The addItem command appears to fail to add some item types. If the
unit is dead, the number of items that cannot be added increases.
{F21286} {F21287}
Description
Description
Details
Details
- Legacy ID
- 599787497
- Severity
- None
- Resolution
- Open
- Reproducibility
- Always
- Category
- Scripting
Steps To Reproduce
A mission that attempts to reproduce the observed addItem behavior is
included. The code in init.sqf attempts to handle the addition of
arbitrary items to a character, with item names obtained from
'configFile >> "CfgWeapons"'. For each item, the code attempts to add
the item and then verifies that it has been added. After removing any
added item, these steps are repeated for the next item, etc.
The code first goes through the items once, then repeats the
sequence with the unit being dead. A summary of the failed commands
are copied the clipboard at the end.
Running the mission on dev build 0.75.108541 produced the output
below. Some of these possibly use the wrong command (unsure if
addItem or addGoggles should be used for "Binoculars" as neither
appears to work) and some items are not attempted handled at all
("Laserdesignator_mounted"), but there are still several unexpected failures and
a clear difference depending on whether the unit is alive or not, even
if the same code is used to add the same item names.
alive failures:
Binocular(addItem) Rangefinder(addItem) Medikit(addItem) ToolKit(addItem) Laserdesignator_mounted() Laserdesignator(addItem) Zasleh2(addItem)
dead failures:
ItemWatch(addItem) ItemCompass(addItem) ItemGPS(addItem) ItemRadio(addItem) ItemMap(addItem) MineDetector(addItem) Binocular(addItem) Rangefinder(addItem) NVGoggles(addItem) FirstAidKit(addItem) Medikit(addItem) ToolKit(addItem) Laserdesignator_mounted() Laserdesignator(addItem) Zasleh2(addItem) muzzle_snds_H(addItem) muzzle_snds_L(addItem) muzzle_snds_M(addItem) muzzle_snds_B(addItem) muzzle_snds_H_MG(addItem) optic_Arco(addItem) optic_Hamr(addItem) optic_Aco(addItem) optic_ACO_grn(addItem) optic_Aco_smg(addItem) optic_ACO_grn_smg(addItem) optic_Holosight(addItem) optic_Holosight_smg(addItem) optic_SOS(addItem) acc_flashlight(addItem) acc_pointer_IR(addItem) optic_MRCO(addItem) muzzle_snds_acp(addItem)
Event Timeline
Comment Actions
Medikit can be added only into backpack. Even though vest capacity might be enough to carry Medikit.
Comment Actions
Thank you for the feedback. Adding a backpack fixes several of the
item addition failures, giving the result below. I have updated the
uploaded mission file with this change.
Using addWeapon on Binocular-type items causes the command to succeed,
but there are problems with adding e.g., NVGoggles added via addWeapon
(see http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=4809).
The difference between alive and dead units still remains; the primary
problem appears to be adding various item types to dead characters
(using addWeapon does not change this).
alive failures:
Binocular(addItem)
Rangefinder(addItem)
Laserdesignator(addItem)
Zasleh2(addItem)
dead failures:
ItemWatch(addItem)
ItemCompass(addItem)
ItemGPS(addItem)
ItemRadio(addItem)
ItemMap(addItem)
MineDetector(addItem)
Binocular(addItem)
Rangefinder(addItem)
NVGoggles(addItem)
FirstAidKit(addItem)
Medikit(addItem)
ToolKit(addItem)
Laserdesignator(addItem)
Zasleh2(addItem)
muzzle_snds_H(addItem)
muzzle_snds_L(addItem)
muzzle_snds_M(addItem)
muzzle_snds_B(addItem)
muzzle_snds_H_MG(addItem)
optic_Arco(addItem)
optic_Hamr(addItem)
optic_Aco(addItem)
optic_ACO_grn(addItem)
optic_Aco_smg(addItem)
optic_ACO_grn_smg(addItem)
optic_Holosight(addItem)
optic_Holosight_smg(addItem)
optic_SOS(addItem)
acc_flashlight(addItem)
acc_pointer_IR(addItem)
optic_MRCO(addItem)
muzzle_snds_acp(addItem)
Comment Actions
Binocular
Rangefinder
Laserdesignator
are weapons so addweapon works on both dead and alive
itemwatch itemcompass...etc use assignItem to add to dead
weapon items there are bunch of commands for that
addPrimaryWeaponItem, addSecondaryWeaponItem
I won't argue this business is a mess but you should also try all commands. Here is good start http://killzonekid.com/arma-2-arma-3-scripting-commands-list/ search for word 'item'