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I have some custom sounds defined in description.ext file. Is it possible to fade them out via trigger? For example, I have a custom wind sound that plays in the background but I want to fade it out (mute it) when inside the building. I tried it via trigger with fadeSound but that fades ALL the sounds (including walking, gun fire, etc.), I just want to fade a specific sound.

That won't work. I have a custom wind sound defined as cfgsound, and background ambient music defined as cfgmusic. They are playing simultaneously. FadeMusic will fade both of them if I define the wind sound as cfgmusic.

Is it even possible or do I need to define background sounds in another way?

works perfectly, thanks.

awesome, thx. is there a way to replacethe message "take intel" with something else like "download intel", "pick up laptop" etc?

...to revive the topic :) In the props > thing > intel section, there are 3 kind of objects (documents, photo, secret documents) that can be used to display desired text entry when picked up. I use this code in the init box of these objects: [this,"RscAttributeDiaryRecord",["desired title",format ["desired text"]]] call bis_fnc_setServerVariable; And it works fine. If i want to pick up other kind of objects (for example laptop, cell phone, camera etc.) I use this code in the init box: This addaction ["Collect Intel","collect.sqf"]; Combined with the collect.sqf file with this code: Player SwitchMove "AinvPercMstpSrasWrflDnon_Putdown_A-movPercMstpSrasWrflDnon"; Sleep 0.5; DeleteVehicle intel; - the variable name of the object in this case is intel. This also works fine. The question is how do I combine those two things? For example, I want to pick up the laptop, but after picking it up, I want it to display an intel text entry.

Cheers Just wanted to let you know that I encountered a bug that prevents you from walking strait into Object A1. Like some kind of invisible wall surrounds the object and you need to vault to get to the center. Only direction where there is no wall is if you enter the object from the west. And another thing. Can someone do me a favor and test the Gasmask & Contaminationzone script on Namalsk. It doesn't seem to work and I can't figure out why. The gas mask breathing sound works fine but I can't make a contamination zone. Nothing happens when I execute the script. The script works fine on other maps. EDIT: Script works fine, I forgot to make a unit playable (it works only for playable units). EDIT 2: have you considered making building doors lockable? LINK

thx Kex, I'm glad someone continued to improve Ares mod. I have a suggestion for add/remove objects to Zeus module options: - to add/remove only units to Zeus (excluding other objects like buildings, walls, etc...)in a radius. I think this is essential for zeusing Editor created missions. - if possible, to be able to select a faction of added units (Bluefor, Opfor, etc..) so you could add only one faction if neccessary. cheers

@TPW: no problem man, it's working as it should now. thx again for this mod. @Jarrad: that has nothing to do with this mod. if you set independant to an enemy faction, civs are automatically hostile (I'm not sure is it a bug or it's on purpose). so you have to manually override this by putting this in your init file: WEST setFriend [CIVILIAN, 1]; CIVILIAN setFriend [WEST, 1]; this makes bluefor and civs friendly. if you want to do it for other fasctions, the principle is the same, just change the factions name in the code.

Ok, after setting tpw_crowd_active = 0; didn't really deactivate crowd mod for me, I set all the parameters in crowd section to 0 // CROWDS tpw_crowd_active = 0; // 0 = inactive tpw_crowd_max = 0; // maximum number of civs tpw_crowd_density = 0; // civs per house tpw_crowd_radius = 0; // radius to scan around player to spawn civs tpw_crowd_animradius = 0; // units closer than this will animate tpw_crowd_moveradius = 0; // units closer than this will disperse tpw_crowd_scantime = 0; // time (sec) between scanning, spawning and visibility checks Now it works fine, there are no crowds and civs walk randomly across whole town, not just in one place. Although I still get Crowd when initializing the mod: Does that mean that the crowd is still active? Well it says that it's active but what does 1.02 number mean? By the way I'm using mod (not scripts) and i tested with your latest version 20160812 mods that I have enabled are: 3den Enhanced TPW mods CBA v3.0.0 ZEC Compositions Ares

thx, great mod by the way. Though I have one question or suggestion if you like. I noticed that, although I have crowd mod disabled civilians still spaw in one place and than scatter aroud when a player gets closer. Like in this screenshot That kind of makes town crowded in one place and quite empty elsewhere. I tested it with scripts and mod with the same result. Here are the parameters: tpw_crowd_active = 0; tpw_civ_radius = 300; tpw_civ_density = 1; tpw_civ_maxciv = 50; tpw_civ_interact = 15; What I would suggest is to spawn civs more scattered if possible. I would rather see few civs here and there, scattered by the houses than all of them in one place. It's more realistic that way. Or maybe I didn't customize it right?

