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So here's my problem: I have a line of code that goes into the init box of a group leader to make the group hunt the player(s) by setting a waypoint at the player's current position, however, the code runs at mission start (obviously because it's an init). I want to know if there's a line of code similar to WaitUntil that will work for the unit's init box in Eden. The reason I want to do it this way is because I don't want to mess with .sqfs/variable names for each individual unit/squad. What I have now is copy/paste-able in Eden and that's what I'm looking for. I've tried: 1) WaitUntil, but that command doesn't work in Eden 2) If TriggerIsActivated, but either I'm getting the syntax wrong or it doesn't work either. 3) enable dynamic sim, which is great, but it still places the waypoint at the start of the mission at the players Alternatively, I could loop the code, but I can't figure out how to use Sleep effectively where it's still performance friendly. Here's the code: if (isServer) then { _null = this spawn { Hunt_players_fnc = { _player = objNull; _players = +(allPlayers - (entities "HeadlessClient_F")); _distance = 100000; { if (alive _x && _x distance (Leader _this) < _distance) then { _distance = _x distance (Leader _this); _player = _x; }; } foreach _players; if !(isNull _player) then { _wp = (Group _this) addWaypoint [getPos _player, (50 + (floor(random 70)))]; _wp setWaypointStatements ["true","_null = this spawn Hunt_players_fnc;"]; _wp setWaypointType "SAD"; _wp setWaypointCombatMode "RED"; _wp setWaypointSpeed "FULL"; }; }; _null = _this spawn Hunt_players_fnc; }; }; Thanks.

Hello. For the past hour or so I've tried to link an addaction to another addaction in the init field of a data terminal. Here's my notes for that init section and the script. //Add an action to a data terminal to open it //When that action is activated by a player, it will add another action //When that second action is activated, it will run an .sqf file that //consists of the nopop variable this addAction ["Startup Terminal", {[KillhouseControl,1] call BIS_fnc_dataTerminalAnimate; this addAction ["Start Killhouse", targetup.sqf}]]; this addAction ["Shutdown Terminal", {[KillhouseControl,0] call BIS_fnc_dataTerminalAnimate;}]; //To-do: Remove action First of all, is there anything I'm doing wrong? Second of all, is there a way to do this?

