Simple Mortar script

[bangabob 45]

SIMPLE MORTAR SCRIPT FOR ARMA 3

Description

Fires set amount of rounds towards your target (mapclick).

Features

- Realistic dispersion between rounds

- High customization options

- Very simple/easy to use

- MP compatible

How to use

1. Copy mortar.sqf into your mission folder

2. Place radio repeatable trigger in editor

3. null = [3] execVM "mortar.sqf";

Parameter is number of rounds fired during the fire mission

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Mortar.sqf

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// SIMPLE - just pass number of rounds needed
// [3] execVM "mortar.sqf";
//
// OPTIONAL
// [NumRounds, AmmoType, Spread, TravelTime, Delay, ReloadTime, Side ] execVM "mortar.sqf";
//
// NumRounds    - Number of rounds to fire (number)             - 3
// AmmoType     - Config ammo name (string)                     - "Sh_120mm_HE"
// Spread       - Accuracy of each round (meters)               - 30
// TravelTime   - Delay between firing and splash (seconds)     - 10
// Delay        - Delay between each battery (seconds)          - 3
// ReloadTime   - Delay between fire missions (seconds)         - 10
// Side         - Side of artillary (east, west) etc            - west
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

private ["_rounds", "_roundType", "_radiusSpread", "_travelTime", "_delay", "_reloadtime", "_side", "_HQ", "_position"];

_rounds = [_this,0,3,[0]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_roundType = [_this,1,"Sh_120mm_HE",[""]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_radiusSpread = [_this,2,30,[0]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_travelTime = [_this,3,10,[0]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_delay =  [_this,4,3,[0]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_reloadtime = [_this,5,10,[0]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_side = [_this,6,west,[sideUnknown]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_HQ = [_side,"HQ"];


if ( !(isNil "BOB_sms_artyReady") ) exitWith {hint "Artillary not currently available"};
openMap true;
_HQ sideChat "Awaiting Fire Mission Coordinates";
hint "Click map location for artillery";
onMapSingleClick "
   BOB_sms_artyMrk = createmarker [""BOB_sms_artyPos"",_pos];
   BOB_sms_artyMrk setMarkerType ""hd_dot"";
   BOB_sms_artyMrk setMarkerColor ""ColorGreen"";
   BOB_sms_artyMrk setMarkerText ""Artillery"";
   BOB_sms_mapClicked = true;
   onMapSingleClick {};
   hint """";
";

waitUntil { !(isNil "BOB_sms_mapClicked") };
BOB_sms_mapClicked = nil;

BOB_sms_artyReady = false;
publicVariable "BOB_sms_artyReady";


_HQ sideChat "FIRE MISSION RECEIVED. WAIT OUT";
sleep _delay;

   sleep 3;
   openMap false;

for "_round" from 1 to _rounds do {
   _HQ sideChat format ["Firing Battery %1",_round];
   sleep _delay;
};

_HQ sideChat format ["ETA %1 seconds",_travelTime];
sleep _travelTime - 0.5;

_position = markerPos "BOB_sms_artyPos";
for "_round" from 1 to _rounds do {
   _HQ sideChat format["Splash round %1",_round];
   sleep 0.5;
   _mortarPos = [(_position select 0)-_radiusSpread*sin(random 360),(_position select 1)-_radiusSpread*cos(random 360),200];
   _bomb = _roundType createVehicle _mortarPos;
   [_bomb, -90, 0] call BIS_fnc_setPitchBank;
   _bomb setVelocity [0,0,-100];
   sleep _delay - 0.5;
};

_HQ sideChat "FIRE MISSION COMPLETE.";
sleep _reloadtime;

_HQ sideChat "Artillary ready. Awaiting orders...";
deleteMarker "BOB_sms_artyPos";
BOB_sms_artyReady = nil;
publicVariable "BOB_sms_artyReady";  

Credits

BangaBob for writing original script

Anthonyfromtheuk & Larrow for updating script

Edited November 19, 2013 by BangaBob

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Simple Mortar script [ALPHA]

[brad7 4]

Great script Thanks

[bangabob 45]

Release frontpaged on the Armaholic homepage.

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Simple Mortar script [ALPHA]

Thanks :)

[michaeldk 1]

Nice Script :)

But is it possible to get it to work in MP for all players? Right now it only works for him hosting the game :confused:

Excuse my English, I use Google Translate

[bangabob 45]

Nice Script :)

But is it possible to get it to work in MP for all players? Right now it only works for him hosting the game :confused:

Excuse my English, I use Google Translate

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I will have a look soon

[brad7 4]

Sync the trigger with all players?

[zagor64bz 1225]

:yay:Very nice!!!

It is possible to have it activated by a trigger? I explain: I want to set up an area where if a unit is present the mortars start bombing that specific area. Basically, I don't want to use the radio trigger, but have it behave like a mine field, just with mortar shells instead.Is it possible?

