john_doe

Thanks alot! I'll try this later..

How would i go about adding a class object to an array ? If it can not be done, i can add the item ID's to the list but i'm not sure how i would get the "item details" (ex: name) from the ID... I have this 'Item' class: #include "..\..\lib\OOP\oop.h" CLASS("Item") PRIVATE STATIC_VARIABLE("scalar","lastItemID"); PRIVATE VARIABLE("scalar", "id"); PRIVATE VARIABLE("string", "name"); PUBLIC FUNCTION("string", "constructor") { // String: ItemName private ["_id"]; MEMBER("name", _this); _id = MEMBER("lastItemID", nil); if (isNil "_id") then {_id = 0}; MEMBER("id", _id); INC_VAR("lastItemID"); }; PUBLIC FUNCTION("nil", "deconstructor"){ DELETE_VARIABLE("id"); DELETE_VARIABLE("name"); }; PUBLIC FUNCTION("", "getItemId") FUNC_GETVAR("id"); PUBLIC FUNCTION("", "getItemName") FUNC_GETVAR("name"); ENDCLASS; And this 'ItemList' class: #include "..\..\lib\OOP\oop.h" CLASS("ItemList") PRIVATE VARIABLE("array", "items"); PUBLIC FUNCTION("", "constructor") { MEMBER("items", []); }; PUBLIC FUNCTION("nil", "deconstructor"){ DELETE_VARIABLE("items"); }; PUBLIC FUNCTION("object", "addItem"){ // Object: Item private ["_items", "_index"]; _items = MEMBER("items", nil); _index = count _items; _items set [_index, _this]; }; PUBLIC FUNCTION("", "getItems") FUNC_GETVAR("items"); ENDCLASS;

Hi guys, I need to make a moving 3D sound for a Jet. - The sound needs to be played global - Attached to a high speed vehicle - Sound needs to be played in 3D - Needs to be repeated after it is finished How can i achieve this? I tried different commands like "say3D" and "playSound3D", but it seems that these positions are not dynamic.. Thanks for any help!

Thanks man! I am not going to be able to test this out soon (last month of school ;) ), but atleast you gave me something to investigate. Thanks again!

Hi guys! Somehow my camera goes trough my building walls and floors (when i turn around while standing near a wall) and i can not figure out why this happens.. I'm using the ArmA 3 House Sample for a reference guide, but i cant find anything in there that relates to my problem. I suspect it is a LOD that i may have misconfigured, but i don't know which one it is and how i should properly configure it.. Thanks in advance for any answers! :) ~ JohnDoe

Hi guys, I asked this question already in the ARMA 3 - MODELLING - (O2), but i still dont know how to fix it.. For ease i'm just posting the original question as a link here. https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/190464-problems-with-rvmat-for-glass-windows/ Thanks in advance for any help! ~ JohnDoe

Yea i did that, but the errors come back once i binarize them..

