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  2. Posted · Edited by McArcher

    another problem...

    I cannot take anything from crate!

    double click or drag don't do anything and .rpt has following:

    Magazine 30Rnd_545x39_AK (30 ammo left) not found

    Magazine 30Rnd_545x39_AK (30 ammo left) not found

    Magazine 30Rnd_545x39_AK (30 ammo left) not found

    Magazine 30Rnd_545x39_AK (30 ammo left) not found

    Magazine 30Rnd_545x39_AK (30 ammo left) not found

  5. Posted

    I have already written that. Yes, script was executed and there were no errors in .rpt. I saw "[]" on the screen as a result of sideChat command output.

    I added sideChat format ... to client's script to watch array, but it didn't even show it! Then i put this line into call compile, it began showing empty array...

    ---------- Post added at 21:37 ---------- Previous post was at 21:25 ----------

    well, array was defined in the script (init.sqf) that executed client's script , so no isNil was needed...

  6. Posted · Edited by McArcher

    i think there three moments:

    1) the game engine is too old and was written for other purposes (where even no JIP was, I doubt that it was MP-friendly, because server cannot even change clients' positions...that's very strange to me..... game engine is wrong even in basic things, too separated server/client and so on...)

    2) BIS must study to programm parallel calculation more intensively :D and especially in low level code (assembler and so on), though it is not so easy.

    and

    3) all scripts and missions must be written in game's code with built-in-editor compiler to make them less laggy.

    (of course it will limit number of addon-makers and reveal some part of engine's code, but it is better for quality of game/missions. but they will never do this, because they have VBS projects and so on.... i think you get the idea why)

  7. Posted · Edited by McArcher

    by the way, they could make great money, because their engine is nearly unique - huge territory and freedom of movement is the thing I like in OFP/Arma. Well, of course it has many restrictions, but if they made another unique engine with many tasty features , they could simply sell it to other game dev's , like ID Software did some time ago.

    And.. it is my dream...

    ...companies from different countries could collect their efforts and assets in multinational project with such engine development. This engine could become a base for many PC games in the world. Like Linux in OSes.... it is used everywhere!

    -------------------

    by the way, I'm having troubles with spawning units....

    most infantry units are dead :D Light and heavy vehicles are alive. I spawn them to different locations (to avoid driving over infantry), but they are dead even with that...

    Do you know why could it be?

  9. Posted · Edited by McArcher

    If you want to teleport the player every time the server publicVariables the position then just use addPublicVariableEventHandler. If you want the teleportation to not necessarily happen every time, then either have a condition check in the event handler or have the server publicVariable something else (ex: a variable that holds the unit that should teleport) that will allow you to know if it should teleport or not, and add an event handler to that instead.

    I tried to pub a single boolean, and client didn't see it! I don't know why.... :(

    it was reading it in infinite loop and it didnt even change... though server changed and published it... I'm trying with GameLogic now.... lets see what will happen.....

    ---------- Post added at 18:58 ---------- Previous post was at 18:55 ----------

    woohoo!!!!

    ---------- Post added at 18:59 ---------- Previous post was at 18:58 ----------

    Murklor, thanks again for help! it works!!!

    ---------- Post added at 19:00 ---------- Previous post was at 18:59 ----------

    Now, I don't know why BIS made publicVariable command/function if it is not working... maybe there are some hidden aspects of its work? like, it can transfer value before script execution but not during its execution , or something like new easter egg from BIS..... this game is a bigger surprise every thing I look into..... (publicVariable, cargo of vehicles, coin,.... what will be next bug? lol :D)

  10. Posted · Edited by McArcher

    It really depends what kind of info is in that variable that you want to use and what you use it for.

    in my script JIP is ok, problem with that arrays (two arrays: 1 for RU and 1 for US):

    if ( (((position _x) select 0) != (_uP select 0)) and (((position _x) select 1) != (_uP select 1)) ) then

    {

    mcti_RetryUS = mcti_RetryUS + [[_x, _i, _uP]]; // we are added to this array, client must find himself in this array and teleport to coordinates given!

