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Description

Description:

Check if given unit is local on the computer in Multiplayer games (see Locality in Multiplayer for general concepts).
This can be used when some activation fields or scripts need to be performed only on one computer. In Single player all objects are local.

Note1: Map created objects (those placed in Visitor) are local everywhere.
Note2: local can also be used as keyword prepending a variable as explained in Alt Syntax. This will instruct the engine to private-ise the variable on the fly, at the moment of assignment.

Problems:

In MP remote objects are not initialised in functions called by initline or init eventhandlers.

Groups:

Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:

local object

Parameters:

object: Object or Group (since Arma 3 v1.31.127204)

Return Value:

Boolean

Alternative Syntax

Syntax:

local variable = value

Parameters:

variable: underscored variable, for example _lol

value: Anything: value to assign to the variable

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

SQS:?!local _unitName : hint "remote"

Example 2:

SQF:if (!local _unitName) then { hint "remote"; };

Example 3:

_isLocalGroup = local group _unit;

Example 4:

Usage of local as keyword: local _lol = 123; //is the same as private "_lol"; _lol = 123;

Additional Information

See also:

Local Event HandlerownersetOwner

Notes

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Notes

Posted on August 4, 2006 - 10:56

hardrock

Notes from before the conversion: In multiplayer, a game logic will always be local to the host computer. This works on both dedicated and player-hosted servers.