChat "reloading!"; }];

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But at the moment can't see a keybind action at all, I assume this might be better to go in #arma3_config?

tranquil iron
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Do you have CfgPatches in your config @grim jackal?
If you're new to all this I assume you don't?

grim jackal
# tranquil iron Do you have CfgPatches in your config <@!487557118707367937>? If you're new to a...

This is the full config:

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

class CfgPatches
{
    class DozQueue
    {
        name = "DozQueue Logistics System";
        author = "Dozette + Rowan";
        url = "https://www.twitch.tv/dozettewaifu";
        requiredVersion = 1.00; 
        requiredAddons[]={"CBA_main"};
        units[] = {};
        weapons[] = {};
    };
};
class CfgFunctions
{
  class DozQueue
  {
    class Start
    {
      file="\Functions";
      class DozQueue_fnc_Handler{};
    };
  };
};

class CfgUserActions
{
    class DozQueue_OpenMenu // This class name is used for internal representation and also for the inputAction command.
    {
        displayName = "Open the DozQueue";
        tooltip = "This is where a tooltip would go";
        onActivate = "_this call DozQueue_fnc_Handler";        // _this is always true.
        onDeactivate = "_this call DozQueue_fnc_Handler";    // _this is always false.
        onAnalog = "_this call DozQueue_fnc_AnalogHandler";    // _this is the scalar analog value.
        analogChangeThreshold = 0.01; // Minimum change required to trigger the onAnalog EH (default: 0.01).
        // name = "DozQueue";
        // group[] = {"User3"};
    };
};
class CfgDefaultKeysPresets
{
    class Arma2 // Arma2 is inherited by all other presets.
    {
        class Mappings
        {
            DozQueue_OpenMenu[] = {
                0x4A, // DIK_SUBTRACT
            };
        };
    };
};
class UserActionGroups
{
    class DozQueue // Unique classname of your category.
    {
        name = "DozQueue Keybinding"; // Display name of your category.
        isAddon = 1;
        group[] = {"DozQueue_OpenMenu"}; // List of all actions inside this category.
    };
};```
tranquil iron
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meowsweats that should be correct I think

grim jackal
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Hmmm weird then, it doesn't show anything under the controls menu

tranquil iron
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I can't see any differences from your code to my test stuff, it should work notlikemeowcry

robust tundra
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is there a good reference for making guis in arma? maybe a video or something?

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I want to do something like dynamic recon ops where I do AO generation at mission runtime, but to do this I need to get what blufor/opfor factions the player wants to fight. and I honestly don't even know where to start with making guis. Should I just unpack some stuff off the workshop and see how they do it? Is there a place I should look for best practices?

quartz bluff
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you can reverse engineer stuff (assuming you know what certain things do, digging through code with a blank knowledge is not good) or go through some youtube video tutorials but I doubt you will find a DIY guide for the thing you need, just basic GUI

quasi granite
robust tundra
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messing with coordinates via trial/error is something I've kind of resigned myself to so thats fine

#

thanks @quasi granite

grim jackal
formal brook
#

Good day. Where can I find all arma vanilla images that I can use for GUI?

quasi granite
quiet arrow
#

@formal brook If you use 3den Enhanced press ALT + T in the Editor.

#

It will show you most, if not all relevant assets

formal brook
#

@quiet arrow @quasi granite thank you, got it.

tranquil iron
quasi granite
#

the top right corner is defined as

x = safeZoneX + safeZoneW;
y = safeZoneY;
#

pixelGrid. if you use it right it will always do exactly as you expect. But for compatibility: GUI_GRID. Most vanilla dialogs use it.

#

GUI_GRID is based on safeZone

robust tundra
#

Anyone ever made a simple dropdown? or have an example that I can look at? Basically I just want to have a 'mission start' ui where you enter a few things in, select from a dropdown - I'm certain this has been done before so I'm hoping I can take a look at someone's existing code to get an idea of what I wanna do

quasi granite
robust tundra
#

dynamic

#

if they were static i'd just use mission params

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basically, I want to show a dropdown with the loaded factions for each side and then let you pick

strange arrow
robust tundra
#

thx

robust tundra
#

if I try doing 'createDialog' i get nothing, any ideas?

robust tundra
#

figured it out, needed to make the controls a list, lol

robust tundra
#

any suggestions on how to make sliders show their values?

queen orchid
# 
_slider ctrlAddEventHandler ["SliderPosChanged", {
    params ["_control", "_newValue"];
    // set a (different) control to show _newValue
    // ...
}];
robust tundra
#

yeah, found that. @queen orchid is there a good way to force a control on top?

#

I'm having it setting the text of a different control, but when it does that when you're interacting with the slider it draws on top of the other control

sterile cobalt
#

any way to set the string[] of RscToolbox dynamically?

#

lnbAddRow, lnbSetText dont seem to work

#

yeah dont think its possible, it doesnt accept listbox commands

topaz talon
sterile cobalt
#

no that doesnt do anything sadly

topaz talon
sterile cobalt
#

Unexpected control type

#

it seems to not take any listbox commands

topaz talon
#

have you perhaps modified the rsctoolbox class?

sterile cobalt
#

no

topaz talon
#

well it works ok here blobdoggoshruggoogly

sterile cobalt
#

i should say that this is a2oa

#

not a3

topaz talon
#

aha 😄

sterile cobalt
#

it might not be implemented in a2oa

#

but lbAdd and RscToolbox both exist

hearty gate
#

How would I go about getting the index of a selection in a combo box? I'm assuming it's with lbCurSel but I haven't been able to implement it

#

Anyone here has any examples of that?

quiet arrow
#

lbCurSel is correct. Post your code.

hearty gate
# quiet arrow lbCurSel is correct. Post your code.

I'm new with SQF and I'm just trying to understand how it works so it might be really stupid.

Combo Box works and I have a functioning version with each option working but I wanted to get the selected index.

disableSerialization;

_display = _this select 0;
_buttonCtrl = _display displayCtrl 2203;
_comboCtrlLoadouts = _display displayCtrl 2201;

{
_index = lbAdd [2201, _x];
} forEach ["1","2","3","4","5"];

_comboCtrlLoadouts  ctrlAddEventHandler ["LBSelChanged",{
    _indexLoadout = lbCurSel 2201 }];

_buttonCtrl ctrlAddEventHandler ["MouseButtonClick",{
    hint format["%1", _indexLoadout];
}];

I've also tried doing "_indexLoadout = lbCurSel 2201" without LBSelChanged.

topaz talon
#

just do lbCurSel in the MouseButtonClick

hearty gate
#

Tried that as well

#

Didn't work

#

Worked, don't even know what I had before when I tried the same thing

#

Thanks 🙂

nocturne cave
#

anyone know the name of the server lobby display

plucky crest
#

someone have an idea to resize a listbox row without resize the listbox ?

quasi granite
plucky crest
queen orchid
nocturne cave
#

Cheers ma man

ebon blade
#

I'm trying to make a killfeed but I'm running into an issue where some of the kills just get stuck and don't go away. I think it's due to some happening at the same time and the WAG_pvpKillFeedWait stuff is my crappy attempt at trying to fix it. Anyone know how to help?
Second Attempt

[_message,{
    _message = _this;
    disableSerialization;

    {
        _ctrl = (findDisplay 46) displayCtrl _x;
        _pos = ctrlPosition _ctrl;
        _pos set [1,(_pos select 1) + 0.030];
        _ctrl ctrlSetPosition _pos;
        _ctrl ctrlCommit 0.25;
    } forEach WAG_pvpControlList;

    if (count WAG_pvpControlList > 3) then {
        _ctrlT = (findDisplay 46) displayCtrl (WAG_pvpControlList select 0);
        WAG_pvpControlList deleteAt 0;
        _ctrlT ctrlSetFade 1;
        _ctrlT ctrlCommit 6;
        _ctrlT spawn {
            sleep 10;
            ctrlDelete _this;
        };
    };

    _display = findDisplay 46;
    _idc = (2000 + count WAG_pvpControlList);
    _ctrl = _display ctrlCreate ["RscStructuredText", _idc];
    _ctrl ctrlSetPosition [-0.65, 1, 10, 0.2];
    _ctrl ctrlCommit 0;
    _ctrl ctrlSetStructuredText _message;
    WAG_pvpControlList pushBack _idc;
}] remoteExec ["call",0];
quasi granite
#

the lower idc ranges are reserved for special purposes

strange arrow
#

You can get rid of WAG_pvpcontrolNumber and the IDCs altogether if you make WAG_pvpcontrolList an array of controls in the uiNamespace.
One reason to do that has already been mentioned by Terra.
In addition to that, this would greatly simplify your program logic, which, in its current version, seems flawed and complicated to me:
1️⃣ Once added, you never delete IDCs from WAG_pvpcontrolList, despite deleting the corresponding controls. However, you still try to access the deleted controls in the forEach-loop.
2️⃣ Only controls with an IDC of at least 2 are deleted:

