Custom ammo box in MP

[Ophelian 10]

Hi,

I googled the heck out of this and just can't figure it out. Everywhere i look its Arma 2 related and i'm not sure to what extent the two are similar.

So basically i have 6 ammo boxes (B_supplycrate_F) and add this init code to them (ammo type is trivial in that case):

this allowDamage false;

clearWeaponCargo this;

clearMagazineCargo this;

clearItemCargo this;

this addMagazineCargoGlobal["RH_30Rnd_556x45_Mk262",250];

this addMagazineCargoGlobal["1Rnd_HE_Grenade_shell",100];

this addMagazineCargoGlobal["AT4_HEAT",7];

this addMagazineCargoGlobal["AT4_HP",7];

this addMagazineCargoGlobal["100Rnd_762_MAG_Belt",30];

this addMagazineCargoGlobal["100_Rnd_762_Mag_Belt_TR",30];

this addMagazineCargoGlobal["100_Rnd_762_Mag_Belt_TR5",30];

this addMagazineCargoGlobal["hlc_100Rnd_762x51_B_M60E4",30];

this addMagazineCargoGlobal["hlc_100Rnd_762x51_T_M60E4",30];

this addMagazineCargoGlobal["hlc_100Rnd_762x51_M_M60E4",30];

this addMagazineCargoGlobal["200Rnd_556_F89_Belt",30];

this addMagazineCargoGlobal["200Rnd_556_F89_Belt_TR",30];

this addMagazineCargoGlobal["200Rnd_556_F89_Belt_TR5",30];

I made one template and copied the others.

The problem is this: when i preview the mission in the editor everything works, all the ammo boxes clean themselves and put the right amount of ammunition to the box. But when i upload it to the dedicated server, not only the "clearXXX" commands don't work, but the ammobox has multiplied the ammo (for example, all the LMG ammo spawns 240 mags instead of 30). Is there a difference between "addMagazineCargoGlobal" and "addMagazineCargo" or do i have to add "Global" to the 3 "clearXXX" commands? I'm at a loss here.

Am i using the right init commands or these are old ones? I'm missing something and i know its something trivial.

Thanks for taking a look at this.

[Larrow 2820]

Change the Clear commands to their Global counterpart and wrap the whole thing in a isServer check so only the server is controlling the box's inventory rather than everyone connecting.

this allowDamage false;
if (isServer) then {
clearWeaponCargoGlobal this;
clearMagazineCargoGlobal this;
clearItemCargoGlobal this;
this addMagazineCargoGlobal["RH_30Rnd_556x45_Mk262",250];
this addMagazineCargoGlobal["1Rnd_HE_Grenade_shell",100];
this addMagazineCargoGlobal["AT4_HEAT",7];
this addMagazineCargoGlobal["AT4_HP",7];
this addMagazineCargoGlobal["100Rnd_762_MAG_Belt",30];
this addMagazineCargoGlobal["100_Rnd_762_Mag_Belt_TR",30];
this addMagazineCargoGlobal["100_Rnd_762_Mag_Belt_TR5",30];
this addMagazineCargoGlobal["hlc_100Rnd_762x51_B_M60E4",30];
this addMagazineCargoGlobal["hlc_100Rnd_762x51_T_M60E4",30];
this addMagazineCargoGlobal["hlc_100Rnd_762x51_M_M60E4",30];
this addMagazineCargoGlobal["200Rnd_556_F89_Belt",30];
this addMagazineCargoGlobal["200Rnd_556_F89_Belt_TR",30];
this addMagazineCargoGlobal["200Rnd_556_F89_Belt_TR5",30];
};

[davidzi 11]

Larrow's solution will work on dedicated server.

Edited April 24, 2014 by DavidZi
ninja'd

[Ophelian 10]

THanks Larrow for the help. Tonight ill add the corrections to my mission. So if i understand, my old code was influenced by the JIP clients, so the new one because it is in a "if" condition with the "isServer" it specifies that it is the server only that will populate the box? I'm a total noob when it comes to this and i'm trying to understand to the best of my knowledge.

Thank you very much for the help!

[zyg0tic 12]

Starting new thread to raise my question about side-issue im having with a custom box in MP server. Mod please delete this sorry.

Edited March 1, 2015 by zyg0tic

[DAGGER ARMANET 172]

* update actually may have solved my issue. User error.