I've been working on a script the last few days with the aim of spawning an enemy blackfish, having it fly to the nearest player, loiter, and start killing everything in sight. I'm making this for a CTI mission where the players are able to respawn, therefore, I want this thing to be an absolute terror for ground forces until it's destroyed. I've tried several things to make this happen. I've tried: 1) Setting the camouflage coefficient of every unit in the mission to "1", 2) Revealing all units to the pilot/group leader, 3) Setting the groups' skills to 1 4) Separating pilot and crew, where the pilot is set to careless and the crew is set to "Terminator" (a separate issue with this occurred where the gunners/crew group would reset its behavior to "hold fire/defend" even though they were set in the script to combat mode "RED". Unable to resolve that issue, I've abandoned separating the groups. Further, even when set back to RED, it isn't any more effective than having them all in one group. The pilot maintains the proper holding pattern either way. 5) Creating a Seek And Destroy waypoint for the gunner/crew group after separating them from the pilot. 6) Trying to add a "human sensor" to the radar, which is apparently a thing in Arma. https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Sensors 7) Finally I tried setting unit state to "Aware" to see if they would enter "COMBAT" on their own when spotting an enemy, but they will not unless an enemy vehicle is present, and after the vehicle is destroyed, they usually lose all interest in Infantry. This leads me to believe that they, for the most part, just can't see the infantry on the ground, despite my attempts to make them see. Tanoa is the map I'm using for my mission so the buildings/trees/ground clutter is probably hiding most of the targets from the gunners. Here's the script so far in a mostly working configuration where the plane will spawn, fly to the nearest player, and loiter indefinitely, possibly taking occasional shots at very exposed infantry and vehicles. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ // Spawn a Blackfish to loiter around player and kill any enemies. _plane = createVehicle [(["B_T_VTOL_01_armed_F"] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom), [11567.8,3199.6,0], [], 0, "FLY"]; This spawns the blackfish itself with the variable name _plane _plane addEventHandler ["Fired",{ (_this select 0) setVehicleAmmo 1 This allows it to have infinite ammo }]; _pilotguy = [[0,0,0], WEST, ["B_Fighter_Pilot_F","B_Fighter_Pilot_F","B_Fighter_Pilot_F","B_Fighter_Pilot_F"],[],[],[],[],[],232] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup; ((units _pilotguy) select 0) moveInDriver _plane; ((units _pilotguy) select 1) moveInAny _plane; ((units _pilotguy) select 2) moveInAny _plane; ((units _pilotguy) select 3) moveInAny _plane; ((units _pilotguy) select 0) setSkill ["spotDistance", 1]; ((units _pilotguy) select 0) setSkill ["spotTime", 1]; This chunk spawns the crew, forces it into the vehicle, and sets their skills and combat mode. group variable name is _pilotguy ((units _pilotguy) select 0) setSkill ["commanding", 1]; ((units _pilotguy) select 0) setSkill ["aimingShake", 1]; ((units _pilotguy) select 0) setSkill ["aimingSpeed", 1]; _pilotguy setCombatMode "RED"; _pilotguy setBehaviour "COMBAT"; private _markerPos = getPos leader _pilotguy; private _playerList = allPlayers apply {[_markerPos distanceSqr _x, _x]}; This bit sets up the "nearest player" part _playerList sort true; private _closestPlayer = (_playerList select 0) param [1, objNull]; _wpcas = _pilotguy addWaypoint [getPos _closestPlayer, 50]; _wpcas setWaypointType "LOITER"; _wpcas setWaypointLoiterRadius 900; _wpcas setWaypointLoiterType "CIRCLE_L"; _wpcas setWaypointBehaviour "COMBAT"; This sets up the waypoint with various specifications, possibly redundant to set the combat mode here as well _wpcas setWaypointCombatMode "RED"; _plane flyInHeight 300; _plane forceSpeed 60; _pilotguy allowFleeing 0; {(driver _plane) reveal [_x,4]} forEach allPlayers; revealing all players might be redundant with revealing all units {(driver _plane) reveal [_x, 4]}foreach allUnits; while {alive _pilotguy} do { {(_x) foreach allUnits setUnitTrait ["camouflageCoef", 1]}; the goal of this line is to have the units' coefficient revert to normal after the blackfish is destroyed sleep 10; _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thanks in advance for any help.

Script Example (which I use in my mission): [ Truck, "<t color='#58D68D'>Enganchar UH60</t>", "\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\holdAction_loaddevice_ca.paa", "\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\holdAction_loaddevice_ca.paa", "(_this distance _target < 3) && (Truck_Bar distance Heli_1 < 10)", "(_Caller distance _target < 3) && (Truck_Bar distance Heli_1 < 10)", {}, {}, { null = ["Scripts\Interacciones\Remolcador\Soltar_Heli_1.sqf","BIS_fnc_execVM",false,false] spawn BIS_fnc_MP; [Truck,_actionId] call BIS_fnc_holdActionRemove; }, {}, [], 5, 6, true, false ] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd", 0, Truck]; ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ When I put this Script in my Init.sqf file, one appears every time a player joins my dedicated server. Is there a way to fix that? the problem is where do I put my script? or is it a typical Arma 3 problem?

