civilians with weapons?

[Tyl3r99 41]

in the future im looking to place civilians with weapons with the new equipment interface(when its released)

will the opfor recognise this a threat and attack?

will the civilians attack the opfor?

can BIS implement a similar sort of option with the civilians like the independent friendly to - blufor - opfor - no body - everybody

[Laqueesha 474]

In ARMA 2, whenever you gave a civvie a weapon, they'd shoot at the side that they were not aligned with.

So, if you set INDEPENDENT friendly to OPFOR, they'd shoot at BLUFOR. However, BLUFOR would not shoot back, because they were civilians (I think). It might be different in ARMA 3, I'm not sure.

[Tyl3r99 41]

so civilians are on the same side as independant now?

for example like you said, if independant hated blufor so would civilians?

oh thats a bit pants aint it lol

[MissileMoose 10]

You misread his post. The side which the Civilian faction is in alliance with is configurable at mission level.

[Tyl3r99 41]

nope that still doesnt make sense mate :( lol

bit slow today sorry

what you mean mission level?

give an example if possible. the civilians have always liked blufor for example this cannot be changed unless grouped with opfor

[MissileMoose 10]

In other words, the mission maker can configure which sides/factions the Civilians are friendly with.

[kilroy the nerd 14]

Either way, in Arma 3 editor I tried running over some guys with a pickup and they fired at me after about a minute. Same when I selected another civilian and stole BLUFOR clothes. Yes, AI will engage civilians with weapons. BLUFOR recognize it as a threat at least. I don't know if AI civs will return fire, but armed civilians in arma 2 under the independant faction sure did! Hope police units will be armed in Arma 3 this time. Or for that matter, when I spawn a police car it'll have a policeman inside it, not a rocker or a woodworker.

[l etranger 5]

Everybody is friendly to civilian, but civilian is enemy to everyone.

[Smurf 12]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setFriend

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/side (See Also section)

[Tyl3r99 41]

more f'ing scripting then :(

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be good if there was armed civilians on the independant faction :) (SHALL I MAKE TICKET FOR THIS?)

[Smurf 12]

more f'ing scripting then :(

Get used to it. There are many simple things that can be made without using them, a lot that can be anchieved with simple scripts (like these) and a whole new word when you know what you doing with all resources (isn't my case).