Initializing scripts?

[Agent JB]

Ok, because nobody replied to my first post, I decided to go out and dig through the internet. I found myself a few scripts, but them in the folder my mission files were put, but now I'm stuck. I cannot find a way to run the scripts. The chopper insertion script I had, I typed this exec "chopperinsertion.sqs"; and nothing worked. I deleted "this" and got an error, so I put it back and the game ran... but there wasn't any indication the script was running.
Any ideas on getting it to work?

[Mandoble]

Again, without any more info about what scripts are you using, dont expect any clear answers for your problems. It is almost like, hey guys, I made a mission and it doesnt work, what might be wrong there???

[Agent JB]

Madoble... I actually tried your script... but nothing worked with that either. 
If you read my post, I mentioned that I couldn't find out how to run the scripts. The ones I downloaded were all to do with chopper extraction, but how do I make them work? But, as you asked for the types I'm using...
Airlift v1.644 (TJ72)
Copper Pickup (also by TJ72)
Mando Heliroute ArmA, (by Mandoble) 

All those arn't working with the whole "this exec scriptfolder/scriptname.sqs" And I pasted them all in the folder of my mission.

I can't think of any other information to tell you. 

[Denz]

are you putting "this" in square brackets?
so

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[this] exec "Scriptfolder\scriptname.sqs"note the quotation marks around the script.sqs and use a backslash not a forward slash for a script folder

Mandoble's scripts are in sqf format so need to be executed slightly differently.
I quote from the Mando_heliroute script header

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[chopper, route positions array, flying height, landing true/fasle] execVM "mando_heliroute_arma.sqf"

[Agent JB]

I wast putting the square brackets around "this" but ok...
I must confess that I'm a complete scripting n00b... so...
What does all that array, flying height and all that have to do with the script? How would I edit that?

[Mandoble]

Have you read the header of the mando_heliroute_arma.sqf and the rest of the scripts? In most cases script usage and examples are explained there.

[Agent JB]

I have scanned over them but it all looks like a jumble of words to me.
I'll dig into it and see what I can get out of it all.

Does all this script usage involve alot of command issuing? (i.e this exec or whatever)

[Denz]

no problem mate we were all new at some point

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[chopper, route positions array, flying height, landing true/fasle] execVM "mando_heliroute_arma.sqf"ok, the "chopper" I take it is the name of the helicopter.
route array - you place an empty marker on the map and name it something like "dest1" (or whatever) to indicate where you want the helo to go to
flying height - obviously what height the helo will fly at
landing true/false - put either true of false if you want the helo to land

so the whole thing would be - for example

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[choppername, [getPos dest1], 20, true] execVM "mando_heliroute_arma.sqf"and so on

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[choppername,[getPos dest3], 50, true] execVM "mando_heliroute_arma.sqf"
I think that's it. Any other questions just ask

edit:
well yes Mandoble is right, all that was gleaned from the script header itself and a peek at the insides of the demo mission.

edit 2:
forgot a comma - the syntax is very important when writing or running scripts

[Agent JB]

Thanks Denz, thats what I wanted to know. Is there any complete n00bs tutorial on the codes? and where to put them? I know the mian site here has the codes, but it doesn't tell me where to put them (I.E.. init.sqf or in the init in the ingame editor and so on).
Yes/No?

And I suppose intros are all about as interesting to make as the mission itself?

[Mandoble]

To start with, a script is a plain text file with lots of commands, comparisons and operations. Everything you may add to a script is here, and that is the best starting point to begin to understand how and why to script something.

[Agent JB]

Thats the tutorial thing I was talking about mandoble... it doesn't tell me where I can put all this stuff.

[Denz]

Have a browse through the tutorial section of the Editor's Depot
More so the OFP section. You'll find tutorials on scripting and Intro making in there.
What was written for OFP still has 99% relevance to ArmA. We just have some new commands to play with

[Mandoble]

Ok, example of script:

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// This text file should be named myscript.sqf

// Parameters are retrieved from _this, which is an array
// We are passing a single one, a simple text which we store into _mytext local variable
_mytext = _this select 0;

// Now we'll use a command from the COMREF
titleText[_mytext, "PLAIN"];

Now, to execute your script from the init.sqf (script, that, if exists, is executed automatically by ArmA on mission startup

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// This script is named init.sqf

// From here we'll execute your script using execVM command (check COMREF).
res = ["Hello world"]execVM"myscript.sqf";