Commands to make an AI fire at a specific position with a specific weapon

[dimdic 1]

Hi there! I want to make an AI unit (having only RPG7 as a weapon) fire at a specific position. Are there any scripting commands to do it ? Thank you.

p.s. I can't understand why i can't set the RPG7 weapon as a primary weapon !!

Edited June 6, 2012 by dimdic

[Tajin 337]

Try these, and pick the one suitable for your situation.

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/fire

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/doFire

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/suppressFor

ps.: get used to searching on the wiki when you need specific commands

[zodd 14]

Agree with above with a caveat: This is actually a very difficult thing to achieve, especially if you want to have it at a set time (ie. fire at a target immediately on a trigger firing) and not at an enemy (ie. at a position rather than 'that enemy')

Unfortunately a search of the forums would lead to many dead ends.... for now at least; hopefully patches will fix some of the commands!

[dimdic 1]

Try these, and pick the one suitable for your situation.

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/fire

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/doFire

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/suppressFor

ps.: get used to searching on the wiki when you need specific commands

Tajin, before creating a new thread in this forum, i used both the commands dofire and commandfire and the AI unit did nothing !! I also checked the command fire but with this command i can't fire at a specific unit (or position).

[Tajin 337]

Tajin, before creating a new thread in this forum, i used both the commands dofire and commandfire and the AI unit did nothing !! I also checked the command fire but with this command i can't fire at a specific unit (or position).

Ok cool, that wasn't apparent from your first post though.

I'd try something like this, if you want it to fire at a specific position, not at a unit:

person selectWeapon "RPG7V";
person lookAt markerPos "targetmarker";
person fire ["RPG7V","RPG7V"];

I'm not sure if the "fire" command is currently functional.

Alternately, try this: http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA:_Actions#USEWEAPON

Using invisible targets can also be helpful, when the unit doesn't want to target a specific position by itself.

Edited June 6, 2012 by Tajin

[dimdic 1]

Thanks a lot Tajin :) !!! I had the same thought about the looAt command one minute before you write to me :) !!! your code seems to be working !! Thank you a lot for your help !!!

[Tajin 337]

You're welcome. Glad it worked.