BIS_fnc_establishingShot

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Description:: Play a fake UAV observational sequence which serves as an establishing shot.
Execution:: spawn
Groups:: GUI

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 - Text to display

altitude: Number - (optional) Altitude (in meters)

radius: Number - (optional) Radius of the circular movement (in meters)

angle: Number - Viewing angle (in degrees)

rotation: Number - Direction of camera movement (0: anti-clockwise, 1: clockwise, default: random)

iconOptions: Array - 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 - Size of icon in x (Optional, default 1)
4: sizeY: Number Size of icon in y (Optional, default 1)
5: angle: Number - Angle of icon (Optional, default random 360)
6: text: String - Text displayed underneath the icon (Optional, default "")
7: shadow: Number - 0 to draw now shadow, 1 to draw a shadow (Optional, default 0)

mode: Number - 0: normal (default), 1: world scenes

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

waitTime: Number - Wait time in seconds after the shot has been completed (Since Arma 3 1.81)

Return Value:

Boolean - true when done

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;

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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: _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: _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.

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