Lost wisdom

[mr burns 132]

well, it´s just some kind of idea that came to me after replying this thread in the O2 forums.

it seems that many addons that have great features and potential to be improved are just being forgotten.

for example we have:

water using multiple pac files for animation

ruger mini14 rifle with 2 different scope views

inq´s m24 rifle with changeweapon script that makes it possible to change the weapon model via action menu

a jam script for weapons (edit: most likely by Mr. Zig, honestly don´t know who made it ):

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">;;-----------------------------------------------------

;;{_x addeventhandler ["fired", {_this exec "jam.sqs"}]} Foreach Units groupname

;;or

;;this addeventhandler ["fired", {_this exec "jam.sqs"}]

;;Gunjam.sqs

;;-----------------------------------------------------

_unit = _this select 0

?(_this select 3=="FullAuto")||(_this select 3 == "Burst")||(_this select 3 == "Single"):goto "Jam"

exit

#Jam

_x = random 220

? (_x <= 4):goto "Jam2"

Exit

#Jam2

_unit playmove "CombatReloadMortarEnd"

_unit playmove "CombatReloadMagazine"

_unit groupchat "Verdammt, habe Ladehemmung!"

exit

and i bet there´s much more..

so if you know anything special about ofp addons don´t hesitate to contribute in this thread.

maybe it will get spotted by mod teams that pick up some of the ideas, at least it´d be good to know that these features aren´t completely forgotten

edit: fixed my engrish a bit

@gordy: it´s defined in the config, beyond my understanding..so you´ll better take a look yourself.

[Gordy 0]

How do you make two scope views?

That'd be cool.

[exigent 0]

Hey im using ECP, and i want to use the water mod (the first dl link in your post). How do i do this?

[hardrock 1]

Great initiative, MrBurns, but the script you posted is pretty bad. Event handler rule number one: Never call scripts in the fired event handler, or you'll be able to celebrate a lag party.

Better make a function of it:

init.sqs

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">JAM = loadFile "jam.sqf"

whateverunit addEventHandler ["fired",{_this call JAM}]

jam.sqf

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">private["_u"];

if(((_this select 2) in ["FullAuto","Burst","Single"]) && (random 220)<=4) then

{

_u=_this select 0;

_u playMove "CombatReloadMortarEnd";

_u playMove "CombatReloadMagazine";

_u groupChat "Dammit, weapon jam!";

};

true

[mr burns 132]

Hey im using ECP, and i want to use the water mod (the first dl link in your post). How do i do this?

use it like any other skymod, copy into your ofp folder and run the installer.

edit: if it´s about running multiple mods you´ve got to edit your flashpoint shortcut like this: -mod=mod1;mod2;mod3

thx hardrock, tried to run the improved script yesterday but must´ve messed something up..reminded me why i don´t stick my nose into scripts that often

[hardrock 1]

thx hardrock, tried to run the improved script yesterday but must´ve messed something up..reminded me why i don´t stick my nose into scripts that often

I can tell you why ... I simply took over the "_this select 3" from your script which is wrong, the third element of the fired event handler array is "Mode", not the fourth. Fixed in the above snippet.

[MrZig 0]

And one more thing. It won't be completley MP compatable. I think I? made that original script? I'm pretty sure mine looked like it. Anyways what'll happen is since fired EH's are global, client #1 might see that _x is 3 while client #3 might see that _x is 22, thus resulting in messed up animations, no groupchat, etc. So you've got to make the random part only local to the unit thats firing it, and then publicvar, and then check if the publicvar'd number is less than 4. Sound confusing? Well I'm sorry but I just woke up

[hardrock 1]

And one more thing. It won't be completley MP compatable. I think I? made that original script? I'm pretty sure mine looked like it. Anyways what'll happen is since fired EH's are global, client #1 might see that _x is 3 while client #3 might see that _x is 22, thus resulting in messed up animations, no groupchat, etc. So you've got to make the random part only local to the unit thats firing it, and then publicvar, and then check if the publicvar'd number is less than 4.

Yep that's true, I think it would be too complicated to make it MP compatible to really pay off.

[bohnicz 0]

Another forgotten feature...

A SMG with "moving"(or better: turning?) magazine, made by McHide a year or so ago...

ftp://www.gamezone.cz/ofpd/unofaddons2/MGV176final.rar

There are some bugs in the Addon, but after all it still works...

-bohnicz

[DanAK47 1]

It would work fine in multiplayer, with the exception of the groupchat message. Playmove is global. However, if the script used switchmove it would not work.

[MrZig 0]

The point I'm trying to make, Dan, is that if you are on a server with 10 other people, it could really bug up.

[FerretFangs 0]

The HK pack has some fantastic weapons that change models when the magazines are changed. For instance, there is a HK G8 ( an excellent and VERY rare varient of the HK21 for SPECOPS. ) machine gun that can take standard 20 rnd box mags, 100 round Cmags, and ammo belts. The model changed with with the ammo type.

[DanAK47 1]

I can't see it being any more buggy than reloading on a server with 10 people on it. Playmove is global. There is no reason for the script to be running on every client.

[MrZig 0]

hmm I suppose you could only do it for the local _unit but then like you/I said, the groupchat wouldnt work. Guess it wouldnt matter MUCH.

[pajama 0]

The HK pack has some fantastic weapons that change models when the magazines are changed. For instance, there is a HK G8 ( an excellent and VERY rare varient of the HK21 for SPECOPS. ) machine gun that can take standard 20 rnd box mags, 100 round Cmags, and ammo belts. The model changed with with the ammo type.

Makes me really want a Stoner M63