BIS fnc establishingShot

1.00

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Description

Description:

Plays a fake UAV observational sequence which serves as an establishing shot.

Execution:

spawn

Groups:

GUI

Syntax

Syntax:

[target, text, altitude, radius, angle, rotation, iconOptions, mode, fadeIn,waitTime] spawn BIS_fnc_establishingShot

Parameters:

target: Object or Array - Target or target's position

text: String - (Optional, default "") Text to display

altitude: Number - (Optional, default 500) Altitude in meters

radius: Number - (Optional, default 200) Radius of the circular movement in meters

angle: Number - (Optional, default random) Viewing angle in degrees

rotation: Number - (Optional, default random) Direction of camera movement

• 0: anti-clockwise
• 1: clockwise

iconOptions: Array - (Optional, default []) Each array in format:

• 0: icon: String - Path to icon texture
• 1: color: Array - Color in format [R,G,B,A]
• 2: target: Object, Position or Group - Where the texture should be drawn
• 3: sizeX: Number - (Optional, default 1) Size of icon in x
• 4: sizeY: Number - (Optional, default 1) Size of icon in y
• 5: angle: Number - (Optional, default random 360) Angle of icon
• 6: text: String - (Optional, default "") Text displayed underneath the icon
• 7: shadow: Number - (Optional, default 0)
  • 0 to draw now shadow
  • 1 to draw a shadow

mode: Number - (Optional, default 0)

• 0: normal (Disables saving and sets BIS_missionStarted to nil)
• 1: world scenes

fadeIn: Boolean - (Optional, default true) Fade in after completion

since 1.82

waitTime: Number - (Optional, default 2) Wait time in seconds after the shot has been completed

Return Value:

Boolean - true when done

Examples

Example 1:

[player, "I can see my house from here", 500, 250, 75, 1, [], 0, true] spawn BIS_fnc_establishingShot;

Example 2:

[ [5229.97,5233.07,0], "BLUFOR and OPFOR firefight", 500, 250, 75, 1, [ ["\A3\ui_f\data\map\markers\nato\b_inf.paa",[0,0.3,0.6,1],group_1,1,1,0,"BLUFOR"], ["\A3\ui_f\data\map\markers\nato\o_inf.paa",[0.5,0,0,1],group_2,1,1,0,"OPFOR"] ], 0, true, 15 ] spawn BIS_fnc_establishingShot;

Additional Information

See also:

BIS_fnc_dynamicText Arma 3: Mission Presentation

Notes

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Posted on January 28, 2018 - 02:01 (UTC)

Lou Montana

Be aware that spawning this function will set enableSaving to true. Quick workaround:

private _savingEnabled = savingEnabled; _handle = [player, "myText"] spawn BIS_fnc_establishingShot; waitUntil { scriptDone _handle }; enableSaving [_savingEnabled, false];

Or, if you can't wait the end of the establishing shot:

private _savingEnabled = savingEnabled; _handle = [player, "myText"] spawn BIS_fnc_establishingShot; _handle spawn { waitUntil { scriptDone _this }; enableSaving [_savingEnabled, false]; };

Posted on July 30, 2019 - 12:01 (UTC)

R3vo

In order to change the camera to TI or NVG mode execute the following right after BIS_fnc_establishingShot was spawned.

true setCamUseTI 1;

The effect will automatically be terminated once the establishing shot ended.