Component: Armory

General information

Author: PhILoX
Description: Adds a GUI for database saved loadouts and backpacks and your are able to equip players directly from the database. Does nothing if server hasn't loaded extdb3 (see: Database).

Requirements

• Main
• Database
• ACE3 (interact_menu) (optional)

Installation

• Create a MySQL/Maria database on the server and run this SQL script: Armory Database
• Install extDB3 (Installation) on your server and save the following extDB3 custom ini file into the sql_custom folder of extdb3: armory.ini
  The following setting in extdb3-conf.ini is advised: Allow Reset = true
  (This is only needed if you restart or switch missions in one server session.)
• Start the game and check if the RPT has following lines signaling that the database connection was succesful:

  [MTS] (database) INFO: Connected to database 'armory'  
  [MTS] (database) INFO: Protocol 'armory.ini' loaded
  

• Create your first equipment category (check the function header for more information of the parameters)

["enhanced", ["00000000000000000"]] call mts_armory_fnc_createEquipment;

• Use the example action on an object and change it to your needs

Vanilla:

this addAction ["Equipment: enhanced", {["enhanced", _this select 0] call mts_armory_fnc_openArmory}, nil, 1.5, true, true, "", "true", 5];

ACE3:

private _actionOpenArmory = [
    "ace_interact_openArmory",
    "Equipment: enhanced",
    "",
    {
        params ["_object", "", "_params"];
        _params params ["_equipmentName"];
        [_equipmentName, _object] call mts_armory_fnc_openArmory;
    },
    {true},
    {},
    ["enhanced"]
] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction;
[this, 0, ["ACE_MainActions"], _actionOpenArmory] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToObject;

Functions

All relevant information is in the function header

• mts_armory_fnc_createEquipment
• mts_armory_fnc_openArmory
• mts_armory_fnc_equipLoadout
• mts_armory_fnc_equipBackpack

Info

The extDB3 connection will only be established on dedicated servers. If you want to test it on your machine, you need to check the CBA setting "DEBUG: Allow Player database connection"

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