Spawn binoculars or

[Auss 208]

I thought this would take me 5 mins to do but I was wrong, I want to spawn binoculars and an AK on the ground, I've trolled through pages of posts but nothing. I can spawn them in ammo crates, I can spawn them on a player but nowhere does it tell me how I can spawn a weapon or binoculars/range finder or a gun on the ground for a player to pickup. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[riouken 15]

Ye old search says:

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?133728-Placing-weapons&highlight=weaponHolder

[Auss 208]

Thanks dude works a treat, just one question, how would I spawn them at a marker.

One other thing - Why is it when I search for hours I find fuck all?...LOL

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Nevermind, all sorted cheers

[cuel 25]

You would create the weapon holder at the marker position, instead of the (position player)

getMarkerPos "myMarker"

[Auss 208]

ok I can spawn binos at a marker and can also set the height and rotate them, only issue left is that they are upside down, is there anyway to flip them? or lay them flat.

[panther42 48]

A couple of different ways you can try.

setVectorDirAndUp although these [x,z,y] values are incorrect in the biki. Should be [x,y,z]

Flip aircraft upside down Read the whole thread...good info

BIS_fnc_setPitchBank

Tensor math by Evil_Echo

I haven't dug into this one yet...

VectorUp - VectorDir bit of an explanation

Edited September 4, 2012 by panther42

[kylania 568]

Just spawn everything 100m in the air and drop it where it falls. If it's good enough for Gravity it's good enough for me!

[panther42 48]

That doesn't take care of the upside down situation Aussie states above...

How are binoculars really upside down anyway...either way, don't they look fine?

Are they spawning standing up, on the side you look through?

[Auss 208]

Hey guys thanks for the replies. When they spawn they are on the eye reticle rather than the lens. I used the BIS_fnc_setPitchBank to set them the correct way up (thanks Panther42). The problem now is that when I try to spawn them inside a building OR on a table using a marker the little blighters have a mind of their own and spawn beside the table or beside the building. I've tried the setpos command to no avail. Any ideas?

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Ok fixed it using the can_collide function, thanks :)