Call a file on a server outside PBO

[blanic 0]

I have read and not having much success at this problem.

If you have mission.pbo on your server, but you want to call a file somewhere else on the server, like one directory up, how do you call it?

I put this into the init.sqf

[] execVM "\ServerScripts\test.sqf";

and nothing happens.

[AZCoder 921]

I don't think you can specify relative directories above the pbo, as the pbo path is the root path. However, I do know that you can create a folder named "scripts" and place it in your Arma2 path, such as on my machine:

C:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2\scripts

Then when you call a script that is in that directory, you only need the script name, such as:

[]execVM "test.sqf";

because A2 will automatically look for this directory if test.sqf does not exist inside the pbo.

You can also place a scripts folder in your documents folder where your missions under development are located:

Documents\ArmA 2\Scripts

and A2 will search there as well when you are editing missions. You might want to refer to script parameters note on this link:

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/exec

[blanic 0]

I am able to actually do it, I am able to call things, but for some reason regular code isnt working the way it should outside the PBO. I am able to call the file though from the server outside the pbo just have to figure out why it isnt calling it like it should.

[AZCoder 921]

Are you able to give an example of what the script does and how you are calling it? I partly misread your original post. Neverthless, a script in one of the scripts folders should work fine, I've done it from a pbo that way.

[blanic 0]

I want an admin function that is not visable to the clients within the .pbo

_uid = getPlayerUID vehicle player;

if (_uid == "1234567") then

{

player addaction ["Camera", "gcam.sqf"];

};

[snkman 351]

Well simply add the admins name to a array and check it.

if (isDedicated) exitWith {};

_id = ["AdminName"];

waitUntil { (player == player) };

if (name player in _id) then
{
      player addaction ["Camera", "gcam.sqf"];
};

[blanic 0]

It's not that this doesn't work, it doesn't work when i call it from outside the pbo, like above one folder like other scripts.