Request for remote messages/in game messages

[lwbuk]

On my old 1051 server I had a script that posted a random message at a given time interval.

It ran off another file called remote_message.

Ive tried it out on 1061 and cant get it to work. If anyone could have a look, It would be awesome.

I know you can achieve simiar with MOTD, but this script is much better IMO.

remote_message.sqf

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fnc_remote_message = {
    private ["_type", "_message", "_player"];
    _type = _this select 0;
    _message = _this select 1;
    if (count _this > 2) then {
        _player = _this select 2;
        if (_player == player) then {
            switch (_type) do {
                case "globalChat": {
                    player globalChat _message;
                };
                case "hint": {
                    hint _message;
                };
                case "titleCut": {
                    titleCut [_message, "PLAIN DOWN", 3];
                };
                case "titleText": {
                    titleText [_message, "PLAIN DOWN"]; titleFadeOut 10;
                };
            };
        };
    } else {
        switch (_type) do {
            case "hint": {
                hint _message;
            };
            case "titleCut": {
                titleCut [_message,"Plain Down",3];
            };
            case "titleText": {
                titleText [_message, "PLAIN DOWN"]; titleFadeOut 10;
            };
        };
    };
};

"customRemoteMessage" addPublicVariableEventHandler {(_this select 1) call fnc_remote_message;};

 

messages.sqf

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If(isServer)exitWith{};
waitUntil {!isNil "dayz_animalCheck"};
_chattxt = "<Overpoch server>:";
sleep 35;
systemChat format["%1 %2",_chattxt,"Welcome to my  Overpoch!"];
sleep 55;
for "_i" from 1 to 16 do {
    if !(alive player)exitwith{};
    _randmsg = [
    "Deploy Bike and Mozzie via toolbox, Press U for earplugs, 0 for autorun, Right Shift for Groups and END for debug toggle",
    "Put money in your safe",
    "Id like this script please",
    "blah blah blah",
    "more text here",
    "any message you like here",
    "and another here",
    "please help"
    ] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;
    systemChat format["%1 %2",_chattxt,_randmsg];
    sleep 600;
};

 

[salival]

This is the one I use that I packaged for ZSC: https://github.com/oiad/ZSC/blob/master/dayz_code/compile/remote_message.sqf

[lwbuk]

I did try that also but  thinking about it I think I messed up. 

For some reason I called that file through the init ( I think cos on my 1051 the remote msg script was called).  

I then also called the messages file but they never showed. 

Maybe I need to try just Calling the messages file. 

[salival]

4 hours ago, lwbuk said:

I did try that also but  thinking about it I think I messed up. 

For some reason I called that file through the init ( I think cos on my 1051 the remote msg script was called).  

I then also called the messages file but they never showed. 

Maybe I need to try just Calling the messages file. 

This is how I initialize that version I use: 

https://github.com/oiad/ZSC/blob/master/init.sqf#L141

This is how it is used (server side) I stole this from WAI.

RemoteMessage = ["radio","[RADIO] Interesting text here, Wow! Look at how it sparkles, This is an example."];
publicVariable "RemoteMessage";

 

[lwbuk]

Would I be right in thinking I need to use your remote_mesage script to get WAI to announce through radio only via the alert noise and small text in bottom left?

Ive set radio announce to true in the WAI config, but its still putting up the annoying white text in the middle of the screen.

I have it working on my 1051 server, but cant recall exactly what I did.

So if I call your file in the init as you have shown, then WAI should use the radio correctly?

[lwbuk]

Ok, radio mesages for WAI started randomly working mid server session.. weird.

Havent tried the messages yet though

*edit*

messages doesnt work and WAI seems to randomy choose whether it wants to use the radio or not, doesnt seem any logic to it.

Had enough for tonight lol.