if (WAG_pvpcontrolNumber > 3) then {
  _num = count WAG_pvpcontrolList;
  _ctrlT = (findDisplay 46) displayCtrl (_num - 2);
  ...
};
```Assuming the initial value for `WAG_pvpcontrolNumber` was 0, the first control has IDC 1 (because `WAG_pvpcontrolNumber` is incremented before it is used). The first number for which `WAG_pvpcontrolNumber > 3` evaluates to `true` is 4, and `4 - 2 = 2`, meaning that the first control, the one with IDC 1, is never deleted.
ebon blade
#

I fixed the stuff you guys ^^^ pointed out and after I redid how I was handling the IDCs I was able to get it working. For any who want to see the finished product it's here https://sqfbin.com/uliziwelepumowuqijov. Thank you for the help Ansin11 and Terra!

vale geode
#

Currently using drawTriangle and using an edited version of the example on the wiki page which works. However, when I move to a new pos and re-run, it deletes the first triangle and creates a new one in its place. I'd like to keep it both but I know next to nothing about UI stuff so was wondering if anyone knows a way to make any created triangles stay until I delete them?

My guess is its something to do with controls or displays? somehow each triangle needs its own? Can anyone confirm please, cheers!

strange arrow
#

@vale geode The onDraw UI EH used in the example fires every time the map is drawn (i.e. multiple times per second when the map is open).
The drawTriangle command has to be executed again every time the EH fires. Essentially, you need to redraw the triangle multiple times per second when the map is open, because before the next onDraw event, all existing triangles are removed.
So for multiple triangles, you either have to add multiple onDraw EHs (one for each triangle) or draw multiple triangles in one EH:

findDisplay 12 displayCtrl 51 ctrlAddEventHandler ["Draw", {
  params ["_mapCtrl"];
  _mapCtrl drawTriangle [...];
  _mapCtrl drawTriangle [...];
  _mapCtrl drawTriangle [...];
}];
vale geode
#

Thanks Ansin, I'm trying to triangulate a position so I think as a work around what I'll do is setup my antenna's first then draw triangle for each. I had intended to draw the triangle, move location, draw the triangle but I think this other is probably more realistic

#

(just posting incase others run into the same issue)

#

Cheers!

agile sinew
# 
                x = "(safezoneX + 2 * (((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 40))";
                y = "(safezoneY + safezoneH - 7.5 * ((((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25))";
                 w = "(7 * (((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 40))";
                 h = "(7 * ((((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25))";
#

this is bottom left - how to make this centered at the bottom?

quasi granite
# 
x = safeZoneX + 0.5 * safeZoneW - 3.5 * (((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 40));
tranquil iron
#

is a GUI button's action script executed in unscheduled? I would expect it to always be unscheduled right?

distant axle
#

Should be unscheduled, yeah

ionic tundra
#

Not sure if this it totally relevant to this channel, but does anyone have any experience or knowledge with adding additional buttons to ace arsenal?

tranquil iron
#

You mean generic buttons.
or a item category for backpacks

ebon blade
#

I'm not that great with making GUI so I was wondering if I could get some help with this. I'm trying to make a map selection screen where the maps and map names show up on the screen and allow you to select them but I'm not really sure how to do this or if I'm even heading in the right direction.

[{ 
    {
        _randomMap = selectRandom _availableMaps; //-- Selects Random Map
        
        _ctrl = findDisplay 46 createDisplay "RscDisplayEmpty" ctrlCreate ["RscStructuredText", -1]; 
        _ctrl ctrlSetPosition _x; 
        _ctrl buttonSetAction "hint str _randomMap;"; //I want something like: player setVariable ['WAG_SelectedMap',_randomMap]; 
        _ctrl ctrlCommit 0; 
        _ctrlText = format ["<t color='#FFFFFF' size='1'><img image='%1' size='3'/>%2</t>",(_randomMap select 1),(_randomMap select 0)];
        _ctrl ctrlSetStructuredText parseText _ctrlText;
    }forEach WAG_MapDisplayPositions; //Array of stuff like: WAG_CenterMapDisplayPosition=[GUI_GRID_BOTTOMCENTER_X,WAG_MapDisplay_Y,WAG_MapDisplay_W,WAG_MapDisplay_H]; Aka trying to make one for each position
}] remoteExec ["Call", _alivePlayers];
topaz talon
#

I want something like: player setVariable ['WAG_SelectedMap',_randomMap];
well you can do that, you can also store it in the control aswell

ebon blade
ebon blade
strange arrow
ebon blade
#

That would make sense

#

So I believe I need ctrlSetText for the image and then I’ll have to make a separate ctrl for the text

strange arrow
#

I suggest an image control in the background and an equally dimensioned transparent button with the text in the foreground.

topaz talon
#

also you can use active picture i guess nvm, as you also have some text, so yeah, you need a transparent button

ebon blade
#

Hmm

#

I should just create this in the GUI editor so it does most of it for me

#

Thanks for the help both of you

topaz talon
quasi granite
#

CT_SHORTCUTBUTTON has support for images and text

unkempt cliff
#

why does image exported from gimp change color when in game? maybe alpha channel issue

#

hmm I removed alpha channel and it still changes color

unkempt cliff
#

looks good in texture viewer but not in game

#

Ah, wrong image size caused it!

unkempt cliff
#

is CT_SHORTCUTBUTTON the only way to get image and text on button?

unkempt cliff
sullen eagle
#
  1. Is there a way to modify parameters of units icons, showed at the screen bottom - like alpha/background, with scripts?
  2. I try to change hc group parameters with
_grp setGroupIconParams [[0.9,0,0, 1], "No contact", 1, true];

It turns red for a second, and then returns to green (basic). Is it supposed to happen?

unkempt cliff
sullen eagle
#

Hm, maybe I need to clearGroupIcons first...

sullen eagle
#

Nope, it just removes the green background from the icon. Seems like a bug with the setGroupIconParams command.

rose wadi
#

Heyy guys, does someone know how I can change the hud position of the stamina bar, for all the players on my server

#

Ah nvm I found it

#define IGUI_GRID_STAMINA_X        (profilenamespace getvariable ["IGUI_GRID_STAMINA_X",IGUI_GRID_STAMINA_XDef])
#define IGUI_GRID_STAMINA_Y        (profilenamespace getvariable ["IGUI_GRID_STAMINA_Y",IGUI_GRID_STAMINA_YDef])```
tender jasper
#

Does anyone have documentation on how to get custom inventories to work
Currently arma 3 just ignores it
Made a custom mod to rewrite it and instead of moving things around it just makes the inventory darker for some reason

#

Ik it has something to do with a script pulling up my custom inventory but I really don't know how to do that

tender jasper
# 
  _this spawn {
    waitUntil {!isNull findDisplay 602};
    (findDisplay 602) closeDisplay 1;
    createDisplay 9602; // My inventory 
  };
};```
#

would that work?

topaz talon
tender jasper
#

Would it just be createDialog then?

tender jasper
# 
player addEventhandler ["InventoryOpened", {
 ["init",_this] spawn {
    waitUntil {!isNull findDisplay 602};
    (findDisplay 602) closeDisplay 1;
    createDialog 9602; // My inventory 
  };
}];
#

This works deleting the dialog but replacing it doesnt

strange arrow
#

Both createDisplay and createDialog take a classname, not an IDD. Read the documentation carefully 🙃

quiet arrow
#

It should actually throw an error message.

tender jasper
#

Got it working but now the inventory doesnt work just loads the GUI

#

Anyone know where the script is that makes the inventory function

unkempt cliff
#

anyone know how to properly center text vertically in RscShortcutButton ?

vernal quest
unkempt cliff
drowsy tendon
#

Is there a way to resize the Control Group that contains the Diary Content RscHTML after a new selection in the Diary Index lnb? I have managed to add content to the ctrl group but it seems like there is a function that resizes the group after I have created, given a new position to and then committed the new content. Regardless of what I do to resize the group it always defaults back to the height of the RscHTML box.

jagged mango
#

Hi, does anyone know if there is a Trick to create an RscEdit without a Frame? Cause also if i youse a Style that has no Frame there is a Frame on the RscEdit. The Color of it also changes together with colorText so i can´t set the Alpha to Zero.

strange arrow
#

ST_NO_RECT works for me 🤷‍♂️

bleak crag
#

Anyone know how to make the main menu spotlight open an external link when pressed (in this case, a teamspeak link)? I can add a button under the dropdown menu that opens an external link, but can't figure out how to do the same in the spotlight since they're different types of controls.

Button under multiplayer tab:

class RscControlsGroupNoScrollbars;
class RscStandardDisplay;
class RscDisplayMain: RscStandardDisplay {
    class controls {
        class GroupSingleplayer: RscControlsGroupNoScrollbars {
            class Controls;
        };
        class GroupMultiplayer: GroupSingleplayer {
            h = "(6 *     1.5) *     (pixelH * pixelGrid * 2)";
            class Controls: Controls {
                class ServerBrowser;
                class JoinServer: ServerBrowser {
                    idc = -1;
                    text = "Arma Server Quickjoin";
                    tooltip = "Connect to Arma Server";
                    y = "(3 *     1.5) *     (pixelH * pixelGrid * 2) +     (pixelH)";
                    onbuttonclick = "connectToServer ['ip', 2302, '']";
                };
                class JoinTeamspeak: ServerBrowser {
                    idc = -1;
                    text = "Teamspeak Server Quickjoin";
                    tooltip = "Connect to Teamspeak Server";
                    y = "(4 *     1.5) *     (pixelH * pixelGrid * 2) +     (pixelH)";
                    url = "ts3server://ip?port=9987&password=pass";
                    //onbuttonclick = "connectToServer ['unusedIP', 2302, '']";
                };

Spotlight (there's a lot of stuff commented out, basically I've tried both specifying the url like the buttons above and doing ctrlSetUrl but neither works, or I'm not doing it right because I doubt ctrlSetUrl is the right thing to do here):

class CfgMainMenuSpotlight // RscDisplayMain >> Spotlight works but is considered obsolete since SPOTREP #00064
{
    class JoinServer {
        text = "Connect to<br></br>Arma Server";
        //picture = "modName\logo.paa";
        picture = "modName\addons\TAS_Quickjoin\logo.paa";
        action = "connectToServer ['ip', 2302, pass']";
        actionText = "Connect to the Main Arma Server";
        condition = "true";
        //onbuttonclick = "connectToServer ['ip', 2302, '']";
    };
    class JoinTeamspeak {
        text = "Connect to<br></br>Teamspeak Server";
        //picture = "ModName\logo.paa";
        picture = "modName\addons\TAS_Quickjoin\logo.paa";
        action = "(_this select 1) ctrlSetURL 'http://arma3.com/';";
        actionText = "Connect to the Teamspeak Server";
        //url = "ts3server://ip?port=9987&password=pass";
        condition = "true";
        //_ctrlMenuStrip menuSetURL [[0,0,1], "https://arma3.com/"];
        //(_this select 1) ctrlSetURL "http://arma3.com/";
        //onbuttonclick = "connectToServer ['ip', 2302, '']";
    };
quasi granite
bleak crag
#

yeah, ctrlSetUrl was a wild guess. I'll try the url config entry, I think I tried it earlier and it worked for the buttons under Multiplayer bit didn't work for the Spotlights, but I'll try again

#

Yep, the "url" config entry seems to have no effect in CfgSpotlight, I'm not versed enough in controls commands to saw this for certainty but pretty sure it doesn't play by the normal control rules

jagged mango
bleak crag
#

Also, does structured text not work in the "text" fields on CfgSpotlight? I've copied how the cfgspotlight stuff is for the vanilla arma stuff with break lines, but it's not working for me. Image: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/931356740979683368/946959414525575198/unknown.png

class JoinGuacServer {
        text = "Connect to<br />TAS Arma Server";
        picture = "\modName\addons\TAS_Quickjoin\media\logo.paa";
        //action = "connectToServer ['71.126.163.78', 2302, 'pw']";
        action = "0 = [_this, '127.0.0.1', '2302', 'pw'] execVM '\modName\addons\TAS_Quickjoin\scripts\joinServer.sqf';";
        actionText = "Connect to the Backup Arma Server. Scroll downwards for the backup Teamspeak quickjoin.";
        condition = "true";
        //onbuttonclick = "connectToServer ['71.126.163.78', 2302, '']";
    };

Arma Config Dump:

class Orange_Showcase_LoW
        {
            text = "SHOWCASE<br />LAWS OF WAR";
            picture = "\a3\UI_F_Orange\Data\Displays\RscDisplayMain\spotlight_C_CO.paa";
            video = "\a3\UI_f_Orange\Video\spotlight_C.ogv";
            action = "ctrlactivate ((ctrlparent (_this select 0)) displayctrl 150); ((findDisplay 2) displayCtrl 101) tvSetCurSel [24];";
            actionText = "Play";
            condition = "!iskeyactive 'BIS_Showcase_LawsOfWar.VR_done'";
            textIsQuote = 0;
            disableUpperCase = 1;
        };
stark compass
#

is there a way to detect which button(lmb/rmb) was pressed when onButtonClick fires on a control?

#

and as a side-question, is there a way to disable right-click on a button?

strange portal
# stark compass is there a way to detect which button(lmb/rmb) was pressed when `onButtonClick` ...

I believe you can simply add a mouseButtonDown EH on the button itself, it will work before button is clicked though so u need to ensure mouseButtonUp is activated as well.
Edit: I did not mention as Im not sure if buttonclick destroys a button first before mouseButtonUp can activate but if it doesnt, it is easier to simply check with mouseButtonUp.
(This issue, if exists, of course is only applicable for buttons that are subject to be destroyed upon activation.)

stark compass
#

i see

stark compass
#

Hey, does anyone know of a way to disable double-clicking on the items of a CT_LISTBOX?

#

either by config or by script

#

do you think i could discard it somehow by setting onMouseButtonDblClick EH on the listbox?

strange portal
stark compass
#

so i figured i'd just block accessing weapon-inventories in containers

#

currently my placeholder is to just close the inventory if double-click on the listbox. This works, but it's not optimal:

((findDisplay 602) displayCtrl 632) ctrlAddEventHandler ["MouseButtonDblClick", "closeDialog 2;"];```
#

and no, this doesnt work in blocking it:

((findDisplay 602) displayCtrl 632) ctrlAddEventHandler ["MouseButtonDblClick", "true"];```
strange portal
stark compass
#

can you link that, i'll go and upvote it

strange portal
#

I dont know where it is now, it just remained in my mind.

stark compass
#

maybe i could close the inventory and reopen it

