Register runway damage?

[bobrock011 10]

I need to figure out how to make trigger register damage to the Utes runway, upon successful bombing run. Is there any way to do this?

I tried "Runway = [0,0,0] nearestObject 12346;" but it seems like it does not recognize any ID number on the runway as object, I tried several close to my gamelogic. Any suggestions? Thanks.

[Charles Darwin 10]

could always place hidden units all along the units and check if any of them are damaged

[[aps]gnat 28]

If you use the editor map I can see the runway object ID's start at 6174 on the western end. (theres 5 objects per "section" )

But ..... as the runway sections can't be damaged, I'm not sure you can actually do anything.

Not sure what you were hinting at for technique, but maybe placing a gamelogic at each object and then checking them for damaging ?

[wld427 1705]

as an option you can always spawn craters on the surface of the runway or the dirt object for a crashed vehicle.... it will look liek dammage and make the runway un-useable.

[Charles Darwin 10]

i think he wants the player to bomb to runway not for it to be already damaged

[ryguy 10]

i think he wants the player to bomb to runway not for it to be already damaged

spawn 'em when the damage is registered?

[Charles Darwin 10]

If im reading him correctly the problem is that the damage isnt registering..ie the damage doesnt happen in the first place

[bobrock011 10]

hey guys, thank you all for the help, with it I managed to make it work. Charles Darwin, I used your idea with hidden unit as a invisible target and that did it. Wld427, the spawning crater thing is awesome, it made my bombing run leave real mark on that runway :)

[[frl]myke 14]

Just for completeness, another approach could have been by using fired EventHandler on the plane, tracking the bomb and on impact measure the distance to the runway object ID's (which usually is it's center).

[f2k sel 164]

Just place the eventhandler in the aircrafts init and place a trigger over the runway named Trig

this addEventHandler ["Fired", {_this execVM "trackbomb.sqf";}];

It detects a bomb being launched, then tracks it and spawns a crater at point of impact , it then checks to see if the crater spawned inside the trigger.

Save as Trackbomb.sqf

// place the event handler in the aircafts init
//this addEventHandler ["Fired", {_this execVM "trackbomb.sqf";}];
//

_plane   = _this select 0;// unit
_weapon  = _this select 1;// weapon class
_ammo    = _this select 4;// ammo class
_mag     = _this select 5;// magazine class
_missile = _this select 6;// missile

_exit = true;

{if (_weapon == _x)  then {_exit = false }; } count ["bomblaunchera10","AirBombLauncher","BombLauncher","BombLauncherF35","Ch29Launcher","Ch29Launcher_Su34","Mk82BombLauncher","Mk82BombLauncher_6","HeliBombLauncher","HellfireLauncher","FFARLauncher_14","FFARLauncher"];

if (_exit) exitwith {};

_target_area  = trig;// trigger name of target

_impact = [];
_craterdir  = (getdir _missile);

while {alive _missile} do {
_impact = getPos _missile;
sleep 0.5;
};

// spawn crater at impact point
_crater1 = "CraterLong" createVehicle ( _impact);
_crater1 setdir _craterdir;

//Check for crater spawned in trigger area
_hit_detection = [_target_area, getPos _crater1] call BIS_fnc_inTrigger;
hint format ["Hit Runway %1",_hit_detection];

Does anyone have a better way to pass the trigger name when you an event handler.

[bobrock011 10]

Just place the eventhandler in the aircrafts init and place a trigger over the runway named Trig

this addEventHandler ["Fired", {_this execVM "trackbomb.sqf";}];

It detects a bomb being launched, then tracks it and spawns a crater at point of impact , it then checks to see if the crater spawned inside the trigger.

Save as Trackbomb.sqf

// place the event handler in the aircafts init
//this addEventHandler ["Fired", {_this execVM "trackbomb.sqf";}];
//

_plane   = _this select 0;// unit
_weapon  = _this select 1;// weapon class
_ammo    = _this select 4;// ammo class
_mag     = _this select 5;// magazine class
_missile = _this select 6;// missile

_exit = true;

{if (_weapon == _x)  then {_exit = false }; } count ["bomblaunchera10","AirBombLauncher","BombLauncher","BombLauncherF35","Ch29Launcher","Ch29Launcher_Su34","Mk82BombLauncher","Mk82BombLauncher_6","HeliBombLauncher","HellfireLauncher","FFARLauncher_14","FFARLauncher"];

if (_exit) exitwith {};

_target_area  = trig;// trigger name of target

_impact = [];
_craterdir  = (getdir _missile);

while {alive _missile} do {
_impact = getPos _missile;
sleep 0.5;
};

// spawn crater at impact point
_crater1 = "CraterLong" createVehicle ( _impact);
_crater1 setdir _craterdir;

//Check for crater spawned in trigger area
_hit_detection = [_target_area, getPos _crater1] call BIS_fnc_inTrigger;
hint format ["Hit Runway %1",_hit_detection];

Does anyone have a better way to pass the trigger name when you an event handler.

thanks for this script, F2K_Sel. It adds even more immersion to my mission by making me line up my shots carefully in the middle of runway so enemy fighters don't take off. Works great and really easy to use.