Call a function via config.cpp

[Call a function via config.cpp]

Here is the structure of my project. It contains just two files, config.cpp and myFile.sqf:

config.cpp:

class CfgPatches{
  class Test{
    author = "CaptainDucko";
    name = "S P C S";
    units[]={};
    weapons[]={}; 
    requiredAddons[]={"A3_Data_F_Enoch_Loadorder"};
    requiredVersion = 0.1;
  };
};

class CfgFunctions
{
	class myTag
	{
		class myCategory
		{
			class myFunction {file = "\myFile.sqf";};
		};
	};
};

myFile.cpp:

myTag_fnc_myFunction = {
	_returnThis = "doesnt_work";
	_returnThis;
};

When I start Arma 3, I get this error:


Why? I have changed the file attribute to "file = myFile.sqf" and "file = /myFile.sqf" but I get the same error message every time.

[Call a function via config.cpp]

Doesn't work.  ridiculous. such weak documentation. ive tried every example on that page. thanks for trying though

[Call a function via config.cpp]

No the fuction doesn't work, I'll trt that requiredAddons, thank you

[Call a function via config.cpp]

I'm writing `call myTag_fnc_myFunction` in the console. But I get the Script myFile.sqf not found error when I start up Arma, before I start a mission / scenario in the editor

[Call a function via config.cpp]

Second example from that page just just does not work!!!!
Structure:

Config:

class CfgPatches{
  class SinglePlayerCharacterSwitcher{
    author = "CaptainDucko";
    version = 1.0;
    units[]={};
    weapons[]={}; 
    requiredAddons[]={};
    requiredVersion = 0.1;
  };
};

class CfgFunctions
{
	class myTag
	{
		class myCategory
		{
			class myFunction {file = "myFile.sqf";};
		};
	};
};

ERROR: 😡

[Call a function via config.cpp]

3 minutes ago, maihym said:

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Functions_Library#Attributes

dude my screenshots depict the example shown under "Default Path (Mission Only)". I've tried every example and nothing works I have no idea what I'm missing

[Call a function via config.cpp]

I want to run a function before EVERY mission. This is a QOL addon, not a scenario. I do not want the CBA dependency for something that should be so simple.

I've spent 8 hours trying to get fn_myFunction to run when a mission is started. 🙃🙃🤬

This is the structure of my mod:

This is the contents of config.cpp:

class CfgPatches{
  class SinglePlayerCharacterSwitcher{
    author = "CaptainDucko";
    version = 1.0;
    units[]={};
    weapons[]={};
    requiredAddons[]={};
    requiredVersion = 0.1;
  };
};

class CfgFunctions
{
    class myTag
    {
        class myCategory
        {
            class myFunction {};
        };
    };
};

This is the result:

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
WHY IT'S RIGHT HERE

Sorry but 8 hours trying backslashes, forward slashes, changing directory structures, building, building, building I'm going insane.

[Patch all vehicles to have more smoke screens.]

Could I have an example of overwriting a config via a mod please?

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I want vehicles to have more smoke screens.
I can add more smoke screen magazines with addMagazineTurret:

_vehicle = vehicle player;
_vehicle addMagazineTurret ["SmokeLauncherMag",[0,0],1]; // adds one smoke screen magazine containing two smoke screens

However, it takes a minute to reload the smoke launcher. A full minute! That's way too long.

setWeaponReloadingTime does NOTHING. (The wiki straight up telling lies at this point)

_vehicle setWeaponReloadingTime [commander (_vehicle), currentMuzzle (commander (_vehicle)), 0.1];

I've tried using loadMagazine to manually reload. Guess what is does NOTHING. If you use up all your smoke rounds and then add more with addMagazineTurret There is no way to reload smokes. How am I meant to create a script that reloads all smokes if loadMagazines just doesn't work.

_vehicle loadMagazine [[0,0], "SmokeLauncher", "SmokeLauncherMag"];

I'm in a really bad mood. I had a great idea for a mod, checked out the API, looked like I could achieve what I wanted but for some reason the smoke launcher is janky and half the commands just don't work for it. So yeah if someone has a way to get the smoke launcher to actually respond to commands I'd be grateful but I'm not holding my breath. Looks like the smoke launcher is hardcoded to be jank.

[Patch all vehicles to have more smoke screens.]

Or do I change smokeMag to have 20 rounds in it? what's the best way to do it? complete beginner here.

[Patch all vehicles to have more smoke screens.]

