Im probably gonna hit a dead end here but Im really not sure where else to ask. It seems a lot of the opendayz.net community has come over to here.... Anyways, I know on epoch you can set the kill messages to true in the init, however, in vanilla dayz/overwatch and some other mods you need a custom server_playerdied.sqf.
I used to use this one
#include "\z\addons\dayz_server\compile\server_toggle_debug.hpp"
private["_characterID","_minutes","_newObject","_playerID","_key","_playerName","_playerID","_myGroup","_group","_victim", "_killer", "_weapon", "_message", "_distance","_loc_message","_victimName","_killerName","_killerPlayerID"];
//[unit, weapon, muzzle, mode, ammo, magazine, projectile]
_characterID = _this select 0;
_minutes = _this select 1;
_newObject = _this select 2;
_playerID = _this select 3;
_playerName = name _newObject;
_victim removeAllEventHandlers "MPHit";
_victim = _this select 2;
_victimName = _playerName;
_killer = _victim getVariable["AttackedBy", "nil"];
_killerName = _victim getVariable["AttackedByName", "nil"];
// when a zombie kills a player _killer, _killerName and _weapon will be "nil"
// we can use this to determine a zombie kill and send a customized message for that. right now no killmsg means it was a zombie.
if (_killerName != "nil") then
{
_weapon = _victim getVariable["AttackedByWeapon", "nil"];
_distance = _victim getVariable["AttackedFromDistance", "nil"];
if (_victimName == _killerName) then
{
_message = format["%1 killed himself",_victimName];
_loc_message = format["PKILL: %1 killed himself", _victimName];
}
else
{
_killerPlayerID = getPlayerUID _killer;
_message = format["%1 was killed by %2 with weapon %3 from %4m",_victimName, _killerName, _weapon, _distance];
_loc_message = format["PKILL: %1 (%5) was killed by %2 (%6) with weapon %3 from %4m", _victimName, _killerName, _weapon, _distance, _playerID, _killerPlayerID];
};
diag_log _loc_message;
[nil, nil, rspawn, [_killer, _message], { (_this select 0) globalChat (_this select 1) }] call RE;
// Cleanup
_victim setVariable["AttackedBy", "nil", true];
_victim setVariable["AttackedByName", "nil", true];
_victim setVariable["AttackedByWeapon", "nil", true];
_victim setVariable["AttackedFromDistance", "nil", true];
};
//dayz_disco = dayz_disco - [_playerID];
_newObject setVariable["processedDeath",time];
_newObject setVariable ["bodyName", _playerName, true];
/*
diag_log ("DW_DEBUG: (isnil _characterID): " + str(isnil "_characterID"));
if (isnil "_characterID") then {
diag_log ("DW_DEBUG: _newObject: " + str(_newObject));
};
*/
if (typeName _minutes == "STRING") then
{
_minutes = parseNumber _minutes;
};
if (_characterID != "0") then
{
_key = format["CHILD:202:%1:%2:",_characterID,_minutes];
//diag_log ("HIVE: WRITE: "+ str(_key));
_key call server_hiveWrite;
}
else
{
deleteVehicle _newObject;
};
#ifdef PLAYER_DEBUG
format ["Player UID#%3 CID#%4 %1 as %5 died at %2",
_newObject call fa_plr2str, (getPosATL _newObject) call fa_coor2str,
getPlayerUID _newObject,_characterID,
typeOf _newObject
];
#endif
/*
_eh = [_newObject] spawn {
_body = _this select 0;
_method = _body getVariable["deathType","unknown"];
_name = _body getVariable["bodyName","unknown"];
waitUntil{!isPlayer _body;sleep 1};
_body setVariable["deathType",_method,true];
_body setVariable["bodyName",_name,true];
diag_log ("PDEATH: Player Left Body " + _name);
};
*/
//dead_bodyCleanup set [count dead_bodyCleanup,_newObject];
sleep 600;
deleteVehicle _newObject;
Which used to work, but would often cause people to spawn at their bodies fully geared. EIther way, this script no longer works after the steam update. If someone could maybe tweak this for me somehow, I would probably love you forever. Thanks for any help.