Hi guys! I'm having a really hard time with RVMAT's.. I'm trying to give my glass windows a correct RVMAT like how they did in the ArmA 3 Samples (Test_House_01), but somehow things do not work in my favour.. So this is what i want to achieve: A glass window with my own texture that is see through, has 2 textures (one for full health and one for health >0% && <50%) and breaks when health is below or eq to 0.What i got so far: My own texture for 100% health See-through Window break effect on health <= 0 What i still need: Texture for health >0% && <50% Grenades need to collide with glass and/or break them instantly I'm using the Test_House_01 Sample from ArmA 3 Samples for a guide reference. Here is my folder structure: The stages for the window texture are: full health = window_dirty_glass 50% health = window_broken_glass 0 health = window_broken_glass (this one can probably go, because it's fine if my whole window dissappears after breaking (dont need glass pieces on the edges)) Here is my window_dirty_glass.rvmat (the other rvmat's are direct copies from this one) #define _ARMA_ //Class structures_f_data : windows\window_set.rvmat{ ambient[] = {2.2,2.2,2.2,1}; diffuse[] = {1,1,1,1}; forcedDiffuse[] = {0,0,0,0}; emmisive[] = {0,0,0,1}; specular[] = {1,1,1,1}; specularPower = 800; //renderFlags[] = {"NoZWrite"}; PixelShaderID = "Super"; VertexShaderID = "Super"; class Stage1 { //texture = "A3\Structures_F\Data\Windows\window_set_NOHQ.tga"; texture = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.5,0.5,1,1,NOHQ)"; uvSource = "tex"; class uvTransform { aside[] = {1,0,0}; up[] = {0,1,0}; dir[] = {0,0,0}; pos[] = {0,0,0}; }; }; class Stage2 { texture = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,1,DT)"; uvSource = "tex"; class uvTransform { aside[] = {1,0,0}; up[] = {0,1,0}; dir[] = {0,0,0}; pos[] = {0,0,0}; }; }; class Stage3 { texture = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0,0,0,0,MC)"; uvSource = "tex"; class uvTransform { aside[] = {1,0,0}; up[] = {0,1,0}; dir[] = {0,0,0}; pos[] = {0,0,0}; }; }; class Stage4 { texture = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(1,1,1,1,AS)"; uvSource = "tex"; class uvTransform { aside[] = {1,0,0}; up[] = {0,1,0}; dir[] = {0,0,0}; pos[] = {0,0,0}; }; }; class Stage5 { //texture = "A3\Structures_F\Data\Windows\window_set_SMDI.tga"; //uvSource = "tex"; uvSource = "none" // class uvTransform // { // aside[] = {1,0,0}; // up[] = {0,1,0}; // dir[] = {0,0,0}; // pos[] = {0,0,0}; // }; }; class Stage6 { texture = "#(ai,64,64,1)fresnel(1.4,0.3)"; uvSource = "tex"; class uvTransform { aside[] = {1,0,0}; up[] = {0,1,0}; dir[] = {0,0,0}; pos[] = {0,0,0}; }; }; class Stage7 { useWorldEnvMap = "true"; texture = "A3\data_F\env_land_co.tga"; uvSource = "tex"; class uvTransform { aside[] = {1,0,0}; up[] = {0,1,0}; dir[] = {0,0,0}; pos[] = {0,0,0}; }; }; //}; And this is my config.cpp /* This building only has one stage (undamaged) and has no doors or windows */ #include "basicdefines_A3.hpp" #include "config_macros_glass.hpp" #include "cfgPatches.hpp" class CfgVehicles { // Parent class declarations class House; class House_F: House { //class DestructionEffects; }; class Ruins_F; // Class of the house in good state class JDOE_Test_Model: House_F { scope = 2; // 2 = public = shown in editor displayName = "JDOE Test Model"; // Name in editor model = jdoe_test\JDOE_Test_Model.p3d; // Path to model vehicleClass = Structures; // category in editor; "Structures" value is a class defined in CfgVehicleClasses mapSize = 20.27; // Scale of icon in editor cost = 40000; // Score penalty for destroying the house //selectionDamage = DamT_1; // Selection which will have textures and materials switched (according to "class Damage definitions") based on total damage of the house //replaceDamagedHitpoints[] = {Hitzone_1_hitpoint, Hitzone_2_hitpoint}; // Array of hitpoints (subclasses in "class Hitpoints") that can trigger switch to the damaged version when destroyed