Noob question about enablesimulation and hideobject

[Kenai Phoenix 4]

Hello! I have been playing with the ArmA 3 editor for a while, but I never got into the scripting part of it until now.

 

I was tying to made a simple mission where the player takes off from a carrier, and then some enemy planes activate. If these planes reach one trigger zone, the mission fails. My approach was a really simple one (Im just beggining):

 

- Make a start trigger zone where the player spawns (The carrier and a little more), and set it up to "any player" and "Not present"

- To all enemy planes I added the init code:

                "this enableSimulation false; this hideObject true"

-And on the effect of the trigger, set opposite of these two variables

-Set the trigger on the zone were the enemy planes are heading: if "OPFOR is present" then "mission failed"

 

Now, that didnt work, the enemy planes keep spawing and reaching their destination. After some googling I read I could use enableSimulationGlobal instead of enableSimulation. But it didnt work either. I added a "hint" on the player leave trigger to test if it is working properly, and it works as intended: the hint appears when the player leaves the zone.

 

What can be the cause of this problem? there are 4 planes and 2 of them have a co-pilot AI, but I keep seeing them spawning and, if I dont do anything (aka, the trigger doesnt jump) i keep failing the mission meaning the AI somehow got to their destination. I tested this approach on smaller units, so I can see the effects of the code more easily, and it worked. But with planes there is no luck.

 

Thanks, and sorry if this question is really simple

 

[pierremgi 4889]

"this enableSimulation false; this hideObject true" is a string, not a code.

code could be : this enableSimulation false; this hideObject true;

 

but that will not work for your aim.

 

You need to set a name on your enemy group like : redGroup (in init field of the group composition)

Then in init field (or anywhere for init):

{vehicle _x enableSimulation false; vehicle _x hideObject true} forEach units redGroup;

 

then, in your trigger:

{vehicle _x enableSimulation true; vehicle _x hideObject false} forEach units redGroup;

 

Use global command (on server only), for MP session. Useless in SP.

 

 

[Kenai Phoenix 4]

On 6/14/2024 at 8:42 AM, pierremgi said:

"this enableSimulation false; this hideObject true" is a string, not a code.

code could be : this enableSimulation false; this hideObject true;

 

but that will not work for your aim.

 

You need to set a name on your enemy group like : redGroup (in init field of the group composition)

Then in init field (or anywhere for init):

{vehicle _x enableSimulation false; vehicle _x hideObject true} forEach units redGroup;

 

then, in your trigger:

{vehicle _x enableSimulation true; vehicle _x hideObject false} forEach units redGroup;

 

Use global command (on server only), for MP session. Useless in SP.

 

 

 

Thank you! It give me more information about what was happening and how to use arma scripting, but I was still having problems with the script.

 

In the end my ArmA 3 was working weirdly, asking about ";" on scripts that were perfectly and other stuff so I made a new installation. In that case I realize I also added on the mod list "Drongos Air Operation" (an awesome mode btw) that could be causing some issues... and it was that. I unloaded and everything worked perfectly. I leave this here in case someone finds themselves with the same issue.

 

Thanks you again anyways!

[pierremgi 4889]

15 minutes ago, Kenai Phoenix said:

In the end my ArmA 3 was working weirdly, asking about ";"

 

 

The code works. Probably due to a copy/paste here, as far as the forum editor adds invisible characters. (same for this post)