@Ares - Modules expanding Zeus functionality - Release Thread

[cuel 25]

Yes

You could do this in init.sqf

if (isNil "Ares_CustomMissionObjectData") then
{
Ares_CustomMissionObjectData = [];
};

Ares_CustomMissionObjectData pushBack [
"allowDamage false, 50m",
{
	_dist = 50;
	{_x allowDamage false} forEach (nearestObjects [_this select 0, ["All"], _dist]);
	objNull
}
];

It would then be available under Spawn category in modules as Zeus.

Edited March 2, 2015 by cuel

[kgino1045 12]

Yes

You could do this in init.sqf

if (isNil "Ares_CustomMissionObjectData") then
{
Ares_CustomMissionObjectData = [];
};

Ares_CustomMissionObjectData pushBack [
"allowDamage false, 50m",
{
	_dist = 50;
	{_x allowDamage false} forEach (nearestObjects [_this select 0, ["All"], _dist]);
	objNull
}
];

It would then be available under Spawn category in modules as Zeus.

Thanks for your big help

however my code skill and knowledge is pretty short and small

so don't know which init.sqf you are talking about. should i just paste in mission file's init.sqf?

[cuel 25]

That'll work

[kgino1045 12]

That'll work

Thanks, i'll try after lunch

[rekkless 240]

Any way you could put in a module that will change allegiances. It would be great to fill a town up with independents. Have my guys go in dressed like them, not be shot and everything go to hell and be able to switch it over so the independents are now enemies.

A module where you can change what side will attack what side and be able to switch it on the fly would be SOOOO freaking awesome.

[icebreakr 3159]

Does @ares work with 1.40. I've experinced problems in previous version like unable to have any items in a zeus placed box, etc. Is that fixed?

[antonstruyk 24]

Any way you could put in a module that will change allegiances. It would be great to fill a town up with independents. Have my guys go in dressed like them, not be shot and everything go to hell and be able to switch it over so the independents are now enemies.

A module where you can change what side will attack what side and be able to switch it on the fly would be SOOOO freaking awesome.

FYI There's an open issue for this module already: https://github.com/astruyk/Ares/issues/126

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Does @ares work with 1.40. I've experinced problems in previous version like unable to have any items in a zeus placed box, etc. Is that fixed?

There was a discussion on some Zeus issues with the 'Add All...' functionality earlier in this thread (with some workarounds). I created an issue here https://github.com/astruyk/Ares/issues/178 but haven't had a chance to do any real investigation into the issue recently.

[soulis6 24]

Any way you could put in a module that will change allegiances. It would be great to fill a town up with independents. Have my guys go in dressed like them, not be shot and everything go to hell and be able to switch it over so the independents are now enemies.

A module where you can change what side will attack what side and be able to switch it on the fly would be SOOOO freaking awesome.

I'm not the author of Ares so I don't know for sure, but i know based on trying it out myself and other mods that have tried it, that you can't switch player's (you may be able to do normal units) sides during runtime without running into a lot of problems. Unless that's changed in arma recently i'm assuming that's still true.

What I do for Zeus stuff though, when i want to do as you said, have players walking among the enemy, or when they're going on a stealth mission behind enemy lines (arma's AI is not great about stealth, they tend to go from 'safe' to 'instantly shooting'), I use the setCaptive variable to flag the players as not a threat. If you use

playername setCaptive true

then enemies won't shoot the player's, they get moved to the civilian side (in Zeus' view at least), and you can later set it to false when you want them to be engaged as normal again.

[kgino1045 12]

Never sinlge mind sorry it worked sorry!

Edited March 7, 2015 by kgino1045

[serjames 357]

Any news about being to place mines or minefields that your own side I.e. bluefor can't see ?

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[kgino1045 12]

Any news about being to place mines or minefields that your own side I.e. bluefor can't see ?

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Use civ faction as zeus, dat usally make solve that problrm

[antonstruyk 24]

Tried to find a way to make the mines spawn correctly this evening ( https://github.com/astruyk/Ares/issues/180 ) but blocked on not being able to add the created mines to zeus... If anyone knows a workaround (other than just attempting to add the mine via. 'addCuratorEditableObjects') I'm all ears.

