ORBAT textures problem

[theend3r 83]

I'm creating a simple ORBAT for my mision and everything works well except the game requires full path for some textures, which won't work for obvious reasons.

 

Example from wiki (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ORBAT_Viewer):

insignia = "\ca\missions_f\data\orbat\7thInfantry_ca.paa";

Works as expected with full path:

insignia = "C:\Users\...\Mission%Name.Altis\GhostSkullL.paa";

Doesn't work:

insignia = "GhostSkullL.paa"; //doesn't work but
texture = "GhostSkullS.paa"; //works and doesn't require full path

Full class:

class Recon //the whole class stucture, insignia works, texture doesn't (2nd pic)
{
	id = 4;
	idType = 0;
	side = "West";
	size = "Squad";
	type = "Recon";
	commander = "Ghost";
	commanderRank = "Lieutenant";
	insignia = "GhostSkullL.paa";
	texture = "GhostSkullS.paa";
	text = "Ghost Unit";
	textShort = "Ghost";
	description = "'The Ghosts' are an elite recon operatives specialized in solo insertions deep behind enemy lines.";
};

error:

 

No path:

 

Full path:

 

How come the insignia (2048x2048) works but the texture (128x128) doesn't?

I may get it to work with partial path in the Arma 3 folder when the mission is exported (although I do not know what path to set), but is there no way to shortcut Arma into the missions folder (e.g. like you can %appdata% in Windows)?

[sarogahtyp 1109]

try KKs ArmA Scripting Tutorials: Mission Root

[theend3r 83]

try KKs ArmA Scripting Tutorials: Mission Root

Thanks. Solved it with:

texture = __EVAL((__FILE__ select [0, count __FILE__ - 15]) + "GhostSkullS");

But such a complicated solution for such simple thing. :rolleyes:

I wouldn't want to debug games.

[corralesid 12]

For those seeking a complete info:

 

Yes, sure, see KK's blog for more reference, but let's recap particullary of this case:

 

by doing in the init.sqf: 

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MISSION_ROOT = call { private "_arr"; _arr = toArray __FILE__; _arr resize (count _arr - 8); toString _arr };

You'll be substracting the string "init.sqf" to your mission path that will be %Root%\mymissionMP.Altis\init.sqf. So now a lot of things can be called by this path.

 

what you'r doing in 

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texture = __EVAL((__FILE__ select [0, count __FILE__ - 15]) + "GhostSkullS");

is also substracting the string but of description.ext which is 15 character length and so on you can do it for any file in missionfolder to get the path.

 

BIS is recomending you in https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_ORBAT_Viewer to do it via the next preprocessed command: 

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texture = __EXEC (MISSIONLOCATION = __FILE__ select [0, count __FILE__ - 15])

but this to work, you'll need to do first; declare a variable name MISSIONLOCATION (or whatever you want to call it) in description.ext 

 

The only problem with this kind of method (even theend3r method), is that if you're gonna #include a file in another folder the variable even thou needs to be declare in description.ext, cause if you do it inside an .hpp it will not work the path or what KK's talking about: So lets put an E.G.

 

mymissionfolder\xfolder\orbat,hpp

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__EXEC (MISSIONLOCATION = __FILE__ select [0, count __FILE__ - 18]);

class CfgORBAT
{

    class HQ
    { 

     ....

      texture = __EVAL(MISSIONLOCATION + "xfolder\orbat,hpp"

    };

won't work, while:

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////description.ext

 

__EXEC (MISSIONLOCATION = __FILE__ select [0, count __FILE__ - 18]);

#include mymissionfolder\xfolder\orbat,hpp;

 

////mymissionfolder\xfolder\orbat,hpp

 

class CfgORBAT
{

    class HQ
    { 

     ....

      texture = __EVAL(MISSIONLOCATION + "xfolder\orbat,hpp"

    };

will work.

[Dedmen 2728]

Oh man, so complicated...

 

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

 

texture = __EVAL(getMissionPath "xfolder\orbat.hpp");