SupremeTDM

I didn't know this, very helpful! I went with Foleys example and it has been great to use, much cleaner than what I did. I hadn't discovered count either so great to know for the future. and yes, I want all opfor dead, not just the target7. Can't have any survivors! lol

this is my first EH in my mission so no wonder I didn't understand it. This is very helpful to keep in mind! So that's why I put crateOpen in the cond. of my task complete trigger? I couldnt figure that out at first. Explained to myself: my event is the crate opening which makes crateOpen true which then satisfies the trigger cond. crateOpen; (by returning true) or hopefully I understand it right haha, I never know for sure. It sure is! I just hit 300+ hours and will keep going thanks to people like you

thank you again for explaining, I understand somewhat better the script you wrote but it will take me a long time to get to that line of thinking on my own (params / variables) when solving a problem. My mindset right now seems to be limited (even tho im just making a SP), such as I try to keep it as basic as possible with a + b = c which I thought for this situation would be as simple as player + crate open = task complete. I get focused on the player aspect instead of just making the crate react how I want (which is how I understand the script you wrote for now)

had to google this word lol. Im confused how it knows the unit I want to open it is the player? hence why I filled in "_unit" thinking it was a place holder. This is a SP mission so probably not necessary to specify player anyway but im still confused I don't understand the select 0 and select 1 but am reading into it now. I have never used select so like every other command, I have some experimenting to do 🙂 again, thanks for taking the time! It is most appreciated and your sig is quite helpful

this flys over my head so I'm going to read as much as I can on params and variables. Thanks for this! again, thanks! I couldn't find a solid answer on this when googling if i needed to replace them or not. I just tested it again and crateOpen = false; this addEventHandler ["ContainerOpened", {params ["_container", "_unit"]; crateOpen = true;}]; this works perfect 🙂

Why? This is a great script and example but is overkill for my needs, sorry if I didn't express them right. In my whole mission, I only need simple one line audio responses, "copy" "hold" "move forward" etc. All of these I've easily been using now with sideRadio such as "vtol1 sideRadio "SentClearDefault"; The player is never a squad leader in my mission, he is a "cog" in a larger formation so he hears base talking to other people. These are simple lines that I even use the module for "play radio message" and then just have a specific unit reply with a sideRadio and timer. Again, thanks for taking the time, I figured out sideRadio finally (mostly thanks to JohnnyBoy) and that seems to be a simpler option for what I need.

Sorry to pull up old stuff but this is getting me so close to what I need that I was hoping you could help. I want a task to complete when a player opens a crate (gearCrate). I have this in the crates init crateOpen = false; this addEventHandler ["ContainerOpened", {params ["gearCrate", "player"]; crateOpen = true;}]; and when the player opens the crate, i get "error local variable in global space". This is my first time working with event handlers so I'm sure I'm just missing something simple here. The rpt. gives me this but didn't really enlighten me. 15:09:55 Error in expression <is addEventHandler ["ContainerOpened", {params ["gearCrate", "player"]; crateOpe> 15:09:55 Error position: <params ["gearCrate", "player"]; crateOpe> 15:09:55 Error Local variable in global space thanks for any help, ive been stuck for a bit now

Sweet! thanks for explaining it, that's what I was really looking for. I had never seen the count while searching around so this explains a lot. opPatrol = [target2,target3,target4,target5,target6,target7]; {!alive _x;} forEach opPatrol; I came up with this and it seems to be accepted but I will try yours instead, it looks cleaner to me

Hello, Quick problem I've run into. {!alive _x;} forEach [target2,target3,target4,target5,target6,target7]; I have this in a trigger condition. I want the trigger to activate when all opfor targets are killed. When I try this script I get back "error: type nothing, expected bool". Im guessing that's the _x but don't understand why this doesn't work. I have this earlier in the mission {_x moveInCargo truck1;} forEach [player,pax1,pax2,pax3,pax4,pax5,pax6,pax7,pax8,pax9]; and this works perfectly so I'm just not understanding !alive or how it works with forEach or something. Any help is greatly appreciated!