Yet another awesome horror mission from you, great job. Also, I'm glad that your older missions are updated and back online. Still waiting for Doomsday Night 3rd part :P , it's the only one I haven't played. Cheers

cheers guys can someone confirm this is the right way to use this mod via scripts. as I understand from the instructions first I need to have CBA A3 mod installed and enabled. Then I need to create "@TPW_MODS" folder in Arma directory and create "addons" subfolder that includes "tpw_azan.pbo", "tpw_ambience.pbo", "tpw_azan.pbo", "tpw_hud.pbo" and "tpw_sounds.pbo" files. (all players need to have this in order to play in multiplayer) And for every mission i need to have "tpw_core.sqf" file inside mission folder and executed on every mission. And of course any other .sqf files that i want to include.

Yeah I fugured why it didn't loop. I had 143 groups already in the mission so it spawned unit once and reached the limit of 144 units. but when the unit despawned it obviously didn't delete the group unit was in. So on reactivating the trigger it didn't spawn the unit because of the 144 groups limit and that is exactly what I would like to avoid.

thx. I tested it and it works except it isn't repeatable. units spawn on activation, despawn on deactivation, but they do not spawn on reactivation. I checked repeatable option. ok, let me explain exactly what I would like to do. Bear in mind that I'm new to scripting and don't really know the sytax very well. All I know is from examples I found. My idea was to put markers all over the town on which civilians would spawn when players approach and despawn when players leave, all for better performance and to avoid 144 groups limit. Also I would like each of them to face a specific direction (in azimuth degrees) and some of them to do an animation if possible so it would look more realistic. can you give me an example for just one guy, I'll figure out the rest. for example i created marker named "marker_1" and spawned a unit with your code via trigger: on activation civ1 = [(getMarkerPos "marker_1"),1] call { _grp = creategroup civilian; for "_i" from 1 to (_this select 1) do { _unit = "C_man_1" createUnit [_this select 0, _grp, "", 0.5, "private"]; }; _grp }; on deactivation {deleteVehicle _x} foreach (units civ1); How would I make him face, let's say 180 degrees (looking south) and for example make him sit low? Is there maybe a simpler way to do all of this?

Also I tried witout underscore: but it doesn't work. it gives me this error:

The problem is, at least for me, that deleteVehicle command doesn't work for spawned unit on trigger deactivation.

I have kind of a same problem. I'm trying to spawn units when the trigger is activated and despawn them when trigger is deactivated. The idea is to create civilian units in town when player is near but despawn them when player leaves. Spawning works fine, but it won't despawn the unit. Here is the code, what did I do wrong: If i create a unit in editor, despawning works fine but it won't delete spawned units. And another thing. I'm trying to spawn a unit facing a specific direction (looking at 180 degrees in example above) but when spawned, unit automatically turns to 0 degrees. Is there any way for a unit to remain facing the specific direction?

Ok, I figured it out. For all the newbs this is how you do it. If you create some objects with Zeus and you want to save them (for them to appear next time you play the mission), you need to generate sqf code in Zeus (there is an option to do that with Ares mod), save it to clipboard (CTRL+C), open Notepad and paste the code inside the Notepad. Then you need to save that file as init.sqf (this is how you do it ). After that you copy and paste the sqf file to your mission folder (for multiplayer missions the default location in windows 10 is: C:\Users\"your user name"\Documents\Arma 3\mpmissions\"name of the mission") and that's it. These objects won't appear in Eden editor but they will appear when playing the mission, and you can interact with them via Zeus.

cheers, I'm completely new to the Eden editor and Zeus and have a question related to this thread. I was trying to combine creating a mission with Zeus (with Ares mod) and Eden editor because some of the objects are, for me at least, easier to create in Zeus than in Eden. So the question is how do you import Zeus objects to the Eden so that they are interactable and that you can save them to a mission file? This is what i tried to do: I created a base in Zeus and put a few units in it. I generated mission sqf file (there is an option to do that with Ares mod) and copied it to clipboard. Then i entered Eden editor, went to tools>debug conslole, pasted the sqf code and clicked "local exec". All the object and units apeared in editor but i could not interact with them. i could not select them or do anything with them, and when i tried to save or go to a "play scenario", the objects dissapeared. Can you please explain me what i have to do step by step because I'm quite new to this. Thanks