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im trying to write a script to tell my artillery gun "art1" to fire near the soldier "s1" 10 times using the below the gun only fires once it seems it gets stuck after one loop for "_i" from 1 to 10 do { _ammo = getArtilleryAmmo [art1] select 4; _dir = round random 360; _dis = 50 + round random 100; _tgt = s1 getRelPos [_dis,_dir]; art1 doArtilleryFire[_tgt,_ammo,1]};

Hello everyone, I've made a custom mission, using custom mods (from the 506th) and additional addons, along with my own custom faction made through ORBAT. The mission works very well, just some oddball errors. To the point: My friend is able to join the server with ease, no hiccups or errors. Everything operates as normal: Joins the server, chooses a slot, I start the mission up, he downloads the mission file just fine, but then the map's loading screen (tanoa) gets stuck at around 85% of the way. On the map brief, his player even goes to the blue rectangle at that point. Hitting continue, he can still hear everything fine, just as if he were actually in the mission and I can see his name on the player he's chosen. We've tried what seems like everything at this point and I'm at a loss: - Deleted all MPMissionCache (on both of ours) - Made sure his mods works in the editor - Made sure we had the exact same mods loaded, AND in order - Applied the "fix", done correctly as done in the video, found in this video where an init.sqf is applied in the mission file and exported to the MPMissions folder, and I load THAT mission in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y4JuvoT1Gs - Restarted several times Note that when in the editor and loading this mission, or saving it for the first time in the particular editor session, I get this error: []: 'bin\config.bin/CfgPatches/tiad_506th_Light_Laser_switch/' not an array Also note that when loading the mission on the server we (both) get this error: No entry 'bin\config.bin/CfgWeapons.506th_atrophine'. Mods loaded are as follows (in this order): - 506th IR - Community Based Addons v3.15.1 - 506th IR - Advanced Combat Environment 3.13.2 - 506th IR - Mod Pack 3.3.8 - 506th IR - CUP Terrains - Core - 506th IR - CUP Terrains - Maps - 506th IR - RHS: Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - 506th IR - RHS: GREF - 506th IR - RHS: Serbian Armed Forces - 506th IR - RHS: United States Forces - 506th IR - Task Force Radio (TFAR) v1.0.325 - CBA_A3 - C2 - Command & Control - ALiVE - Ares - Achilles - NIArms All in One - L3-GPNVG18 Panoramic Night Vision - MLO All-in-One Collection - UnderSiege Patches & Insignias Link to download the .rpt file: - .RPT FILE How can I fix this? What am I missing here? I've spent a lot of time making the mission (too much to admit, especially since it was my first ever real attempt at making a polished mission)

I've tried several scripts around the net and thus far none of them seem to worked correctly (or I'm doing it wrong). Basically, I'm looking for something that will report when a NPC kills a player and reports it to chat. Preferably with the grid number. I've tried different handlers to no avail. ie. "Nighthawk was killed by BMP-3" Me and a friend are working on a highly modified Escape from Chernarus mission for our small group. We're really looking at having this for the sake of communication with some of our younger players. Thanks a bunch!

I have got a script that works by calling it like this: guard = [op1] execVM "HousePatrol.sqf"; is there a way to call this script for multiple units at the same time so as not to write: guard = [op2] execVM "HousePatrol.sqf"; guard = [op3] execVM "HousePatrol.sqf"; ...

Hey guys, quick question. I want to migrate from using the steam mod version of v-com to the script to make preparations for a server. I haven't found any guides online or an instruction set on the git hub to do so. After downloading it I performed what would seem pretty straight forward copy and pastes. but loading up a test mission and all i get is errors for about 5 mins after initializing the script. Anyone know the proper way to load the script version?

Dear all, I've created a gui interface that allows to run some scripts during mission, simply pressing a button. In one of them, by pressing the buttom, the sqf starts, it opens the map and with a map-click creates a marker area where some AI units are spawned. Parameters are directly included in the sqf (area dimension, number of units...). Now I'm forced to define them before the mission. I would like to improve it implementing a dialog box in which directly type the parameters (five number inputs) to be passed to the sqf. So in summary, you click on button, open the dialog window, type the five numbers and then click a "start" button to run the script, passing those numbers. I'm new in scripting and can't find clear information on how to do it. Any help or advice? Thanks in advance

