"3rd Person View in vehicle only" script broken with 1.58

[FAILIX 32]

Hi Guys,

I've added a small script to the mission on our dedicated server, that only allows a player to switch to 3rd Person view while in a vehicle.

While on food it disables 3rdpersonView.

The changes to difficulty options in 1.58 screwed up the script.

Here is what is in the script now:

if (!isDedicated) then { //preventing start on server

	waitUntil {!isNull (findDisplay 46)}; //making sure player is spawned
//changed from "if (difficultyEnabled "3rdPersonView") then" to adjust for difficulty changes in v1.58	
	if (difficultyOption "3rdPersonView") then 
	{
		while {true} do {

			waitUntil {cameraView == "EXTERNAL" || cameraView == "GROUP"};

			if  ((vehicle player) == player) then {
				player switchCamera "INTERNAL";
			};
			
		};
	};

};

As I understood it, I just need to change difficultyEnabled to difficultyOption. But this does nothing right now.

I've also tried to replace "3rdPersonView" with "thirdPersonView", but that also didn't help.

Does anyone has an idea how to fix the script?

 

[Neviothr 102]

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[Lala14 135]

Hi Guys,

I've added a small script to the mission on our dedicated server, that only allows a player to switch to 3rd Person view while in a vehicle.

While on food it disables 3rdpersonView.

The changes to difficulty options in 1.58 screwed up the script.

Here is what is in the script now:

if (!isDedicated) then { //preventing start on server

	waitUntil {!isNull (findDisplay 46)}; //making sure player is spawned
//changed from "if (difficultyEnabled "3rdPersonView") then" to adjust for difficulty changes in v1.58	
	if (difficultyOption "3rdPersonView") then 
	{
		while {true} do {

			waitUntil {cameraView == "EXTERNAL" || cameraView == "GROUP"};

			if  ((vehicle player) == player) then {
				player switchCamera "INTERNAL";
			};
			
		};
	};

};

As I understood it, I just need to change difficultyEnabled to difficultyOption. But this does nothing right now.

I've also tried to replace "3rdPersonView" with "thirdPersonView", but that also didn't help.

Does anyone has an idea how to fix the script?

I've never used the command but looking at the wiki page difficultyOption returns a number now instead of a bool which difficultyEnabled did.

[FAILIX 32]

Oh, this slipped through as I looked it up at the page. So I probably just need to switch the true to 1 and it might work then. Thanks, I will let you know if it works.

[FAILIX 32]

Oh, this slipped through as I looked it up at the page. So I probably just need to switch the true to 1 and it might work then. Thanks, I will let you know if it works.

Damn, this did not work.

Anyone else here who knows how to get this fixed?

[hoverguy 177]

Damn, this did not work.

Anyone else here who knows how to get this fixed?

 

Isn't it thirdPersonView instead of 3rdPersonView, along with what lala14 said, should work.

hint str (difficultyOption "thirdPersonView")

Returns 1 for me, means activated.

 

Using your code:

 

if(!isDedicated) then 
{
    waitUntil {!isNull (findDisplay 46)}; // Wait for main display
    if((difficultyOption "thirdPersonView") isEqualTo 1) then 
    {
        while {true} do 
        {
            waitUntil {cameraView isEqualTo "EXTERNAL" || cameraView isEqualTo "GROUP"};
            if((vehicle player) isEqualTo player) then 
            {
                player switchCamera "INTERNAL";
            };
        };
    };
};

[FAILIX 32]

Isn't it thirdPersonView instead of 3rdPersonView, along with what lala14 said, should work.

hint str (difficultyOption "thirdPersonView")

Returns 1 for me, means activated.

Yes, that is true. I've actually tried both. Now having "thirdPersonView", while checking it in game it also returns 1. But the script still doesn't work :(

 

Here is what the script looks like now:

if (!isDedicated) then { //preventing start on server

	waitUntil {!isNull (findDisplay 46)}; //making sure player is spawned

	if (difficultyOption "thirdPersonView") then 
	{
		while {1} do {

			waitUntil {cameraView == "EXTERNAL" || cameraView == "GROUP"};

			if  ((vehicle player) == player) then {
				player switchCamera "INTERNAL";
			};
			
		};
	};

};

[hoverguy 177]

Yes, that is true. I've actually tried both. Now having "thirdPersonView", while checking it in game it also returns 1. But the script still doesn't work :(

 

I edited my post with your code.

[FAILIX 32]

Hey Hoverguy...

your code works!

 

Thanks a lot for your help, very much appreciated!

[fn_Quiksilver 1633]

Now I am lost

 

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Difficulty_Menu

 

thirdPersonView = true; // 3rd person view

 

indicates a bool return not scalar

 

yet (difficultyOption 'thirdPersonView') returns a number?

[hoverguy 177]

Now I am lost

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Difficulty_Menu

thirdPersonView = true; // 3rd person view

indicates a bool return not scalar

yet (difficultyOption 'thirdPersonView') returns a number?

In the config, yeah it is a bool but the command interprets it as a scalar because of this

#define true 1
#define false 0

Or maybe they simply changed it to scalar in the config, either way is correct. If you want to make your own presets use 0 or 1 or define true to be interpreted as 1 etc... because I dont know if the conversion is handled by the command or simply just defined in the default config as stated just above.

EDIT: Useful info page 6 here ->https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/188661-difficulty-overhaul/page-6 last two posts from rebelvg and That1Drifter

[leonidmanylov 12]

 

Isn't it thirdPersonView instead of 3rdPersonView, along with what lala14 said, should work.

hint str (difficultyOption "thirdPersonView")

Returns 1 for me, means activated.

 

Using your code:

if(!isDedicated) then 
{
    waitUntil {!isNull (findDisplay 46)}; // Wait for main display
    if((difficultyOption "thirdPersonView") isEqualTo 1) then 
    {
        while {true} do 
        {
            waitUntil {cameraView isEqualTo "EXTERNAL" || cameraView isEqualTo "GROUP"};
            if((vehicle player) isEqualTo player) then 
            {
                player switchCamera "INTERNAL";
            };
        };
    };
};

Where do I stick it?

[kylania 567]

You could drop that code into initPlayerLocal.sqf