ACE Arsenal Check Inventory & Make availabe

[Narsiph 3]

Hello,

 

i am starting with scripting and have some ideas and a point where i want to start. The basics to multiplayer scripting are known to me and i made a couple scripts already for the purpose what i wanted to have (a personal arsenal for people). We are a merc-based group and we really liked antistasi but it has too many flaws for us so i decided to finally start our merc-based campaign.

 

Now i started with my roadmap for the arsenal:

01: Check the amount of loot/equipment in a specific box (!)
02: Add the specific items in the box to an ace-arsenal (!)
03: Check if the amount of items in the ace-arsenal exceeds 20 (!)
04: Make items, that exceed the amount 20, unlimited. (!)
05: Save all the data so it can be restored after a server-restart/restart (!?)

 

(!) = Figured it out

(?) = Still trying to figure it out

(!?) = I know where to look for this.

 

I discussed it already with a friend of mine and we decided to go with the 'while' to keep on checking a specific inventor, a box, called "merc_arsenal_box", either with a onaction activation on the arsenal-box, or with a sleep timer of roughly 15 minutes or so. Thats practically not really hard either way. But the real problem i face now is, that i am able to put stuff int he ace arsenal without problems - unlimited already.

 

Thats one of the basic functions i can go. Put things in the ace arsenal already unlimited available. And i dont have a clue how i can achive the same, but with a limited availability like 19 items of weapon x.

 

Do i oversee something, a function as example? Or does the ace arsenal not have any method of having a limited amount of items in it?

Please dont post any working code, just directions where i should look and specific snippets (Example: Look on ace arsenal framework, the function fnc_thisisit_lookhere [1,2,3,4];)

 

 

Thank you all in advance for your help & time

 

Narsiph.

[Narsiph 3]

Heya,

 

strangely, in the weapon_cache_temp it returns always an empty array, but the weapon was cleary added into it.

Here is the code:

 

// First, check the inventory of the "merc_arsenal_box". If it has 20 of an Item, it should be deleted and added to the
// general ace arsenal.
unlimited = 2;

// secure temporary weapons in the box "weapon_cache_temp"


// If the array is needed
_itemarray = getItemCargo merc_arsenal_box;



// _itemarray = getWeaponCargo merc_arsenal_box;


// multi array (haupt + sub)
// array 0 (waffe0,waffe1) array 1 (feld 0: 12, feld 1: 3)
// anzahlitems = count array 0

// a loop repeating 10 times
// for [{_i=0}, {_i<anzahlitems}, {_i=_i+1}] do


_weaponnames = count (_itemarray select 0);

clearWeaponCargo weapon_cache_temp;
for [{_loop=0}, {_loop<_weaponnames}, {_loop=_loop+1}] do
{
_weaponamount = (_itemarray select 1) select _loop;
_weaponname = (_itemarray select 0) select _loop;
	if (_weaponamount > unlimited) then 
		{
			[merc_arsenal_box, [_weaponname]] call ace_arsenal_fnc_addVirtualItems;
		}
		else
		{
			weapon_cache_temp addWeaponCargo [_weaponname,_weaponamount];
		};
};
sleep 1;

clearWeaponCargo merc_arsenal_box;
sleep 1;
_itemarray = getItemCargo weapon_cache_temp;
hint str _itemarray;
sleep 3;
_weaponnames = count (_itemarray select 0);

for [{_loop=0}, {_loop<_weaponnames}, {_loop=_loop+1}] do
{
_weaponamount = (_itemarray select 1) select _loop;
hint str _weaponamount;
sleep 3;
_weaponname = (_itemarray select 0) select _loop;
hint _weaponname;
sleep 3;
		
merc_arsenal_box addWeaponCargo [_weaponname,_weaponamount];
		
};

 

If anyone has any idea why it is happening that i get an empty array from my weapon_cache_temp, would be nice to know (the box has a weapon in it. It uses the same code as the main box to transfer its item).

[Narsiph 3]

Solved. I had 'getITEMcargo' instead of getWeaponCargo

:)