Printing text on a billboard in Arma 3 is very easy, this code sample will print the player`s name and the server’s name on a billboard in a welcome message.
_texture = [0, format["#(rgb,256,512,3)text(0, 1, ""RobotoCondensed"", 0.1, ""#ffffff00"", ""#6aa84f"", Hello %1\nWelcome to\n%2\n)", profileName, serverName, "Gear up and get into the action."]]; this setObjectTexture _texture; |
This is how to print text from a variable or a scripting function. This is very cool, this could be very useful to print information personalized for each player. The init of the billboard is run for every player, so they will all see their own player name.
This code below will allow you to have a tiny model tank in your base.
if (isServer) then { private _simpleObject = this call BIS_fnc_replaceWithSimpleObject; _simpleObject setObjectScale 0.1; _simpleobject setposatl [4440.88,18268.1,0]; }; |
Then right-click the tank and copy the location to the clipboard. Then replace the setPosATL value with the location of the tank. Then you will have a nice little decorative tank. I have tested this on a dedicated server and it works perfectly. As you can see in the screenshot, this also works for buildings. Even modded ones like Jbad.
To change the rain to snow without mods in Arma 3, use the code below and run it in the initServer.sqf file.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 | 0 setOvercast 1; 0 setRain 1; 0 setFog 0.1; // snow affects visibility at distance setHumidity 0.9; // don't want to see dust clouds enableEnvironment [false, true]; // don't want to see snakes and butterflies either forceWeatherChange; [ "a3\data_f\rainnormal_ca.paa", // rainDropTexture 1, // texDropCount 0.01, // minRainDensity 15, // effectRadius 0.3, // windCoef 0.5, // dropSpeed 0.7, // rndSpeed 0.5, // rndDir 0.01, // dropWidth 0.01, // dropHeight [0.2, 0.1, 0.1, 1], // dropColor 0.1, // lumSunFront 0.1, // lumSunBack 5.5, // refractCoef 0.3, // refractSaturation true, // snow false // dropColorStrong ] call BIS_fnc_setRain; |
The ability to customise the rainfall is amazing.