The two smoke screens a vehicle has is unrealistic. The challenger, for example, can use its engine to produce smoke for as long as it has fuel. And yet the 2035 vehicles of Arma just have two poxy smoke grenades.

Anyway, rant over. Is it possible to patch all vehicle classes to have more smokes?

I tried putting this in my scenario file in an attempt to patch the CSAT artillery vehicle to have 6 grenades. Nothing changed. Do I need to load the .cfg file in a sqf file?

// moreGrenades.cfg
class CfgVehicles{
    class : 0_MBT_02_arty_F
    {
        smokeLauncherGrenadeCount = 6;
    };
};

 

[Control helicopter gun while piloting]

Haha congratulations. shame about arma though...any idea on any sources where I might find out how to ger the camera to rotate a gun?

[Control helicopter gun while piloting]

14 minutes ago, Ex3B said:

I've been thinking that it may be possible to have the pilot camera control which direction a gun points, but my idea involves an addon and the animation configuration, not a script for an existing vehicle

So you think the actual vehicle file itself needs to be changed?

[Stop vehicle braking when driver changes seats.]

When I'm the only person in a vehicle and I change seats, the vehicle screaches to a halt as if the brakes have suddenly been slammed on. Is there a way to supress this in a script? If you were to scramble into a gun turret from the driver's seat the vehicle would keep rolling under in its own inertia. How do I stop the brakes being slammed on? It happens if I teleport out of the vehicle as well. If arma detects no driver, the brakes come on it seems.

[Control helicopter gun while piloting]

Two things I love? Single Player games and the Hind D.


As great as those missiles are, the nose mounted cannon is completely off limits to a single player like me 😞

Do you fine people think it's possible for me to write a script that enables the mouse to control the gun and camera while the player character sits in the pilot seat and flies with WASD?

I can actually fire the gun as the pilot using BIS_fnc_fire:

[assignedVehicle player, "GI-2"] call BIS_fnc_fire;

It's just a matter of getting the gun track the mouse! How do I do this?

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When a player is in the driving position in a vehicle, it's easy to find out that he is the driver:

// assuming player is in driving seat
assignedVehicleRole player; // returns "driver"

However, when you're the commander or gunner you get an array that's the "turret path" of what turret you're in:

// assuming player is in commanding turret
(assignedVehicleRole player) select 1; // returns [0,0] often, but the commander turret can vary depending on vehicle, especially modded vehicles

If the commanding turret were always [0,0] I could use that to detect if the player is in the commanding position. However sometimes it's [0,1], and on modded vehicles it can [5] or [6].

I thought that

(allTurrets [_this, true]) select 1// [[0],[0,0]]

might have been the answer. That the last entry in the array it returns was always the commanding turret. This is not the case, again, often not on modded vehicles.

Basically I'm about to go ahead and hard code every single vehicle name in my script with a reference to which turret path is the commanding position. However, before I do that, is there a cleverer way to find out if the player is in the commanding position? The moveInCommander command always moves the player to the commanding position, so there must be a way to query the vehicle and for it to give the commanding position / commanding turret path, right?

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With a script, how can I run the "To Commander's Seat" command? I want to move the player to the commanders seat when a key is pressed, rather than use the mouse wheel

player moveInCommander vehicle player;

I thought this command would do it but this moves the player into the vehicle as the commander. Any ideas on how I could get the player to move to the commander's seat FROM another seat? Is was hoping there would be a moveToCommander command but unfortunately not. Any ideas?

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Sometimes when I make a mistake in my script, I can't press any buttons when I play my mission. This includes the escape key, so I can't quit my mission!

I need to force quit Arma and restart the whole thing which takes AGES. Is there some kind of shortcut or something I can use to quit the mission and return to eden?

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Ok so I'm in the early stages of learning arma 3 scripting. Basically inside an existing mod I find this script in the root directory:

MyMod_init.sqf

Based on this entry page, https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Event_Scripts, I assume this means MyMod_init.sqf is "Executed when mission is started (before briefing screen)"

So my question is, do you name your event scripts like this below? The name in the filename before the underscore has confused me a bit.

<FoobarMod>_init.sqf
<FoobarMod>_initPlayerLocal.sqf
<FoobarMod>_initServer.sqf

 

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I'm creating a add on that makes it easier for one person to control a tank. I've created a mission in eden where every tank in the game is next to each other in order to test them. Whenever I makes changes to my script and restart this mission to test my script, I'm asked "are you sure you want to restart" every time. Is there a way to supress this message through a script or is the answer hidden in the options somewhere?