Takistan Militia mortars

[wasicun 11]

Hi all friends!

I'm trying to make a mission in wich there are takistan militians that attack with mortars a british jackal (like you see in the new BAF campaign).

How can i do it?

I mean, if you put the takistans on the mortars, they will not shoot on the british jackal...

How can i create a mission where the bad guys use the mortars?

Thank you for help (and excuse my poor English)

[Egosa-U 10]

use dotarget and dofire. But beware: Upon moving targets the dotarget command can make problems.

Use an invisible, non-moving helipad in a certain height for targetting and adjust that one for a perfect hit

[kylania 568]

Do it like they do it in that mission, fake it. The mortars aren't actually shooting, they just create explosions randomly.

Called by:

{[markerPos "base", _x, observer] execVM "mortars.sqf"} forEach _mortars;

mortars.sqf:

_targetPos = _this select 0;
_mortar = _this select 1;
_observer = _this select 2;

_observerCoef = 1;

while {alive gunner _mortar} do {
if (!(alive _observer)) then {_observerCoef = 3};
_randomPos = [_targetPos, (random 150) * _observerCoef, random 360] call BIS_fnc_relPos;
{if (_randomPos distance _x < 5) then {_randomPos = [position _x, 5, random 360] call BIS_fnc_relPos}} forEach units player;
impactArea setPos _randomPos;
mortarFalling = TRUE;
publicVariable "mortarFalling";
sleep 1.75;

_shell = "Sh_85_AP" createVehicle _randomPos;
mortarFalling = FALSE;
publicVariable "mortarFalling";

sleep ((15 + random 15) * _observerCoef)
};

[wasicun 11]

thank you very much friends!

[icebreakr 3156]

Is there a sound of fallin' mortar round in game?

[kylania 568]

Is there a sound of fallin' mortar round in game?

Yes, the mortarFalling publicVariable activates a trigger on the map which plays the mortar1 sound while active.

[icebreakr 3156]

kylania: thank you, great stuff.

[wasicun 11]

Do it like they do it in that mission, fake it. The mortars aren't actually shooting, they just create explosions randomly.

Called by:

{[markerPos "base", _x, observer] execVM "mortars.sqf"} forEach _mortars;

mortars.sqf:

_targetPos = _this select 0;
_mortar = _this select 1;
_observer = _this select 2;

_observerCoef = 1;

while {alive gunner _mortar} do {
if (!(alive _observer)) then {_observerCoef = 3};
_randomPos = [_targetPos, (random 150) * _observerCoef, random 360] call BIS_fnc_relPos;
{if (_randomPos distance _x < 5) then {_randomPos = [position _x, 5, random 360] call BIS_fnc_relPos}} forEach units player;
impactArea setPos _randomPos;
mortarFalling = TRUE;
publicVariable "mortarFalling";
sleep 1.75;

_shell = "Sh_85_AP" createVehicle _randomPos;
mortarFalling = FALSE;
publicVariable "mortarFalling";

sleep ((15 + random 15) * _observerCoef)
};

Thank you very much mate!

It's a good starting point.

Of course _mortars should be somethink like [E1, E2, E3, E4, E5, E6], in which every E# is a mortar piece. Right?

_mortars = [E1, E2, E3, E4, E5, E6];

How can I set the <markerPos "base"> parameter in order to keep the right coordinates of the spotted target?

It will be great if you can create a little demo mission and send me to Wasicun@gmail.com :P

thank you very much friend

[kylania 568]

Here's a demo mission showing this script in effect.

I added optional player tracking as well, since the script assumes a static target. Those lines are highlighted in red here:

_targetPos = _this select 0;
_mortar = _this select 1;
_observer = _this select 2;
[color="Red"]_tracking = if (count _this > 3) then {_this select 3} else {false}; // Optional tracking, added by kylania[/color]

_observerCoef = 1;

while {alive gunner _mortar} do {
[color="Red"]	if (_tracking) then {_targetPos = getPos (vehicle player)}; // Optional tracking, added by kylania[/color]
if (!(alive _observer)) then {_observerCoef = 3};
_randomPos = [_targetPos, (random 150) * _observerCoef, random 360] call BIS_fnc_relPos;
{if (_randomPos distance _x < 5) then {_randomPos = [position _x, 5, random 360] call BIS_fnc_relPos}} forEach units player;
impactArea setPos _randomPos;
mortarFalling = TRUE;
publicVariable "mortarFalling";
sleep 1.75;

_shell = "Sh_85_AP" createVehicle _randomPos;
mortarFalling = FALSE;
publicVariable "mortarFalling";

sleep ((15 + random 15) * _observerCoef)
};

You'll notice that it's called with an "extra" argument, which can be left off, but to track the player just add the , true to the execVM arguments.

_mortars = [m1,m2,m3];
{[getPos player, _x, observer, true] execVM "mortars.sqf"} forEach _mortars;  // using optional player tracking

[wasicun 11]

Thank you very much Kylania.You are the number one!

---------- Post added at 02:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:56 PM ----------

Do you know if is possible to make a mission where mortars shoot to blu force (they don't aim to player only, but to every american that they spot)?

Thank you so much!

[kylania 568]

Well, I'm not sure this would be the script for it. This script basically never hits you and it's designed for single player. It's really just for scaring a player. :)

You could replace the getPos vehicle player stuff with a search for nearest WEST unit or something though.