Virtual Arsenal loadouts not working correctly

[kilo1-1 1]

Hello,

I am having a few issues where loadouts that I exported from Virtual Arsenal aren't working properly on my dedicated server. When a player JIP, certain items such as medkits, FAKs, and smoke grenades are duplicated. Are there any workarounds that I can implement to make it so when a player JIP that my loadouts don't get duplicated?

[kilo1-1 1]

Any ideas? I tried if(!isServer) and while that works, if anyone comes in as JIP, they don't get the virtual arsenal loadout. Instead, they get the standard loadout of what unit I am trying to replace.

[jshock 512]

Try putting this at the top of your init.sqf:

waitUntil {(!isNull player && time > 0)}; 

[kilo1-1 1]

Try putting this at the top of your init.sqf:

waitUntil {(!isNull player && time > 0)}; 

After banging my head against the wall trying to figure this out, I have shelved this issue. Now I am bringing it up again.

Thanks for the suggestion, JShock. That semi-works. With that, it seems whenever someone changes uniform or vest and someone else JIPs, the person with the different equipment changes back to the original loadout. Other than that, it seems to work fine. Here is what I am looking for specifically.

So my missions have custom loadouts from virtual arsenal with the loadouts copied and pasted into each unit init in the editor. These missions are run on a dedicated server. What I want is whenever a player joins on that loadout, it loads the custom loadout and that's it. I don't want it to execute on players who are already in the game, I just want it to exec when players join their slot.

Now here is where I am banging my head against the wall with the whole dedicated server and JIP thing. From my understanding waitUntil {!isNull player}; won't work on dedicated server because player is always null? What would be used instead?

[fight9 14]

You have to check for locality. If the unit is local, run the script...

What is happening, is those init boxes are being run once again on the JIPs machine when they enter the game.

if (local this) then {
// run scripts.
};

or

if (local _this) then {
// run scripts
};

[jshock 512]

With time comes knowledge and seeing how this was almost 5 months ago, create a file named initPlayerLocal.sqf, then add the waitUnitil {time > 0} line just for assurances, then run your code that checks for the player's classname, then runs loadout code based on that class.

Edited February 12, 2015 by JShock

[kilo1-1 1]

Thank you so much, Fight9! This fixed everything! And thank you JShock with the initPlayerLocal.sqf tip.

Just to help me further understand this whole JIP and locality thing, would this ifLocal have the same effect as this?

WITHIN UNIT INIT
if (isServer) then {  
//loadout code here 
};

When I was searching around to find threads with dedicated servers and loadout script issues, it seems ifLocal is never used where it seems it would fix lots of problems with JIP issues. Is this a new method for JIP proofing things? Lastly, while I haven't tried this method yet, would this have the same effect that I am looking for in regards to no JIP issues?

 WITHIN UNIT INIT 
if (!isDedicated && isNull player) then { waitUntil {!isNull player}; }; 
// Loadout code here

[jshock 512]

Is this a new method for JIP proofing things?

It isn't new, I believe it's been around for a while, just not many get into the world of scripting enough have to worry about locality, much less understand it.

But the initPlayerLocal.sqf (which is new in A3) is the fix that most end up using because it includes all these locality/JIP checks natively, so it makes life on the coder way easier :).

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

Edited February 13, 2015 by JShock

[R3vo 2652]

KillZoneKid wrote a great guide for multiplayer scripting for this.

http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-basic-multiplayer-coding-v2/

[kilo1-1 1]

KillZoneKid wrote a great guide for multiplayer scripting for this.

http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-basic-multiplayer-coding-v2/

Yeah I read that and utilized what he did with the if (!isServer) exitWith {}; method. It was very helpful and descriptive. However, while it worked in not duplicating gear whenever someone JIP, they never got the custom loadout that they were assigned within their init.

When I did it, it looked like the following. Maybe I did something wrong?

if (!isServer) exitWith {};
//virtual arsenal loadout here

[R3vo 2652]

He suggest to also try:

if (!local this) exitWith {};

Another thing, I can suggest is to put the loadout into an own sqf file. For example:

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And the the following line intro the init of the unit

[color="#FF8040"][color="#8B3E2F"][b][[/b][/color]this[color="#8B3E2F"][b]][/b][/color] [color="#191970"][b]execVM[/b][/color] [color="#7A7A7A"]"loadout.sqf"[/color][color="#8B3E2F"][b];[/b][/color][/color]

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This always worked for me, I actually never had problems with duplicated items trough JIP players.

Edited February 14, 2015 by R3vo