Arma 3 "objects"?

[mr-blizzard 10]

Does Arma 3 have "objects" like in JavaScript? If your not sure what im talking about, it is something along the lines of a variable Inside of a variable.

[dreadedentity 278]

Yes it does, however you cannot access object attributes directly, they've all been encapsulated and abstracted. The only way to get the information each field contains is by using the scripting commands available to us.

When you say objects "like JavaScript", I assume you're talking about objects in the context of object-oriented programming. The answer is most undoubtedly yes, because Real Virtuality is also most likely written in an object-oriented programming language (probably C++ like almost every game these days).

For example their solider class might look something like this:

class Soldier_Base
{
public:
	model = //stuff
	name = //stuff
	faction = NULL
	health = 1;
	direction = 0;

	float returnDirection()
	{
		return direction;
	};
	//other fields and functions
}

However, there is no way to access object attributes directly using .sqf (and probably .sqs also). We have to use commands like getDir or direction:

_myDir = direction player;

//equivalent C++ statement (pre-compiled code):

resultToSQF = Soldier_Base.returnDirection();

Notice how we did not access the variable directly, but rather used a function? Using functions to return relevant information rather than accessing attributes directly is called encapsulation.

Edited April 22, 2015 by DreadedEntity

[NeMeSiS 11]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVariable may be close enough to what you are looking for.

[rübe 127]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVariable may be close enough to what you are looking for.

Indeed. For example you can use empty logics as your "objects", and then set-/getVariable. But more often than not, it's actually nicer to use already existing objects: groups, units, ... and set-/getVariable on them.

Or just use a hashmap/dictionary (you need to implement that in sqf though...).

[mr-blizzard 10]

However, there is no way to access object attributes directly using .sqf (and probably .sqs also). We have to use commands like getDir or direction:

_myDir = direction player;

//equivalent C++ statement (pre-compiled

Never really thought about it like that, really do appreciate the feedback guys, thanks.

[killzone_kid 1331]

Arma 3 no, but Take on Mars scripting is very promising.