Count rounds left

[giallustio 770]

Hey!

I'm trying to use the new command addMagazine array but i can't find a good way to count the rounds left in a mag. I tried with the ammo command but it doesn't work very well...Any idea?

[Horner 13]

I made a script that displays in the form of a hint that does just this for you.

/*
Written by Horner for Giallustio
Displays current rounds out of max number of rounds
*/

private["_mag","_maxRnd","_curRnd"];

_mag = currentMagazine player;
_maxRnd = getNumber (configFile >> "CfgMagazines" >> _mag >> "count");
_curRnd = (player ammo (currentWeapon player));
hintSilent format ["%1/%2", _curRnd, _maxRnd];

Untested, let me know if it works.

[giallustio 770]

Thank you for your time! I really appreciate it!

i don't wanna know just the currentMagazine rounds left...

I'm trying to get all rounds left in each mag that i have

[Horner 13]

Do you want it as a whole number? Like the number of rounds left for each magazine? If that's so I can whip that up in a couple seconds.

[samatra 85]

Impossible, this functionality is missing in ArmA 2 unfortunately.

[Horner 13]

Silly response of me if you saw it :P Yeah for some reason you can't check the ammo of a certain magazine.

[kylania 568]

There's the new ammo count bar on magazines, that's getting the number from somewhere isn't it? Do we not have access to whatever function is doing that or is it some kind of in-engine thing?

[blackmamb 2]

Yet since 1.62, there are those green bars that indicate how full is each magazine in the inventory. So there should be a way to do that since 1.62, right?

Edit. Yup, what kylania said, actually.

[giallustio 770]

Yeah! It's what i thought...But how :P

[Horner 13]

It's with the gear system, so my guess it's hard coded.

BIS give us this function please :3

[kylania 568]

Yeah! It's what i thought...But how :P

Fired Eventhandler and lots of looping doFire and reload commands, counting how many times you fired. That's how many rounds were in each mag, then use the addMagazine array to add back the mags with proper count! Brilliant!

[xeno 234]

There's the new ammo count bar on magazines, that's getting the number from somewhere isn't it? Do we not have access to whatever function is doing that or is it some kind of in-engine thing?

setGearSlotAmmoCount, setIDCAmmoCount, gearIDCAmmoCount, gearSlotAmmoCount gear commands...

But, they do only work with IDCs/controls and only when the gear dialog is open. So they are pretty much useless.

There is a way to get the exact ammo count of all magazines a unit has but that's not easy and can have its own problems (and therefore I do not write how :), and no, it's not using a fired EH as you don't know which magazine a unit is using or if he has reloaded the weapon).

What's missing in ArmA are all the VBS2 EX commands like magazinesEX.

Xeno

[giallustio 770]

Too much invasive! But amazing idea kylania!

[Horner 13]

It seems with Xeno's comment you could like have the gear dialog open (not even sure if there's a scripting command for doing so), compile all the info into an array using the gear commands he mentioned, then close the dialog. A very jerry rigged way of doing it, lol.