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    No zoom/fov Weapons and Veichles

    Melody_Mike replied to Maciccio's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE

    Thanks for the answers gents.
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    No zoom/fov Weapons and Veichles

    Melody_Mike replied to Maciccio's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE

    Heya Great addition to the game! Does the mod eliminate the zoom by changing configs of weapons? Or something else? I am working on a coop mission whereby I want certain "Aid worker" players to not be able to zoom in, and other (soldier) players still. Is that scriptable with your solution?
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    [WIP] Terrain - Woe Betide, UK

    Melody_Mike replied to jacknorrisuk's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: DISCUSSION

    Can't wait for something *this* accurate to show up in the workshop! Especially enjoy how the urban areas look complete, rather than as SimCity compositions. Hope you're doing well, sir.
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    Retexturing AI soldiers

    Melody_Mike replied to marki980908's topic in ARMA 3 - MISSION EDITING & SCRIPTING

    This is a whole can of worms you have opened up for yourself. I am going to rephrase your question in three possible ways: "I want to apply a custom texture to units" Read up on this- https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setObjectTextureGlobal "I want monsters" Use this mod- https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2262255106&searchtext= "I like scripting .sqf and want scary effects during my missions" Try these scripts and mods- https://steamcommunity.com/id/aliascartoons/myworkshopfiles/?appid=107410 Good luck!
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    Script Ideas

    Melody_Mike replied to Smart Games's topic in ARMA 3 - MISSION EDITING & SCRIPTING

    Hiya again Sorry I wasn't able to respond earlier today. I received your message, along with the mission download link. Think it's useful to share our findings with future users. Turns out that, as you (and I following) mentioned, the first player does not get a respawn position. The script kicks in when >1 players are connected to a multiplayer server. I spent an hour Googling out how to run multiple instances of Arma and a dedicated locally (few hints: enable loopback, disable BattleEye, disable kick duplicate on servercfg. Disable BattleEye and enable nopause in launcher parameters on clients). Script does work, but when the group leader dies, the respawn position (on the new "leader") is created then deleted every second. TL;DR it works but read the post first :). Thanks @Smart Games
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    Script Ideas

    Melody_Mike replied to Smart Games's topic in ARMA 3 - MISSION EDITING & SCRIPTING

    ^ This zip file doesn't have a mission.sqm file. I made a mission in VR with 3 groups: 2 BLUFOR and 1 OPFOR. Made all the BLUFOR units playable. As far as I can tell it can't get much more barebones than that. Would it be possible to re-upload it again?
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    Dear sir,

    I clicked on your Reddit link under one of your posts, and found this:

    This is amazing, and requires recognition!

    I ask for permission to convert it to a .paa file (that I will share here) so that I may display it as a user texture poster on my public server (with your name attached). 

    1. wogz187

      wogz187

      @Melody_Mike,
      Thanks, man!

      You may use it as you please.

      Have fun!

    2. Melody_Mike

      Melody_Mike

      Cheers!

      Just converted it. Will send a screenshot.

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    Script Ideas

    Melody_Mike replied to Smart Games's topic in ARMA 3 - MISSION EDITING & SCRIPTING

    @Smart Games Wow. That looks like a very complete solution. I am absolutely looking a gift horse in the mouth. But, I can't get your script to work in a test mission. Of course, the script files (init.sqf, description.ext) are being executed; the respawn template is active, and I can script extra things. But no new respawn positions are made. If I don't pre-place a respawn_west marker in the editor, there's simply no respawn position. ^ This is probably to do with it. Even if the group leader is an AI, the first player cannot respawn. A side effect of this design choice is that I am unable to test your scripts by myself. I've also tried nominating a new leader: [testunit, west] call JF_fnc_SetLeader; But cannot get the syntax to work. Restarting the script with: [1, west] call JF_fnc_RespawnOnGroupLeader; Crashed Arma 3 so hard that my computer required a restart. I am clearly missing something. What is it?
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    The least resource hungry editor object

    Melody_Mike replied to ChickenCreator's topic in ARMA 3 - MISSION EDITING & SCRIPTING

