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Ending a mission properly using scripting in Arma 3.

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This very useful code will end a mission when three triggers have been activated and there are no enemies in the trigger area.

adt = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", Loc];
adt setTriggerArea [1800, 1800, 0, false];
adt setTriggerActivation ["EAST", "NOT PRESENT", false];
adt setTriggerStatements ["this","",""];
 
waitUntil {
	sleep 1;
	((triggeractivated adt) && (triggeractivated tower2) && (triggeractivated man2))
};
 
["ScoreAdded",["Defeated the enemy. Good work boys.",10]] call BIS_fnc_showNotification;
['task3','SUCCEEDED'] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState;

This is another very useful code sample, this detects if a radio tower has been destroyed.

	waitUntil {	
		sleep 3; !(alive targetTower) || damage targetTower > 0.8 || ((getPosATL targetTower) select 2) < 0
	};

or use a trigger to detect the destruction of the tower. This works very well.

tower2 = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", getPos tower1];
tower2 setTriggerArea [14, 14, 0, true];
tower2 settriggerText "";
tower2 setTriggerActivation ["NONE", "PRESENT", false];
tower2 setTriggerStatements ["!alive tower1","['task1','SUCCEEDED'] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState",""];

Set a random starting time for your mission, put this code into the initServer.sqf file to get a random time.

// Set date and time (between 7am and 4pm)
setdate [2017,ceil random 12,ceil random 28,7 + round(random 9),0];

Another example of useful Arma 3 coding. This expands upon code I posted above, this waits until 3 triggers have been activated and then runs code to clean up an AO and also removes the AO from the targets array.

adt = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", Loc];
adt setTriggerArea [2800, 2800, 0, false];
adt setTriggerActivation ["EAST", "NOT PRESENT", false];
adt setTriggerStatements ["this","",""];
 
sleep 3;
 
{
	_x addCuratorEditableObjects [allUnits,true];
	_x addCuratorEditableObjects [vehicles,true];
} count allCurators;
 
waitUntil {
	sleep 1;
	((triggeractivated adt) && (triggeractivated tower2) && (triggeractivated man2))
};
 
//["ScoreAdded",["Defeated the enemy. Good work boys.",10]] call BIS_fnc_showNotification;
['task3','SUCCEEDED'] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState;
 
_targetArray = _targetArray - [currentAO];
 
_NewAO = [] call QS_fnc_ending;

Add this code to your mission scripting to run after all the AI have spawned, and everything will be added to Zeus.

{
	_x addCuratorEditableObjects [allUnits,true];
	_x addCuratorEditableObjects [vehicles,true];
} count allCurators;

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