    }; // adding [uS_player_**, *, ***] to array

    ---------- Post added at 18:27 ---------- Previous post was at 18:21 ----------

    Trying to do it in a way too complicated manner. Just find positions on server, put both of them in an array. Pubvar that. On clients wait for the variable. Move them. Keeping it simple; server moves AI and vehicles, players all move themselves.

    Basic idea:

    if (isserver) then {
 //bla bla bla
 startpos = [_start_pos_RU,_start_pos_US];
 publicvariable "startpos";
} else {
 //bla bla bla
 waituntil {!isnil "startpos"};
 switch (side player) do {
   case EAST: { player setpos (startpos select 0) };
   case WEST: { player setpos (startpos select 1) };
 };
};

    maybe, but I wanted to make client's script as simple as possible, and it is so if you look at it - it just reads cordinates and teleports himself there.

    in your metod< client should calculate his position himself according to his place in array of playable units. (positon is different for various playale units!)

    ---------- Post added at 18:28 ---------- Previous post was at 18:27 ----------

    how to place a gamelogic in editor? I have forgotten :(

    don't see in F1 or F7...

    ---------- Post added at 18:32 ---------- Previous post was at 18:28 ----------

    i can place gamelogic in empty mission! but in my - i cannot! why so?

    ---------- Post added at 18:34 ---------- Previous post was at 18:32 ----------

    f**k..... i need to place an object like a car first..... very interesting idea.....:D

    ---------- Post added at 18:37 ---------- Previous post was at 18:34 ----------

    maybe publicVariable didn't work because there are no objects in mission in editor (except playable units) ? I couldn't add a gamelogic without adding a vehicle on map and deleting it after gl placing ?

  11. Posted

    Trying to do it in a way too complicated manner. Just find positions on server, put both of them in an array. Pubvar that. On clients wait for the variable. Move them. Keeping it simple; server moves AI and vehicles, players all move themselves.

    Basic idea:

    if (isserver) then {
 //bla bla bla
 startpos = [_start_pos_RU,_start_pos_US];
 publicvariable "startpos";
} else {
 //bla bla bla
 waituntil {!isnil "startpos"};
 switch (side player) do {
   case EAST: { player setpos (startpos select 0) };
   case WEST: { player setpos (startpos select 1) };
 };
};

    do you think it will really make that array public? I tried with array and a boolean, and they weren't visible... 

    waituntil {!isnil "startpos"};

    is waiting for the undefined variable to become defined, but what if I already have it defined and it changes its value (like my array) ? what if I need to do this not only once, but several times during game (some other scripts for example)?

    ---------- Post added at 17:58 ---------- Previous post was at 17:56 ----------

    What I would suggest: Work around using the diffuse publicVariable. Use setVariable instead. You can use a global gamelogic to store variables (or any object, players, vehicles, whatever). For example, lets call a gamelogic "MHQ_West". In it you store "US_players":

    Server:

    MHQ_West setVariable ["US_players",_thearray,true]; (true is send over network, false is dont)

    Client:

    _thearray = MHQ_West getVariable "US_players";

    i hope it will help, I'll check soon.

    ---------- Post added at 17:58 ---------- Previous post was at 17:58 ----------

    can I use "server" gamelogic for that?

    ---------- Post added at 18:08 ---------- Previous post was at 17:58 ----------

    oh, I forgot how to place a gamelogic in editor :D

  12. Posted

    i don't like this "language" if it can be called so (it is not game's code, it's abstract code , i don't know how to say in english) and don't learn it :) I just read wiki and see that there's not enough information, try to read and ask in forum. The game's engine seems very strange to me, too many restrictions and no freedom. For me it is better to code in game's code, like in NWN/NWN2 (there's comfortable C++-style editor with compiler, let alone nice 3D world editor and so on..). This game (Arma) is 100x times more difficult to code in.

  13. Posted

    The method I suggested is not a script. It is done in the editor, Probabilaty of presence is a slider box located at the bottom of each unit properties box. The group function is acessed by using the f2 key, and drag a line between the CDF units to the east officer.

    all my units (except starting playable units) in mission are created dynamically by script...

    so Andy455's advice was perfect for me.

  14. Posted · Edited by McArcher

    I have a problem with using publicVariable command.

