Create light (#lightpoint) in COOP/MP

[pellelil 10]

I am fairly new to scripting in Arma and I am trying to get up to speed scripting for COOP/MP, and in this aspect I am working on a flare-script. My current script is working fine, however I would like to have more control over the brightness/intensity of my flare (as the flare fired in vanilla Arma don't illuminate very much, whereas with Blastcore it does).

 

I am therefore looking into using a light ("#lightpoint" createVehicle getPos _flare;), that I will either attach to my current flare or in whole replace my flare. However I have read that all of the "setLight" methods only affect the "local" light (not for each client in COOP/MP). E.g created this way:

// ... some code that creates/setup my _flare ...

_light = "#lightpoint" createVehicle getPos _flare; 
_light setLightFlareSize _flareSize;
_light setLightBrightness _flareBrightness; 
_light setLightIntensity _flareIntensity; 
_light setLightColor _flareColor; 
_light setLightAmbient _flareColor; 
_light attachTo [_flare, [0, 0, 0]]; 

// ... some code that controls/animates my _flare ...

Is it possible to have the light being created/controlled on each "connected client"?, and if so how?

[davidoss 550]

Local means visible only there where code executed.

Obviously you need to execute the code on each client.

Use remoteExec for that.

[pellelil 10]

Local means visible only there where code executed.

Obviously you need to execute the code on each client.

Use remoteExec for that.

 

So I guess something in the line of this:

_scriptCreatingSettingLight = {
  _flare = _this select 0;
  _flareBrightness = _this select 1;
  // ... "read" more params ...
  _light = "#lightpoint" createVehicle getPos _flare; 
  _light setLightBrightness _flareBrightness; 
  // ... "set" more params ...
};
[_flare, 4] remoteExec ["_scriptCreatingSettingLight"]; 

Not calling remoteExec with a specific client it should run on all clients, so for optimization it might be a good idea to find all client within a cirtain range from where the flare is fired, and then only use remoteExec on those !?

 

You know if it will work with a local function, or does it have to be a global?

[fn_Quiksilver 1633]

Isn't there an event script for flares?

 

onFlare.sqs executes globally when a flare is fired, IIRC

[Tajin 348]

[_flare, 4] remoteExec ["_scriptCreatingSettingLight"];

Remote calling a function that is stored in a private variable is not going to work.

 

Isn't there an event script for flares?

That script is meant for illumination flares. I highly doubt it will trigger for countermeasure flares.

It should be possible to use a "fired" Eventhandler though.

[fn_Quiksilver 1633]

[_flare, 4] remoteExec ["_scriptCreatingSettingLight"];

Remote calling a function that is stored in a private variable is not going to work.

 

That script is meant for illumination flares. I highly doubt it will trigger for countermeasure flares.

It should be possible to use a "fired" Eventhandler though.

 

 

I might have misunderstood OP, thought he was referring to illumination flares

[davidoss 550]

Define global function:

fn_setLight = {

    params ["_light", "_flareSize", "_flareBrightness", "_flareIntensity", "_flareColor"];

    _light setLightFlareSize _flareSize;
    _light setLightBrightness _flareBrightness;
    _light setLightIntensity _flareIntensity;
    _light setLightColor _flareColor;
    _light setLightAmbient _flareColor;


};

than execute it on each client:

if (isServer) then {

// createVehicle is global, every client knows about 
// _flare whatever that is needs to be global too

    _light = "#lightpoint" createVehicle getPos _flare; 

// attachTo is global

    _light attachTo [_flare, [0, 0, 0]];

//passed params in order >object,flare Size, flare Brightness, flare Intensity, [flare RBG Color]< 

    [_light, 5, 2, 4, [0.5,0,0]] remoteExec ["fn_setLight", 0, true];


};

selected color is red

setLightAmbient value are not passed obviously is the same color as source.

Remove comments when understand.

 

Edit: Check this;

[Jnr4817 215]

Could we use this to augment the searchlights on the aircraft and headlights on the vehicles?

[davidoss 550]

[pellelil 10]

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How did you mange to make it directionally? Something you did, or is it simply blocked by the 3D model?

[Tajin 348]

He's using one of those construction lamps. (Land_PortableLight_single_F) which have a spotlight effect included.

Thats not what we're looking for here.

[nomisum 129]

He's using one of those construction lamps. (Land_PortableLight_single_F) which have a spotlight effect included.

Thats not what we're looking for here.

this. video is mine actually :D