Re: RELEASE: DayZ BreakingPoint 1.7.6.1 Chernarus 2.0.

Posted by Above on
URL: http://kodabar-dayz-daizy-single-player-forum.163.s1.nabble.com/RELEASE-DayZ-X-1-8-0-3-Update-0-1-17-02-2014-UPDATED-MIRRORS-2025-tp3034p5224.html

dom.stb wrote

Out of interest, how long have you been modding ArmA? Did you get into it with DayZ or were you an ArmA player before that?

I must admit, I'm completely new to it since DayZ. I have a good friend who used to tell me how great Arma2 was, but I didn't listen (shame on me).

Can you recommend any good scripting resources to help with learning? One thing I have struggled with is on how to implement really simple stuff - with each question taking ages of forum hunting to answer.

Things like "how to convert a string to a number?"
or "what's the syntax for if (condition 1) / elseif (condition 2) /else (no conditions met) statements?"

I'm not asking you to answer these questions, just wondering if there is a good collection of help docs and things anywhere online? I have stuggled to find any that cover things as simple as this. SQF is so different to the higher-level languages I'm used to (mostly from scientific computing packages like LabView or Matlab), so things that seem stupidly simple to me, I am struggling with because of not knowing the proper syntax.

Everything else can be figured out in your head once you know how the primitives work. I'm not a total noob to programming, just to this language. I'd ultimately love to contribute to this community in some way, or at the very least be able to help myself so that I don't have to burden you all the time ;-).

So, how did you get into it Above? Any good resources you could recommend? Specifically on the functions/scripts side, rather than the editor (there are loads of great editor guides out there).

Kind regards,
Dom.

I did play some ArmA 2 a looong time ago. But I would call that testing. DayZ got me to play it more, and stick with it.


The best place to learn about ArmA and missions is the BI forums. There you can find ANYTHING you need.  

You're not bothering me at all when you're asking me questions. The fact that I'm not that experienced could be a bigger problem, though.

I haven't written much for this, I've just converted new maps, improved already used scripts and so on. The amount of stuff I've actually written is quite easy to keep track off.

Coding has always been an interest of mine, I used to study some coding. Not that it's something I can nail nowadays. But the interest has always kinda been there.

But this is the first and probably best place I would send you:
http://forums.bistudio.com/forumdisplay.php?92-ARMA-2-amp-Operation-Arrowhead-EDITING


Best regard,
Above.