gps [Release] A3GPS - a real GPS for Arma 3

[Utopia_Amaury 21]

A3GPS - a 'real' GPS for Arma 3

Description :

Hello everyone , i finally release my GPS for arma 3 .
It was more a challenge for myself at the beginning because arma road network is a headache to itself.

All the code and updates/bugfixes are available on GitHub.

Don't hesitate to send me suggestions/bugs/feedback ! It will be a pleasure to answer :)

 

Features :

• French/English language.

• Shortest path calculation to arrive at a selected route.
• Save path and quickly start navigation again.
• Compatible with every missions (after arma 3 v1.70).
• Custom keybindings.
• HUD when you navigate (turn left/right , distance from goal , ...) .
• Path recalculation if user is taking another path.
• Quick navigation to travel for exemple to the nearest Fuel Station or Town without opening the main menu.
• Supported maps : Altis , Stratis , Malden , Tanoa .
  • It will work on other maps but you can have performance issues.

Installation :
Every steps are explained on my GitHub .

 

Download :
Release 1.0

Screenshots :

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[KokaKolaA3 394]

That looks pretty cool^^ Thanks for sharing this

[Guest]

Thanks for sending us the release :)

An Armaholic mirror is now available:

 

A3GPS - a real GPS for Arma 3 v1.0

[Utopia_Amaury 21]

Thank's to you Foxhound :D

[Sparker 184]

I've tried the script and I like it very much! Well done!

[maihym 12]

Very very cool system, I really like it.

[Franck LONGO 0]

Thanx for it, very cool !

 

Installed on my Exile server and work like a charm.

 

Just one question. Is it possible to force to have item GPS on you in order to work? Because actually you don't need it.

[Utopia_Amaury 21]

Hey ,
thank's for using it , you can just add a check before calling the menu.

player addAction ["Open GPS",{
  if ("itemGPS" in assignedItems player) then {
         [] call gps_menu_fnc_loadGPSMenu;
  };
}];

 

On the next version (v1.1) , an event handler system will be added to handle this but it's not implemented in v1.0.
 

[Franck LONGO 0]

Where can I find this code? Wich file?

 

Thx

[Franck LONGO 0]

Amaury, where can I find this code line please? I don't find it.

 

Thank you

[davidoss 550]

Its calling line mostlikely in init.sqf or initplayerlocal.sqf

 

[HazJ 1288]

Very nice! Good job. One question: Why do you use own custom localization instead of stringtable.xml? Any specific reason... Just wondering is all.

[Dedmen 2588]

2 hours ago, HazJ said:

Very nice! Good job. One question: Why do you use own custom localization instead of stringtable.xml? Any specific reason... Just wondering is all.

Thought the same about why not CfgFunctions.

 

But.. Seems obvious. Right now all you have to integrate this into your mission is to add one line to description.ext and one line to init.sqf and that's it.
With a custom stringtable and such you would have to integrate it into the existing stringtable.

[HazJ 1288]

@Dedmen - Not hard to do though. If you have new project/package in there then you can just paste at the end of existing one.

<Project name="A3GPS">
	<Package name="General">
		<Key ID="STR_author">
			<English>Utopia_Amaury</English>
			<French>Utopia_Amaury</French>
		</Key>
	</Package>
	<Package name="Something">
	</Package>
</Project>

 

[Utopia_Amaury 21]

2 hours ago, HazJ said:

@Dedmen - Not hard to do though. If you have new project/package in there then you can just paste at the end of existing one.

<Project name="A3GPS">
	<Package name="General">
		<Key ID="STR_author">
			<English>Utopia_Amaury</English>
			<French>Utopia_Amaury</French>
		</Key>
	</Package>
	<Package name="Something">
	</Package>
</Project>

 

I just wanted to make the easiest installation possible for the user.
But i didn't know you can create projects inside the string table , you learned me something.

[foxblackbox 0]

I created a simple mission in editor (just one man in a car) to testing this scripts and i have a problem, because this scripts dont show me any routes and i have error :

 

"No entry C:\Users\@@@\Documents\ARMA 3 - Other Profiles\@@@\Missions\@@@\description.ext/gps_menu_map/controlsBackground/map.widthRailWay".

 

GPS give me information:

 

"the GPS failed to find a valid path..."

 

What i can do to fix this?

 

Mission is in Altis map and i have Altis AllRoads.sqf file in correct folder.

 

Pleace help

[Harzach 2507]

30 minutes ago, foxblackbox said:

I created a simple mission

 

Did you follow the installation instructions?

Share your mission file.

[foxblackbox 0]

I follow whith instruction from this site:

 

https://github.com/AmauryD/A3GPS/wiki/Installation

 

Here you have a mission file:

 

https://megawrzuta.pl/download/2b3ae26f6e0d7cdc20cd855fdc3e7299.html

[foxblackbox 0]

https://sharefiles.app/download/9832d52ced3c32f8b7ed37561ecd712e88a00a2b

 

mission file in other server

[foxblackbox 0]

errors screenshots:

 

 

[HazJ 1288]

1 hour ago, foxblackbox said:

errors

Add:

widthRailWay = 1;

Inside of:

class A3GPS_RscMapControl 
{

Not sure about the other error.

[foxblackbox 0]

Yes, error is gone now, but GPS still dont give my any path.

[HazJ 1288]

@Utopia_Amaury

[foxblackbox 0]

Yes, i try contact with this guy, but his offline all time. Thanks for you help anyway.

[Utopia_Amaury 21]

Hello, it's the author,

I don't play Arma 3 anymore, but don't hesitate to make PR or Github issues ! I'm still active on Github !

https://github.com/AmauryD/A3GPS/issues