FILE PLS 1.01 (Dropbox, APL-SA license) INTRODUCTION Lately had fun with some procedural maze/labyrinth algorithms, let others have fun too! PLS script takes as input a position, dimensions, wall segment class and used algorithm. Four algorithms implemented: Randomized Kruskal's: fast, somewhat biased towards short dead ends ("kruskal"). Randomized Prim's: also fast and biased towards short dead ends ("prim"). Wilson's: slow, but unbiased/uniform results ("wilson"). Randomized Pseudo Prim's: Prim's with distinctive bias towards long open diagnonals due to additional condition not present in the original algorithm ("pseudoprim"). WIKI article CODE Initialization: [(player modelToWorld [0,10,0]),120,120,"Land_PillboxWall_01_6m_round_F","kruskal"] call RYD_LAB_ConfusedMinotaur; //[Bottom left corner position, x dimension (final dimension will be matched up to wall segment's bounding box real dimension), y dimension (ditto), wall segment class, used algorithm ("kruskal", "prim", "pseudoprim" or "wilson")] Source:

So like when I enter a trigger I want that the AI that is sitting in a artillery raise the barrel by some degrees and then shoot. If anyone knows another way make a AI shoot with a artillery on a target from like 200m please tell me. Why do I need this? I am trying to make a mission with a BM-21 artillery and I want it to shoot at a target inside of the minimum shooting range like 100m away or something like that. I can use doArtilleryFire but it will only work if the target is above the minimum shooting range

Hi, I'm using a trigger to spawn AI (CSAT) boats and make them move to a waypoint (to chase the blufor boats) and I am getting a "generic code error" when I try to do this. The code I have so far is as follows: group_2 = creategroup east; enemy2 = group_2 createVehicle ["O_Boat_Armed_01_hmg_F ",getmarkerpos "spawn2",[],0,"form"]; enemy2 domove (getmarkerpos "waypoint2") This code is situated in the activation section of the trigger. I have a dot marker set as spawn2 and a circle marker set as waypoint 2 (as I'm spawning a load of ground units at the same time who spawn at spawn1). Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

A bang stick in ARMA? Has JohnnyBoy truly "jumped the shark" this time? No, its true... Via a script call, you can give a unit a bang stick. Features: Use action menu to thrust stick at enemy (shark, tuna, or human). Should take down a stinkin' zombie also I reckon! (untested on zombies though) Bang stick tip explodes on impact with flash effect, kills victim, tip disappears, and tip smokes after usage Reload bang stick explosive tip from 3 shotgun shells mounted on stick. Has reload animation, shell visually taken in hand, and loading sound fx. Actions to drop stick or pick up stick. Looks crude because they are hand-made by Tanoan natives. 😉 Notes: It can be a little wonky for detecting impact on thrusts sometimes. This is fun with Feint's sweet shark mod. But unfortunately, THA Great White shark mod no longer works (this was really fun to use on great whites). The script isn't perfect but will work pretty well in limited scenarios. Download: demo mission link (Demo mission requires Feint's awesome shark mod) Credits: @HallyG thanks for the great underwater blood and bubbles scripts @Feint for the super sweet Shark mod shown in demo

Hi Guys, i'm searching for a simpler way to rotate objects in 3d Space (yaw, roll, pitch). I never try the tranformation and rotation matrix to solve my problem. My Work: I started to work on worldToModel that takes an "Object Model Box 3D Space (named _ModelOrign) as a Parameter and puts "3D World Coordinades" (named _position) of another Object in this model space. private _modelOrign = _this select 0; private _objectOrign = _this select 1; private _position = _modelOrign worldToModel getPosWorld _objectOrign; So I can easily take the saved _position and apply to a targeting Object (named _modelTarget) that is differend rotating in 3D as the Object _modelOrign. Then I just execute the finction modelToWorld and voila the _position is rotating to the rotated _modelTarget in Model Box 3D Space as well. Nice and easy. privat _objectTarget = _this select 0; privat _modelTarget = _this select 1; privat _position = _this select 2; _objectTarget setPosWorld ( _modelTarget modelToWorld _position ) Orientation: to get the orientation of _objectOrign in 3D Space, i used vectorDir and vectorUp of _ modelOrign to get this orientation and apply it to this _objectOrign with the oriantation itsself. Wiki Source: Euler_angles Problem: I've have no idea to combine these two orientations vectors of _modelOrign and _objectOrign to get this problem of the orientation solved. I never used the transformation and rotation matrix. There sould be an easier way to do this. BIS serve an function BIS_fnc_setPitchBank in the past but I've heard that it is not precisely :/. I've never try it out. I'm sceptic about the documentation of vectorModelToWorld explains that it only use vectorDir and not vectorUp. I never try it. im very sure that there is a modern simpler way to solve this problem by a bunch of Arma 3+ vector functions for example addTorque but I do not understand the explanation at all, i'm not english. thank you

