Scripting For Beginners

[talamander 10]

I am hoping to turn this into a guide for beginners like me. I have never scripted in SQF before and have minimal knowledge in JS. I am hoping to join a Dev team for a new LIFE mod coming out soon for ARMA 2. Pretty much similar to Island Life. I was wondering if anyone out there can point me in the right direction. Show me some sample scripts tell me what does what. All I need to know is what tools to use, what they do, and when to use them. Examples will help me ALOT. Such as a food script, bleed out, and etc. Just so I can see how it works. I will post all useful things in this so other noobs like me can just see this and not ask around like I am doing. Thanks guys.

[bob100101 10]

Welcome to the forum :D

Lots and lots of good links in here:

Mission Editing and Scripting Information - Links only, NO Discussion

A great Guide:

Arma 3 Scripting Tutorial For Noobs

Biki page on the A2 Scripting Commands:

Category:Scripting Commands ArmA2

More good links:

Variables

Data Types

Operators

Control Structures

PreProcessor Commands

Classlists for pretty much anything you can imagine:

wiki.ace-mod.net/wagn/Classlists

Functions:

ACE Functions (ACE Mod)

CBA Functions (Community Based Addons Mod)

ArmA II Function List

Good for sharing code with buddies:

ShareText.org

The website of probably the most helpful person on these forums:

http://www.kylania.com/ex/

And the most useful feature of these forums:

The search button.

I would also recommend not joining up with a Life team anytime soon if you've done absolutely nothing in sqf...

Edited August 25, 2013 by bob100101
moar linkz for the linkz godz