replaceDamaged = "JDOE_Test_Model"; // Classname of the damaged version // class DestructionEffects: DestructionEffects // { // class Ruin // { // simulation = ruin; // type = jdoe_test\JDOE_Test_Model.p3d; // Path to model of ruin used when total damage of the house reaches 1 // position = ""; // intensity = 1; // interval = 1; // lifeTime = 1; // }; // }; class HitPoints // Entities representing destructible subparts of the house { // Hitpoint of each window, defined using macros from config_macros_glass.hpp to avoid a giant wall of text due to having 14 particle effects each. // In practice they are defined in the same manner as the hitpoints above. These follow Glass_#_hitpoint naming trend. // First parameter being number id, second being a value for armor parameter and third being a value for radius parameter. NORMAL_GLASS_HITPOINT(1,0.01,0.175) NORMAL_GLASS_HITPOINT(2,0.01,0.175) NORMAL_GLASS_HITPOINT(3,0.01,0.175) NORMAL_GLASS_HITPOINT(4,0.01,0.175) NORMAL_GLASS_HITPOINT(5,0.01,0.175) NORMAL_GLASS_HITPOINT(6,0.01,0.175) NORMAL_GLASS_HITPOINT(7,0.01,0.175) }; class Damage { // Texture pairs (below 0.5 health and 0.5+) for switching visuals (can also use generated) tex[] = { // Window textures //"A3\Structures_F\Data\Windows\window_set_CA.paa", //"A3\Structures_F\Data\Windows\destruct_half_window_set_CA.paa" "\jdoe_test\Data\window_dirty_glass_ca.paa", "\jdoe_test\Data\window_broken_glass_ca.paa", // Grey color "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.501961,0.501961,0.501961,1.0,co)", "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.294118,0.294118,0.294118,1.0,co)", // Brown color "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.501961,0.25098,0,1.0,co)", "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.392157,0.196078,0,1.0,co)", // Yellow color "#(argb,8,8,3)color(1,1,0.501961,1.0,co)", "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.513725,0.513725,0.203922,1.0,co)", // Light grey color "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.752941,0.752941,0.752941,1.0,co)", "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.478431,0.478431,0.478431,1.0,co)", // Red color "#(argb,8,8,3)color(1,0,0,1.0,co)", "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.701961,0,0,1.0,co)" }; // Unlike textures, materials are not in pairs but in triplets (health: 0 - 0.49, 0.5 - 0.99, 1) mat[] = { //"A3\Structures_F\Data\Windows\window_set.rvmat", //"A3\Structures_F\Data\Windows\destruct_half_window_set.rvmat", //"A3\Structures_F\Data\Windows\destruct_full_window_set.rvmat" "\jdoe_test\Data\window_dirty_glass.rvmat", "\jdoe_test\Data\window_broken_glass.rvmat", "\jdoe_test\Data\window_no_glass.rvmat" }; }; class AnimationSources { // Animation sources for windows class Glass_1_source { source = Hit; // "Hit" = value of this source is the health of an entity hitpoint = Glass_1_hitpoint; // Specifies health of what is the control value of this animation; "Glass_1_hitpoint" being the class defined in class Hitpoints raw = 1; }; class Glass_2_source: Glass_1_source { hitpoint = Glass_2_hitpoint; }; class Glass_3_source: Glass_1_source { hitpoint = Glass_3_hitpoint; }; class Glass_4_source: Glass_1_source { hitpoint = Glass_4_hitpoint; }; class Glass_5_source: Glass_1_source { hitpoint = Glass_5_hitpoint; }; class Glass_6_source: Glass_1_source { hitpoint = Glass_6_hitpoint; }; class Glass_7_source: Glass_1_source { hitpoint = Glass_7_hitpoint; }; }; }; }; The problem i'm having, with this setup, is that it cant find my rvmat files, when i spawn my building it spits out this error: same case for all the other rvmat's When i try the ones they use in the Test_House_01 sample it works, but these have different textures and the health 50% texture doesnt show up.. These are the ones they use: Can anyone help me with this problem? BTW, i'm a total noob when it comes to RVMAT's. I've tried some guides out there but haven't found one for buildings and glass windows.. ~JohnDoe