#

that's going to reset the scroll, so it's not optimal

strange portal
#

I couldnt recreate the issue in my mind to assist I am afraid.

stark compass
#

yeah

#

that's alright

strange portal
#

send a screenshot thro dm if you wish.

stark compass
#

of the issue?

strange portal
#

is this a custom ui or the game's own ui?

stark compass
#

i need to add you as a friend if i wish to send screenshots, i'm afraid

strange portal
#

ah okay, I understood the issue. I forgot weapons could be double clicked at all.

stark compass
#

yeah, it was added at some point

#

more headache for me

stark compass
#

Does someone know how i can get the height of an item in a listbox?

quasi granite
stark compass
#

rowHeight + spacing is incorrect

#

it's not accurate

quasi granite
#

can you show your config?

stark compass
#

trying to write a method that figures out the index of the item youre hovering over

# 
params ["_control", "_xPos", "_yPos", "_mouseOver"];

private _posX = 1.5 * (((safeZoneW / safeZoneH) min 1.2) / 40) + (safeZoneX + (safeZoneW - ((safeZoneW / safeZoneH) min 1.2))/2);
private _posY = 3.7 * ((((safeZoneW / safeZoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25) + (safeZoneY + (safeZoneH - (((safeZoneW / safeZoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2))/2);
private _controlWidth = 11 * (((safeZoneW / safeZoneH) min 1.2) / 40) ;
private _controlHeight = 18.4 * ((((safeZoneW / safeZoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25) ;
private _indexHeight = (2 * ((((safeZoneW / safeZoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25) + 0.001);
private _index = 0;
if ((_xPos >= _posX and _xPos <= _posX + _controlWidth) and {_yPos >= _posY and _yPos <= _posY + _controlHeight})  then {
    systemChat "INSIDE!";
    _index = parseNumber (((_yPos - _posY) / _indexHeight) toFixed 0);
    systemChat str (_yPos - _posY);
    systemChat str _index;
} else {
    systemChat "OUTSIDE!";
};```

i have it running on a MouseMoving EH on the control
#

and yes, i could fetch those strings from the config and probably compute them, but this is for now

#

im figuring it could be something to do with this:
_index = parseNumber (((_yPos - _posY) / _indexHeight) toFixed 0);

#

since the position can drop to negatives aswell

#

so i should normalize those values to 0

#

but that shouldnt stop it from operating for now

#

Any ideas?

oblique echo
#

Anyone?

strange portal
oblique echo
#

I see no change

#

Like All I need to do is to have a new field apart from the standard ones pop up where I can set a variable value on the selected vehicle

strange portal
oblique echo
#

Oh

#

sorry

# 
// Include Eden Editor UI macros
// For attributes, you'll be interested in these:
// ATTRIBUTE_TITLE_W - title width
// ATTRIBUTE_CONTENT_W - content width
#include "\a3\3DEN\UI\macros.inc"

// Inherit base classes
class ctrlEdit;

class Cfg3DEN
{
    class Attributes // Attribute UI controls are placed in this pre-defined class
    {
        // Base class templates
        class Default; // Empty template with pre-defined width and single line height
        class Title: Default
        {
            class Controls
            {
                class Title;
            };
        }; // Two-column template with title on the left and space for content on the right
        class TitleWide: Default
        {
            class Controls
            {
                class Title;
            };
        }; // Template with full-width single line title and space for content below it

        // Your attribute class
        class MyAttributeControl: Title
        {
            // Expression called when the control is loaded, used to apply the value. It is not called when multiple entities are edited at once due to the fact that _value would not be available then. See the note underneath this code block
            // Passed params are: _this - controlsGroup, _value - saved value, _config - Path to attribute config e.g.:bin\config.bin/Cfg3DEN/Object/AttributeCategories/CATEGORY/Attributes/ATTRIBUTE
            attributeLoad = "(_this controlsGroupCtrl 100) ctrlSetText _value";
            // Expression called when attributes window is closed and changes confirmed. Used to save the value.
            // Passed param: _this - control
            attributeSave = "ctrlText (_this controlsGroupCtrl 100)";
            // List of controls, structure is the same as with any other controls group
           ```
# 
 class Controls: Controls
            {
                class Title: Title{}; // Inherit existing title control. Text of any control with class Title will be changed to attribute displayName
                class Value: ctrlEdit
                {
                    idc = 100;
                    x = ATTRIBUTE_TITLE_W * GRID_W;
                    w = ATTRIBUTE_CONTENT_W * GRID_W;
                    h = SIZE_M * GRID_H;
                };
            };
        };
    };
};```
#

👆 This is the only lead I have thus far

#

Basically just a copy from bohemias example

strange portal
#

And what is your expectation of effect from this? This does not add anything at all. You are just defining stuff. You need to make use of your custom attribute(3DEN attribute) by utilizing "control" attribute(class attribute) in Attributes(the class called "Attributes")
Darn thats a lot of attributes.

#

The attributes class under cfg3DEN is simply a source of ui elements within controlsGroups.

oblique echo
#

I think I tried that snippet as well, but I'll give it another go

strange portal
#

If you just need a checkbox and a slider, you do not need to mess with cfg3DEN

#

you just need to find the checkbox and slider classes and call them in your "control" attribute that you see in the snippet.

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We only modify/add stuff to cfg3DEN's sub class: attributes if we need custom ui elements.

strange portal
oblique echo
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Yeah

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I need a tutorial

strange portal
#

First thing you need to do is this

oblique echo
#

Because this is greek to me

strange portal
#

that is okay, I ll assist you.

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First... Do you want a new category for your new options or an existing category?

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(Hint: Categories are simply sublists of Attributes, as shown in the pic in the link I sent to you)

strange portal
oblique echo
#

ok

quiet arrow
oblique echo
pale root
#

is there any option to "remove" the Apex protocoll and the eastwind camaign from the RscDisplayMain

burnt token
pale root
#

thank you

pale root
#

.

#

class RscStandardDisplay;
class RscPicture;
class RscDisplayMain: RscStandardDisplay
{
idd=0;
class Controls
{
delete Spotlight1;
delete Spotlight3;
delete SpotlightPrev;
delete SpotlightNext;
delete ModIcons;
delete B_Quit;
delete B_Expansions;
delete B_Credits;
delete B_Player;
delete B_Options;
delete B_SinglePlayer;
delete B_MissionEditor;
delete B_MultiPlayer;
delete B_SingleMission;
delete B_Campaign;
#includes CfgMainMenuSpotlight.hpp
};

    delete ApexProtocol;
    delete BootCamp;
    delete EastWind;

    delete Orange_CampaignGerman;
    delete Orange_Showcase_IDAP;
    delete Orange_Showcase_LoW;
    delete Orange_Campaign;

    delete Showcase_TankDestroyers;

    delete Tacops_Campaign_03;
    delete Tacops_Campaign_02;
    delete Tacops_Campaign_01;

    delete Tanks_Campaign_01;

    delete OldMan;

    delete Contact_Campaign;

    delete gm_campaign_01;

    delete SP_FD14;

    delete AoW_Showcase_AoW;
    delete AoW_Showcase_Future;
    

    class Spotlight
{

};

};
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didnt worked

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thats my config

oak nimbus
#

Its a rather annoying unspecified question so bear my ignorance on this one

#

Does anyone know the IDC of any of these panels? If there exists any in the first place?

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Or where to check the IDC

quiet arrow
oak nimbus
pale root
#

ok thanks

#

is there any solution for this problem?

broken agate
#

its possible to make a cutrsc draggable ?

topaz talon
stark compass
#

i have a picture with transparent background im using for startLoadingScreen resource, but the picture isnt transparent nor can i color the transparent portion with colorBackground

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it's just a sort of light blue

#

i tried to make a black picture for the background and that doesnt work either

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it's just my transparent picture with a light blue background

vivid geyser
stark compass
vivid geyser
#

Are you sur ? (Size px 2 / 4 / 8 / 16 / 32 / 64 / 128 / 256 / 512 / 1024 / 2048 … ) height and width

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@stark compass

loud flame
#

I figured this channel would be the most relevant to my question, but how can you change the background for the main menu? I primarily make screenshots so I was just wanting to set the background to one of my screenshots

stark compass
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the picture is 2048x1024

#

i checked this in texture viewer

quasi granite
loud flame
quasi granite
#

the main menu display is called RscDisplayMain. you can add a control like this:

class RscDisplayMain
{
    class ControlsBackground
    {
        class ImageScreenshot
        {
            idc = -1;
            text = "\addon\path\image.paa";
            x = safeZoneX;
            y = safeZoneY;
            w = safeZoneW;
            h = safeZoneH;
        };
    };
};
loud flame
#

I haven't made any mods for arma, mostly just basic scripting, is there a guide at all for doing so? Figured reading/watching a guide would be easier than someone having to walk through every step

quasi granite
#

hmm I could swear there was one. @willow stratus didnt you write one?

loud flame
#

Thanks!
I'll take a look at in a little bit, have to do something first, and I'll hopefully be back with a working mod, thanks again

loud flame
#

And just for curiosities sake, how would you make it a mission file?

quasi granite
#

mission file? what exactly?

loud flame
quasi granite
vivid geyser
#

Hello, what is the type of dialog to use for the inventory menu?

summer tiger
#

Hey i hope im right in this section since i dont know if its more scripting or gui making. Is it possible to do hide a dialog on demand? So when i press a button it disappears and when i press it again it appears again.

quasi granite
summer tiger
#

no i have a hud

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i want do make it disaper on demand

quasi granite
#

that was the answer to the other question

summer tiger
#

oh xD

#

sorry

quasi granite
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you can use keyup UIEH on display 46 and your display to open/close it

#

^that is the answer to your question

summer tiger
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keyup UIEH?

quasi granite
summer tiger
#

i dont understand what to do with the keyhandler. How do i use it on my UI?

#

sorry i am new to this 😄

quasi granite
#

add the event to the mission display 46, when the button is pressed the event code will execute. inside of that event code you can toggle your ui with the right commands

summer tiger
#

do you know witch command i should look for?

quasi granite
#

on sec writing some code

summer tiger
#

oh thats super kind ❤️

quasi granite
# 
#include "\a3\ui_f\hpp\definedikcodes.inc" // https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/DIK_KeyCodes
findDisplay 46 displayAddEventHandler ["KeyUp", {
    params ["_display", "_key"];
    if (_key != DIK_A) exitWith {}; // Do nothing in case it is not the "A" key
    if (_display getVariable ["TAG_hudVisible", false]) then {
        // Hide the HUD
        // cutFadeOut on your layer here
        _display setVariable ["TAG_hudVisible", false];
    } else {
        // Show HUD
        // cutRsc your UI here
        _display setVariable ["TAG_hudVisible", true];
    };
}];
vivid geyser
summer tiger
quasi granite
vivid geyser
quasi granite
#

not sure what you mean?

vivid geyser
oak nimbus
#

its a simple question, but when I try to add items to RscListbox, it doesn't show them.
I'm doing this

lbAdd [1500,"Tower camera"];
lbAdd [1500,"Loudspeaker camera"];
lbAdd [1500,"Container camera"];

yes, the idc =1500; but whenever I run this it returns -1, and nothing shows in the list?

vivid geyser
oak nimbus
vivid geyser
oak nimbus
vivid geyser
#

the dialog where your listbox is

oak nimbus
vivid geyser
#

the file

oak nimbus
# 

class camsystem
{

    idd = 255;
    class controls {
class mainframe: RscFrame
{
    idc = 1800;
    text = "CAMERA SYSTEM"; //--- ToDo: Localize;
    x = 0.29375 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
    y = 0.225 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
    w = 0.4125 * safezoneW;
    h = 0.55 * safezoneH;
    sizeEx = 1 * GUI_GRID_H;
};
class viewpoint: RscPicture
{
    idc = 1200;
    text = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(1,1,1,1)";
    x = 0.298906 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
    y = 0.258 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
    w = 0.402187 * safezoneW;
    h = 0.341 * safezoneH;
};
class selectcam: RscListbox
{
    idc = 1500;
    text = "";
    x = 0.298906 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
    y = 0.61 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
    w = 0.0670312 * safezoneW;
    h = 0.154 * safezoneH;
    sizeEx = 1 * GUI_GRID_H;
};
class VIEW: RscButtonMenu
{
    idc = 2400;
    text = "USE CAMERA"; //--- ToDo: Localize;
    textureNoShortcut = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0,0,0,0)";
    class HitZone
{
    left = 0;
    top = 0;
    right = 0;
    bottom = 0;
};
    x = 0.412344 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
    y = 0.621 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
    w = 0.149531 * safezoneW;
    h = 0.121 * safezoneH;
    tooltip = "CLICK TO USE CAMERA"; //--- ToDo: Localize;
    sizeEx = 2 * GUI_GRID_H;
    action = "_cams = ['cam_r2t1','cam_r2t2','cam_r2t3']; ctrlSetText [1200, ['#(argb,512,512,1)r2t(',_cams select (lbCurSel 1500),',1)'] joinString '']; player setVariable ['last', ['#(argb,512,512,1)r2t(',_cams select (lbCurSel 1500),',1)'] joinString ''];";
};
};
};
vivid geyser
# 
        class selectcam: RscListbox
        {
            idc = 1500;
            x = 0.298906 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.61 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.0670312 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.154 * safezoneH;
            sizeEx = 1 * GUI_GRID_H;
        };```
For the dialog 
```sqf
        lbAdd [1500, "Tower camera"];
        lbAdd [1500, "Loudspeaker camera"]; 
        lbAdd [1500, "Container camera"];```
#

