wglinitds script

With WGL 5.1 out the door, a bug in it serves as a good reason to show you an example of how one can use the custom script wglinitds.sqs on a dedicated server.

The Purpose

The script wglinitds.sqs is executed around 1-2 seconds into a MP game and only on a dedicated server. The idea with is to let server admins execute server-side script when a MP mission starts.

HowTo

Create a folder scripts in the OFP server folder.
Create a script named wglinitds.sqs in that folder.
Edit it to suit your needs.

Example Script

WGL 5.1.0 has a small omission where a function that should have been loaded isn't. This function is used by the helicopter and airplane fuel leak simulation system to clean up a certain array when a helicopter or plane is destroyed.

One could call this WGL 5.1 quirk a memory leak. Now, let's use wglinitds.sqs to patch that bug. Unfortunately, due to limitations in OFP, we can't make this a 100% "will always do it" solution. For this fix to work, a MP mission must have one of the following:

A game logic named server.
A game logic named LocalServerObject (this is a common CTI mission object).
The Chain of Command Network Services (CoC NS).

On your dedicated server, create the text file scripts/wglinitds.sqs and put this into it:

; Fix a buglet in WGL 5.1.0 - the function "WGLfDelPropertyObj" isn't loaded
; by wglevents\wglinit.sqs. That function is used for housekeeping/cleanup
; in the helicopter and airplane fuel leak simulation scripts.
;
; This script will try to make sure the function is loaded on all machines. It
; looks for, in order, CoC NS, a game logic named "server" or a game logic
; named "LocalServerObject". The last one is used by many CTI missions.
;
?CoC_Server==CoC_Server:goto"ns"
?server==server:_server=server;goto"server"
?LocalServerObject==LocalServerObject:_server=LocalServerObject;goto"server"
exit

#server
?side _server!=sideLogic:exit
~2
"Logic"createVehicle[getPos _server,group _server,{if(local this)then{wgltmpgl=this};WGLfDelPropertyObj=loadFile"\wglevents\util\delPropertyObj.sqf"}]
~2
[wgltmpgl] join grpNull
~1
deleteVehicle wgltmpgl
exit

#ns
@CoC_ClientsReady
[[],{WGLfDelPropertyObj=loadFile"\wglevents\util\delPropertyObj.sqf"}] call fNRemoteCall
exit