Okay so i did some testing.. I excluded the rvmat's from the binarizing so that they would get copied over directly. This didnt give me an in-game error, but gave me a specific error in my RPT about my rvmat's. Appearently i forgot a semicolon somewhere (File: all my rvmat's, Line: 66) After this i started my game and spawned my building, no errors :) Now i removed the .rvmat file extension from the exclude list and binarized them.. Started my game and spawned my building, the errors are back :( Now this makes me wonder, can you actually binarize rvmat's and use them? Is there a different way to reference them then "jdoe_test\Data\window_broken_glass.rvmat"

Not sure if you fixed this, but whenever you select a pair of vertices and they form a face together then the whole face will get selected (as PuFu said already).

Nobody? Hmm... One would think this is a critical problem for mod developers?

Hi guys! I've been fiddling around with creating a texture for glass windows in ArmA 3. Now i've come to the point where i know i need a .tga with transparency and convert it to a DXT5 .paa file... But somehow my paa file changes to ARGB1555 and in-game its a solid kind of blue color.. (so not see-through) My texture is just a simple brown color RGBA(112,78,0,143). Here is my rvmat: http://pastebin.com/WMUmUVbE (i have done some research on the rvmat, but most of it is kinda out of my league because i dont know alot about color management and stuff like that, so it may look like a mess...) Does anyone know why this happens? ~ JohnDoe

Thanks guys i fixed it!

Ah thanks! I think i know how to fix it now :) This didn't work.. But i think that is because my image size wasn't *2..

So how can i make my glass window see-through?

Thats what i have right now... Here are my paa and tga: https://we.tl/BFGVCWhxG8

Btw i'm not able to edit arma's paa used by the Arma 3 samples..

Hi guys! I'm making a building for ArmA 3, but somehow units can spot me through my walls.. The weird thing is that they can see me, but they wont shoot.. On the bohemia wiki all they say about the View Geo is: (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/LOD) as you can see this is not really explaining HOW to properly configure this LOD. So how does one "properly" configure a View Geometry LOD in O2? ~ JohnDoe

It worked 100% for me... But i see why it could be usefull to have it in a seperate OB Yeah i just found out about it.. I just cut/paste all the points that do not form a face together.

Hi guys! So i just found out a pretty nice feature of O2 when importing/exporting FBX files (have not tested other file types). My workflow for creating a building in ArmA3 looked like this: Make model in 3Ds Max Export as FBX Import FBX in O2 Setup LODs Pack as addon Now the problem with this is whenever i change something to my model, i have to redo all my LODs in O2.. I was using a Building from the Arma 3 samples, as a guide to learning "Building creation" for Arma 3, and noticed that whenever i exported the O2 model (.p3d) as an FBX and imported it in my 3Ds Max, that all the names for the objects where different from the names in O2.. 3Ds Max: http://prntscr.com/axf6qb O2: http://prntscr.com/axf73s Now as you can see the ones in 3Ds Max are actually all the LODs from O2. So i thought okay cool it shows from which LODs they came, but the cool thing is when you follow these "naming rules" (couldn't find a official document for this, so if anyone has a link that would be great) you can already setup your LODs in 3Ds Max. When you export your model as FBX (haven't tested other types) and import it in O2, your LODs are automatically created for you! I am not sure what the exact rules are for this naming but it looks something like this: "objectname_lodname" "objectname_lodname_distance" (for LODs that require a distance) Again i have found no official rules here and i'm not sure if this is already known by alot of guys here, but i was pretty excited when i found out so i just wanted to leave this here ;) ~ JohnDoe

I think the ViewGeo needs to have components like the other geo's ... :p

I found out that the Memory and Hitpoints LODs are being converted to a plane in my 3Ds Max and have a "LOD__1.000" suffix.. This means that when i export these as FBX and import them in O2, they will not turn into Memory and Hitpoints LODs... You'll need to change these in 3Ds Max to the right LOD suffix, so: "object_NNN200_LOD__1.000" ("Glass_1_effect" in Memory LOD) becomes "Glass_1_effect_LODMemory" in 3Ds Max Havent figured out how that "random" naming works with NNN. Not sure if i'm missing some settings for this...

Hi guys, I have searched the internet for a couple hours and i cant find any up-to-date documentation on creating a 3D model for ArmA 3 to use in-game. Does anyone have a link to some up-to-date documentation and/or can write some basics himself? For 3D models i use 3D Studio Max. Thanks in advance! ~ JohnDoe

This topic can be closed. I started new Topics for my other questions because my last problem was a bit off-topic and this whole topic is a bit too broad.

Oh somehow its working... Not sure what i changed..