Artillery Script

[nicklomas 3]

Hey guys, i'm trying to create a battery of D-30's firing for a cut scene.

I've done this before and forgotten how to do it but had then firing at an object.

I can't seem to get it to work properly even using the BI tutorial. Does anyone have a script they can post on here for one they have used. I seem to be able to learn better from working in reverse

[kylania 568]

You just want say three D-30s to shoot?

[nicklomas 3]

3 or 4 yeah

[kylania 568]

There's plenty of ways of doing this. This one looks pretty good to me.

Place 4 D-30s down. Place a Helipad named FakeTargetBase in the direction you want to fire towards. It's init would be this:

this setpos [getpos this select 0, getpos this select 1, 500];

Put a BLUFOR M1A1 somewhere with no fuel and no ammo and it's init as this;

this attachTo [fakeTargetbase,[0,0,0]];

Then set a trigger with this as the onAct:

0 = []spawn { 
{
	group _x reveal fakeTarget; 
	_x doTarget fakeTarget;
	_x doWatch fakeTarget; 
	sleep 2; 
	_x fireAtTarget [fakeTarget]
} forEach [d1, d2, d3, d4];
};

As you see in this demo mission they'll raise their muzzles, fire in order then just starting going crazy trying to hit it till you have enough footage. :) If you remove the tank and rename the helipad to fakeTarget they'll just shoot once. To make them stop shooting just remove their ammo, Radio Bravo in the demo.

[nicklomas 3]

hmmm didn't work

[KC Grimes 79]

...The demo mission he posted didn't work?

[kylania 568]

fireAtTarget is an OA only command, are you using just ArmA 2 perhaps?

[gT.SWAT-guy 0]

how would you make that work for GRADs?

[kylania 568]

how would you make that work for GRADs?

You'd use BM-21 Grads instead of D-30s... :p

They'll only fire once unlike the D-30s though. Do keep in mind this solution is only for a cutscene or video. They aren't actually going to hit anything and off camera you'll have a floating tank. It's just a trick to get a line of guns or grads to pivot, tilt up and fire dramatically in order.

[gT.SWAT-guy 0]

got it :)