Hello. Great news! Though I'm purely SP guy, not playing MP at all, it's not my cup of tea, it makes me happy to know, MP-enjoyers will be able to try HWS! The more people, my work brings some entertainment too, the happier I am. So thanks a lot for your effort to bring HWS to wider audience. :)

Hello Rydigier,

I initially talked to you on the BI forums about a multiplayer port of your scenario. I finally managed to make it. It's currently playable and about 80% finished. If you'd like to add me as a friend, it would be my pleasure to invite you to my server so we can play it together.

Cheers!

Oh ok thanks

Advanced Setup window allows you to apply a SQF code, that will be executd at scenario init (Hetman config vars or spawned code with waituntil to be run at chosen moment, doing certain thing, you wish - that sort of things). It requires both SQF knowledge and how Hetman operates (hence it is "advanced").

how do i use advanced set up?

Doesn't work anymore, the loading strings at the mission start takes forever

In one of my games i went the entire war without any action, the only death i saw was a car crash, but its honestly fun playing as a rear echelon squad cause i I love driving in convoys and not dying immediately to a fucking tank

does this still work

Why doesnt load anymore

is it possible to adjust the morale?

is it possible for free cam spectating?

Thank you

Here's a list of ports:


https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/workshop/filedetails/?id=1382430514

I haven't used the mod yet, but just curious, what maps does the mod support? Thanks

Planes will not spawn IIRC, other types, IIRC again, can spawn always, but some are rare. Interspace will be a distance/gap between allied forces of different factions, if you pick more, than one per side.

Thanks for the quick reply.

What is Factions interspace? I cant seem to figure it out.

Also do planes and helis only spawn when playing on the whole map?

It is correct.

1. Press 0-8-2 keys to randomize new role;

OR

2. Just use native Arma functionality - press U key and pick new unit from the list of all playable ones.

How do I change unit? I am new to Arma and I am playing Hetman through the singleplayer scenarios. Is that correct?

really good fun - thanks.

IIRC correctly experiments with that mode (it was years ago), the enemies are there, but the map is big, while amount of enemies must be limited. So it may take long time before the first encounter.

"is there any mod to improve the AI ​​to play, most units that are driving vehicles get stuck on rocks or buildings (Arma 3 at its best)"

Possibly there was some attempts/improvements. I didn't hear about any true success though. Driving AI isn't something really fixable via scripts AFAIK. Bah, I remember, BI devs at some point tried to improve driving AI having access to the game engine. This initiative seems abandoned for years though:

https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/191515-ai-driving-feedback-topic/?page=40

Probably they just gave up, not much devs stay assigned to A3.

no enemies at whole map mode??????

is there any mod to improve the AI ​​to play, most units that are driving vehicles get stuck on rocks or buildings (Arma 3 at its best)

Found a way to play this again. I just had to make a new profile.

is there a way to configure units from addons?

I see it. I'll continue there.

I put the link in the war stories forum.

Link was removed sadly. Perhaps better contact me on BI Forums (Rydygier, same as here), it is way easier to talk such matters there anyway.

{LINK REMOVED}https://1drv.ms/u/s!AnqAbEplrn-falzOpPCYqCqooSc?e=ZTmVeG
This is the RPT file.

The scenario I worked on is in my workshop and I'll post the RPT above.

I deleted all War stories maps. I'll see if that works. If it don't I'll be back with more info. It's worth noting that this menu bug appeared a long time ago. I think it was after I started downloading war stories for other maps but I'm not sure. Unsubscribing from it didn't work. I had to come here to the original and unsubscribe.

I've run HWS from Workshop, pure vanilla - works fine. So it is not general malfunction due to game update or something. Must be something specific your end.

Perhaps I'll be able to tell more if I see mentioned RPT and maybe even your HWS version itself (best in open folder form).

Mysterious... Obviously something had to change. But what? No idea. Was there game update in the meantime?

On my end I can try two things:

1. Run HWS myself to see, if it could be due to game update, that would break HWS also for me, but my HWS would be pure Workshop version, without any changes;
2. I can read through your RPT file if you provide one - in order to do so, run Arma clean, no any mods whatsoever, run HWS, when issue occur, close Arma, go under such path:

"C:\Users\Rydygier(usernameishere)\AppData\Local\Arma 3"

and take newest .rpt file. Provide it here.

If the problem would occur only on altered version, then I could to check this version too, but if it happens also for not altered Workshop version, then it's pointless.

I only removed the HAL folder in the other version. I don't understand why it worked a few weeks ago and worked this morning yet is not working now. The only other thing was copying the pbo. Idk how either of those things caused it. I know it isn't your job to troubleshoot my problems but I'd be immensely greatful if you helped me figure this out. Even deleting them and re-subscribing hasn't worked.

That's what I thought but I tried without mods and nothing worked. I did remove some of the Hetman files in a seperate version to add planes and such but the original is untouched and they are both giving me issues. It actually worked many times after I made the changes but I took a bread from Arma for a few weeks and it's now broken. It just started this out of nowhere.

The only thing I did was copy the pbo because I had lost all my files recently I tried it before copying the pbo and it worked great but after that it stopped. I don't know of anything that should cause that.

