How to make a smoke barage and activate it with a trigger??

[windo50 10]

Hello,

My name is Jelmer

I've got a problem:

I'm making a scenario that involves a helicopter landing with smoke cover.

My plan was: That a chopper would fly over a trigger and then the trigger start's a smoke artillery barage targeting the LZ for cover

The problem is i can't find any information about this scenario.

can somebody help me????:confused::confused:

[demonized 20]

here is hwta happens if you search for smoke:

http://forums.bistudio.com/search.php?searchid=1910849

[kylania 567]

Use:

smoke = "ARTY_SmokeShellWhite" createVehicle getMarkerPos "smokeHere";

---------- Post added at 03:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:20 PM ----------

Here's a demo mission showing how this might work.

[PSYKO_nz 42]

Use:

smoke = "ARTY_SmokeShellWhite" createVehicle getMarkerPos "smokeHere";

heres i script ive beeen working on for an arty barrage

(_this select 0) removeAction (_this select 2);

{_x removeAction actionName} forEach allUnits;

{_x removeAction actionName} forEach allDead;

{_x removeAction actionName} forEach vehicles;

_one_who_used_action = _this select 1;

_id_of_action = _this select 2;

_one_who_used_action removeAction _id_of_action;

hint "Take cover, Arty's on the way in. Marked white";

motar fire "M252";

waitUntil sleep 1.5;

bomb = "SmokeShell" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "smoke" select 0),( getmarkerPos "smoke" select 1), 150];

M119c fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

bomb = "ARTY_Sh_105_WP" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "burn" select 0),( getmarkerPos "burn" select 1), 2500];

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119c fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119b fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

bomb = "ARTY_Sh_105_WP" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "burn2" select 0),( getmarkerPos "burn2" select 1), 2500];

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119D fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119a fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

bomb = "ARTY_Sh_105_HE" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "burn3" select 0),( getmarkerPos "burn3" select 1), 2500];

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119c fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119d fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

bomb = "ARTY_Sh_105_HE" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "burn4" select 0),( getmarkerPos "burn4" select 1), 2500];

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119b fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119a fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

bomb = "ARTY_Sh_105_HE" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "burn5" select 0),( getmarkerPos "burn5" select 1), 2500];

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119b fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119c fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

bomb = "ARTY_Sh_105_WP" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "burn6" select 0),( getmarkerPos "burn6" select 1), 2500];

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119A fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119d fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

bomb = "ARTY_Sh_105_HE" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "burn7" select 0),( getmarkerPos "burn7" select 1), 2500];

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119a fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119b fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

bomb = "ARTY_Sh_105_HE" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "burn8" select 0),( getmarkerPos "burn8" select 1), 2500];

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119c fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119d fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

bomb = "ARTY_Sh_105_HE" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "burn9" select 0),( getmarkerPos "burn9" select 1), 2500];

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119a fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119D fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

bomb = "ARTY_Sh_105_WP" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "wp2" select 0),( getmarkerPos "wp2" select 1), 2500];

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119B fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119C fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

bomb = "ARTY_Sh_105_Wp" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "wp" select 0),( getmarkerPos "wp" select 1), 2500];

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119a fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119D fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

bomb = "ARTY_Sh_105_Wp" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "wp1" select 0),( getmarkerPos "wp1" select 1), 2500];

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119B fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119C fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

bomb = "ARTY_Sh_105_HE" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "MISS" select 0),( getmarkerPos "MISS" select 1), 2500];

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119a fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119D fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

bomb = "ARTY_Sh_105_Wp" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "MISS2" select 0),( getmarkerPos "MISS2" select 1), 2500];

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119D fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119A fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

bomb = "ARTY_Sh_105_HE" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "MISS3" select 0),( getmarkerPos "MISS3" select 1), 2500];

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119B fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

M119C fire "M119";

waitUntil sleep 0.5;

bomb = "ARTY_Sh_105_HE" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "MISS4" select 0),( getmarkerPos "MISS4" select 1), 2500];

(_this select 0) removeAction (_this select 2);

{_x removeAction actionName} forEach allUnits;

{_x removeAction actionName} forEach allDead;

{_x removeAction actionName} forEach vehicles;

_one_who_used_action = _this select 1;

_id_of_action = _this select 2;