and for the sqf

#

the problem is text = ""; @oak nimbus

oak nimbus
#

still empty?

vivid geyser
#

you have try ?

oak nimbus
#

yes

#

I tried quitting the editor too

vivid geyser
oak nimbus
#

Hmm

#

What does the sizeEx do?

vivid geyser
#

text size

quasi granite
#

the mission config only gets reloaded when you save the mission in 3den

oak nimbus
quasi granite
#

check the following:

isClass (missionConfigFile >> "camsystem" >> "selectcam")
oak nimbus
#

I will check what you guys said and give feedback

#

But I also want to know how to combine all the dialog files in one sqf?

quasi granite
oak nimbus
quasi granite
oak nimbus
#

Dialog config and scripts

quasi granite
#

config and sqf are two different languages

oak nimbus
#

True

#

But I have seen EZM lite have good GUI despite being only an sqf file?

quasi granite
#

it is possible to create entire dialogs via script but you will be limited in your options and it will be a lot more work bc you cant take advantage of class inheritance

oak nimbus
quasi granite
#

check the ingame config viewer if your dialog is in the top most level of the missionConfigFile

oak nimbus
#

it has the name of the dialog

#

and idd only

quasi granite
#

mb, it should have been isClass (missionConfigFile >> "camsystem" >> "controls" >> "selectcam")

oak nimbus
oak nimbus
quasi granite
#

okay that's good. can you open the config of the control itself?

oak nimbus
quasi granite
#

post the config that is displayed there

oak nimbus
#

which route should I go

oak nimbus
quasi granite
#

i am interested in the attributes that the control has

#

yes

oak nimbus
oak nimbus
quasi granite
#

uuh the config viewer seems broken, everything is an array

oak nimbus
#

hmmm

#

what to do then

#

it was displaying it alright a minute ago

quasi granite
#

use BI's one: [] spawn BIS_fnc_configViewer

#

the config path seems wrong too

oak nimbus
#

two images

quasi granite
#

okay so @vivid geyser suggestion does not work?

        private _list = (findDisplay 255) displayCtrl 1500;
        _list lbAdd "Tower camera";
        _list lbAdd "Loudspeaker camera"; 
        _list lbAdd "Container camera";
#

(with the right idd now)

oak nimbus
#

got it

#

thanks

#

while we are at it

#

is it possible to have a gui that doesn't pause the game?

#

you can have it in the corner and you can still walk shoot and stuff?

quasi granite
oak nimbus
#

I converted hpp to sqf

_display = {finddisplay 255};

_mainframe = (call _display) ctrlCreate ["RscFrame", 1800];
_mainframe ctrlSetText "CAMERA SYSTEM";
_mainframe ctrlSetPosition [0.29375 * safezoneW + safezoneX, 0.225 * safezoneH + safezoneY, 0.4125 * safezoneW, 0.55 * safezoneH];
_mainframe ctrlCommit 0;

_viewpoint = (call _display) ctrlCreate ["RscPicture", 1200];
_viewpoint ctrlSetText "#(argb,8,8,3)color(1,1,1,1)";
_viewpoint ctrlSetPosition [0.298906 * safezoneW + safezoneX, 0.258 * safezoneH + safezoneY, 0.402187 * safezoneW, 0.341 * safezoneH];
_viewpoint ctrlCommit 0;

_selectcam = (call _display) ctrlCreate ["RscListBox", 1500];
_selectcam ctrlSetPosition [0.298906 * safezoneW + safezoneX, 0.61 * safezoneH + safezoneY, 0.0670311 * safezoneW, 0.154 * safezoneH];
_selectcam ctrlCommit 0;

_VIEW = (call _display) ctrlCreate ["RscButtonMenu", 2400];
_VIEW ctrlSetText "USE CAMERA";
_VIEW ctrlSetPosition [0.412344 * safezoneW + safezoneX, 0.621 * safezoneH + safezoneY, 0.149531 * safezoneW, 0.121 * safezoneH];
_VIEW ctrlSetTooltip "CLICK TO USE CAMERA";
_VIEW buttonsetAction "_cams = ['cam_r2t1','cam_r2t2','cam_r2t3']; ctrlSetText [1200, ['#(argb,512,512,1)r2t(',_cams select (lbCurSel 1500),',1)'] joinString '']; player setVariable ['last', ['#(argb,512,512,1)r2t(',_cams select (lbCurSel 1500),',1)'] joinString ''];";
_VIEW ctrlCommit 0;

the problem I'm facing is with _display = {finddisplay 255}, it does not show the gui I created, but if I set it to 46 then it will show it but of course it will not be intractable, is there a work around?

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the reason I'm doing this is because I'm running this on a mission where I don't have access to the mission's files

strange arrow
#

In order to find a display, you first have to create it.

oak nimbus
#

and to create it, I need an access to the mission files?

oak nimbus
strange arrow
oak nimbus
#

which resourceName

#

to pick

oak nimbus
#

or of creating one to pick

#

because as far as I know resourceName should be defined in mission files but here is the problem, no access to mission files where I'm going to run this script at

strange arrow
#

Try this:

private _display = findDisplay 46 createDisplay "RscDisplayEmpty"; //RscDisplayEmpty should be an empty display + part of vanilla A3.
private _mainframe = _display ctrlCreate ["RscFrame", 1800];
...
oak nimbus
strange arrow
#

Indeed.

oak nimbus
#

I'm facing another problem now

# 
private _display = findDisplay 46 createDisplay "RscDisplayEmpty";

_mainframe = _display ctrlCreate ["RscFrame", 1800];
_mainframe ctrlSetText "CAMERA SYSTEM";
_mainframe ctrlSetPosition [0.29375 * safezoneW + safezoneX, 0.225 * safezoneH + safezoneY, 0.4125 * safezoneW, 0.55 * safezoneH];
_mainframe ctrlCommit 0;

_viewpoint = _display ctrlCreate ["RscPicture", 1200];
_viewpoint ctrlSetText "#(argb,8,8,3)color(1,1,1,1)";
_viewpoint ctrlSetPosition [0.298906 * safezoneW + safezoneX, 0.258 * safezoneH + safezoneY, 0.402187 * safezoneW, 0.341 * safezoneH];
_viewpoint ctrlCommit 0;

_selectcam = _display ctrlCreate ["RscListBox", 1500];
_selectcam ctrlSetPosition [0.298906 * safezoneW + safezoneX, 0.61 * safezoneH + safezoneY, 0.0670311 * safezoneW, 0.154 * safezoneH];
_selectcam ctrlCommit 0;

_VIEW = _display ctrlCreate ["RscButtonMenu", 2400];
_VIEW ctrlSetText "USE CAMERA";
_VIEW ctrlSetPosition [0.412344 * safezoneW + safezoneX, 0.621 * safezoneH + safezoneY, 0.149531 * safezoneW, 0.121 * safezoneH];
_VIEW ctrlSetTooltip "CLICK TO USE CAMERA";
_VIEW buttonsetAction "_cams = ['cam_r2t1','cam_r2t2','cam_r2t3']; ctrlSetText [1200, ['#(argb,512,512,1)r2t(',_cams select (lbCurSel 1500),',1)'] joinString '']; player setVariable ['last', ['#(argb,512,512,1)r2t(',_cams select (lbCurSel 1500),',1)'] joinString ''];"; //not working
_VIEW ctrlCommit 0;

in the buttonsetAction, stuff like (lbCurSel 1500) and ctrlSetText [1200 etc, the script seems not to be able to grab the controls?

#

so it throws type any/zero divisor

#

i tried replacing them with _selectcam and _viewpoint but it says undefined variable

#

tried (findDisplay 46 displayCtrl 1200) and (findDisplay 46 displayCtrl 1500), doesn't respond

#

it is basically on the verge of working if we can bypass this

#

since the ui is working normally and is intractable

#

just the button action is busted

strange arrow
# oak nimbus tried (findDisplay 46 displayCtrl 1200) and (findDisplay 46 displayCtrl 1500), d...

That does not work because the controls are not immediate children of display 46, they are children of an unidentified display which is a child of display 46. Since it is an unidentified display, we can not (reliably) use findDisplay to obtain a reference to it.
I recommend using a global variable to store the display for later access:

disableSerialization; //Forgot about this earlier.
private _display = findDisplay 46 createDisplay "RscDisplayEmpty";
uiNamespace setVariable ["TROAL_CamDisplay", _display];
private _mainframe = _display ctrlCreate ["RscFrame", 1800];
...
```Then you can use `displayCtrl` in the button action code:
```sqf
private _display = uiNamespace getVariable "TROAL_CamDisplay";
_display displayCtrl 1200 ctrlSetText "...";
...
#

Alternatively, you could also use the onButtonClick UI EH instead of the button action. The button control is available inside the EH code, so you could get the parent dialog using ctrlParent, allowing you to skip the global variable:

params ["_buttonCtrl"];
private _display = ctrlParent _buttonCtrl;
_display displayCtrl 1200 ctrlSetText "...";
...
patent barn
#

has anyone ever had problems with RscPicture loading old images / transparent or just not loading anything at?
the images are a power of 2 in height and width and saved with RGBA | DXT5.

oak nimbus
oak nimbus
#

just wondering why you added disableSerialization?

quasi granite
patent barn
#

is there a way to work around it?

quasi granite
#

none that I know of, i would like to know that as well

patent barn
#

rip, thats annoying

distant axle
#

Diag Exe I guess?

quasi granite
#

just get it right the first time 4head

patent barn
#

based

strange arrow
# oak nimbus just wondering why you added disableSerialization?

I think it's a good habit to use disableSerialization whenever storing displays or controls in local variables (going by that logic I should also have done it in the button action and onButtonClick code snippets, but I forgot again). However, the presence or absence of disableSerialization usually does not make or break anything in terms of functionality.

quasi granite
#

i assume that disableSerialization should be used in scheduled scripts because when you save the game running scripts and their states (variables, line, ...?) are saved to the save file. this should not apply to ui scripts because the display will not be open when you load the save. not sure though.

strange arrow
#

That's how I understand it too. Because there is no information available on scheduled vs unscheduled script serialization, and because I also don't want to think about that every time I use variables in UI scripting, I just do it as described above: disableSerialization at the top of the function whenever there is a display or control variable.

mental trench
#

having the simplest of problems with calling an image in a mod pbo. for some reason, no matter what i do. The game says the file does not exist but i know for a fact its in the directory i specified...

