How do I shoot a unit by script

[Spudgunner 10]

I'm making a intro movie where I need to ensure a unit gets killed by a single sniper shot who is unseen to the viewer & its target. The way I'm doing it, some shots miss or the target unit is aware of the sniper and the effect is ruined. I can't set the behaviour of the target unit to careless as that only works for groups. Is there a better way to ensure 100% accuracy and instant kill? Perhaps there is a way to script it like some scenario's do when the player goes into instant kill zones.

[kylania 568]

targetUnit setDamage 1;

That'll just outright kill them instantly, might as well use that if you're never going to see the sniper. Combine it with a sound cue (either from a trigger effect or added later if this is for a video) of a gunshot.

this setBehaviour "CARELESS";

should work for an individual unit as well.

[Spudgunner 10]

targetUnit setDamage 1;

That'll just outright kill them instantly, might as well use that if you're never going to see the sniper. Combine it with a sound cue (either from a trigger effect or added later if this is for a video) of a gunshot.

this setBehaviour "CARELESS";

should work for an individual unit as well.

Thanks! SetBehaviour works now :confused:. Although an Instant kill with setDamage is the best idea. How would I access the default sound for a sniper rifle to use with one of the playsound commands. Is there a list of all the sounds file names?

[Inkompetent 0]

Think the best would be open the weapon-PBOs and check the config file(s) for the firing sound of the specific weapon you want.

[Spudgunner 10]

Think the best would be open the weapon-PBOs and check the config file(s) for the firing sound of the specific weapon you want.

I found the sniper sound in Sounds/Weapons/Rifles and some wss files for sniper shots (i.e. sniper_single_03.wss). I'm not clear how to proceed to make them available to play. Do I need to create my own CfgSounds in description.ext? Or are those sounds already available to play. As far as I can tell, the CfgSounds is probably only require for sound manipulation or new sounds. Where is this config file that already has this information.

I had a stab at my own CfgSounds from a template, but I'm kind of blundering around in the dark atm.

class CfgSounds
{
sounds[]={sniper_single_03};

class rifles {
name="sniperShot";
sound[]={"sounds\Weapons\rifles\sniper_single_03.wss", db+0, 1.0};
titles[]={};
};

};

EDIT: I tried cfgSound + trigger approach but each time the file is not found. I even placed the exported sound folder & wss file in my mission folder but the same happens, although I don't think I have to place the sounds in the mission folder since they should already be available. Any ideas?

EDIT 2: It looks like playSound can't play the wss file format. I'm really stuck here :confused:

Edited August 15, 2010 by Spudgunner
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