That depends on what is the cause. If you did any own changes in the HWS code, that would be the prime suspect, possibly a syntax error breaking the code. If not that, the only thing, that could do something would be a mod, so try without any mods.

For some reason the start menu has no text other than factions. I tried everything I could think of but it still doesn't work. Is there a way to fix this?

2:

[] spawn
{
waitUntil
{
not (isNil "RydxHQ_AllLeaders")
};

RydHQ_Order = "ATTACK";
RydHQB_Order = "DEFEND";
RydHQB_Taken = [RydHQB_Obj1,RydHQB_Obj2,RydHQB_Obj3,RydHQB_Obj4];

_pos = position leaderHQB;

{
_x setPos _pos;
}
foreach (RydHQB_Taken + [RydHQ_Obj1,RydHQ_Obj2,RydHQ_Obj3,RydHQ_Obj4]);
};

1:

[] spawn
{
waitUntil
{
not (isNil "RydxHQ_AllLeaders")
};

RydHQ_Order = "DEFEND";
RydHQ_Taken = [RydHQ_Obj1,RydHQ_Obj2,RydHQ_Obj3,RydHQ_Obj4];
RydHQB_Order = "ATTACK";

_pos = position leaderHQ;

{
_x setPos _pos;
}
foreach (RydHQ_Taken + [RydHQB_Obj1,RydHQB_Obj2,RydHQB_Obj3,RydHQB_Obj4]);
};

This may be enough, or not, but that's what you can do via advanced setup window with reasonable amount of effort.

But this alone will not adjust initial positions, so defending side will try to take positions in the middle between both forces. With some adjustement may be possible to correct that, so defensive positions will be around the defending leader unit, so the only difference comparing to "native" defense would be increased distance between both sides.

It will be a little hacky, but try this code snippets pasted into advanced setup window:

1. You hold a position:

[] spawn
{
waitUntil
{
not (isNil "RydxHQ_AllLeaders")
};

RydHQ_Order = "DEFEND";
RydHQ_Taken = [RydHQ_Obj1,RydHQ_Obj2,RydHQ_Obj3,RydHQ_Obj4];
RydHQB_Order = "ATTACK";
};

2. Opponent holds a position:

[] spawn
{
waitUntil
{
not (isNil "RydxHQ_AllLeaders")
};

RydHQ_Order = "ATTACK";
RydHQB_Order = "DEFEND";
RydHQ_Taken = [RydHQB_Obj1,RydHQB_Obj2,RydHQB_Obj3,RydHQB_Obj4];
};

Does anyone know how I can set up my mission in hetman to be either to hold a position against an attack and to attack a position held by the enemy?
Those are my two favourite modes since they offer more fun scenarios and I get tired of having to start a mission and restart until I get the game mode I want.

It has 2 or 3 errors showing up but I think it has to do with the modules being set up differently than normal Hetman, but all the important stuff works just fine. Some errors may also have to do with the campaign and the morale system. I probably can't fix the errors myself but I've tweaked the modules and that got rid of a few like an artillery marker error and a few others.

I thought HWS was good on it's own but what the NR6 version does to this is crazy. I'll upload sometime in a day or two. Maybe someone can improve on it. I just threw it together and I'm very pleased with the results.

That's actually quite interesting. I never really tried to utilize that new edition, just moved on to other projects, but if anyone is able to use it for HWS, I'm happy to see it happen.

It only has a couple errors. So far it says something about deleting a marker I think there may be one or two more but it actually runs surprisingly smooth for seeing as I didn't change anything yet.

I'll puublish my version giving you and the NR6 creator full credit after I polish it up a bit and get those drone spawns figured out. It's a pretty big improvement overall. Didn't think it would be so easy to update this. I havn't seen any errors yet either but maybe someone with more talent can come by and tweak it to perfection.

I saw your comment and I deactivated the old Hetman as well as replace it with NR6 and so far I haven't seen any real problems. It uses more CPU I think but other than that it's great. I can't figure out the variable for the spawn locations though. If I ever want ground drones or UAVs then I need to figure that out.

Thanks. :) Well, Hetman (at least original one, used in HWS, because there's also newer NR6 Evolved edition) predates any VTOLs in Arma, not sure right now, if autoconfig would consider them planes or rather helicopters, also it wasn't particularly focused on planes, there are some routines for them but IIRC simplistic and possibly outdated technically - I wouldn't expect much.

Incredible scenario by the way. I made a spin on it where I added a chance to spawn 2 planes and/or drones per team in which the West controls the western airstrips and East has the eastern ones, and honestly I thought jets would be more exciting.

The VTOLS are awesome though. Does Hetman even recognize VTOLS? I know the UAV just hovers in one place which I'll fix somehow but I don't know if VTOLs can transport troops or not. I've seen them land but I'm not sure why they landed in the first place.

Hey using around 40 or 50 mods is showing restraint for me, But you're probably right.

Arma 3 and the workshop make me feel like a fat kid at a buffet. There are so many great creations it's hard not to go overboard sometimes. When I first built a PC and got Arma I had over 200 running at once! My saves kept disappearing too. Hilarious now but really sucked then.

Being able to create mod lists is a blessing and a curse. Mainly because it makes it way too easy to go overboard like that. Anyway thanks for the response. I've looked over this comment section and it looks more like an FAQ so I don't like adding on to all the script questions.