Eden Editor Advanced

[ziptlytical 6]

I love the eden editor but i still always find restricted in making advanced missions because of the  amount of scripting needed to do so. I just want arma4 to be fully modulated for the average mission maker with only like 5% scripting if that. The modules they have now for arma3 are great but still not enough. Example would be getting AI to do what you want, it's not easy doing this without scripting. 

 

anyone else have same thoughts?

 

 

 

 

[beno_83au 1369]

Well, there's 3den Enhanced that makes doing the basic things a bit easier. But there's over 2300 script commands, plus the vanilla functions. So that'd be a hell of a lot of modules to cover all those possibilities.

[pierremgi 4944]

7 hours ago, ziptlytical said:

The modules they have now for arma3 are great but still not enough. Example would be getting AI to do what you want, it's not easy doing this without scripting. 

anyone else have same thoughts?

The reason why I did my own modules.

Feel free to suggest anything else (if not too specific, but useful for most of mission makers).

[redarmy 424]

7 hours ago, pierremgi said:

The reason why I did my own modules.

Feel free to suggest anything else (if not too specific, but useful for most of mission makers).

If you are taking requests for useful features to add to your mod Pierremgi,i'd say after adding a sp revive which you have,(it being the most core essential needed feature for SP gameplay imo) the next two things would be *basic things BIS either didnt fully include or didnt nail correctly...

 

Those two things being a proper rearm system for AI squad mates.Currentl and for a long time now there has been a bug where if your AI have a pistol on them,they will not be able to rearm their primary rifle at a supply box or other inventory item.Even if this wasnt an issue,the default rearm system is heavily lacking,AI only take 3 or 4 mags.As a squad leader i generally manually rearm my team of 7 guys half way through a scenario...tiring as all hell.

 

The other thing would be a proper support call,or an autonomous one where a fuel/ammo/repair truck on the map could actually go and support other units.I never can get a logistics vehicle on a support wp to work.Kind of gave up on BIS ever addressing these core issues.Really glad to have the revive from you at the very least.

[ziptlytical 6]

On 12/22/2020 at 5:27 PM, beno_83au said:

Well, there's 3den Enhanced that makes doing the basic things a bit easier. But there's over 2300 script commands, plus the vanilla functions. So that'd be a hell of a lot of modules to cover all those possibilities.

thanks this helped, well they better get working on them modules then lol, if there's over 2300+. Cuz i always have ideas for cool missions but with the amount of heavy scripting needed for it, i don't always have the time to spend weeks/months creating a really good mission and we only can make simple missions so long without getting bored. I know some makers it takes them weeks to months to make good missions and who has the time for that most people don't.

 

On 12/22/2020 at 6:04 PM, pierremgi said:

The reason why I did my own modules.

Feel free to suggest anything else (if not too specific, but useful for most of mission makers).

 

super useful, awesome. I'm keeping your modules & 3den enhanced as part of my editing experience. If i have any ideas for modules for you i'll let you know i'll have to think of some.

 

 

 

 

 

[ziptlytical 6]

On 12/22/2020 at 6:04 PM, pierremgi said:

The reason why I did my own modules.

Feel free to suggest anything else (if not too specific, but useful for most of mission makers).

If you could make a simple module that allows a group of AI units to get in any vehicle when the module is synced to that vehicle? Would be very useful without having to type in those few lines of code. Module can just sync the group to the vehicle then they'll all be in the vehicle if the vehicle. 

[pierremgi 4944]

1 hour ago, ziptlytical said:

If you could make a simple module that allows a group of AI units to get in any vehicle when the module is synced to that vehicle? Would be very useful without having to type in those few lines of code. Module can just sync the group to the vehicle then they'll all be in the vehicle if the vehicle. 

There are already several tools for that:

- 3den drag & drop a group on vehicle: the units are embarked at start;

- the two waypoints "get in" synced to "load" for the group and  the vehicle (with crew);

- then "get in nearest" waypoint for jumping onto vehicle on the way;

- the "get in combat" BI module to embark units as soon as they are in combat mode.

So, I'm not sure to understand when/who/why some units could jump into which vehicle(s) with a new module.