speaking of lol, you were saying you couldn't use just the "Area_clear_1" with sideRadio but then how do I call the directional commands? looking in the pbo folder to test all the sounds, they are all in a single distance or direction folder so how to call a specific one? EDIT: Im checking the config in the editor and am finding a few of the sound names but am still confused on how to use the distances and directional commands. I can't seem to find the sounds in the DirectionCompass1 folder that I want to use. EDIT 2: here's what i have so far but am at a stand still again with the directional/distance commands [] spawn {player sideRadio "SentSupportRequestRGUAV"; sleep 7; vtolPilot sideRadio "SentConfirmOther"; sleep 2; vtolPilot sideRadio "SentHoldFire", sleep 15; vtolPilot sideRadio "SentEnemyDetectedLong";}; this creates the effect I want but no directional/distance commands seem to fit so far I checked the wiki and there is an alternate syntax using ( ) but I don't understand how to use it so not sure yet if thats the solution. My thinking is that I can specify which specific file to play within a class? no idea really player sideRadio configName selectRandom ("true" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgRadio")); https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/sideRadio

Exactly! this is why its so frustrating but also so rewarding because I'll never have to struggle through that again. Im already experimenting with more dynamic radio comms now that I know how they work a bit better. "SentCmdSupportFar" "SentRequestAccomplishedSGSupplyDrop" (i had a huron cargo drop already but now I can add immersion to it as well )" "SentSupportRequestRGUAV" feels defeating knowing that was just one of the variations I happened to not try. You feel like you try everything and it was as simple as pasting in a different word lol but im sure many can relate. thanks again johnnyboy

HA! You did, thank you so much. how did you know to use "SentClearDefault" instead of a specific line like "Area_clear_1"? this seems to be the confusion where I got stuck. I had found exactly that in the config which is why i was trying player sideRadio "Area_clear_1"; Nothing on the wiki/syntax seemed to suggest the random selection part so I was just using the specific line I wanted. I would prefer the Area clear 1 but at this point I will not be picky as I was able to assign it to my vtol pilot and its perfect! Spent like 20 hours trying to get two words to play over the radio but here we are lol.

Ive read many of your post over the last day and found that but honestly didn't know what I was looking at or how to use it for my need. It looked like overkill for my need of a single command being used but I'll try anything else at this point. And how do you know where sideRadio is calling from? this is the tedious part, each command seems to want a different location for the same audio file I'm trying to use or obviously Im just not fully understanding something. And thank you for this _unit = player; _s = "A3\Dubbing_Radio_F\data\ENG\Male01ENG\RadioProtocolENG\Stealth\110_Com_Announce\AreaClear.ogg"; playSound3D [_s, _unit, false, getPosASL _unit, 1, 1, 0]; but it still is just spoken by the player with playSound3D and I need it as a response over the radio from another unit (loitering vtol overhead), hence why I thought sideRadio is what I want but that never got me anywhere. thanks again for your time johnny

thanks for the replys johnnyBoy, good to know I'm not alone. I am still at a loss with this and made a new topic to be more specific. But essentially I have the file I want configfile >> "RadioProtocolENG" >> "SentClearDefault" >> "Area_clear_1" and also learned about sideRadio which is the command that fits my scenario much better I think but I still have no success getting it to play. Googling "sound not found" lead me to extracting the pbo dubbing_radio_f_data_eng.pbo and so now I have the literal audio of the "area clear" i want but again, I have no idea what to really do with it lol. I've tried player sideRadio "Area_clear_1"; and I don't get an error or anything, just nothing happens. I tried some variations on the wiki [west, "Base"] sideRadio configName selectRandom ("true" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgRadio")); but I dont really understand what its asking for so Ive plugged in many variations of "RadioProtocolENG", "SentClearDefault", "Area_clear_1" and no luck. I dont think I understand the pbo stuff well enough but I copied the folder that has the sound I want to use into my mission folder, that way when I try to call it in my mission the audio is actually in there. Thanks again for any help, and as you said, this has become by far the most tedious part of my mission

Hello, I have a simple task I want to set up but am having problems getting the correct radio sound to play. Scenario: -the player activates a trigger that creates a task "radio alpha for all clear". -player radio's alpha -gets a response "Area Clear" over the radio from a vtol loitering overhead. -task complete I've tried playSound, playSound3D, etc but I think these are overkill in regards to my needs, I simply want the default "Area Clear" to play one time only. My main problem is finding this specfic radio sound and then using sideRadio to hopefully use it the way I want. Any help is greatly appreciated as this seemed like something that should be easy to do but has turned into a real effort for me EDIT: I think I found the sound but am still trying to get it to play. configfile >> "RadioProtocolENG" >> "SentClearDefault" >> "Area_clear_1" EDIT 2: I think I figured out that I get a "sound not found" because the game isn't checking my mission folder for the sound so after a lot of googling I've extracted the pbo folder for dubbing_radio_f_data_eng and have found the exact "Area Clear" I want but again, have no idea how to get this to be called over a radio from a loitering vtol.