    At the start of the game, from init.sqf some scripts are called. Some are called for sever (with isServer check) and for clients (with not isServer check).

    First of server's scripts tries to teleport players (playable units, better to say) to new location. As I understand, OFP/Arma's engine doesn't allow server to change client's (player's) coordinates at the start of the game. I killed hours for that. But I decided to make a trick.

    Server's function tries to teleport a unit and then checks his coordinates. If they haven't changed, it adds a record to a public array with name of unit and its coordinates. Then it uses publicVariable to make this array public. I have checked by diag_log that it writes all data corectly.

    Then... A client's script tries to read this array and find himself in it. It is done in a loop with 1 second pause after iteration.

    The problem is... sometimes the script found itself, but more often it doesn't, it writes that array is empty ( [] ), but server's diag_log says it isn't empty.

    Also I tried to public a boolean variable from server, client also doesn't see that it changed... (it got stuck in infinite variable checking loop)

    I added sideChat format ... to client's script to watch array, but it didn't even show it! Then i put this line into call compile, it began showing empty array...

    One time i was succesful and have read this array, but I think it was a miracle, 1 from a million.

    Why publicVariable doesn't work?

    Here are quotes from those two scripts...

    Server's script:

    // mca_ground_limit.sqf
// version 1.1s

if (isServer) then
{

private ["_position_found", "_tmp", "_start_pos_RU", "_start_pos_US", "_respawn_east_marker", "_respawn_west_marker", "_respawn_east_pos", "_respawn_east_pos_x", "_respawn_east_pos_y", "_respawn_west_pos", "_respawn_west_pos_x", "_respawn_west_pos_y" ];

_rnd_x_max = 14100 - 1000;
_rnd_y_max = 13500 - 1700;
_x0 = 10; _y0 = 20; _dx = 2; _dy = 5;
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// PHASE #1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// creating RU base marker
_position_found = FALSE;
_start_pos_RU = [0, 0];
while {not _position_found}
do
{
	_tmp = [round (random _rnd_x_max) + 1000, round (random _rnd_y_max) + 1700];
	if ( not surfaceIsWater [_tmp select 0, _tmp select 1] ) then {_position_found = TRUE; _start_pos_RU = _tmp};
};

// _start_pos_RU -> marker
_respawn_east_marker = createMarker ["respawn_east", _start_pos_RU];
"respawn_east" setMarkerType "empty";
//diag_log format["New MHQ position is %1", _start_pos_RU];//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
_respawn_east_pos = _start_pos_RU; //getMarkerPos "respawn_east";//
_respawn_east_pos_x = _start_pos_RU select 0;
_respawn_east_pos_y = _start_pos_RU select 1;

// creating starting base RU
RU_MHQ setPos _respawn_east_pos;
publicVariable "RU_MHQ";
RU_startVehicle_1 setPos [_respawn_east_pos_x + 15, _respawn_east_pos_y];
publicVariable "RU_startVehicle_1";
RU_startVehicle_2 setPos [_respawn_east_pos_x - 15, _respawn_east_pos_y];
publicVariable "RU_startVehicle_2";

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// creating US base marker
_position_found = FALSE;
_start_pos_US = [0, 0];
while {not _position_found}
do
{
	_tmp = [round (random _rnd_x_max) + 1000, round (random _rnd_y_max) + 1700];
	if ( not surfaceIsWater [_tmp select 0, _tmp select 1] ) then {_position_found = TRUE; _start_pos_US = _tmp};
};

// _start_pos_US -> marker
_respawn_west_marker = createMarker["respawn_west", _start_pos_US];
"respawn_west" setMarkerType "empty";
_respawn_west_pos = _start_pos_US; //getMarkerPos "respawn_west";
_respawn_west_pos_x = _start_pos_US select 0;
_respawn_west_pos_y = _start_pos_US select 1;

// creating starting base US
US_MHQ setPos _respawn_west_pos;
publicVariable "US_MHQ";
US_startVehicle_1 setPos [_respawn_west_pos_x + 15, _respawn_west_pos_y];
publicVariable "US_startVehicle_1";
US_startVehicle_2 setPos [_respawn_west_pos_x - 15, _respawn_west_pos_y];
publicVariable "US_startVehicle_2";