[zagor64bz 1225]

Hi, nice work!!!

It is possible to have it activated by a trigger if a unit is present in a specific area?More or less like a minefield but with mortar shell. Basically I don't want to use the radio trigger.Sorry for my silly questions but I'm a noob at mission editing and scripting.

[1para{god-father} 105]

What would be a good idea if using for MP is to only allow Team Leaders or a single unit the ability to use it otherwise everyone and there dog will be using it,. but would be to Re-sync after death.

[bangabob 45]

Well true.Still, it can be be used once at a time. So only one artillery fire mission can be called at any one time.

I looked into making it specific for certain players. But then it become "not so simple mortar script"

I think all the tools are there for your own editing if you want to change things

[legio4777 12]

Hey Bangabob,

Nice script.... Currently it only works in the in game server.... Do you have the intention to make it work on a dedicated server? Or do you know how to make it work there???

I dont know why but I couldnt make it work in a dedicated server. It fires, the text appears until the third round hoewever nothing happens after.... I mean this is what I get:

CROSSROAD fire 1

CROSSROAD fire 2

CROSSROAD fire 3

But nothing else and the explosions doesnt splash out....

Do you have any idea what could happen?

BR and good job!

Edited May 21, 2013 by legio4777

[bangabob 45]

Hey Bangabob,

Nice script.... Currently it only works in the in game server.... Do you have the intention to make it work on a dedicated server? Or do you know how to make it work there???

I dont know why but I couldnt make it work in a dedicated server. It fires, the text appears until the third round hoewever nothing happens after.... I mean this is what I get:

CROSSROAD fire 1

CROSSROAD fire 2

CROSSROAD fire 3

But nothing else and the explosions doesnt splash out....

Do you have any idea what could happen?

BR and good job!

I have tried to make it compatible with a dedicated. But it just doesn't work. If anyone has the know how feel free to update it or let me know how

[legio4777 12]

ok. Don´t worry.... It´s Arma probably someone can help us! :-)

[caeden 11]

Has anyone had any luck with localising this to 1 unit?

[ColeMinor 0]

Hi Bangabob, love your work! (I'm currently making a mission using EOS)

I wondered if it would be possible (meaning not too hard) to make a version that requires map coordinates or something a bit more challenging than clicking on the map to call in mortars?

It just seems too easy to take out a whole base/town etc. it would be nice if it was kinda hard to get the mortars to drop exactly where the enemy are, then you would feel more of a sense of accomplishment when you take something out with mortars.

Any thoughts on this?

[somners 10]

No, explosions are happening for me, the rest works fine, the explosion just doesn't happen :/

[f2k sel 164]

Not working for me either, I've tried changing the ammo but nothing seems to spawn.

[Larrow 2822]

The ammo type "M_RPG32_F" is no longer valid, many ammo types need some velocity to make them collide with the ground to get an explosion out of them, some ammo types need their pitch/bank set if spawned in the air so their tails dont look wierd whilst falling.

Heres a quick clean up of bob's script ( hope you dont mind)

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// SIMPLE - just pass number of rounds needed
// [3] execVM "mortar.sqf";
//
// OPTIONAL
// [NumRounds, AmmoType, Spread, TravelTime, Delay, ReloadTime, Side ] execVM "mortar.sqf";
//
// NumRounds    - Number of rounds to fire (number)             - 3
// AmmoType     - Config ammo name (string)                     - "Sh_120mm_HE"
// Spread       - Accuracy of each round (meters)               - 30
// TravelTime   - Delay between firing and splash (seconds)     - 10
// Delay        - Delay between each battery (seconds)          - 3
// ReloadTime   - Delay between fire missions (seconds)         - 10
// Side         - Side of artillary (east, west) etc            - west
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

private ["_rounds", "_roundType", "_radiusSpread", "_travelTime", "_delay", "_reloadtime", "_side", "_HQ", "_position"];

_rounds = [_this,0,3,[0]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_roundType = [_this,1,"Sh_120mm_HE",[""]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_radiusSpread = [_this,2,30,[0]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_travelTime = [_this,3,10,[0]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_delay =  [_this,4,3,[0]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_reloadtime = [_this,5,10,[0]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_side = [_this,6,west,[sideUnknown]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_HQ = [_side,"HQ"];


if ( !(isNil "BOB_sms_artyReady") ) exitWith {hint "Artillary not currently available"};

