A few questions

[Tikas 1]

Greetings everyone!

 

I have recently released my first mission on steam, which was a fun little scripting adventure, learning all the basics etc. I have done some scripting in the past so it was not hard to understand, but a few questions remain:

 

1. Creating a function and loading it into the init, calling it through remote exec: I sync everything with eveything, but I read sometimes that if you want to run missions on dedicated servers, you have to put down if (isDedicated) exitWith {}. I also see examples of using isServer.

 

Now my question is, what is good to filter out of the servers/dedicated script, or to put it in better words, what should a server never run? For instance, I have a function that I include in the init.sqf, then call it through remoteExec from a trigger. Is this gonna have problems on a server or a dedicated server?

TIK_fnc_endMission =
{
    titleCut ["", "BLACK OUT", 2];

    sleep 3;
    
    if (vehicle P1 != P1) then {moveOut P1};
    P1 moveInCargo transportBoat1;
    if (vehicle P2 != P2) then {moveOut P2};
    P2 moveInCargo transportBoat1;
    
if (!isNil "P3") then {
    if (alive P3) then {
        if (vehicle P3 != P3) then {moveOut P3};
        P3 moveInCargo transportBoat1;
        };
    };

if (!isNil "P4") then {
    if (alive P4) then {
        if (vehicle P4 != P4) then {moveOut P4};
        P4 moveInCargo transportBoat1;
        };
    };
    
    taskNR = 15;
    publicVariable "taskNR";
    sleep 2;
    titleCut ["", "BLACK IN", 2];
//blablablabla 
    transportBoat1D sideChat "We packed enough explosives inside this boat to take down a building.";
    
    plane1 enableSimulation true;
//more blablabla with cursing
    sleep 4;
    P2 groupChat "Why is there a plain above our head?";
    sleep 10;
    null = "Bo_Mk82" createVehicle getmarkerPos "bomb_1";
    sleep 0.8;
    null = "Bo_Mk82" createVehicle getmarkerPos "bomb_2";
    sleep 0.2;
    null = "Bo_Mk82" createVehicle getmarkerPos "bomb_3";

    sleep 0.4;
    null = "Bo_Mk82" createVehicle getmarkerPos "bomb_4";
//blabla curse
    sleep 7;
    ["End1",true] call BIS_fnc_endMission;
};

2. Is a trigger synchronised? I suspect it is but I want to make sure. Say a group leader is linked to a trigger, presence for any group member, I asume this will execute the trigger on all clients when one of the group members enters the trigger?

 

3. Why does the "sound[] = {"\music\filename.ogg", db+0, 1.0};" volume value in the cfgSounds have no influence over the actual loudness (I have seen it in 1.0 form and in db+1, tried all kinds of values, feels unresponsive and weird), and why does the say3D distance value not respond to changes?

 

4. And last but not least, a question about a trigger that acts weird: Made a trigger, trigger owner to the group leader, set to WHOLE GROUP present. If I launch the scenario in the editor it works fine, the trigger fires when the whole group enters. But when I export the scenario and play it through SP > Scenarios, the trigger fires when the group leader enters, and is unresponsive to the rest of the team members. Does anyone know why?

 

Help would be much appreciated!

 

Greets,

Tikas