Im trying to setup a custom image as a background on the main menu. but for some reason, no matter what I try i cant do it. Anyone who can help please do. been at this for nearly 4 hours :/

quasi granite
#

how do you pack your pbo?

oak nimbus
#

When creating a display using remoteExec, do I have to to also remoteExec ctrlCreate so that it shows on people's screen?

#

Or can just remoteExec the display and add elements to it?

#

I'm using cutRsc

vivid geyser
quasi granite
#

evetything ui related is local

teal hamlet
#

is there a way to get the player currently using a dialog (inside the dialog class), or pass an object to a dialog? i have a dialog open when interacting with an object, and I want to press a button in the dialog and it executes a script with the interacted object in the script parameters
action = "[_obj] execVM 'myscript.sqf'"

strange arrow
#

UI is strictly local, so you can safely use player.

patent barn
#

is there a way to hide / show a UI control like how the HTML hidden attribute works?

#

im setting the width and height to 0 atm but doesnt feel like a good solution

quiet arrow
patent barn
#

ah thanks 😄

polar ingot
#

I am creating a geiger counter for a mission as a script. But I'm a little stuck on the GUI creation. It has to appear whenever the player watch is visible. There is no interaction: it just displays an updating value. The geiger function itself works fine (activated by visibleWatch).

But how would I locate the onscreen player watch location (so that I can cover it with my geiger counter GUI)?

vivid geyser
polar ingot
vivid geyser
#

The best would be to make another interface

polar ingot
# vivid geyser The best would be to make another interface

And what exactly do you mean with that? (My apologies that sentence reads very hostile in English!)

Reason I want to piggy-back the watch, is that I would like it to not need new user action keys, and have the other existing advantages: such as player movement, player free look, moveable display, viewable in other displays such as map, et cetera.

I see the potential for lots of bugs were I to reinvent the wheel for these things... 😬

vivid geyser
#

if you want replace the watch you must have the idd of the watch. After for add the news controls use ctrlCreate in your script

#

the script must be executed when the watch is displayed

polar ingot
#

Thank you for the help!

quasi granite
#

the watch on the map is not the same as it is on the hud, it is its own control

polar ingot
#

OK. I am looking for the watch IDD, so that I can use it to project my own GUI on. It doesn't appear on this list: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_IDD_List
Although it could be various things like IDD_GEAR.
Couldn't find anything watch related in allVariables uiNamespace either. Any place else I should be looking?

quasi granite
#

in the config it's probably under configfile >> RscIngameUI

polar ingot
#

Thanks for the tip. I searched under configfile >> RscIngameUI and some sub categories with the config viewer. No dice. I then found another Rsc- configfile >> RscWatch But this refers to an object in the Contact Expansion with model model = "\a3\UI_F_Enoch\Data\Objects\Watch.p3d";
Are there any other corners I can look to find the UI display of the player watch?

quasi granite
#

hmm maybe it is part of display 46? search for idd=46; in the configFile

cunning arrow
#

Is it possible to vertically centre text on a RscButtonMenu?

strange arrow
#

Have you tried ST_VCENTER?

cunning arrow
#

I have 😦

#

I tried valign, ST_VCENTER alone, with ST_CENTER and all sorta

#

I think it might just be because its a diff type it dsoesn't work

#

I ended up making text bigger and button smaller lol

strange arrow
stark compass
#

does KZK's ogv playing method no longer work on controls?

#

im trying to set the texture of the control with the ogv path, but getting black screen

#

i have this defined in the config for the control:

onload = "_this#0 ctrlSetText '\path\to\video\obviously.ogv';";```
#

and i have set autoplay on the control

#

or is it that rscTitles dont support video?

oak nimbus
#

is there any gui editor other than arma's vanilla one?

twilit rover
#

trying to edit the RscDisplayTeamSwitch display to use as a base for my own, since im new to building guis im having difficulty adding my own controls to it, but what im trying to do for now is change the title text through the config

#

what i have currently is this:

import RscDisplayTeamSwitch;

class HVC_Hint_GUI: RscDisplayTeamSwitch
{
    idd = 6400;
    name = "HVC_GUI";
    movingEnable = 0;
    onUnload = "";
    class Controls
    {
        class CA_TSTitle
        {
            text = "Title";
        }
    };
};
#

the title stays empty though, im lost on how i would solve this, and some pointers on how to add my own controls to this would be awesome

strange arrow
#

It works like this:

class HVC_Hint_GUI: RscDisplayTeamSwitch {
  ...
  class Controls: Controls {
    class CA_TSTitle: THE_ORIGINAL_NAME_OF_THIS_ITEM_IN_RscDisplayTeamSwitch {
      text = "Title";
    };
    class OtherItem: OtherItem {};
    ...
  };
};
thorn turret
#

Is it feasible to edit the multiplayer role selection screen? What I'm looking to do is pretty simple: just hiding the slots for units in a group until the group leader is selected. To handle it similar to Squad, where a player needs to take the leader role before the other roles in the group will be visible.

willow stratus
thorn turret
#

I know I can handle it in game, just wondered if I could edit the role selection proper

#

Simpler that way

solar bloom
#

How do I add a control that is not in a group to controlsGroup?

strange arrow
#

@solar bloom You can't add an existing control to a controls group.
You can create a control as a subcontrol of a controls group ...