    Hi ChickenCreator, welcome to the forums! To make a snobby quote by someone much much smarter than myself, "“Premature optimization is the root of all evil.” . Unless the defender position is changed several times a second, I really wouldn't worry about how it's created. But to answer your question: game logics and markers don't have physics or graphics simulation on them, so consume slightly less resources on clients. But you might be spending unnecessary time changing the syntax of your code to work with markers (get markerpos "_marker" vs getpos _object ). And it'll probably be more irritating to position an invisible object correctly in 3D, rather than a cerealbox with hideObject. Long story short: just make things convenient for yourself. Because players won't notice.
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    The easy part about using trigger objects in the 3den editor is that, unless you check the "only on server" box, they are executed both on every client and the server. It's just another game object that activates and then deactivates when finished. More to the point, if you wanted a character named "Brian" to say something to nearby players and move his lips, you could put this into a triggers OnActivation field: Brian say3D ["brianistalking", 70, 1]; Brian setRandomLip true; Here we assume you have the sound "brianistalking" correctly set up in the CfgSounds part of your description.ext . I would use RemoteExec and such things if you wanted to restrict playing the sound and animating the character to certain clients. Or as a method of optimization for code that's run over and over again.
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    Script Ideas

    Melody_Mike replied to Smart Games's topic in ARMA 3 - MISSION EDITING & SCRIPTING

    I have an idea for a scripter who is looking for a puzzle! Can you recreate the "respawn on group leader" function that Bohemia Interactive uses in their multiplayer scenarios? (for example, "Escape" or the "Bootcamp" MP missions) When unpacking the relevant mission files, it is somewhat annotated, but integrated in several scripts at once. I could not reverse engineer it. There are a lot of side projects on this forum. Some work via complicated user interfaces. Some do not (anymore). But none of them simply use the "BASE" template. I have come close to recreating it using a simple WHILE loop: for "_i" from 0 to 1 step 0 do { Group1respawn call BIS_fnc_removeRespawnPosition; Group1respawn = [west, getpos playerleader, "Groupleader"] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition; sleep 20; }; But this, when run on dedicated, will sometimes fail in removing old positions, producing a trail of respawn markers following the group leader. Also relies on naming several things (unit group leader) by hand. It also does not adapt to changing group leaders (or dead group leaders), which the BI version does. Point is that I consider a beneficial, utilitarian project, that would probably make life easier for many.
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    F.R.O.G.S -- Combat Diver Project

    Melody_Mike replied to Von Quest's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE

    Hiya everyone. I am late to the party, it seems :'(. Can't seem to find a download link to the 2019 version of the mod. Does anyone have one? Would be a shame for all this hard work.
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    I assume this must be run locally? Can imagine the load it would put on a dedicated public server...
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    Dear forumgoers and missionmakers. I have a particular daytime scenario in mind that involves certain players seeing invisible beams, and others not. Think along the lines of this: I am a little stuck however, on how to place actual laser beams, and making them visible in daytime, using scripting. Tried various post processing effects using ReColor, combined with ppEffectForceInNVG, but no matter the alpha or brightness values, the beams remain invisible until sunset. Does anyone know to what parameter this is set? Or- can I create beam-shaped objects that show up in Thermal Imaging? Would welcome both technical and lateral thinking here :)!
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    Daytime Laser Maze

    Melody_Mike replied to Melody_Mike's topic in ARMA 3 - MISSION EDITING & SCRIPTING

    Just brainstorming here: Could I addMissionEventHandler "Draw3D" (create the lines) locally for the player controlling the UAV, and then have all the lines deleted when the user releases control of the UAV? That would be a potential client-side solution.
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    Daytime Laser Maze

    Melody_Mike replied to Melody_Mike's topic in ARMA 3 - MISSION EDITING & SCRIPTING

    Thank you for the suggestions! The major gimmick here is that NVG equipped players (well, actually a statically placed ED-1E drone) can detect the lines, and regulars players not. Is there a way of making the lines visible to only the drone? The intersect feature seems a much better solution than my idea of using very thin trigger boxes!
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    Helicopter (MH-47) transport pilot