_HQ sideChat "Awaiting Fire Mission Coordinates";
hint "Click map location for artillery";
onMapSingleClick "
BOB_sms_artyMrk = createmarker [""BOB_sms_artyPos"",_pos];
BOB_sms_artyMrk setMarkerType ""hd_dot"";
BOB_sms_artyMrk setMarkerColor ""ColorGreen"";
BOB_sms_artyMrk setMarkerText ""Artillery"";
BOB_sms_mapClicked = true;
onMapSingleClick {};
hint """";
";

waitUntil { !(isNil "BOB_sms_mapClicked") };
BOB_sms_mapClicked = nil;

BOB_sms_artyReady = false;
publicVariable "BOB_sms_artyReady";

_HQ sideChat "FIRE MISSION RECEIVED. WAIT OUT";
sleep _delay;

for "_round" from 1 to _rounds do {
_HQ sideChat format ["Firing Battery %1",_round];
sleep _delay;
};

_HQ sideChat format ["Salvos ETA %1 seconds",_travelTime];
sleep _travelTime - 0.5;

_position = markerPos "BOB_sms_artyPos";
for "_round" from 1 to _rounds do {
_HQ sideChat format["Splash round %1",_round];
sleep 0.5;
_mortarPos = [(_position select 0)-_radiusSpread*sin(random 360),(_position select 1)-_radiusSpread*cos(random 360),200];
_bomb = _roundType createVehicle _mortarPos;
[_bomb, -90, 0] call BIS_fnc_setPitchBank;
_bomb setVelocity [0,0,-100];
sleep _delay - 0.5;
};

_HQ sideChat "FIRE MISSION COMPLETE.";
sleep _reloadtime;

_HQ sideChat "Artillary ready. Awaiting orders...";
deleteMarker "BOB_sms_artyPos";
BOB_sms_artyReady = nil;
publicVariable "BOB_sms_artyReady";

Edited November 19, 2013 by Larrow

[anthonyfromtheuk 6]

The ammo type "M_RPG32_F" is no longer valid, many ammo types need some velocity to make them collide with the ground to get an explosion out of them, some ammo types need their pitch/bank set if spawned in the air so their tails dont look wierd whilst falling.

Heres a quick clean up of bob's script ( hope you dont mind)

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// SIMPLE - just pass number of rounds needed
// [3] execVM "mortar.sqf";
//
// OPTIONAL
// [NumRounds, AmmoType, Spread, TravelTime, Delay, ReloadTime, Side ] execVM "mortar.sqf";
//
// NumRounds    - Number of rounds to fire (number)             - 3
// AmmoType     - Config ammo name (string)                     - "Sh_120mm_HE"
// Spread       - Accuracy of each round (meters)               - 30
// TravelTime   - Delay between firing and splash (seconds)     - 10
// Delay        - Delay between each battery (seconds)          - 3
// ReloadTime   - Delay between fire missions (seconds)         - 10
// Side         - Side of artillary (east, west) etc            - west
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

private ["_rounds", "_roundType", "_radiusSpread", "_travelTime", "_delay", "_reloadtime", "_side", "_HQ", "_position"];

_rounds = [_this,0,3,[0]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_roundType = [_this,1,"Sh_120mm_HE",[""]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_radiusSpread = [_this,2,30,[0]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_travelTime = [_this,3,10,[0]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_delay =  [_this,4,3,[0]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_reloadtime = [_this,5,10,[0]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_side = [_this,6,west,[sideUnknown]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_HQ = [_side,"HQ"];


if ( !(isNil "BOB_sms_artyReady") ) exitWith {hint "Artillary not currently available"};

_HQ sideChat "Awaiting Fire Mission Coordinates";
hint "Click map location for artillery";
onMapSingleClick "
BOB_sms_artyMrk = createmarker [""BOB_sms_artyPos"",_pos];
BOB_sms_artyMrk setMarkerType ""hd_dot"";
BOB_sms_artyMrk setMarkerColor ""ColorGreen"";
BOB_sms_artyMrk setMarkerText ""Artillery"";
BOB_sms_mapClicked = true;
onMapSingleClick {};
hint "";
";

waitUntil { !(isNil "BOB_sms_mapClicked") };
BOB_sms_mapClicked = nil;

BOB_sms_artyReady = false;
publicVariable "BOB_sms_artyReady";

_HQ sideChat "FIRE MISSION RECEIVED. WAIT OUT";
sleep _delay;

for "_round" from 1 to _rounds do {
_HQ sideChat format ["Firing Battery %1",_round];
sleep _delay;
};

_HQ sideChat format ["Salvos ETA %1 seconds",_travelTime];
sleep _travelTime - 0.5;

_position = markerPos "BOB_sms_artyPos";
for "_round" from 1 to _rounds do {
_HQ sideChat format["Splash round %1",_round];
sleep 0.5;
_mortarPos = [(_position select 0)-_radiusSpread*sin(random 360),(_position select 1)-_radiusSpread*cos(random 360),200];
_bomb = _roundType createVehicle _mortarPos;
[_bomb, -90, 0] call BIS_fnc_setPitchBank;
_bomb setVelocity [0,0,-100];
sleep _delay - 0.5;
};

_HQ sideChat "FIRE MISSION COMPLETE.";
sleep _reloadtime;

_HQ sideChat "Artillary ready. Awaiting orders...";
deleteMarker "BOB_sms_artyPos";
BOB_sms_artyReady = nil;
publicVariable "BOB_sms_artyReady";

that doesnt work for me, in fact with the template mission niether versions work, it ask me to click the map and does nothing.

