Miscellanous Editor Tutorials

[hridaysabz 14]

I am proud to present a set of tutorials for the not-so-frequently-discussed aspects of Arma 3. In these tutorials I will be going through just some aspects to enhance your missions and make them look more realistic, fun and have somewhat of a story in them. 
These are very simple to follow, straightforward and require minimal to none scripting knowledge. 

 

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=180166308

 

 

[Alex150201 894]

Hey man nice guide! I am very experinced with the editor but I had never heard of the ambient flybys. Thanks!

[hridaysabz 14]

Hey man nice guide! I am very experinced with the editor but I had never heard of the ambient flybys. Thanks!

 

Learning and discovering is the point of the community, right? Great to know it atleast helped one!

[Alex150201 894]

Learning and discovering is the point of the community, right? Great to know it atleast helped one!

Ah mate I'm sure it helped more than one.

[kylania 567]

You should wrap your code examples in the code tags as shown by the Formatting Hints link in the Steam editor.  That way it'll be much easier to read.

 

 

Compare:

 

 

 

// Function that creates a parachute over the dropzone marker and moves the player into it.
fnc_letsFly = {
_para = createVehicle ["Parachute_US_EP1", getMarkerPos "mrk_dropZone", [], 0, "FLY"];
_para setPosATL [getPosATL _para select 0, getPosATL _para select 1, 200];
player moveInDriver _para;
};
// This starts the player in the air at gamestart
call fnc_letsFly;
// This adds the MP event to the player
player addMPEventHandler ["MPRespawn",{_this spawn fnc_letsFly;}];

 

With:

// Function that creates a parachute over the dropzone marker and moves the player into it.
fnc_letsFly = {
	_para = createVehicle ["Parachute_US_EP1", getMarkerPos "mrk_dropZone", [], 0, "FLY"];
	_para setPosATL [getPosATL _para select 0, getPosATL _para select 1, 200];
	player moveInDriver _para;
};

// This starts the player in the air at gamestart
call fnc_letsFly;

// This adds the MP event to the player
player addMPEventHandler ["MPRespawn",{_this spawn fnc_letsFly;}];

[R3vo 2652]

Some of the code should be updated with latest engine commands, e.g BIS_fnc_selectRandom -> selectRandom

 

Other than that, thanks for the effort, well done.

[hridaysabz 14]

 

You should wrap your code examples in the code tags as shown by the Formatting Hints link in the Steam editor.  That way it'll be much easier to read.

 

 

Compare:

 

 

With:

// Function that creates a parachute over the dropzone marker and moves the player into it.
fnc_letsFly = {
	_para = createVehicle ["Parachute_US_EP1", getMarkerPos "mrk_dropZone", [], 0, "FLY"];
	_para setPosATL [getPosATL _para select 0, getPosATL _para select 1, 200];
	player moveInDriver _para;
};

// This starts the player in the air at gamestart
call fnc_letsFly;

// This adds the MP event to the player
player addMPEventHandler ["MPRespawn",{_this spawn fnc_letsFly;}];

 

Will definitely do it once I free up, thanks for the input!