    Melody_Mike replied to slipstream21's topic in ARMA 3 - USER MISSIONS

    Hey bub. In case you didn't check: there's a pretty complete set of VR helicopter tutorials in the game. Do those first. As far as practicing the actual troop pick-up and drop offs... -here's one of several Steam Workshop missions that do this: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=275964321
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    Hi. Props where props are due; Engima's mission works as expected. Using that example, I now have the environmental sounds working. A couple of things were keeping me stuck: - An overestimation of the positional sound effects of the game. - Incorrectly scaling the distance and volume parameters. Both units a quite arbitrary when it comes to sound perception (especially if sound is above the player). Result was that I was changing around classnames and syntax, when it was just a question of setting appropriate numbers. Thanks gents!
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    Hello everyone! Aim: I wish to create randomly located environmental noises within a large space. Attempt: The createSoundSource command works fine on a given marker or trigger. In this example, "mytrigger": envsound = createSoundSource ["hissing", position mytrigger, ["hissmarker","hissmarker_1","hissmarker_2","hissmarker_3","hissmarker_4","hissmarker_5","hissmarker_6","hissmarker_7","hissmarker_8"], 0]; But you'll see I've also included an array of (earlier created) markers. According to the BIKI: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createSoundSource These can be used to create random locations for the sound. There's also an argument for "placement". However, regardless of what amount of placement radius or marker arrays I enter, the sounds all exclusively originate from the second argument (above example: position mytrigger ). Question: What's a good way to randomize the location of createSoundSource sounds within a given space?
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    Ambient battle sounds Module

    Melody_Mike replied to mikey74's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE

    Heya everyone. I know this is a dead thread. Still want to remind all us basement scripters and modders out there that this 5 year old script is still being used in missions published today: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2081073130 So even if you're not getting feedback, there's still a good chance people are enjoying your work!
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    MGI ADVANCED MODULES

    Melody_Mike replied to pierremgi's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE

    Hi y'all. Just wanted to say that I've enjoyed the addon so far. As a thank you, I just wanted to add how I adapted part of it for server-side only use (addon free). I was interested in the explosive breaching part (see above post). I also added the explosive objects aspect for kicks. I simply did a bunch of cut and pasting in several script files to change the module to a mission script. 1) un-PBO the addon file, and place fn_exploFire.sqf and fn_stickCharges.sqf into your mission folder. 2) Make a description.ext in your mission folder and paste the following code into it: 3) Make an initplayerlocal.sqf in your mission folder and paste this code in it: Now all players have the ability to place charges on doors, and shooting at explosive objects also causes fires. Zero client addons required. This has been tested on dedicated servers. PS. One change I did make was adding Land_MetalBarrel_F to the MGI_EXPLOARRAY in fn_exploFire.sqf. I'm surprised that object wasn't included. PPS. As insultingly simple as this adaptation is of your hard work, @pierre MGI, I hope you are not offended!
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    MGI ADVANCED MODULES

    Melody_Mike replied to pierremgi's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE

    Need to add that this agrees with all your statements above. But the result still feels a little like cheating :S.
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    MGI ADVANCED MODULES

    Melody_Mike replied to pierremgi's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE

    That is fair enough. I should make the issue as clear as possible. I've uploaded a video of the steps I took in the Eden Editor. Written out, they are: 1) Place an explosives expert unit 2) Place a change environment module on a building 3) Go into environment module; lock all doors 4) Place a "Blast" module 5) Go into "Blast" module to enable opening doors with charges 6) Preview mission 7) Place mine on door 8) Attempt to open locked door 9) Deactivate/remove mine The result is a locked door that is opened without actually detonating any explosives. Link to a video file with my recording: https://gofile.io/d/ZWIhma (ps Obviously no other mods loaded. Game version is 1.98 public release)
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    Heya! Perhaps you could use the BI version of the timer, which as far as I know, doesn't require scheduling. Pop this into a script file ( "timer.sqf" ) and execute it from a trigger ( nul = execVM "timer.sqf"; ). Notice I put 60 seconds in the timer: _initialCountDown = [60] call BIS_fnc_countDown; addMissionEventHandler ["EachFrame",{hintSilent format["%1", [(([0] call BIS_fnc_countdown)/60)+.01,"HH:MM"] call BIS_fnc_timetostring]}];
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    MGI ADVANCED MODULES

    Melody_Mike replied to pierremgi's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE

    Hi! So very helpful in simplifying missionmaking! I'd like to offer a minor bug report as well. In using the "Blast & Fire", it allows locked doors to be opened by deactivating placed mines and explosives. This gives players a minor exploit, whereby they don't actually have to detonate anything to open doors. Thanks again!
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