This script allows scripters to re-use all the voice command phrases in Arma. This is especially useful for AI type mods where scripts are making AI perform tasks, and you want to hear the audible commande like "Move Up", "Set Charge", "Detonate Charge", "Frag out", etc. Features: Unit's ingame language is used (i.e., English, French, Russian, Persian, etc). Sound file may be played loud or soft depending on unit's current behavior (Normal, Combat, Stealth) Lip animation Download sample Mission: Here. Credit: @Larrow for his badass utility for finding sound file paths. Use this tool to find additional sound paths to add to this script. If you add more paths to this script, please post them in this topic, so I can add them to my script. Boring Video of Demo Sample init.sqf script from mission showing how to call the script: The JBOY_Speak script (so you don't have to download demo mission to see it)

Hi all, I am looking for a solution or some guidance to understand how I can pull arrays of loot (e.g. weapons, gear,...) from a separate file into a .sqf file. What I want to do: - create a master file with arrays of items, weapons, or structures - create scripts (e.g. LINK)that spawn loot that can access those master files - have one single file where I can alter those arrays without having to update the arrays in each single script an example for an array that is currently in each of my scripts and that I would like to export into a master file and then acces from such master file: _itemsArray =[ "rvg_canOpener", "rvg_plasticBottlePurified", "rvg_spirit", "rvg_franta", "rvg_milk", "rvg_rice", "rvg_hose", "rvg_guttingKnife", "rvg_tire", "rvg_purificationTablets", "rvg_flare", "rvg_matches", "rvg_Geiger", "rvg_toolkit", "rvg_antiRad", "muzzle_snds_B", "muzzle_snds_L", "acc_flashlight_pistol", "optic_DMS" ]; Any input is very welcome;) thank you and cheers vandeanson

Hello everyone. Let's say I'm running a mission that currently has over 1000 running scripts (diag_activeScripts#0 > 1000): for"_i" from 0 to 1000 do { [] spawn { while {true} do { for "_i" from 0 to 50000 do {true} } } } Each iteration of every script requires about 20 ms to complete, which is well above the scheduler's execution time limit (3 ms). This practically means that if my game is running @60 FPS (16.6 ms per frame) and I have a script at the 1001st position in the queue, it will be executed at least over ~17 seconds later! And this is just the first iteration of my script. There will be a ~17s delay between each iteration. This is only a stress test of course, but still I'd rather my scripts were executed ASAP. I don't mean like 'call', because my scripts are way too demanding for calling. They have to be executed in the scheduled environment. I can think of a dirty method (using a perFrame eventHandler, and executing the code bit by bit), but I was hoping for a more straightforward solution. Does anyone know a way?

Hi. On my mission I put some notifications with BIS_fnc_dynamicText function as tasks are accomplished, i.e., Kill the officer. Init.sqf if (isserver) then { officer_down = false; publicVariable "officer_down"; }; I have created a task with the module and named it "kill_officer" and a trigger. Trigger Condition: !alive officer On Activation: ["kill_officer","succeeded", false] call bis_fnc_tasksetstate; Task_Kill = ["<t font='PuristaBold' t size='0.90' t align='left'>The officer is dead!</t>",safeZoneX+0.10, safeZoneY+safeZoneH-0.15, 20, 1, 0, 888] spawn bis_fnc_dynamicText; officer_down = true; publicVariable "officer_down"; Notifications work perfectly when tasks are accomplished. The problem is when a player goes offline and reconnects in the middle of the mission, all the notifications together that have been completed so far appear again. It is clear that it is something related to JIP, but for more I look for information and read, I cannot understand how JIP really works The mission was played on a dedicated server. I would appreciate any help to fix this problem.

