Dead civilian (run over), "killed" EventHandler

[Gameadd1cted 10]

Hi,

Ia BLUEFOR / OPFOR fires at and kills a civilian with a "killed" event handler, it will return the killing unit / object.

Nevertheless, if you run over a civilian (let's say a traffic accident), it will not return the killer.

Moreover, I noticed at the end of the missions that Arma does not take into account death provoked by such accidents.

Is there any way we can know the killer who ran over a civilian?

Edited January 2, 2012 by Gameadd1cted
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[shuko 59]

If there's no killer, then find the nearest player/driver?

[Gameadd1cted 10]

Shuko, thanks again for the quick answer.

I thought someting similar, but I wanted to make sure there is not a straight forward option (my coding skills are quite limited).

I'll give it a try.

[Tankbuster 1747]

If there's no killer, then find the nearest player/driver?

I think this will be triggered if the killed is a player and selects respawn.

Similarly, killer is empty if they fall to their death, or are crushed by something.

But checking for a nearby vehicle is the way forward no doubt. Make sure it has velocity too, I'd suggest.

[Gameadd1cted 10]

Thanks guys for your help.

I attach the code.

It works only on dedicated server as playableUnits returns an empty array in SP.

private ["_unit","_killer","_vehicles","_y"];
_unit = _this select 0;
_killer = _this select 1;
_vehicles = [];


[color="Gray"]//Detect possible run over[/color]
if (_killer == _unit) then
{
   _vehicles = nearestObjects [_unit, ["car"], 20];

   {
       _y = _x;
       {if (driver _y == _x) then {_killer = driver _y;};
       } forEach playableUnits;
   } forEach _vehicles;

};[color="Gray"]//if over run[/color]

if (side group _killer == west) then
{
	a3d_int_civilian_killed_by_west = a3d_int_civilian_killed_by_west + 1;
	publicVariable "a3d_int_civilian_killed_by_west";
};
[color="gray"]//Must use side group. Otherwise side would return "ENEMY" for renegade units[/color]

if (side group _killer == east) then
{
	a3d_int_civilian_killed_by_east = a3d_int_civilian_killed_by_east + 1;
	publicVariable "a3d_int_civilian_killed_by_east";
};

[color="gray"]//Total civilian death toll[/color]
a3d_int_civilian_killed = a3d_int_civilian_killed + 1;
publicVariable "a3d_int_civilian_killed";
[color="gray"]//a great example for publicVariableEventHandler can be found at:
//http://derfel.org/arma2/publicvariable_and_pveventhandler.html

[/color]

The radius for detecting the nearest vehicles might be decreased.

Nevertheless, nearestObjects returns an array ordered according to the distance, so it shouldn't be a problem.

[Tankbuster 1747]

As I said in another thread, you should use nearestObject if you only want 1 returned object. It's much easier on the server CPU.

[Gameadd1cted 10]

As I said in another thread, you should use nearestObject if you only want 1 returned object. It's much easier on the server CPU.

Thanks, I'll modify it accordingly.

[cychou 11]

hello, what would be the code to get this script working for humans vs humans (PVP) missions ?

I'm using missions with two sides (blufor, opfor) and i'm trying to find a way to get the vehicles run over kills visible in the kill confirmation.

Edited August 25, 2013 by cychou