conversation making in arma 3

[Tyl3r99 41]

hello editing world!

one thing has always bugged me.

how do i make like a talking conversation in arma 3? (like the sidechat, groupchat)

at the moment i do it the most tedious way possible which involves a lot of triggers and timing!!! :(

is there a way of doing it in 1 trigger and it automatically spacing itself out?

if it is a massive script can someone post an example???

[dr_strangepete 6]

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

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?91875-New-conversation-system-how-to

check those out; read up on 'bikb'

[Tyl3r99 41]

fucking hell..... is there an easier way of doing it???

[cuel 25]

run a script?

[Tyl3r99 41]

Example please?

Or does it have to be an external script like in description.ext :(

Why arnt things simple lol

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When I put alpha side chat "hello"; Bravo side chat "hello alpha" they both appear at same time! All I need is a delay inbetween each one lol

[dr_strangepete 6]

if you fully read both links, especially the second one youll find examples. and they just look complex (because they can be, but dont have to be)...its a bit more setup in one aspect but will save you more time, and youll know for next time.

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[/color]When I put alpha side chat "hello"; Bravo side chat "hello alpha" they both appear at same time! All I need is a delay inbetween each one lol

sleep 2;

?

[cuel 25]

Example please?

Or does it have to be an external script like in description.ext :(

Why arnt things simple lol

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When I put alpha side chat "hello"; Bravo side chat "hello alpha" they both appear at same time! All I need is a delay inbetween each one lol

from trigger?

0 = 0 spawn {
 alpha sideChat "hello";
 sleep 5;
 bravo sideChat "hello alpha";
};

[PlacidPaul 11]

is there a way of doing it in 1 trigger and it automatically spacing itself out?

Trigger activation

nul = [] spawn {unit sideChat "talk for 5 seconds"; sleep 5; otherUnit sideChat "respond";}; 

This is as simple as it gets. Now this way will not always be JIP depending on how you set it up, if you care start to understand MP framework or whatever its called for a3. That way the server broadcasts the local command one time.

The BIS conversation is very cool, but it will take some time, and it's more for using chat and sound dubbing and lip syncing, not just sideChat.

[Tyl3r99 41]

thank you for the heads up bud,

so the "sleep 5;" commands is like a pause for the init coding? :O

wow i hope so...

thanks again mate

[dr_strangepete 6]

so the "sleep 5;" commands is like a pause for the init coding? :O

just to clarify, you can't use sleep directly in the unit init. note PlacidPaul & cuel's examples above use spawn {},

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

Must be called inside of a context which is interruptible, i.e. a script executed by execVM or spawn.