[SOLVED] Running scripts server side (a 2nd initServer)

[Rosso777 22]

In my initServer.sqf file (mission folder), I have a collection of simple objects:

 

private _vehicles = [
["Land_Hotel", [1281.08, 1067.3, 22.8993], [-0.99999, -0.00458476, 0], [0, 0, 1], false],
["Land_Hotel", [1281.29, 1025.94, 22.9204], [-0.999989, -0.00458476, 0.00109177], [0.00109178, 0, 0.999999], false],
["Land_Hotel", [1280.66, 1150.06, 22.9], [-0.999989, -0.00458476, -0.00109182], [-0.00109183, 0, 0.999999], false]

(this is just a tiny sample)

 

I am wondering if there is a way to run a second file similar to this format but from the actual server? For instance, I run most of my .sqfs from the server with:
[] execVM "\server\scripts\boathouse.sqf"; (listed in the initServer.sqf)

 

I would like to move this massive file (5 MB) to the server so it's not continuously downloaded with the mission file. Is this possible?
 

[SOLVED]:

I created a folder in my server's root directory called server, then created a subdirectory named scripts. Inside that folder is a file named island.sqf:

Spoiler

ExileRouletteChairs = [];
ExileRouletteChairPositions = [];

// 17,581 Vehicles
private _vehicles = [
["t_Ficus_small_F", [568.887, 1097.81, 20.099], [0.151047, 0.988527, 0], [0, 0, 1], false],
["t_Ficus_small_F", [608.895, 1063.99, 20.1387], [-0.943487, 0.331409, 0], [0, 0, 1], false],
["t_Agathis_wide_F", [1276.65, 1024.78, 21.969], [-0.924289, -0.381694, 0], [0, 0, 1], false],
["t_Agathis_wide_F", [1269.38, 1020.6, 21.9684], [0.856827, -0.515603, 0.00093551], [-0.00109183, 0, 0.999999], false]
];

{
    private _vehicle = (_x select 0) createVehicle (_x select 1);
    _vehicle allowDamage false;
    _vehicle setPosWorld (_x select 1);
    _vehicle setVectorDirAndUp [_x select 2, _x select 3];
    _vehicle enableSimulationGlobal (_x select 4);
    _vehicle setVariable ["ExileIsLocked", -1, true];
    
    if (_vehicle isKindOf "Exile_RussianRouletteChair") then
    {
        ExileRouletteChairs pushBack _vehicle;
        ExileRouletteChairPositions pushBack [_x select 1, getDir _vehicle];
    };
}
forEach _vehicles;

// 7 Simple Objects
private _invisibleSelections = ["zasleh", "zasleh2", "box_nato_grenades_sign_f", "box_nato_ammoord_sign_f", "box_nato_support_sign_f"];
private _simpleObjects = [
["a3\vegetation_f_exp\tree\t_ficus_small_f.p3d", [1431.57, 877.822, 20.0061], [0, 1, 0], [0, 0, 1]],
["a3\vegetation_f_exp\tree\t_ficus_small_f.p3d", [1241.2, 871.944, 20.021], [0, 1, 0], [0, 0, 1]],
["a3\vegetation_f_exp\tree\t_ficus_small_f.p3d", [1433.41, 854.71, 20.0121], [0, 1, 0], [0, 0, 1]],
["a3\structures_f\civ\camping\sleeping_bag_f.p3d", [1426.6, 1135.17, 15.3638], [0, 1, 0], [0, 0, 1]],
["a3\structures_f\civ\garbage\garbage_square3_f.p3d", [1427.24, 1136.11, 15.3899], [0, 1, 0], [0, 0, 1]],
["a3\structures_f\civ\garbage\garbage_square5_f.p3d", [1429.48, 1134.04, 15.3761], [0, 1, 0], [0, 0, 1]],
["a3\structures_f\civ\garbage\garbage_line_f.p3d", [1423.34, 1134.58, 15.3931], [0, 1, 0], [0, 0, 1]]
];

{
    private _simpleObject = createSimpleObject [_x select 0, _x select 1];
    _simpleObject setVectorDirAndUp [_x select 2, _x select 3];
    
    {
        if ((toLower _x) in _invisibleSelections) then 
        {
            _simpleObject hideSelection [_x, true];
        };
    }
    forEach (selectionNames _simpleObject);
}
forEach _simpleObjects;

 

sleep 10;
[] execVM "\server\scripts\RemoteIslandTroops.sqf";

 

This was created using the Exile 3Den plugin, specifically the create initServer feature. The false that I highlighted at the end of each line means that the simulation has been disabled and the objects will take significantly less resources (since this file contains 17,000+ trees/bushes on a small island). I still maintain steady FPS numbers on the server even though I've added in this many objects.

 

Additionally, the last couple lines:
sleep 10;
[] execVM "\server\scripts\RemoteIslandTroops.sqf";

were added because I included some buildings in the original file and wanted to ensure the buildings loaded BEFORE the AI that would be inside/on top of them would. Hope this all helps someone.

[El' Rabito 153]

Yes you can. But if your objects file is 5MB your server will run like crap with that many objects.

[Rosso777 22]

3 minutes ago, El' Rabito said:

Yes you can. But if your objects file is 5MB your server will run like crap with that many objects.

Correction: The initServer is currently 1.5 MB.  So how do I go about making a 2nd file like this (using that type of object list's format) that can be run from the server?

[El' Rabito 153]