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////



///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// PHASE #2 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////	

private ["_i", "_angle", "_cP", "_dA", "_r", "_uP"];
_dA = 9; //delta angle
_r = 25; //radius
_RetryRU = []; // array for units which don't change positions (i.e. players)
_RetryUS = [];

// moving players to base RU
_cP = position RU_MHQ; //center positon
_i = 0;
{
	_angle = _i * _dA;
	_uP = [(_cP select 0) + ((cos _angle) * _r), (_cP select 1) + ((sin _angle) * _r)]; //unit position
	_x setPos _uP;
	//diag_log format ["_cP=%1, _angle=%2, _r=%3, _uP=%4.", _cP, _angle, _r, _uP];//dbg//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	if (        (((position _x) select 0) != (_uP select 0))   and   (((position _x) select 1) != (_uP select 1))         ) then 
	{ 
		mcti_RetryRU = mcti_RetryRU + [[_x, _i, _uP]]; // we are added to this array, client must find himself in this array and teleport to coordinates given!
	};  // adding [RU_player_**, *, ***] to array
	_i = _i + 1; 
} foreach RU_players;
publicVariable "RU_players";
publicVariable "mcti_RetryRU";
diag_log mcti_RetryRU;//dbg///

// moving players to base RU
_cP = position US_MHQ; //center positon
_i = 0;
{
	_angle = _i * _dA;
	_uP = [(_cP select 0) + ((cos _angle) * _r), (_cP select 1) + ((sin _angle) * _r)]; //unit position
	_x setPos _uP;
	if (        (((position _x) select 0) != (_uP select 0))   and   (((position _x) select 1) != (_uP select 1))         ) then 
	{ 
		mcti_RetryUS = mcti_RetryUS + [[_x, _i, _uP]]; // we are added to this array, client must find himself in this array and teleport to coordinates given!
	};  // adding [uS_player_**, *, ***] to array
	i=i+1; 
} foreach US_players;
publicVariable "US_players";
publicVariable "mcti_RetryUS";
diag_log mcti_RetryUS;//dbg///

};

    Client's script (only upper part of it is needed to understand)

    // mca_jip.sqf
// version 1.1c

if (not isServer) then
{

if (time > 5) then { mcti_JIP = TRUE; } else { mcti_JIP = FALSE; };
waitUntil { time > 1};
waitUntil { not isNull player };	
player groupChat format ["Loading... Please wait..."];
removeAllWeapons player;

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// updating position //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Server: mcti_RetryRU = mcti_RetryRU + [[_x, _i, _uP]];
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

private ["_i", "_angle", "_cP", "_dA", "_r", "_uP", "_tmp", "_found", "_newCoordinates"];
_dA = 9; //delta angle
_r = 20; //radius
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
if ((side player) == east) then
{
	// searching in mcti_RetryRU
	_found = FALSE;
	while {not _found} do
	{
		_found = FALSE;
		call compile "_tmp = mcti_RetryRU;";
player groupChat format ["Retry=%1", _tmp];//dbg//////////////////////
diag_log _tmp;//dbg///
		{
			if (player == 	(_x select 0)) then
			{
				_found = TRUE;
				_newCoordinates = _x select 2;
			};
			if (_found) exitWith {};
		} forEach _tmp;
		sleep 1;
	};

	// teleporting
	player setPos _newCoordinates;
	player groupChat format ["Position updated."];
};
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
if ((side player) == west) then
{
	// searching in mcti_RetryUS
	_found = FALSE;
	while {not _found} do
	{
		_found = FALSE;
		_tmp = mcti_RetryUS;
		{
			if (player == 	(_x select 0)) then
			{
				_found = TRUE;
				_newCoordinates = _x select 2;
			};
			if (_found) exitWith {};
		} forEach _tmp;
		sleep 1;
	};

	// teleporting
	player setPos _newCoordinates;
	player groupChat format ["Position updated"];
};

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////updating actions/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

player addAction ["Game Score", "mca_show_gameScore.sqf",[], 0, FALSE];