This is some proof-of-concept scripts that move animals by attaching the animals to invisible AI units. Why do this? Because animals default movement is too slow. Arma vanilla dogs and rabbits run slower than men, which is lame. Also added some dust fx when animal moving fast. One downside is animals now make footstep sounds. That might be ok for large animals, but is silly for a chicken or a snake. Download Demo Mission Credit: I thank @haleks for the idea (its how he made Ravage rabbits fast) These scripts could be basis for building further scripts: Flock or herd of animals moving along as a group Sheep Dog herding a flock of Sheep Boar stampede Boar attacks Dogs chasing rabbit Etc. The demo mission contains these 2 script files: init.sqf JBOY_AninmalAIFuncs.sqf

Hi everybody ! I come here to search some help ! Indeed I want to make a script with a big array who coutains all coordonate of home and the name of the owner. I know how do the array BUT I don't know how to make a script which gives the name of the owner of the house where my character is in arma 3. Basically I would like to search in my array let's call the _Home the owner of the house where is my character. If somebody can help me a little it could be nice ! Thanh kyou !!

Good afternoon all! I am here today because I meet a problem ... Indeed I do not know how to retrieve in a script the content of a variable that was created in another script. In other words I have a script 1 which has a variable _chose and in script 2 I want to recover this variable _chose. Thank you for reading my few lines! and I hope you can help me ... Good bye !

GF Auto Loot Airdrops Script - Mod by GEORGE FLOROS [GR] Description: GF Auto Loot Airdrops , will detect the enabled Mods , without editing lists,for loot. You are free to do anything but i would like to give me Credits for this! Simple and easy to use and adapt . Have Fun ! Installation / Usage: For usage instructions and information of how to use the GF Auto Loot Airdrops Script please refer to the included documentation and/or example mission. Place in your mission the files . There is everything included , in the initServer.sqf , to copy paste in your mission. https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/SQF_syntax Don't try to open this with the simple notepad. For everything that is with comment // in front or between /* means that it is disabled , so there is no need to delete the extra lines. You can open this ex: with notepad++ https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ and also use the extra pluggins (this way will be better , it will give also some certain colors to be able to detect ex. problems ) http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=8680 or use any other program for editing . For the Compilation List of my GF Scripts , you can search in: https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/215850-compilation-list-of-my-gf-scripts/ Notes: GF Auto Loot Airdrops , will detect the enabled Mods , without editing lists,for loot. There are 4 options available : 1 = Load every Mod + Bohemia Loot , 2 = Load every Mod - No Bohemia Loot , 3 = Load Bohemia Loot Only , 4 = Custom items only. Custom arrays can be used as well. There are Blacklist Zones available , 5 from default and a safe distanse from players. This is the new reedited version of the previous GF Airdrops script. More information inside the GF_Auto_Loot_Airdrops.sqf There is also included a mod version , posible to unpack and edit. Credits and Thanks to : Thanks to All script contributors Thanks to everyone who tries to do the best for this game! Thanks to BIS for such a great platform . Thanks to BIS Community and BIS Community Forums . Thanks to Armaholic Community and Forums . Changelog: v1.0 Forum topic: - Armaholic forums http://www.armaholic.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=40315 Armaholic GF Auto Loot Airdrops Script - Mod

I've got a trouble scripting a veichle... I have a VTML Lince (like an US Humvee) with the turret..The animation of the turret (a Browning) doesn't work... (so does not rotate exc..) I used the model.cfg file in the Arma 3 Samples of the Car01 but I miss the part of the turret animations. Can anyone help me?