select WeaponHolders contents problem

[Bernds 1]

I would like to select the contents (objects) of a WeaponHolder by script.

I filled a weaponHolder by:

_holder addWeaponCargoGlobal [_name,1];

I can find that magazine(s) by:

_mags = getMagazineCargo (_holder select 0);

and I can i.e. do this now:

player addMagazine ((_mags select 0) select 0);

But I can't select that object itself, I get a message that (inside this example): ((_mags select 0) select 0) is a string and not an object.

That's true, player addMagazine needs the string to work, but I need the object itself.

So my question is: Is there a way to 'grab' the objects 'inside' a weaponHolder? And if, howto?

[Mattar_Tharkari 10]

Does getWeaponCargo not work?

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

_whldr = "WeaponHolder" createVehicle (getMarkerPos "wpHldr");  
_whldr addWeaponCargoGlobal ["M16A4",1];  
_cnts = getWeaponCargo whldr;
hint format ["%1",_cnts];
_weapM16A4 = (cnts select 0) select 0; 

Edited February 27, 2013 by Mattar_Tharkari

[Bernds 1]

if I'll add something behind

_weapM16A4 = (cnts select 0) select 0;

like f.e. this:

detach _weapM16A4;

it will tell me (free translated) the same as in my code then:

_weapM16A4 is a String and not an object.

original:

_weapM16A>

Error detach: Typ Zeichenfolge, erwartet Objekt

[Mattar_Tharkari 10]

I understand now. But why do you need the exact object? Once you have the class "M16A4" you can add it anywhere, then use:

clearMagazineCargo

clearMagazineCargoGlobal

clearWeaponCargo

clearWeaponCargoGlobal

to remove it from the weapon holder. I don't know of a method to select an object in cargo and I'm not sure it's possible. What is it you are trying to do? There might be another way of doing it?

Edited February 27, 2013 by Mattar_Tharkari

[Bernds 1]

My goal was changing the look of the (ammo) clip dropped to the ground.

That dropped clips are inside a bag and I would like to change that to the corresponding (ammo) clip ones.

I don't know if that is possible, was just a thought, and I stucked for now by grabing the object inside the weaponholder.

To go ahead I would need how to get the object or, if possible, how to convert that returned string to the object.

[nimrod_z 8]

My goal was changing the look of the (ammo) clip dropped to the ground.

That dropped clips are inside a bag and I would like to change that to the corresponding (ammo) clip ones.

I don't know if that is possible, was just a thought, and I stucked for now by grabing the object inside the weaponholder.

To go ahead I would need how to get the object or, if possible, how to convert that returned string to the object.

thats a config thing.. you would have to make a custom one for that effect. just like the a2ccp project is also doing.. (in the config section of the forums) Edited March 1, 2013 by Nimrod_Z

[Bernds 1]

Thx for info!

But this means that even setting objects in same weaponholder to different heights are impossible?

[Mattar_Tharkari 10]

Thx for info!

But this means that even setting objects in same weaponholder to different heights are impossible?

Change the height of the weapon holder. You can setPosATL it:

whName setPosATL [ getPosATL whName select 0, getPosATL whName select 1, (getPosATL whName select 2) +2];