How to make artillery go off when player dies

[darkheart232 1]

So I'm making a hunger games type of arena, and I would like to know if it's possible to have a cannon, like some artillery or something, go off when one of the players die to let the others know of the event. I'm sure it would involve using triggers and such, but idk the proper way to set that up. Any advice would be helpful.

[darkheart232 1]

No replies... Well, I managed to set the trigger to sound an explosion on "Sniper1's" death. So it works. Only problem is, it keeps on exploding after he dies. Anybody know how to make it stop after the first initial explosion?

[f2k sel 164]

Without knowing how you set the trigger up it's hard to say, if you have it set to repeating turn it off.

[iceman77 19]

Tryout the sound in trigger, environment etc. I believe one category is for repeating sounds. See if you can find the same sound in another category.

[Mattar_Tharkari 10]

Place an M119 or D30 and name it gun1 - put this in each players init field:

this addEventHandler ["killed", "[_this select 0, _this select 1, gun1] spawn {_vic = _this select 0; _klr = _this select 1; _gun = _this select 2; hint format['%1 Killed by %2',name _vic,name _klr]; sleep 3; _gun action ['useWeapon', _gun, (gunner _gun),0];};"];

or better in init.sqf:

{_x addEventHandler ["killed", "
[_this select 0, _this select 1, gun1] spawn {
 _vic = _this select 0; 
   _klr = _this select 1; 
     _gun = _this select 2; 
hint format['%1 Killed by %2',name _vic,name _klr];
 sleep 3; 
   _gun action ['useWeapon', _gun, (gunner _gun),0];};
 "]
} forEach playableUnits;

Put this in gun1 init field to delete fired round (you get the cannon firing blanks):

this addEventHandler ["fired", "deleteVehicle (_this select 6);"];

If you want the barrel to point up in the air - put an invisible H 200m in air and doWatch / doTarget etc

Edited January 26, 2013 by Mattar_Tharkari

[darkheart232 1]

Thank you mattar. Very well explained, and it works exactly as I had hoped. Good job.