Set objects on fire (help)

[SIXTWO 10]

I know how to destroy the building with:

(getPos this nearestObject 769) setDamage 1;

but now i want the building to be on fire to make it look better.

The mission im making is like a Zargabad assault (night) and i want the city to look war torn with certain buildings flattened and on fire with smoke. please help. :)

[CarlGustaffa 4]

I'm using this for oiltanks (I'm giving them a killed eventhandler) in Domino. Adjust as needed to make it look more like you want. You might want to find a different sound as a firesound, and use a different method of placing it, as a campfire sound will not sound anything like a house on fire. The script:

//Burn script for static objects. Based on burning vehicles script by Maddmatt, for ArmA 2
//params: [unit,intensity,time]
private ["_v", "_int", "_timer", "_snd", "_fl", "_sm", "_li", "_cl"];
_v = _this select 0;
if (isNil "_v") exitWith {};
if (isNull _v) exitWith {};
_int = _this select 1;
_timer = time + (_this select 2);
if (isNil "_timer") exitWith {};
_pos = [getPos _v select 0, getPos _v select 1, 0];

if (!isDedicated) then {
_fl = "#particlesource" createVehicleLocal _pos;
_fl setPos _pos;
_fl setdropinterval 0.02;

_sm = "#particlesource" createVehicleLocal _pos;
_sm setPos _pos;

_li = "#lightpoint" createVehicleLocal _pos;
_li setLightBrightness 0;
_li setLightAmbient[0.8, 0.6, 0.2];
_li setLightColor[1, 0.5, 0.4];
};

if (isServer) then {
_snd = createSoundSource ["Sound_Fire", _pos, [], 0]; //Seriously unhappy about this method. Looping sucks ass!
};

_dummy = "RoadCone" createVehicleLocal _pos;
_dummy setPos _pos;

while {(_int>3) && (_timer > time)} do {
if (!isDedicated) then {
	_fl setParticleParams 
	[["\Ca\Data\ParticleEffects\Universal\Universal", 16, 10, 32],
	"", "Billboard", 1, 0.3*_int, 
	"",[0, 0, 0.17*_int],
	0, 10, 7.9, 1, [0.3*_int, 0.05*_int], 
	[[1,1,1,-0], [1,1,1,-1], [1,1,1,-1], [1,1,1,-1], [1,1,1,-1], [1,1,1,0]], 
	[0.5, 1], 1, 0, "", "", _dummy];
	_fl setParticleRandom [0.04*_int, [0.1*_int, 0.1*_int, 0.1*_int], [0.05*_int, 0.05*_int, 0.05*_int], 0, 0.06*_int, [0, 0, 0, 0], 0, 0];

	_cl = 0.8/_int;
	_sm setDropInterval (0.02*_int);
	_sm setParticleParams 
	[["\Ca\Data\ParticleEffects\Universal\Universal", 16, 7, 48], 
	"","Billboard",1, 3*_int, 
	"",[0, 0, 0.5*_int],  
	0, 0.05, 0.04, 0.05, [0.5 + 0.5*_int, 3 + 3*_int],
	[[_cl, _cl, _cl, 0.2],[_cl, _cl, _cl, 1],[_cl, _cl, _cl, 1],
	[0.05+_cl, 0.05+_cl, 0.05+_cl, 0.9],[0.1+_cl, 0.1+_cl, 0.1+_cl, 0.6],[0.2+_cl, 0.2+_cl, 0.2+_cl, 0.3], [1,1,1, 0]], 
	[0.8,0.3,0.25], 1, 0, "", "", _dummy];
	_sm setParticleRandom [0.7*_int, [1 - _int/10,1 - _int/10,1 - _int/10], [0.2*_int, 0.2*_int, 0.05*_int], 0, 0.3, [0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0], 0, 0];

	_li setLightBrightness (_int/30);
};
sleep 3;
};

if (!isDedicated) then {deletevehicle _fl};

while {(_int>0.7) && (_timer > time)} do {
if (!isDedicated) then {
	_cl = 0.8/_int;
	_sm setDropInterval (0.01 + 0.02*_int);
	_sm setParticleParams 
	[["\Ca\Data\ParticleEffects\Universal\Universal", 16, 7, 48], 
	"","Billboard",1, 3*_int, 
	"destructionEffect1",[0, 0, 0.5*_int],  
	0, 0.05, 0.04, 0.05, [0.5*_int, 3*_int],
	[[_cl, _cl, _cl, 0.2],[_cl, _cl, _cl, 1],[_cl, _cl, _cl, 1],
	[0.05+_cl, 0.05+_cl, 0.05+_cl, 0.9],[0.1+_cl, 0.1+_cl, 0.1+_cl, 0.6],[0.2+_cl, 0.2+_cl, 0.2+_cl, 0.3], [1,1,1, 0]], 
	[0.8,0.3,0.25], 1, 0, "", "", _v];
	_sm setParticleRandom [0.7*_int, [1 - _int/10,1 - _int/10,1 - _int/10], [0.2*_int, 0.2*_int, 0.05*_int], 0, 0.3, [0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0], 0, 0];

	_li setLightBrightness (_int/30);
};
sleep 3;
};

if (!isDedicated) then {
deletevehicle _sm; 
deletevehicle _li;
deleteVehicle _dummy;
};
if (isServer) then {deletevehicle _snd};

There might be bugs, I haven't actually checked it yet :p

[callihn 10]

You might mind some useful code here as well:

http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1435268&postcount=1

I know the other day I spotted another thread which had a script for setting houses on fire, but I can not seem to find it now.