selectWeapon & respawn problem

[wiggum2 31]

Hi !

I use this script to respawn players with the same loadout they died with and it works.

As you can see i already have a "selectWeapon" part.

private ["_unit","_corpse","_w","_m","_b","_bm","_bw","_structure","_type","_muzzles"];

_unit = _this select 0;
_corpse = _this select 1;

// Get weapons from corpse
_w = weapons _corpse;
_m = magazines _corpse;
_b = typeOf unitBackpack _corpse;
_bm = getMagazineCargo unitBackpack _corpse;
_bw = getWeaponCargo unitBackpack _corpse;
deleteVehicle _corpse;

// Structure of action text
_structure="<t font='EtelkaMonospaceProBold' size='0.8' color='#885555ff'>";

// Give the unit the weapons back
removeAllWeapons _unit;
removeAllItems _unit;
removeBackpack _unit;
{ _unit addmagazine _x } foreach _m;
{ _unit addweapon _x } foreach _w;
if(_b != "") then {
   _unit addBackpack _b; clearWeaponCargo (unitBackpack _unit); clearMagazineCargo (unitBackpack _unit);
   for "_i" from 0 to (count (_bm select 0) - 1) do {
       (unitBackpack _unit) addMagazineCargo [(_bm select 0) select _i,(_bm select 1) select _i];
   };
   for "_i" from 0 to (count (_bw select 0) - 1) do {
       (unitBackpack _unit) addWeaponCargo [(_bw select 0) select _i,(_bw select 1) select _i];
   };
};

sleep 0.1;

// Select a correct weapon
if (count weapons _unit > 0) then {
   if ((primaryWeapon _unit) != "") then {
       _type = primaryWeapon _unit;
       _muzzles = getArray (configFile >> "cfgWeapons" >> _type >> "muzzles");
       if (count _muzzles > 1) then {
           _unit selectWeapon (_muzzles select 0);
       } else {
           _unit selectWeapon _type;
       };
   } else {
       _type = ((weapons _unit) select 0);
       _muzzles = getArray (configFile >> "cfgWeapons" >> _type >> "muzzles");
       if (count _muzzles > 1) then {
           _unit selectWeapon (_muzzles select 0);
       } else {
           _unit selectWeapon _type;
       };
   };
};

Now the problem is that after respawn the player has to press the F key (switch weapons) twice to select a weapon.

He always respawns with no weapon selected (regardless of which weapon)

Is this a ArmA bug or did i miss something ?

[celery 8]

Do a hintSilent format ["%1\n%2",_muzzles,_type]; after they're both defined and report what it says.

The sleep is unnecessary btw.

[wiggum2 31]

The hint shows:

["this","M203Muzzle"]
M4A1_HWS_GL_camo

[celery 8]

if (count _muzzles > 1) then { -> if !("this" in _muzzles) then {

:)

[zonekiller 174]

_unit selectWeapon primaryWeapon _unit;

right at the end

that should be all you need

[wiggum2 31]

Ah... :D

[celery 8]

_unit selectWeapon primaryWeapon _unit;

right at the end

that should be all you need

Some weapons (such as G36) don't recognize their own classname as their primary muzzle, so it's better to have a more elaborate solution for maximum compatibility.