time of day parameters in lobby not working

[McSpeed 1]

ok well i been reading and looking for answers but i just cant get it. so hopefully someone can help me out here.

i try to get my mission to accept the time of day i set in the lobby prior to mission start.

my description ext reads as follows

respawn = "BASE";
respawndelay = 4;
disabledAI = 0;

class Params
{
       class DayTime
       {
       //paramsArray[2]
               title = "Time Of Day";
               values[] = {0,16,8};
               texts[] = {"Dusk","Midday","Dawn"};
               default = 16;
       };


};

#include "mission_settings\dialog\common.hpp"
#include "mission_settings\dialog\mission_settings.hpp"	
#include "R3F_revive\dlg_attente_reanimation.hpp"
#include "=BTC=_Logistic\=BTC=_Lift\=BTC=_Hud.h"

According to this i should get the options to set Dusk , Midday or Dawn in the lobby and that is the case.

However, when the mission starts the time is always as set in the editor.

any thoughts here? what am i missing?

[kylania 568]

Do you have the second part of it in the init.sqf that actually changes the time based on that? The params array just sets a value, it's up to you use it. :)

[weirdo10o4 10]

I believe this might be of service to you: Armaholic

Specifically "Once defined you then could read it from the init.sqf file like this:

skiptime (paramsArray select 2);

"

[McSpeed 1]

hmm, i figured it might be an init issue.

here is what i have in mine:

[] execVM "player_respawn.sqf";

// Execute the mission settings script
[] execVM "mission_settings\init.sqf";

execVM "R3F_revive\revive_init.sqf";
_logistic = execVM "=BTC=_Logistic\=BTC=_Logistic_Init.sqf";

skiptime (paramsArray select 2);

i saw the same thing on ofpec.

but when it comes to code it takes me a while to make sense of maybe 50% of whats in there :)

as things stand the mission always starts at 10.30 am (as set in the editor)...

Edited February 18, 2012 by McSpeed

[kylania 568]

Since you only have one class in your paramsArray you'll reference paramsArray select 0 in your init.sqf

[McSpeed 1]

THAT did it.

you , sir , cured a headache i had for nearly a week now:)

thank you very much!

[sxp2high 23]

Better use setDate on the server only instead. Otherwise JIPs will have a different time than the players who were present at mission start.

For example:

if (isServer) then { setDate [2012, 2, 18, (paramsArray select 0), 1]; };

[McSpeed 1]

nice one, i did notice last night we had some issues with night time on some clients even though it was day :)

thank you muchly indeed :D