[ImperialAlex 72]

If anyone knows a workaround (other than just attempting to add the mine via. 'addCuratorEditableObjects') I'm all ears.

What's wrong with addCuratorEditableObjects? Does it make multiple-zeus support harder? Or are you already trying it and it doesn't work?

EDIT: Forgot to say how much I'd love to see this feature and how awesome @ares is. It makes Zeusing a lot more enjoyable!

Edited March 12, 2015 by ImperialAlex

[antonstruyk 24]

What's wrong with addCuratorEditableObjects? Does it make multiple-zeus support harder? Or are you already trying it and it doesn't work?

EDIT: Forgot to say how much I'd love to see this feature and how awesome @ares is. It makes Zeusing a lot more enjoyable!

I tried it and it doesn't work, unfortunately.

[c-davis 10]

I tried it and it doesn't work, unfortunately.

With AGM, I believe when you go unconscious it sets you to a civilian entity. Have you tried making it so Zeus is switched to a civilian while the mines are being placed? I read in one of those posts that placing a mine as a civilian doesn't put them on the map.

Also, I'm looking forward for another release!

[theothertaylor 11]

With AGM, I believe when you go unconscious it sets you to a civilian entity. Have you tried making it so Zeus is switched to a civilian while the mines are being placed? I read in one of those posts that placing a mine as a civilian doesn't put them on the map.

Also, I'm looking forward for another release!

In my experience, mines show up to blufor as a civilian Zeus. I have not tried with an opfor Zeus, and would be curious to know.

[antonstruyk 24]

New Release!

V.1.6.0

* Arsenal - Added ability to put full (unfiltered) Arsenal on an object.

* Arsenal - Renamed the 'Add All...' option to 'Add Filtered...'

* Behaviours - Fixed issue where AI units that were garrisoned wouldn't turn to shoot (#179)

* Equipment - Added ability to remove optics from enemy weapons.

* General - Fixed an issue where rejoining a dedicated server would sometimes prevent proper Ares registration.

* General - Totally revamped adding custom modules. Better than ever. (See https://github.com/astruyk/Ares/wiki/Extras#defining-custom-modules for details).

* Reinforcements - Armed technicals are no longer considered as transports (#172)

* Reinforcements - Fixed 'Least Used' RP's and LZ's not working (#167, #168)

* Util - Added 'Remove All Actions' module (can be used to remove Arsenal from objects).

* Util - Added module to change player sides during missions.

* Util - Added modules to enable/disable debug logs in RPT.

* Util - Replaced 'Go Invisible'/'Become Visible' action menu items with modules in the 'Util' section

(Sorry, no mines yet)

You can now add custom modules to Ares (or make your own sections) on the fly - as full fledged entries in the Zeus menu! If you're interested in adding things to @Ares specific to your mission (i.e. mod specific functionality, or things that I don't have in yet) checkout https://github.com/astruyk/Ares/wiki/Extras#defining-custom-modules . There are some new modules implemented in https://github.com/astruyk/Ares/tree/master/src/addons/ares_zeusExtensions/scripts that you can look at as examples.

If you have custom modules you've made that you'd like to see integrated up into mainline feel free to contribute patches to https://github.com/astruyk/Ares .

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[kgino1045 12]

Sigh armaholic is going crazy now can only see login menu

[serjames 357]

Thanks for the update. I assume if we "change sides" then lay mines we're golden...?

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[antonstruyk 24]

Thanks for the update. I assume if we "change sides" then lay mines we're golden...?

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Currently you can only change sides of all players. It'll probably be fleshed out in a point release shortly. I have no idea what effect (if any) it has on mine visibility.

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New Release

V.1.6.1

* General - Fixed missing entry for 1.6.0 in readme.txt

* Util - Fixed issue where player groups were lost when switching sides (#186)

* Util - Added more options when changing player sides (#187)

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[twakkie 57]

Wow thanks Anton. Great work as always! Cheers boet.

[darshyne 12]

* Util - Added module to change player sides during missions.

This is awesome for rp missions !!!!! thx so much

Any luck to have a landing chopper feature ? Anyway your mod is soooo usefull.

[kecharles28 197]

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