private _newCtrl = _display ctrlCreate ["MyControl", -1, _controlsGroup];
```... or define it as such in the config ...
```hpp
class MyControlsGroup {
  type = CT_CONTROLS_GROUP;
  ...
  class Controls {
    //Subcontrols / members / children of the controls group:
    class MyControl1 { ... };
    class MyControl2 { ... };
  };
};
```... but you can not move instantiated controls between controls groups.
solar bloom
oak nimbus
#

how do I check if they player has the display still open? I want to play a loop of a sound while the display is open.

oak nimbus
#

tried dialog but it says false while I have the tab open because I'm using a display

topaz talon
#

use onLoad event and store the display, then either check if its null, or use onUnload with a variable

strange arrow
#

Alternatively, you can also use isNull findDisplay 123.

topaz talon
#

findDisplay doesnt work with titles

oak nimbus
rose wadi
#

Does someone know the idd of the error pop up message

topaz talon
#

if you're talking about the main one for script errors, it's purely engine driven iirc

rose wadi
#

the main one

#

thats what I thought. 😦 I thought I could delete it or change it

topaz talon
#

just fix the script errors? 😄

rose wadi
#

not about scripts

#

its about config errors/mod errors

#

and when you use a lot of mods its sometimes annoying that it pops up and you cant move

#

but w/e

strange portal
#

@rose wadi ^

#

Check IDD: 999

agile sinew
#

can you have two images with one acting as background, while the other would be text with a transparent background?

#

also for pictures still has to be 2^n or can also get 16:9 converted to paa?

quasi granite
quasi granite
burnt token
#

then squash it to desired dimension.

rose wadi
#

@strange portal will check it , thank you

wild frigate
stark compass
#

i cant make the color nor colorBackground components work on RscActiveText

#

they have no effect what-so-ever

#

i want to give my control a background color without having to draw a separate background for it

topaz talon
topaz talon
#

(that's the way for many controls actually)

topaz talon
stark compass
topaz talon
#

Notice: This control doesn't render the usually common colorBackground property and colorText is replaced with color.
but i guess it doesn't work 🤔

stark compass
#

no effect

#

i jsut ended up using ctrlBackgrounds for it

tranquil iron
mental trench
#

How do I make it so that the appearance that I changed, also plays when I run the mission?

quasi granite
#

in this case you were lucky ;)

wild frigate
# tranquil iron Probably set their scope to 2 in their config

It appears that the list entries don't actually contain any data/information themselves since whatever I changed had no effect on the marker created but then I deleted the first entry and used the second one the marker created was still a Dot (the first in the list, which I had just deleted). All the other entries seemed to move one place up as well and after I then added a new entry from scratch to the bottom of the list it produced to usually last marker. I tried adding a second entry from scratch bringing the total to one above the default but it created to marker, nor did the third entry I added which leaves me to conclude that the mechanic opening the RscDisplayInsertMarker-Display takes the index of the selected list entry to produce a marker corresponding to the default entry on that position.

cunning arrow
# 
private _text = format ["
    <t font='PuristaBold' size='1.6' align='center'>%1</t>
    <br/>
    <t font='PuristaLight'>%2</t>

    <br/><br/>

    <t font='PuristaLight' valign='bottom' align='left'>Rank</t>
    <t font='PuristaBold' align='Right' valign='bottom'><img size='0.8' image='a3\ui_f\data\gui\cfg\ranks\%3_gs.paa'/> %3</t>

    <br/>

    <t font='PuristaLight' valign='bottom' align='left'>Available slots</t>
    <t font='PuristaBold' align='Right' valign='bottom'>(%4/%5)</t>
    ",
    _roleName,_roleDesc,_roleRank,_roleCurrentCount,_roleMaxCount,
    _defaultLoadoutText#0, _defaultLoadoutText#1, _defaultLoadoutText#2,
    _defaultLoadoutText#3, _defaultLoadoutText#4, _defaultLoadoutText#5, _defaultLoadoutText#6
];
_textBox ctrlSetStructuredText parseText _text;
quasi granite
#

the tab chars are also displayed with a width of a single space

#

@cunning arrow

cunning arrow
#

Ah, ty

twilit rover
#

im showing the player a button when the map opens. problem is, the player can't interact with the map. i want the player to be able to interact with the map and the button. this is what i have:

# 
import RscButtonSmall;

class HVC_MapButtons
{
    idd = 6700;
    name = "HVC_MapButtons";
    movingEnable = 1;

    class Controls
    {
        class ButtonMission : RscButtonSmall
        {
            idc = 1600;
            text = "MISSION";
            x = 0.0153125 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.907 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.108281 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.033 * safezoneH;
        };
    };
};
# 
findDisplay 12 createDisplay "HVC_MapButtons";
strange arrow
#

You probably need to add the button directly to the map display, not to a display that's on top of the map display.

stark compass
#

what color is the background of weapons in the inventory?

#

it's not defined in the config

#

loading the inventory as a display indicates that the engine is setting the colors for the backgrounds

#

but what color is it

stark compass
#

specifically BackgroundSlotPrimary

stark compass
#

there's something really weird going on with these

#

there is clearly a picture on the inventory ctrl 6213 (watch) type of SlotWatch, but ctrlText returns an empty string

#

ctrlType returns 103

#

CT_ITEMSLOT

#

CT_ITEMSLOT doesnt take any of the scripted ctrl commands

#

so that's why

stark compass
#

MouseButtonClick eventhandler doesnt work on listboxes

#

ok, it works for left-click

#

but not for right-click

stark compass
#

never mind, i managed to make it work

#

Why do we have onLBDblClick but no eventhandler for regular click?

stark compass
#

onLBDragging doesnt work, where as onLBDrag does work, what's the ppoint?

rocky minnow
#

I can not figure out this GUI Tutorial. Even if i try to follow it. It goes from UI to HUD. There is a step that is obsolete because of the imports. But i don't know how those two are tied together or how one replaces the other. And then there is a final result and i have no idea what is supposed to be on my screen. It just doesn't work and i have no errors. Can somebody update or improve the GUI Tutorial? OR link a better one?

quasi granite
#

Hey I was the one that wrote the tutorial. what do you mean by

But i don't know how those two are tied together or how one replaces the other.
?
And then there is a final result and i have no idea what is supposed to be on my screen.
True, I will upload an image with the dialog and the HUD
It just doesn't work and i have no errors.
No errors can mean a lot of things, eg. that you didn't reload your config or that Arma simply doesn't tell you there is an error (happens sometimes)

#

@rocky minnow

quiet crater
#

I've been trying to create a menu for when placing a module, the user can input necessary values for customized triggering of events. After struggling to make do with CfgClasses, I saw that most addons use ZEN's custom_addon_register function. While I did get the basics of it, I don't know what possible combinations are inside the parameters (like checkbox, toolbox) and what parameters/options should I provide for each one.

mental trench
#

dumb question i forgot the keybind to import project's like when you save as a project can anyone remember it off the top of their head?

rocky minnow
#

About the GUI Tutorial. It feels like the meme of how to draw an owl. The "final result" section has a class that wasn't even mentioned before.
I also don't know what i'm supposed to be seeing. It seems like i'm supposed to see a HUD element that disappears after 10 seconds. And a dialog button. But nothing is showing up for me.

#

Has anyone here done the final result of the GUI tutorial?

sharp frost
quiet crater
sharp frost
#

If you want your dialog to be fully config defined then you don't need ZEN in the first place.

quiet crater
#

Oh shit, I was looking at Custom Modules than Dynamic Dialog wiki! Thanks!

oak nimbus
#

how can I get coloured background "frame", is my only option is to color an RscPicture and put elements over it?

topaz talon
#

yes, but don't use picture, use rsctext and just adjust colorBackground

oak nimbus
wild frigate
#

Does anyone know the Display IDD and Control IDC of the group units command bar at the bottom (left) of the screen?

quiet arrow
wild frigate
wild frigate
quasi granite
#

iirc that HUD is part of a special config class called RscInamgeUI, so it is untouchable via script

wild frigate
wild frigate
#

I know that you can get information about entities displayed on the map with the ctrlMapMouseOver-command via

ctrlMapMouseOver (findDisplay 12 displayCtrl 51)

but is there a way to get the information actually displayed? E.g. if a vehicle hasn't been fully identified yet it (at first) only shows a civilian question mark before it shows a vehicle, next it shows a vehicle in the sides colour, then a vehicle of the overall class (e.g. tank) but without the specific type and last the exact type of the vehicle.
If you use the code above you still get the exact vehicle information regardless of what's actually displayed on the map but is there a way to also get what information is actually visible to the player?

quasi granite
#

maybe you can combine it with the knowAbout command. but I dont know the thresholds

wild frigate
bronze cobalt
#

I need to add a simple button to the escape menu. Clicking on it should close the escape menu and execute a function.
https://imgur.com/ZqrNUdv
How could I accomplish this?

#

I've looked into the ACE Arsenal mission, they are adding it via the onPauseScript in the description.ext

# 
onPauseScript[] = {QFUNC(onPause)};

...

params ["_display"];

private _ctrlButtonAbort = _display displayCtrl 104;
_ctrlButtonAbort ctrlSetText localize LSTRING(Mission);
_ctrlButtonAbort ctrlSetTooltip localize LSTRING(ReturnToArsenal);
_ctrlButtonAbort ctrlSetEventHandler ["ButtonClick", {
    params ["_control"];
    ctrlParent _control closeDisplay 2;
    {[player, player, true] call FUNC(openBox)} call CBA_fnc_execNextFrame;
    true
} call EFUNC(common,codeToString)];

I basically need this, but in addon form

tranquil iron
#

Do you have access to CBA?

bronze cobalt
#

yeah

tranquil iron
#

that event fires when pause screen opens

bronze cobalt
#

Thanks

oak nimbus
#

is it possible to create RscObject using ctrlCreate ?
I have tried but it didn't work so I'm wondering If I did something wrong?

topaz talon
oak nimbus
oak nimbus
strange arrow
sage shore
#

How does one get multi-line text that is centered both horizontally and vertically? Neither of these is the correct combination:

class text: RscText
{
  style = ST_CENTER + ST_VCENTER + ST_MULTI;
  style = ST_CENTER + ST_MULTI + ST_VCENTER;
};
willow stratus
oak nimbus
#

How to make a control not interactable (unclickable)?

sacred walrus
oak nimbus
thick panther
#

hey guys, im trying out a new (to me at least) control type. specifically (CT_LISTNBOX_CHECKABLE) the wiki entry (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/CT_LISTNBOX_CHECKABLE) is rather lacking and I couldn't find any examples of it's use online. my current dialog file is

class permsEditor
{
    idd = 122500;
    class controls
    {
        class bg: RscText
        {
            idc = 122501;
            x = 0.417481 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.357 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.139251 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.286 * safezoneH;
            colorBackground[] = {0.1,0.1,0.1,1};
        };
        class permsListCheck
        {
            idc = 122502;
            type = 104;
            colorBackground[] = {1,0,0,1};
            x = 0.422638 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.368 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.0979913 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.231 * safezoneH;
        };
        class saveButton: RscButton
        {
            idc = 122503;
            text = "Save"; //--- ToDo: Localize;
            x = 0.422638 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.61 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.128936 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.022 * safezoneH;
        };
    };
};```
which loads the background and save button but, from what i can see, does nothing in response to the "permsListCheck". Anybody have any experience in its use or know what i've setup wrong with it that might fix it doing "nothing"?
CT LISTNBOX CHECKABLE
quasi granite
#

Unknown control type.
sums it up pretty nicely. we simply have no idea what it does as it is not used in the game

mental trench
#

Does anybody know what the control name for having UI similar to the one in this image is where the drop downs include other controls not just text

burnt steeple
mental trench
#

oh ye ik where the UI is from i just want to know if its possible to create a dialog similar where u can have a cttree/dropdown that has other controls inside

#

basically being able to expand/dexpand a group of controls

burnt steeple
mental trench
#

no no i dont want a UI like that i want to create my own dialog that does something completly regardless of what that UI does i was just showing it as an example of a dialog that allows you to expand/dexapnd a set of controls

strange portal
idle spruce
forest parrot
#

Hi guys, I'm making a simple GUI for a store here, but since I haven't done much of it, I don't know a lot of nuances. I have a list of items with prices and names that I take from my own cfg and it looks good, but I saw in other GUIs how the guys in front of them made prices for each item and even attached icons from the CFG. How to do it?

quiet arrow
strange portal
oak nimbus
#

a simple question, how can I benefit from RscControlsGroup?

topaz talon
oak nimbus
topaz talon
#

yes

oak nimbus
#

thanks

proper sparrow
#

does anyone know how to mod the UAV gunner view so its not a 4:3 cropped square, and instead takes up your entire screen?

forest parrot
#

Guys, anyone know why listbox have fully white slider and controls?
Im using default defines (from gui editor) and didn't change any colors in components

unkempt cliff
forest parrot
#

tyvm

rocky minnow
#

How do i add custom settings to my mod? I know CBA is an option. But i would rather have my mod not be depended on that. Or is it not worth the hassle?

strange portal
# rocky minnow How do i add custom settings to my mod? I know CBA is an option. But i would rat...

A custom setting is simply a global variable dependent on the lifetime of that variable... For example you may have variables that are meant to stay while a mission is active, while the game is active or all the time...

So in that order, you simply create a variable into respective namespace, missionNamespace, uiNamespace or profileNamespace...
Considering your example is CBA, I believe what you want to do is a persistent setting across multiple times the game is launched so your mod can react to that. Based on your related function you simply check if this variable has any value and according to that, you make your changes. This is how a custom user setting/choice is being made , it is very simple actually.

Lets give an example from GUI of vanilla since we are in this channel:
You might have noticed that in GUI settings of vanilla, there is an option to choose certain backgrounds of titles of each display or certain controls that are different across users, I am talking about color settings you can find in
Game Options >> Game >> Colors
which you can find a set of defined colors as well as full freedom of choice in (R)ed (G)reen (B)lue and (A)lpha to have a custom color.

So what they do is simply create a profileNamespace variable (they by their own choice use 4 iirc, 1 for each values I mentioned) and each time game is launched, these values already exist in profileNamespace and all Displays or Controls that will use this are simply checking this variable (or the function related to that, [yes they wrote a function for their convenience]) and set the color to that value. So it is quite simple.

Whether to use CBA or not is up to you and your preference. The most time consuming part of it would be setting up the UI part for the user to make choices in my opinion. You can either create dependency on CBA and have that convenience or you can simply have your own because for ex u dont wanna create a dependency.

rocky minnow
#

Do you have an example of code or a mod settings GUI without CBA?

strange portal
#

Maybe you noticed , some mods who do not know how to provide certain options instead provide on their workshop page that there are "values" to change if they wanna customize the experience... the GUI is just a tool to provide user a proper interface to make choices from... as in most things the GUI is there for obviously. If you know how to make GUIs , there is no real specific design/coding need to be done to achieve this, if you are asking that...

rocky minnow
#

It is nice to have an example to learn from. It will be less trail and error. I know how to make a GUI but i'm not proficient in it.

swift moss
#

Would this work?

#

That would allow for custom key bindings, not sure about custom options though. You might have to make your own version of CBA's addon manager where you can manage the various changeable parameters for each addon (if that's apart of CBA? I can't remember if its base game or a CBA thing)

#

Apologies i had mis-read what your initial request was

tranquil iron
#

There is a reason why CBA made their setting system, and why CBA independent mods either tell you to set variables in scripts, or have their own GUI setting system (RHS, Enhanced Movement, ...) .

rocky minnow
#

Thanks I will take a look at the mods you mention and then make a decision.

rocky minnow
oak nimbus
#

it mentions here that keyframe animation can be used for 2D animations: Ability to animate UI controls on screen

#

is this true for Arma 3? or is this biki just simply explaining the key frame animation in general?

stark compass
oak nimbus
#

I'm asking on if its true that you can animated 2d elements using this method

#

because it doesn't seem like there is a way using this method

stark compass
#

set the property of the control and commit with a time greater than 0

oak nimbus
#

just in case there is more tricks that I can learn

stark compass
oak nimbus
#

it seems like x and y doesn't have an effect on CT_OBJECT_CONTAINER?

unkempt cliff
oak nimbus
#

undocumented control

#

that can do a lot of good stuff

unkempt cliff
#

ok

oak nimbus
#

I wish someone here knows about it

#

I have a LOT of questions

unkempt cliff
oak nimbus
#

the problem is

#

there is literally no info

#

its all n/a

#

and if you go to CT_OBJECT its explanation is very unclear

unkempt cliff
#

maybe you need to put the CT_OBJECT to RscControlsGroup and move that as the parent control

oak nimbus
#

rather how I display the object

#

rotate it

#

and change its scale

unkempt cliff
#

hmm ok

burnt steeple
#

Hi guys i have a simple question. So i am trying to learn more about GUI and dialog creation. And i have Welcome dialog and defines.hpp defined and included in Description.ext. And in Welcome.hpp dialog. But i have a problem with a line of text not showing whats so every so myb one of you could help me.
Text that is not Showing:

This is inside Welcome.hpp and in class ControlsBackground 
    class LEG_Title_Text: RscText
        {
            idc = 1000;
            style = 0;
            font = "PuristaSemiBold";
            x = 0.427812 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.178 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.229687 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.056 * safezoneH;
            colorText[] = {1,1,1,1};
            colorBackground[] = {1,1,1,0};
            text = "Welcome to GIF Server."; //--- ToDo: Localize;
            lineSpacing = 1;
            sizeEx = 1.5 * GUI_GRID_H;
            fixedWidth = 1;
            deletable = 0;
            fade = 0;
            access = 0;
            type = 0;
            shadow = 0;
            colorShadow[] = {0,0,0,0};
            tooltipColorText[] = {1,1,1,0};
            tooltipColorBox[] = {1,1,1,0};
            tooltipColorShade[] = {0,0,0,0};
        };
quasi granite
#

or "better":

sizeEx = 0.056 * safeZoneH;
#

this attribute controls the font size. if you have GUI_GRID_H not defined then it will be 0. I can see that you are using the GUI Editor but keep in mind that that thing is broken. it will work, but it is not correct

burnt steeple
burnt steeple
quasi granite
#

The math behind screen coordinates is one of the challenges of Arma GUIs

#

If I had to order the GUI concepts by difficulty I would go

1) Coordinates/dimensions
2) Control Types
3) Control Styles
4) UI Events
5) Class Inheritance (not UI specific)
burnt steeple
# quasi granite I've written this on the BIKI: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/GUI_Tutorial

Ty very mutch for writing that tutorial i am using it. Also is the structured text not supported to write like this ?:

        class LEG_StructuredText: RscStructuredText
        {
            idc = 1100;
            text = "<font size='15' color='#FFFFFF'>RULES:
            <br /><font size='15' color='#FFFFFF'>
            <br />Thanks to All script contributors.
            <br />Thanks to everyone who tries to do the best for this game!
            <br />Thanks to Armaholic Community and Forums.
            <br />Thanks to BIS for such a great platform.
            <br />Thanks to BIS Community and BIS Community Forums"; //--- ToDo: Localize;
            x = 0.349063 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.29 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.301875 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.42 * safezoneH;
        };
quasi granite
#

that should be possible. can you check in the config viewer the type attribute of the control?

burnt steeple
quasi granite
#

ah okay you are making a mod?

burnt steeple
#

No not really just trying to learn the GUI

quasi granite
#

so are you making a GUI for a mission?

burnt steeple
#

Yea

quasi granite
#

then you have to look in missionConfigFile, not configFile for your UI controls

burnt steeple
quasi granite
#

have you declared the class?

burnt steeple
quasi granite
# 
import RscStructuredText;
``` in your mission config
burnt steeple
quasi granite
#

yes

burnt steeple
quasi granite
#

that means that you already have a class RscStructuredText somewhere in your mission config

oak nimbus
#

what is the difference between CT_OBJECT and CT_OBJECT_CONTAINER?

