Make mortar simulate fire (effects only)

[helling3r 10]

Hi,

i am searching for a way to mimic the firing effect of a mortar.

I only need the sound; but it would be cool also to have the muzzle effects.

- sounds: i know how to play it, but i lack a list showing me the right name of the sound to play.

- effects: i had no success using various instances of the "fire" and "action" commands. How can i play the effect of the mortar being fired?

It is the ACE 60mm US mortar.

[Mattar_Tharkari 10]

To delete the projectile:

_mortar addEventHandler ["fired", {deleteVehicle (_this select 6);}];

If you want the AI to fire:

_mortar action ["useWeapon", _mortar, (gunner _mortar),0];

nul = [_mortarName, 3] execVM "mortar.sqf";

_mortar = _this select 0;
_rounds = _this select 1;

for "_i" from 0 to (_rounds-1) do {
if (count (magazines _mortar) <= 2) then {{_mortar addMagazine "8Rnd_81mmHE_M252"} forEach [1,2,3]; hint "mortar reloaded";};
_mortar action ["useWeapon", _mortar, (gunner _mortar),0];
sleep 6;
};

Edited January 14, 2013 by Mattar_Tharkari

[mikie boy 18]

nice one Mattar - simple :)

[helling3r 10]

Okay by principle it works very well. However, it seems that the shell explodes directly after the round was shot, killing the gunner. :(

[mikie boy 18]

what about selecting the fired ammo type setpos edge of map and then delete?

[helling3r 10]

That did the trick, thank you!

// in the event handler:
(_this select 6) setPos [0,0,-1000];
deleteVehicle (_this select 6);

[Mattar_Tharkari 10]

Okay by principle it works very well. However, it seems that the shell explodes directly after the round was shot, killing the gunner. :(

Really? Works for me? Where did you put the event handler?

[helling3r 10]

The event handler is initialized from the script that deploys the mortar.

The shell is now moved to [0,0,5000] and then deleted instantly. This fixes the problem of the exploding shell when the event handler fired.

[giallustio 770]

It should be:

_EH     = _mortar addEventHandler ["fired", {deletevehicle (nearestobject[_this select 0, _this select 4])}];