Understanding how preInit and postInit attributes work

[cklymowsky 1]

HI All, 

 

I'm trying to figure out how the  preInit and postInit attributes work, and I've read a couple of threads

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Functions_Library_(Arma_3)#Attributes

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and still am missing something...

 

I thought the following would display "Hello BEAKO" before the mission start but nothing happens.

 

I created:

 

descrition.ext

class CfgFunctions
{
	class BEAKO
	{
		class preInit
		{
			file = "functions\preInit";				
			class test 
			{
				preInit = 1;
			};
		};
	};
};

initServer.sqf

[] call BEAKO_fnc_test;

fn_test.sqf (inside folders "functions" sub-folder "preInit")

hintC format ["Hello %1",name player];

 

[Grumpy Old Man 3540]

Since preInit runs before the mission begins or is even initialized, you'll never see the hint.

Take a read.

 

In most cases you'd never need preInit or postInit unless you want to run extremely cpu expensive functions where it doesn't impact gameplay (grabbing all buildings on the entire map etc).

 

Cheers