burnt steeple
# quasi granite that means that you already have a `class RscStructuredText` somewhere in your m... 
class RscStructuredText
{
    deletable = 0;
    fade = 0;
    access = 0;
    type = 13;
    idc = -1;
    style = 0;
    colorText[] = 
    {
        1,
        1,
        1,
        1
    };
    class Attributes
    {
        font = "RobotoCondensed";
        color = "#ffffff";
        colorLink = "#D09B43";
        align = "left";
        shadow = 1;
    };
    x = 0;
    y = 0;
    h = 0.035;
    w = 0.1;
    text = "";
    size = "(((((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25) * 1)";
    shadow = 1;
};
``` Yea i have that defined in defines.hpp
burnt steeple
# burnt steeple Ty very mutch for writing that tutorial i am using it. Also is the structured te...

Ok so i think i manage to fix this. First this dosent support multiline code like this it has to be all in 1 line and 2 instead <font size = '15'> it has to be <t size = '15'>.
Now i have a question how can i refrence the text inside the control via script? is it something like this ? :

idd of dialog is 3000 
_text = parseText "br /><font size='20' color='#F5AD42'>Rules:
<br /><font size='15' color='#FFFFFF'>
<br />1)No team killing.
<br />2)Please do not stray away from the unit.
<br />3)Use sound boards at your own discretion, there are correct and incorrect times for them.
<br />4)Any form of cheat mods are banned, in example, personal arsenals.
<br />5) During any operations, campaign or fun operation, thermals, bergens, and ghillies are not allowed unless the<color='#F5AD42'> zeus <color='#FFFFFF'>gives permission.";
_ctrl = 3000 displayCtrl 1100;
_ctrl ctrlSetStructuredText  _text;
quasi granite
#

close but it's

_ctrl = (findDisplay 3000) displayCtrl 1100;
wet goblet
#

Unsure if this is the proper place to ask, but is there anyway to disable the stats summary showing your kills when you abort in multiplayer? I believe it’s part of the debriefing screen.

strange portal
wet goblet
#

It would have to be lower level because the thing in description.ext is ignored in MP and displays anyway

lunar charm
#

I'm trying to see what most people are doing to determine "convention". When you have a "big" dialog, do you split up sub-menus into separate dialogs and pass data through some way, or do you prefer to keep all the controls in one massive dialog class so data can be passed around easily?

strange portal
#

oh wait do you mean like multiple display for one purpose dialog? Cos I read this as a question asking about control groups or just straight post everything on root ctrl.

lunar charm
#

I mean you have one dialog class for your thing, then say you had some kind of menu popup, would it be better to pull that out of the dialog and into a separate dialog for reusability? Hmm maybe I just answered my own question

strange portal
#

Eh it really depends on what sort of thing you are doing. True you can create separate dialogs but u can just define a composite control and call it in multiple places as well wherever you need.

lunar charm
#

wait what is this composite control?

strange portal
#

It is a term I just made up for ctrls of ctrls and their groups :P

#

Multiple styles come up to my mind with this question hence cant really say anything.

lunar charm
#

Ah, well I think I could make use of something like that in my dialog. I saw some talk further up in this channel about the controls group type and actually I saw this a few weeks ago and was thinking maybe I'll dive into it soon and figure it out

strange portal
#

Well if it is just a simple controlsGroup question, I almost always use it even if it does not have a real benefit due the first sentence I wrote in here.

#

Plus if you wanna put further stuff into your dialog one day due I dunno u wanted to update/upgrade it, you can just drag that entire group to somewhere else and open up some space for new ones.

#

Feels tidier as well in the config.

lunar charm
#

I like the sound of that; my dialog has 42 controls now...here I was thinking I'd be happy if I could just move out 5

strange portal
#

If you believe that even a slight bit you can categorize these in your mind, you ll benefit over it.

strange portal
#

Depending where your components end up.

#

At worst case, users can benefit over sliders. Although one should give special care to it before it comes to that. So yep.

lunar charm
#

Yeah I would want my dialog to work with other resolutions, I just haven't gotten around to figuring that part out yet heheh

strange portal
lunar charm
#

Yeah that's the current plan

unkempt cliff
#

Why is it that the controls that I have created go out of screen when I change the window size to larger?

stark compass
unkempt cliff
#

using those for all my controls

stark compass
#

how are you using them?

unkempt cliff
# stark compass how are you using them?

like so: class loadIcon : InfoCtrlImg { idc = 1200; text = "fow\client\images\loadingGear.paa"; x = 1.5 * UI_GRID_W + UI_GRID_X; y = 28.5 * UI_GRID_H + UI_GRID_Y; w = 8 * UI_GRID_W; h = 8 * UI_GRID_H; };

stark compass
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PixelGrid system is reliant on pixel values

unkempt cliff
oak nimbus
stark compass
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you need to use a combination of pixelgrid and safezone

unkempt cliff
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that's strange, I'm getting the defines from 7erra's debug console

unkempt cliff
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If someone can give me right defines I'd appreciate it

stark compass
unkempt cliff
stark compass
unkempt cliff
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Got the layout position fixed and I am now trying to center my dialogs for different screen resolutions and UI sizes. I have this code where I try to use multiplier to center the dialogs/controls: ```#define UI_GRID_X (safezoneX - 1.0 * (1 - (pixelW / 0.0014881)))
#define UI_GRID_Y (safezoneY - 1.0 * (1 - (pixelH / 0.00198413)))

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It works pretty well the dialog is almost at center for different ui/screen sizes. so not perfect

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don't know what I am doing wrong here?

willow stratus
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I am now trying to center my dialogs
to center something, simply subtract the center coordinates from half of the width/height

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for different screen resolutions and UI sizes
use a combination of GRID and safeZone coords.
safeZone for backgrounds and dialog itself
GRID coord for controls and fonts (to make sure it looks the same on all aspect ratios, and scales with UI sizes)

unkempt cliff
unkempt cliff
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still looking a way to center text vertically in RscShortcutButton (for changing button heights), any ideas? been playing with class TextPos

wind spade
unkempt cliff
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my code: ```{
_ctrl = _x;

if(ctrlType _ctrl == 16) then
{

// private _ctrl = _display ctrlCreate ["RscStructuredText", -1];

private _lineHeight = getNumber (configFile >> "RscStructuredText" >> "size");
private _linesTotal = (ctrlPosition _ctrl select 2) / _lineHeight;
private _trailingSpace = "";
for "_i" from 1 to _linesTotal do { _trailingSpace = _trailingSpace + " " };

_ctrl ctrlSetStructuredText parseText format ["<t size='%1'><t size='1' align='center' valign='middle'>%2%3</t> </t>", _linesTotal, ctrlText _ctrl, _trailingSpace];

};

} foreach allcontrols _display;

wind spade
# unkempt cliff thx for the link. are you saying I should put RscStructuredText above the button... 
disableSerialization; 
private _ctrl = findDisplay 46 ctrlCreate ["RscButtonMenu", -1]; 
_ctrl ctrlSetPosition [0, 0, 0.5, 0.5]; 
_ctrl ctrlSetBackgroundColor [0, 0, 0, 1]; 
_ctrl ctrlCommit 0; 
private _lineHeight = getNumber (configFile >> "RscButtonMenu" >> "size"); 
private _linesTotal = (ctrlPosition _ctrl select 2) / _lineHeight; 
private _trailingSpace = ""; 
for "_i" from 1 to _linesTotal do { _trailingSpace = _trailingSpace + " " }; 
_ctrl ctrlSetStructuredText parseText format ["<t size='%1'><t size='1' align='center' valign='middle'>%2%3</t> </t>", _linesTotal, "------ Centered Text ------", _trailingSpace];

It works for me, but maybe it doesn't work for you because of the RscShortCutButton. Everything is fine with RscButtonMenu

unkempt cliff
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ok

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is RscButtonMenu also with image & text?

wind spade
unkempt cliff
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strange i tested with RscButtonMenu but same problem

wind spade
unkempt cliff
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yeah need to figure why my code doesnt work 🙂

unkempt cliff
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It seems that if you use anything else than 0.5 for width/height of the button then the centering doesn't work

oak nimbus
#

What type of control does have a list with a checkbox next to each item?

unkempt cliff
quiet arrow
sage shore
#

Hello people, I could use some tips here regarding onButtonClick eventhandler, here is my control:

class test_button: RscButton
{
    onButtonClick = "params ['_control']; [_control] call Rev_fnc_test";    
};

And here is the function:

//Rev_fnc_test
params [
    ["_control",controlNull,[controlNull]]
];

true;

The problem is that the function throws the following error when the EH fires: Error params: Type Bool, expected Array. This boggles my mind as I don't see how a boolean is passed into the function. To confirm this I tried the following:

//Rev_fnc_test
systemChat str _this;
params [
    ["_control",controlNull,[controlNull]]
];

true;

When the systemchat is added the function works as intended, for reasons beyond my understanding. Why would adding a systemchat command change the inputs of the function. Am I missing something super obvious here? Since I cannot reproduce this error outside of the onButtonClick EH I assume it has something to do with it.

oak nimbus
unkempt cliff
sage shore
unkempt cliff
sage shore
oak nimbus
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how do I add GUI to the pause menu? I tried using

(finddisplay 49) displayaddeventhandler ["Load", {
//GUI code
}];

but it seems like the event handler doesn't trigger when pause menu is shown?

quasi granite
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the load event would have to be added before the display opens which is only possible via mod

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use the scripted eventhandler instead

quasi granite
oak nimbus
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there is also OnGameInterrupt

quasi granite
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yeah either one

oak nimbus
unkempt cliff
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good there's always backwards compatibility

sick grove
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Hi! Faced such a problem that when I try to delete RscControlsGroup using ctrlDelete, I get a game crash
How to correct delete RscControlsGroup?

quasi granite
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are you deleting the group in an eventhandler?

sick grove
quasi granite
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hm i know that the game crashes when you try to access/modify controls after their deletion in the same frame

unkempt cliff
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what type of controls you have in the controlsgroup?

sick grove
unkempt cliff
sick grove
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Yea

unkempt cliff
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ok

valid onyx
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is there any article/tutorials on making a custom main menu, im trying to make a menu so you can select missions for my mod way more easily

willow stratus
valid onyx
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all i really wanna do is change the arma 3 logo to the logo for my mod and add the 3 maps to the spotlight

willow stratus
distant axle
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Is the Combo box's only picture ratio 1:1? Is it something that I can't change?

strange arrow
mental trench
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Hello.

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How do you make a GUI? (For example, HMD and the game interface) Is there any way to view the result and edit it directly in the game?

strange arrow
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There is a GUI Editor in A3, but I do not recommend using it.

distant axle
burnt steeple
quasi granite
thick panther
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Hi guys, got a quick question. Is there any way to open a URL when double clicking a CT_TREE item like when clicking on an CT_ACTIVETEXT?

mental trench
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Is it possible to play a video on the player's screen over BLACK FADED?

sage shore
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Hello people. Currently I'm aiming to include a compass to my custom dialog. I'd like to use the vanilla compass you can have in your normal map display (via showCompass command). I wonder how is this done. Is it a display defined somewhere or perhaps the 3d object via CT_OBJECT. There must be code for it somewhere as the functionality already exists, I just can't find the relevant code.

I tried the example class in the wiki CT_OBJECT_ZOOM entry but that compass does not have the needle turn towards north like in the normal map display.

frigid mesa
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Is there a solid place/app to do GUI making in?
I know you can hand code it, or use the ingame GUI maker,
But I saw some GUI makers several years old, anyone have a favorite way?

distant axle
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I always prefer handcode over anything unreliable

frigid mesa
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is there anyway to make Circles? or Curves?

distant axle
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Without pictures? I don't think so. I used a cheaty way to do that back when I make Enhanced Artwork Supporter, this uses a map control and drawTriangle commands

20211113184511_1.jpg
frigid mesa
distant axle
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Most likely it is just a picture

frigid mesa
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Ah clever cheers

frigid mesa
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findDisplay 313 createDisplay"AuctionMenu"; I use this to open the GUI in Editor,
The menu I want to go to is
findDisplay 313 createDisplay"AuctionInbox";

burnt steeple
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Hi guys i really need fresh eyes to tell me what is wrong here and why the structured text is not showing so this is what i have in description.ext:

#include "UI\defines.hpp"
#include "UI\VehicleGarage.hpp"
``` in UI defines.hpp ```c++
class RscStructuredText
{
    deletable = 0;
    fade = 0;
    access = 0;
    type = 13;
    idc = -1;
    style = 0;
    colorText[] = 
    {
        1,
        1,
        1,
        1
    };
    class Attributes
    {
        font = "RobotoCondensed";
        color = "#ffffff";
        colorLink = "#D09B43";
        align = "left";
        shadow = 1;
    };
    x = 0;
    y = 0;
    h = 0.035;
    w = 0.1;
    text = "";
    size = "(((((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25) * 1)";
    shadow = 1;
};``` in VehicleGarage.hpp```c++
class Structured_Text_Vehicle_Info: RscStructuredText
        {
            idc = 1100;
            text = "Testing wow!";
            x = 0.381875 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.584 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.249375 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.168 * safezoneH;
        };```
in SQF ```sqf
createDialog "Vehicle_Garage";
private _display  = findDisplay 46;
private _ctrl = _display displayCtrl 1100;
_ctrl ctrlSetStructuredText parseText "Vehicle Info: <br/>
Type: CAR <br/>
Weapons: ['Horn']<br/>
Passengers: 4 <br/>
Max Speed: 240 <br/>
Inventory: 2000 <br/>
Armor: 150";```
frigid mesa
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Im very confused, Im trying to get a button to close the Dialog thats open

