Where to Put Scripts

[frattonstation 1]

Everytime I save a script into my Missions folder, when I go into a SP game I get the message "cannot find xxx.sqs".

Am i putting them in the right place?

My Documents/Other Profiles//my profile folder/Missions/individual Mission folder  ??

[fasad 1]

Yes, put them inside the individual mission folder. You have to have saved the mission with a name for this folder to be created.

example:

<myDocuments>\ArmA Other Profiles\fasad\missions\testMission.Intro\testScript.sqs

can be executed by :

[] exec "testScript.sqs"

[frattonstation 1]

cheers, I'm sure thats what i'm doing, but I'll give it another go.

[baddo 0]

Don't save the files with a .txt extension.

[dmarkwick 261]

There's another place you can put them that will allow any mission you make in the editor to have access to it, which is here:

My Documents\Other Profiles\my profile folder\Scripts

Two things, you'll need to manually create that folder. And, when you come to compile the mission into a PBO, you'll still need to copy across the scripts into their mission folders.

But as a sandbox-type fix so you don't need to save a mission just to use a script it's a good shortcut

[frattonstation 1]

call me dim, I know its a basic error, but how do I save them without the .txt extension? This seems to be the where I am going wrong. My scripts keep getting saved as ".sqs.txt"

[dmarkwick 261]

call me dim, I know its a basic error, but how do I save them without the .txt extension? This seems to be the where I am going wrong. My scripts keep getting saved as ".sqs.txt"

You can just rename them. Easiest way would be to click on them, then click on them again (not a double click, but 2 spaced out clicks) or right-click and choose "rename". Then you can take off the .txt and change it to .sqs.

[frattonstation 1]

But the document type is still shown as a "Text document". Is this right? Shouldn't it be "SQS File"?

[dmarkwick 261]

But the document type is still shown as a "Text document". Is this right? Shouldn't it be "SQS File"?

If your filename is of the pattern *.sqs then it's fine. Your system won't know what the heck an SQS file is unless there's an application that specifically defines it.

And of course, an SQS file is a text document

[frattonstation 1]

wot application do i need then for sqs to be recognised by my system?

[dmarkwick 261]

wot application do i need then for sqs to be recognised by my system?

Just associate it with notepad, so that when you double-click it it will open in notepad. When someone releases an ArmA-friendly editor then you can associate it with that instead.

[frattonstation 1]

thats what I have done but none of the scripts work.

for example:

mandrop.sqs

(Save As, (Save As Type= Text document))

Does the Encoding drop down box make any difference? choice of ANSI, Unicode, Unicode Big Endian, UTF-8)

Sorry for trying your patience !!

[dmarkwick 261]

thats what I have done but none of the scripts work.

for example:

mandrop.sqs

(Save As, (Save As Type= Text document))

Does the Encoding drop down box make any difference? choice of ANSI, Unicode, Unicode Big Endian, UTF-8)

Sorry for trying your patience !!

Nope, it's just a text file, identical to .txt files but with a different extension. When you double-click a *.sqs file is it opening up in Notepad and in a code format that you can read? And is it in the right place? What is the exact nature of the error?

[frattonstation 1]

I get this error message whenever I try to use scripts in waypoints, triggers or units.

"Scripts XXXX.sqs not found"

I click OK,

then the mission carries on as normal. With the required action not taking place.

I am saving the .sqs scripts into the relevant missions folder in my Profile.

What the hell is going wrong, I can't figure it out??

Probably something pretty simple though.

[dmarkwick 261]

I get this error message whenever I try to use scripts in waypoints, triggers or units.

"Scripts XXXX.sqs not found"

I click OK,

then the mission carries on as normal. With the required action not taking place.

I am saving the .sqs scripts into the relevant missions folder in my Profile.

What the hell is going wrong, I can't figure it out??

Probably something pretty simple though.

Quick question for you: are you placing this .sqs script next to a file called "mission.sqs"? If there's no such file called that there then you're in the wrong directory.

[frattonstation 1]

yes I am.

[dmarkwick 261]

Hmm. Then it sounds like a spelling error somewhere then

[frattonstation 1]

I wish it was!

[dmarkwick 261]

Zip up the folder and email it to me. See the PM.

[frattonstation 1]

Thanks, on its way!

[dmarkwick 261]

OK, I'll post the result here as well as the return email for thread completion:

Quote[/b] ]I renamed the files from *.sqs.txt to *.sqs

You must lose the .txt for it to work, have you got your Windows explorer to show extensions?

It should work now

[frattonstation 1]

so simple! me that is !