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////updating markers/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//_obj SetVehicleInit "This setFlagTexture ""ca\data\flag_rus_co.paa""";
//ProcessInitCommands;
private ["_name"]; // _i was before
_i = 0;
player groupChat format ["Updatng town markers...", _i, _name, (mcti_town_markerCoords select _i) select 0, (mcti_town_markerCoords select _i) select 1, (mcti_flag_owners select _i)];
{
	//_name = "twn_" + (str _i);
	_name = _x;////////
	createMarker [_name, mcti_town_markerCoords select _i];
	_name setMarkerShape "ICON";
	_name setMarkerType "mil_circle";
	_name setMarkerColor "ColorYellow";	
	if ( (mcti_flag_owners select _i) == 0 ) then 
	{
		_name setMarkerColor "ColorBlack";
	} else { if ( (mcti_flag_owners select _i) == 1 ) then 
				{
					_name setMarkerColor "ColorRed";
				} else { if ( (mcti_flag_owners select _i) == 2 ) then 
							{
								_name setMarkerColor "ColorBlue";
							};
				};
	};
	_i = _i + 1;
} forEach mcti_towns;

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////updating markers/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

[] execVM "mca_side_markers_resync.sqf";

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// my_side (global, but NOT public variable. don't ever use publicVariable with it !!!  /////////////

my_side = side player;	
my_resp = "MHQ";

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

[] execVM "mca_hq_clients_eh.sqf";

};

    ---------- Post added at 06:13 ---------- Previous post was at 06:01 ----------

    server's .rpt had

    2010/01/09, 4:45:01 [[RU_player_1,0,[2764.45,8567.41]]]

    2010/01/09, 4:45:01 []

    first array is for RU-, second - for US-players.

    client's .rpt had

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    ---------- Post added at 06:14 ---------- Previous post was at 06:13 ----------

    i check

    call compile "_tmp = mcti_RetryRU;";
    , so i didn't swap arrays as you could think if didn't read code

  15. Posted

    Well seeing as the CDF faction's side is West, an old method was to group[F2]your CDF squad leader, with say an East's officer, so that the entire squad groups to the East officer. Set the East officers probability of presence to 0, now when you start the mission the East officer won't appear but the CDF squad will still be thinking they are from the east.

    it is too complicated to do by script. I changed I thing in editor and now it workds fine. (except, CDF units are marked green on map for west players, but really they are hostiles to west now)

  17. Posted

    Though I am not a professional programmer, I used to study assembler and C-language in my previous university, and I know something about CPU architechture, so i am not speaking as an insane fan :D

    Of course, i dont have sources of Arma2, but I see the compiled results of them :D

    There are no complicated tasks in the world, that cannot be divided into sub-tasks if you say that this game is "More complex than any game you compare it with" :)

    ---------- Post added at 22:24 ---------- Previous post was at 22:20 ----------

    I think they just don't want to rewrite it from scratch and optimize, because low level takes too much time.

  19. Posted

    for me Arma1 and Arma2 are disappointments, because the advertised multicore support and realism are only bright words... the more AI on map, the less CPU-usage is; damage system is still 1/0-style with hitpoints... and so on....

    ---------- Post added at 22:04 ---------- Previous post was at 22:01 ----------

    btw, I bought Arma1, played it 1 time and then haven't played until bought Arma2 :D ocasionally i found arma1's disk in dust in a corner :D

  22. Posted

    yes, it is still OFP from 2000's , I remember.. a bit modified... :)

    I just don't understand why big AI numbers make game behave such strangely. I have written somewhere in relative thread and read comments... the problem was that more AI we have - less CPU load is :D

    to my mind, if we have a list of tasks , we can send each core to do one task and when they complete this task, we can send it another one, and even if one core is doing its task longer than other cores, it won't be much longer than others... even if it is too complicated, it can use free cores for example... it is the work for programmers of course...low level programmers (i hope they exist in BIS).... bug this engine (I have heard in 2001 that it used QIII's modified engine) didn't know multicore CPUs that time :)

    i think game engine needs rewriting from scratch :D

    there are too many disappointing moments in existing engine...

    we will soon have 6,8 and even more cored CPU's (unfortunately we are developing not intesively but extensively) and this engine will make our CPUs just a piece of [si] not a Supermachine... sorry for bad english :D )

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