Using a flare as a go-signal.

[El Giggi 11]

Hey,

I want to use a flare as a signal to AI-Troops to start an attack. So, the player shoots a flare and the AI attacks. I searched the forum and I think it works with an eventhandler, but I have no Idea how to use this command. In the threads I found people asked how to detect, if the player generally shoots. They didn't dealed with the question how to detect, if the player uses a specific weapon.

Can someone please help me with this?

[W0lle 1052]

You can check if a unit fired a certain Flare with:

this addEventHandler ["Fired",{if ((_this select 4 == "F_40mm_Red")) then {attackGo=true;}}];

In above example, the variable "attackGo" is set to true when the unit fired a red Flare.

[El Giggi 11]

hey, thanks for the answer.

But I encountered another problem: Is it possible that the eventhandler only work with BIS Units? I ask because it worked perfectly with BIS Ammo and Weapons, than I tried it with Invasion1944 flares and it didn't. First i thought they might have changed the classname of their ammo but then I tested it with addmagazine and the ammo appeared in my inventory. So the classname is correct.

[max power 21]

Then you need to find the classname of the Invasion'44 flares and replace the BIS classname... "F_40mm_Red"

[El Giggi 11]

Then you need to find the classname of the Invasion'44 flares and replace the BIS classname... "F_40mm_Red"

Ok, I expressed myself unclearly. I did this. Thats why I checked the classname via the addmagazine command.

[celery 8]

"F_40mm_Red" is an ammo classname, not magazine. If you're using a magazine classname, use _this select 5.

[El Giggi 11]

"F_40mm_Red" is an ammo classname, not magazine. If you're using a magazine classname, use _this select 5.

No, this didn't work either

//edit: Ok, I think the problem is simply the name of the ammo-class. It works, if I use the other riflegrenades. Only the flare is still a problem. So it seems, that I don't have the correct ammo classname for the flare. Invasion1944 never released their ammoclass names so its up to trial-and-error.

Thanks for the help guys.

Edited March 18, 2012 by El Giggi

[celery 8]

Use hint str (getText (configFile / "CfgMagazines" / "Magazinename" / "ammo")) to speed up your discovery.

[El Giggi 11]

Use hint str (getText (configFile / "CfgMagazines" / "Magazinename" / "ammo")) to speed up your discovery.

Hey, I already found it out by myself. But this is goint to be helpful in the future. Thanks again.

[panda123 10]

Can you tell us how did you do that please because I tried a lots but I had always failed ?

[buliwyf 4]

Can you tell us how did you do that please because I tried a lots but I had always failed ?

You read the whole thread?

[panda123 10]

Yes I read the whole thread. I've spent 4 hours yesterday to make tests that's why I asked some help !

[El Giggi 11]

Yes I read the whole thread. I've spent 4 hours yesterday to make tests that's why I asked some help !

I think, I didn't understand your question. For what do you need help? You can find all infos I needed in this thread already.

[Kamakazi 11]

mmm - in relation to ??Using a flare as a go-signal.??

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http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?132544-Using-a-flare-as-a-go-signal&p=2121198&viewfull=1#post2121198

W0lle adds that code to init line of a soldier/officer WITH flares, specificaly a red one - if its fired a global variable is true.

Have a trigger on map, its activation line

attackGo=true;

Could launch into scripts.sqf or whatever you need from trigger. Or it can then be linked/ syncronised to groups or any other attacking forces.

Hard part was detecting a single shot

[panda123 10]

This is the first thing I did, and it didn't work.

(I put the code in init unit, me of course, then a trigger called attackGo and in it's activation attackGo=true. This trigger is linked to a first waypoint of a group. But when I launched the flare nothing happened. After this I spent a lot of time on the wiki (poor wiki very poor wiki not very usefull when you don't know scriting).

I am just asking a little infos (not the entire solution) to make that code work.

Thanks.

Edited March 19, 2012 by panda123

[El Giggi 11]

This is the first thing I did, and it didn't work.

(I put the code in init unit, me of course, then a trigger called attackGo and in it's activation attackGo=true. This trigger is linked to a first waypoint of a group. But when I launched the flare nothing happened. After this I spent a lot of time on the wiki (poor wiki very poor wiki not very usefull when you don't know scriting).

I am just asking a little infos (not the entire solution) to make that code work.

Thanks.

Mabye It helps, when I descripe what I did exactly:

1. I put this in the Init of the my Unit: this addEventHandler ["Fired",{if ((_this select 4 == "F_40mm_Red")) then {attackGo=true;}}]; (Obvisouly I changed F_40mm_Red to the ammo classname of the flare I needed)

Note: This should be the first entry in the init-line of an unit. I realised that it doesn't work if some other commands like addweapon or so stands first.

2. I created an AI-Group. I set up a couple of Waypoints for this group. In the condition-field of the first waypoint I entered "attackGo" (without the ""). So the Group will move up to the first Waypoint and will wait there unitl attackGo is "true".

[panda123 10]

ok thanks