New Variables / Commands Discussion

[Rommel92]

Discussion of all the new / improved commands within ArmA 2.

As we all should know, ArmA 2 introduced a tonne of new (wonderful) commands to the scripting environment; and I feel as they are the most useful to me at the moment, to discuss these new commands.

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allUnits
allGroups
Vehicles
playableUnits

edit: These commands are live and constantly updating, which is excellent news. A simple body remover script is easily made via a recurring script / trigger of the following:

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while {true} do {
sleep 60;
{hidebody _x} foreach (RMM_AllUnits - AllUnits); RMM_AllUnits = AllUnits
}

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Also, what other new global variables have been introduced into ArmA 2?


You see all the new diag_ functions, with a built in (diag_log) rpt dump command. Bloody useful, stops us using the old days of 'localize' to dump strings into the rpt.

Also anyone tried out: debugLog, and know the difference yet? I just found it, and can't test it yet.

Commands I hope to clarify on in the next few days:

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enableSimulation
enableSaving
endMission
failMission
gearSlotData
isDedicated
LifeState
selectNoPlayer
ServerTime
setUnconcious
ppEffects, what can we disable here, "Radialblur"... what else
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[Spooner]

vehicles was in A1, but the other related commands they added really help to make life easier.

* BIS have updated the BIKI comref with all the new commands.
* Press F1 when editing to see the in-game comref for the commands/vars. You can only do this when you are part-way through typing a command when you have a little syntax popup visible.
* DH are discussing this too.

I think this is a slightly too broad topic for a single thread, but you see where it leads you.

[Worldeater]

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ppEffects, what can we disable here, "Radialblur"... what else

Try these:

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ColorInversion
DynamicBlur
ColorCorrections
WetDistortion
ChromAberration
FilmGrain
RadialBlur
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