Quick eventhandler question

[mathiasstahle 59]

Where's the proper place to initiate an eventHandler "Fired" in a multiplayer mission? In the playable units init field? In init.sqf? 

The eventHandler will execute a scripting command and I want it to fire on all machines, regardles of which player triggers it. In this case all playable units belong to the same group and start the game seated in the same vehicle, if that matters.

[sarogahtyp 1105]

which eh?

[mathiasstahle 59]

1 hour ago, sarogahtyp said:

which eh?

Yes. English isn't my native language.

[pierremgi 4739]

3 hours ago, mathiasstahle said:

Where's the proper place to initiate an eventHandler "Fired" in a multiplayer mission? In the playable units init field? In init.sqf? 

The eventHandler will execute a scripting command and I want it to fire on all machines regardles of wich player triggers it. In this case all playable units belong to the same group and start the game seated in the same vehicle, if that matters.

 

The EH "fired" is usually placed in init.sqf or initPlayerLocal.sqf , sometimes directly in init field of the unit(s)...

That depends on what you want to run with that, for which unit(s) or player(s)

So, the probable correct answer is : initPlayerLocal.sqf if I guess what you want.

[Harzach 2507]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#Fired

 

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Special multiplayer behaviour: When added to a remote unit or vehicle, this EH will only fire if said entity is within range of the camera. That range is determined by the fired ammo's highest visibleFire and audibleFire config value. In case of units, muzzle attachment coefficients are applied too.

 

So attach the EH to the desired unit in whatever way you wish, then remoteExec any commands from there.

HARZ_fired_mult = 0;
this addEventHandler ["Fired", {
	params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_magazine", "_projectile", "_gunner"];
	HARZ_fired_mult = HARZ_fired_mult + 1;
	format ["%1 has fired their %2 %3 time(s)", _unit, _weapon, HARZ_fired_mult] remoteExec ["hint", 0];
}];

This example only works when attached to one specific unit, but that's because of the output I chose.

[mathiasstahle 59]

I ended up placing it in the init field of every playable unit and it seems to work fine for this mission. It's an eventhandler that moves a marker and an invisible helipad to the players position if he throws an orange smoke grenade. Rather simple commands with global effects. And since all players belong to the same group and share a vehicle upon mission start no locality issues seems to be at hand. Tested it in hosted MP yesterday. Dedicated servers are another issue, but for me it's enough if it works in hosted environment atm. Thanks for the help.

[Larrow 2800]

On 8/22/2022 at 11:19 AM, mathiasstahle said:

I ended up placing it in the init field of every playable unit

Just do it in the initPlayerLocal.sqf. There is no need for each client to add the event to each other clients as well as their own. This is what will happen if it's placed in the units init in the editor.