        class ButtonWithdraw
        {
            type = 1;
            idc = -1;
            x = 0.18035356;
            y = 0.94949497;
            w = 0.14520204;
            h = 0.03535355;
            style = 0+2;
            text = "My Listings";
            borderSize = 0;
            colorBackground[] = {0.2,0.2,0.2,0.8};
            colorBackgroundActive[] = {0.502,0.6,1,0.8};
            colorBackgroundDisabled[] = {0.2,0.2,0.2,1};
            colorBorder[] = {0,0,0,0};
            colorDisabled[] = {0.2,0.2,0.2,0};
            colorFocused[] = {0.2,0.2,0.2,0};
            colorShadow[] = {0,0,0,0};
            colorText[] = {1,1,1,1};
            font = "PuristaBold";
            offsetPressedX = 0;
            offsetPressedY = 0;
            offsetX = 0;
            offsetY = 0;
            sizeEx = (((((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25) * .8);
            soundClick[] = {"\A3\ui_f\data\sound\RscButton\soundClick",0.09,1.0};
            soundEnter[] = {"\A3\ui_f\data\sound\RscButton\soundEnter",0.09,1.0};
            soundEscape[] = {"\A3\ui_f\data\sound\RscButton\soundEscape",0.09,1.0};
            soundPush[] = {"\A3\ui_f\data\sound\RscButton\soundPush",0.09,1.0};
            onButtonClick = closeDialog 0;

        };```
This doesnt work Ive tried these aswell
```hpp
onButtonClick = "closeDialog 0";```
```hpp
onButtonClick = "closeDialog 1";```
willow stratus
willow stratus
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Also afaik close code should be 1 or 2

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Never seen 0

frigid mesa
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Ah no i did not, So everytime I want to test my code I need to Load into the game and do it there?

frigid mesa
oak nimbus
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how do I change the size of an item in a ListBox?

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(text and picture size)

unkempt cliff
oak nimbus
unkempt cliff
hoary estuary
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So you can have big lines with small text in them (and big pictures)

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Don't think you can change rowHeight with script thourgh

oak nimbus
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Well

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I guess I will use description.ext then

hoary estuary
#

cutFadeOut doesn't trigger onUnload for titles? thronking

sonic wren
#

How do I get dayz mod for arma 3 guys

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Just bought it today and it's through geforce now app

mental trench
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So I've been trying to use a custom icon to replace the entire map for a mission. I've gotten it to display on the map using DrawIcon, and it properly draws the new map on top of the old one, however it does not allow any player to draw markers or lines on top of the map. Is there a way to move the icon onto a lower layer than the user placed markers/lines?


 findDisplay 12 displayCtrl 51 ctrlAddEventHandler ["Draw", {
    private _map = _this select 0;
    private _scale = 6.4 * worldSize / 8192 * ctrlMapScale _map;
    private _size = worldSize / 2 / _scale;
    _map drawIcon [getMissionPath "customMapTexture.paa", [1,0,0,1], [worldSize / 2, worldSize / 2], _size, _size, 0];
}];
agile sinew
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how does one deal best with different aspect ratios if you do a full screen image?

strange portal
hoary estuary
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but otherwise yes, getResolution

agile sinew
#

thanks. so you have different image res available and apply them based on getResolution return?

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with ST_KEEP_ASPECT_RATIO you would end up with some black/outside areas, right?

hoary estuary
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It will just be empty

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If you want it black, just have another control under it with black fill

hoary estuary
agile sinew
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alright

hoary estuary
# 
private _ctrl_black = findDisplay 46 ctrlCreate ["RscText", -1];
_ctrl_black ctrlSetPosition [
    safeZoneXAbs,
    safeZoneY,
    safeZoneWAbs,
    safeZoneH
];
_ctrl_black ctrlSetBackgroundColor [0,0,0,1];
_ctrl_black ctrlCommit 0;

private _ctrl_picture = findDisplay 46 ctrlCreate ["RscPictureKeepAspect", -1];
_ctrl_picture ctrlSetPosition [
    safeZoneXAbs,
    safeZoneY,
    safeZoneWAbs,
    safeZoneH
];
_ctrl_picture ctrlSetText "\A3\Ui_F_Curator\Data\Logos\arma3_curator_artwork.jpg";
_ctrl_picture ctrlCommit 0;
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RscPictureKeepAspect has style = ST_PICTURE + ST_KEEP_ASPECT_RATIO;

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even though ctrlSetPosition makes control fit full screen, engine still displays image with proper aspect

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Updated snippet to include black background, notice same full screen UI coordinates yet picture is always drawn right

hoary estuary
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I know its been 9 years, but is there a chance to have all UI weapon icons re-rendered with proper lighting?

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Yes, its a topic for a feedback ticket (which I made back in 2013) but I wanted to try to have a discussion

distant axle
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Is it possible to brighten it with colorText or smth?

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I know, that's not a question but if that helps...

hoary estuary
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Nope, color can only substract colors

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You can make something lose colors but not gain

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Having more ways to operate images would be great though

distant axle
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Yeah... that's what I wish, making it into a shillouette is ez but in white? I'd hope

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Like what, if we have some image modifier like CSS does

hoary estuary
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horizontal or vertical flip would be very useful too

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At least for structured texts with something like: <img image='...' flipX=1 flipY=1/>

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In general I'd prefer to have tools to counteract bad design choices, but if engine additions are too much, re-rendering existing icons to have proper lighting would be great too

frigid mesa
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So Im uploading a Image for my GUI, Ive finally figured out how to get it imported and for it to show. Only problem now is, Its extremely hard to see as it seems the Color has been stripped and the opacity is Super Low. I have a Transparent background. I used the Texture Viewer to change it from PNG to PAA, using RBGA - DXT5

# 
        class PictureBackpack
        {
            type = 0;
            idc = -1;
            x = safeZoneX + safeZoneW * 0.006875;
            y = safeZoneY + safeZoneH * 0.95111112;
            w = safeZoneW * 0.01375;
            h = safeZoneH * 0.03;
            style = 48+2048;
            text = "images\IconBackpack.paa";
            colorBackground[] = {0,0,0,0};
            colorText[] = {1,1,1,1};
            font = "PuristaMedium";
            sizeEx = (((((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25) * 1);
            tooltipColorBox[] = {1,1,1,1};
            tooltipColorShade[] = {1,1,1,1};
            tooltipColorText[] = {1,1,1,1};

        };```
distant axle
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Texture resolution?

frigid mesa
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66X74

distant axle
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Illegal. Must be power of 2

frigid mesa
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OH

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So it works but strips the Image or just goes all funky like?

distant axle
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So either 64x64 or 128x128 is better

frigid mesa
#

k

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Hmm made it 128x128 still extremely faded and no color

distant axle
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Make sure the picture is reloaded. By default an image only cached once and won't be updated

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To do it... relaunch the game

frigid mesa
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oh nice okay

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oh wow it worked, so do I need to restart everytime I add a now Image or anytime I try to Change an image?

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thanks btw been struggling for a few hours now

distant axle
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Without a diag exe, yes

hoary estuary
frigid mesa
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Ah cheers

distant axle
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Oh yeah, that too

frigid mesa
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Anyone know how to ,make a button show a picture? want to make a Radial Menu but no clue how to make a button Not a Square, or do they just put a square Button Within the Radial selections and when you over over it the Image changes color?

willow stratus
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Except you can have any shape you want. It doesn't have to be rectangle. You can use polygons. Or circle sections

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But you have to do everything yourself

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(hover, button click, etc.)

frigid mesa
# willow stratus The latter is the way to go with radial menus (at least that's how I do it)

Im quite new to this, I don't understand how people Perfectly make it so If you hover lets say over a Circle, how do they get the entire Circle to be interactive compared to just a Square button hidden over it. This is especially confusing for Radial Menus, I figured people just Make the square expand even past the Circle so at any point of the circle you click then it works. But this obviously isnt the case for the Radial or else the buttons would overlap

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Is it possible to make Polygon/non rectangle Buttons?

willow stratus
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No

willow stratus
frigid mesa
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What do you mean by that? You can Code a Polygon Button?

willow stratus
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You can code whatever you want

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What do you think a button is?

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Just some image

frigid mesa
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Its a Template

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of code

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Is there information on coding a Custom button that isnt a Rectangle that you can direct me to?

willow stratus
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I don't think so

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But it's just all math

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And event handlers

frigid mesa
#

I assume the math would be in here

# 
            x = safeZoneX + safeZoneW * 0.710625;
            y = safeZoneY + safeZoneH * 0.24333334;
            w = safeZoneW * 0.011875;
            h = safeZoneH * 0.03111112;```
willow stratus
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That's not sqf anyway. I mean it is but you put that stuff in the config