_one_who_used_action removeAction _id_of_action;

ive got the arty firing it from ships, i think its a good lil script

any way ive edited it into one for u (this one use smoke grenades, rather than smoke shells, you can allways change the classlist name of the shell to what ever you want

bomb = "SmokeShell" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "smoke" select 0),( getmarkerPos "smoke" select 1), 100];

waitUntil sleep 1;

bomb = "SmokeShell" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "smoke1" select 0),( getmarkerPos "smoke1" select 1), 100];

waitUntil sleep 1;

bomb = "SmokeShell" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "smoke2" select 0),( getmarkerPos "smoke2" select 1), 100];

waitUntil sleep 1;

bomb = "SmokeShell" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "smoke3" select 0),( getmarkerPos "smoke3" select 1), 100];

waitUntil sleep 1;

bomb = "SmokeShell" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "smoke4" select 0),( getmarkerPos "smoke4" select 1), 100];

waitUntil sleep 1;

bomb = "SmokeShell" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "smoke5" select 0),( getmarkerPos "smoke5" select 1), 100];

waitUntil sleep 1;

bomb = "SmokeShell" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "smoke6" select 0),( getmarkerPos "smoke6" select 1), 100];

waitUntil sleep 1;

bomb = "SmokeShell" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "smoke7" select 0),( getmarkerPos "smoke7" select 1), 100];

waitUntil sleep 1;

bomb = "SmokeShell" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "smoke8" select 0),( getmarkerPos "smoke8" select 1), 100];

waitUntil sleep 1;

bomb = "SmokeShell" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "smoke9" select 0),( getmarkerPos "smoke9" select 1), 100];

waitUntil sleep 1;

bomb = "SmokeShell" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "smoke10" select 0),( getmarkerPos "smoke10" select 1), 100];

waitUntil sleep 1;

bomb = "SmokeShell" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "smoke11" select 0),( getmarkerPos "smoke11" select 1), 100];

waitUntil sleep 1;

bomb = "SmokeShell" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "smoke12" select 0),( getmarkerPos "smoke12" select 1), 100];

waitUntil sleep 1;

bomb = "SmokeShell" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "smoke13" select 0),( getmarkerPos "smoke13" select 1), 100];

waitUntil sleep 1;

bomb = "SmokeShell" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "smoke14" select 0),( getmarkerPos "smoke14" select 1), 100];

waitUntil sleep 1;

bomb = "SmokeShell" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "smoke15" select 0),( getmarkerPos "smoke15" select 1), 100];

waitUntil sleep 1;

bomb = "SmokeShell" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "smoke16" select 0),( getmarkerPos "smoke16" select 1), 100];

all you have to do is make markers and NAME them smoke1 smoke2 etc, as many as u want, ive got 16 there hahaha

what you need to do is:

set a trigger to fire this off as an external script

OR

copy the above script into the onact condition of the trigger

OR

have it in the init for a waypoint of your chopper

if you want to change colour of the smoke shells just type the colour after the word smoke eg.

bomb = "SmokeShellGREEN" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "smoke16" select 0),( getmarkerPos "smoke16" select 1), 100];

to change the drop hight just change the 100 eg.

bomb = "SmokeShell" createVehicle [(getmarkerPos "smoke16" select 0),( getmarkerPos "smoke16" select 1), 20000];

to change the time delay between the creation of the smoke shells eg.

waitUntil sleep 60; (thats 60 seconds)

the script works and is realy effective

once youve made and named the markers just place them where you want them, a big circle, a random arty spread, a line its up 2 u

hope it works

[kylania 567]

Not sure how replacing 1 line of code and 5 markers with 111 lines of code, 4 preplaced and named units, actions and 20 some markers is an improvement, but as long as you're learning it's all good. :)

[PSYKO_nz 42]

hahaha cheers mate, im learning slowly, just thought i should share my leraning, might be a long way but it seems to work for me, the only issue im having is with the add action trigger thing, but thats on another thread lol

[kylania 567]

Is the intention of your script to let one unit call in 4x HE and 4x WP however many times per mission?

[PSYKO_nz 42]

just once, the script works its a trgger problem, would you be intrested on meeting me on my ts chanel so we can talk through this rather than posting on threads?

[windo50 10]

it's working,

special thanks to Kylania for the awesome demo mission.

and thank you everybody for all the help