[Larrow 2822]

Had not looked at the template, but its just a simple radio trigger.

...Ah sorry my fail at the last moment i added a hint to the map click to clear the "Click map location for artillery" but forgot to add the double quotes because its in the onSingleMapClick command. Updated post.

[anthonyfromtheuk 6]

Sweet this works great now, I added openMap true; and openMap false; so the map opens when I use the trigger and closes 3 after I set the target. One thing I would like to know is how do I change the sidechat name of the arty??? It is currently CROSSROAD

[rinkia 10]

Anthonyfromtheuk, can you pleas post your update to the script, i'm not so pro to add them bymyself :)

[anthonyfromtheuk 6]

Anthonyfromtheuk, can you pleas post your update to the script, i'm not so pro to add them bymyself :)

Im not so pro either it was just a bit of trial and error until I was happy with the result but here it is. (probably could be done better)

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// SIMPLE - just pass number of rounds needed
// [3] execVM "mortar.sqf";
//
// OPTIONAL
// [NumRounds, AmmoType, Spread, TravelTime, Delay, ReloadTime, Side ] execVM "mortar.sqf";
//
// NumRounds    - Number of rounds to fire (number)             - 3
// AmmoType     - Config ammo name (string)                     - "Sh_120mm_HE"
// Spread       - Accuracy of each round (meters)               - 30
// TravelTime   - Delay between firing and splash (seconds)     - 10
// Delay        - Delay between each battery (seconds)          - 3
// ReloadTime   - Delay between fire missions (seconds)         - 10
// Side         - Side of artillary (east, west) etc            - west
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

private ["_rounds", "_roundType", "_radiusSpread", "_travelTime", "_delay", "_reloadtime", "_side", "_HQ", "_position"];

_rounds = [_this,0,3,[0]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_roundType = [_this,1,"Sh_120mm_HE",[""]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_radiusSpread = [_this,2,30,[0]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_travelTime = [_this,3,10,[0]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_delay =  [_this,4,3,[0]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_reloadtime = [_this,5,10,[0]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_side = [_this,6,west,[sideUnknown]] call BIS_fnc_param;
_HQ = [_side,"HQ"];


if ( !(isNil "BOB_sms_artyReady") ) exitWith {hint "Artillary not currently available"};
openMap true;
_HQ sideChat "Awaiting Fire Mission Coordinates";
hint "Click map location for artillery";
onMapSingleClick "
   BOB_sms_artyMrk = createmarker [""BOB_sms_artyPos"",_pos];
   BOB_sms_artyMrk setMarkerType ""hd_dot"";
   BOB_sms_artyMrk setMarkerColor ""ColorGreen"";
   BOB_sms_artyMrk setMarkerText ""Artillery"";
   BOB_sms_mapClicked = true;
   onMapSingleClick {};
   hint """";
";

waitUntil { !(isNil "BOB_sms_mapClicked") };
BOB_sms_mapClicked = nil;

BOB_sms_artyReady = false;
publicVariable "BOB_sms_artyReady";


_HQ sideChat "FIRE MISSION RECEIVED. WAIT OUT";
sleep _delay;

   sleep 3;
   openMap false;

for "_round" from 1 to _rounds do {
   _HQ sideChat format ["Firing Battery %1",_round];
   sleep _delay;
};

_HQ sideChat format ["ETA %1 seconds",_travelTime];
sleep _travelTime - 0.5;

_position = markerPos "BOB_sms_artyPos";
for "_round" from 1 to _rounds do {
   _HQ sideChat format["Splash round %1",_round];
   sleep 0.5;
   _mortarPos = [(_position select 0)-_radiusSpread*sin(random 360),(_position select 1)-_radiusSpread*cos(random 360),200];
   _bomb = _roundType createVehicle _mortarPos;
   [_bomb, -90, 0] call BIS_fnc_setPitchBank;
   _bomb setVelocity [0,0,-100];
   sleep _delay - 0.5;
};

_HQ sideChat "FIRE MISSION COMPLETE.";
sleep _reloadtime;

_HQ sideChat "Artillary ready. Awaiting orders...";
deleteMarker "BOB_sms_artyPos";
BOB_sms_artyReady = nil;
publicVariable "BOB_sms_artyReady";

[rinkia 10]

Thank you very much.