Rommel

I'm not exactly wanting to dig up an old thread, but well I'm interested in the answer to a question. If theres a 15bit (32,767) max number of vertices, how many are actually drawn in the engine at any one time? Or is purely a per model constant... yet you mention DirectX? edit: 8bit... lol, I mean 15bit

Rest in peace.

The respawn code works everytime for me. team_fnc_respawn = { _rsp = false; { if ( (alive _x) && !(surfaceIsWater (getpos _x)) && (speed _x < 20) ) then { if (vehicle _x == _x) then { player setpos (_x modeltoworld [0,-2,0]); _rsp = true; } else { player moveincargo (vehicle _x); if (vehicle player != player) then { _rsp = true; }; }; }; if (_rsp) exitwith {}; } foreach (units player); }; player addeventhandler ["respawn", team_fnc_respawn];

execvm "script.sqf" spawn my_func; [] spawn {_array = _this;}; Hopefully that gave you a better idea... they are very different, one only accepts file names, other accepts code blocks.

Surely you could allow for the synchronization of some things? ArmA 2 doesn't perfectly synchronize anything outside of the players view distance, go on to a MP server and the discrepancies between clients can be several hundred meters with fast moving vehicles.

That doesn't really make sense, assuming the player has inherited the event handler properly. Maybe put in a player globalchat "ran script" In the event code (ie before the foreach). That way you know if the script runs, and we can determine if its a problem with the code I gave you, or something on your end (ie you haven't set the respawn to BASE, or BIS aren't inheriting some of the newer EHs...

Haven't checked the entire intention yet, but this stands out... :p

No worries mate. And 1 man is equal to 1 group, thinking of the whole thing as a large command structure. Units are in Groups, Groups are in Centers, Centers are part of Sides. Ie Units < Groups < Centers < Sides

I suggest you use location logics for each of the bases, that way you can use 'setside' to determine who they belong too. Then using the following function, executed via the following, using the return value for whatever you want. _closestBase = [west, mybase1] call myfunc myfunc = call compile preprocessfilelinenumbers "fn_nearestBase.sqf"; allBases = [base1, base2, base3, base4, base5]; fn_nearestBase.sqf _side = _this select 0; _base = _this select 1; _position = position _base; if (count allBases < 2) exitwith {objNull}; _closest = allBases select 0; _min = _position distance (position _closest); { if (side _x != _side) then { _dist = _base distance (position _x); if (_dist < _min) then { _min = _dist; _closest = _x; }; }; } foreach (allBases - [_base]); _closest; To add bases easily, put the following in initlines: if (isnil "allBases") then {allBases = [];}; allBases set [count allBases, this];

Nope, he probably just copy pasted a single unit until it said "NOOoooo!", either way, I just answered the given question :P

Yes, leave the respawn as base, as we are handling this ourselves, the BIS "team" respawn provided is not what you have asked for.

There are multiple solutions, I suggest to you my reducer, DAC, your own use of BIS_fnc_spawnGroup and deleting the group itself. Best of them all (IMO), with complete deletion and ability to have thousands of groups on the map (as you have requested) is the freezer, its an old version, but it works perfectly: http://dev-heaven.net/attachments/download/8326/freezer.Shapur_BAF.7z

Don't use nil; it is used as a BIS constant to nullify variables, just like you wouldn't use 'time' or 'player'. Use 0 for script handles, its a hard coded constant and can't be overridden. Ie 0 = execvm "script.sqf" Or 0 = [] spawn {hint "hello";};

init.sqf if (not isdedicated) then { waituntil {not isnull player}; player addeventhandler ["respawn", { { if (alive _x) exitwith {player setpos (_x modeltoworld [0,-2,0]);}; } foreach (units player); }]; }; Respawns player BEHIND the first team mate (numerically, ie unit '1' will be first checked). There is no safeguards against vehicles, or players flying, or players in water. All easily added however, just change the if condition statement to: ( (alive _x) && !(surfaceIsWater (getpos _x)) && (vehicle _x == _x) && (speed _x < 20) ) You could also add a ability to spawn in the squad vehicle if available, this may require a more elaborate handle of the situation, see below: init.sqf if (not isdedicated) then { waituntil {not isnull player}; player addeventhandler ["respawn", { { if ( (alive _x) && !(surfaceIsWater (getpos _x)) && (speed _x < 20) ) then { if (vehicle _x == _x) then { player setpos (_x modeltoworld [0,-2,0]); _rsp = true; } else { player moveincargo (vehicle _x); if (vehicle player != player) then { _rsp = true; }; }; }; if (_rsp) exitwith {}; } foreach (units player); }]; };

Sigh, I had hoped I didn't have to come to that to store (empty!) backpacks... faillll :P transportMaxBackpacks is really low for most crates, we need a way to store backpacks without needing mods; and I'm not referring to commands, but actual storage capacity.

Its 100km from me to the nearest city, and I gurantee you, it doesn't change from: dense forest and grasslands with a freezing climate all year round, to a frigin desert speaking a completely different language; with no cultural ties between the two. :D

What exactly are you referring to...

Yes? Stop staring at my sister pffff

Well, I have no official count unfortunately, since 2002 for me, consistently. Lets say... 20 hours a week average... That is probably around 8320 hours? I commonly do days at a time if I have the time, so the days I'm not playing balance out :P. Considering when I played BFBC2 for two weeks, and I played it as much as I normally played ArmA2, and that rocked up around 150hrs... who really knows. Hence, I'd actually guess at my hours being much higher than that... which means my playing time is well over a year... That is more time than the game has been around for (10 years)... unless your like a zombie or something. :D This is playing time, no ownership time.

I just popped in after seeing this thread linked in a conversation, who doesn't do this? Its not disrespectful, you simply just want to play the game the way you want to. The original author may never want to modify it to what you want; and it would take a long time anyway. If I get a car, but its not entirely fitting my needs, I don't send it back to the manufacturer claiming I want something different. I'd fix it there and then. :rolleyes:

That may be a little difficult, target locking is AI side, if you can perhaps use a UAV or some such, that'd be fine. Otherwise you may have to get script the locking mechanism yourself. Some complex math could be done to set the vector of the missile straight onto the target, ie only one calculation. I'm not entirely sure of how to do that however.

I lock just the driver position most of the time. That way they cannot sabotage or abandon vehicles, but can still be supporting or cargo. ;)

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Best method is simply to lock the vehicles; for my group I run a UID array, and if they are not in that array, it just locks all the vehicles for them. Stops glitches and people getting in the back of vehicles then switching positions to get in etc.

HateDread, you mean a sentry waypoint. Read these if your actually interesting in learning these powerful waypoints, if set up the correctly. http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Waypoint:Guard http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Waypoint_types#Sentry