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Title: ACM Module intensity problem
Post by: nominesine on 14 Aug 2009, 13:16:08

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[0.0, BIS_ACM] call BIS_ACM_setIntensityFunc;
According to the Biki (http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Ambient_Combat_Manager_-_Functions) the quoted code will: "in effect pause the ACM". This much I've figured out and to switch it back on again I must use

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[1.0, BIS_ACM] call BIS_ACM_setIntensityFunc;
or any scalar number greater than 0. But my limited testing (three hours) implies that it doesn't work more than once. I wan't a mission that starts with no intensity and then gradually builds up towards heavy fighting around the player. No matter how high I raise the intensity value, no ambient units show up in game if the ACM has been paused once.

If I do it the other way around (start with a high intensity number) I can force it into hiatus by setting intensity to 0. Hence I assume the syntax is correct. But why can't I start with low intensity and gradually raise it during the mission?

Title: Re: ACM Module intensity problem
Post by: JamesF1 on 15 Aug 2009, 21:55:42

Meant to reply to this the other day, but got sidetracked!  I wonder if setting the intensity to a stupidly small number (e.g. 0.000001), rather than to 0, would work to effectively 'pause' the ACM?

Title: Re: ACM Module intensity problem
Post by: nominesine on 17 Aug 2009, 10:27:46

Your solution works JamesF1. Thanks. There's still a small chance that enemy units might pop up and ruin the opening scene, but now 99.9% of the users will never notice that
 :whistle: