How do you activate a Trigger by Blowing up a satchel charge

[Lewis909 10]

Hi,

I have been looking how to activate a trigger by touching off a charge/satchel charge. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find a way of doing this, would anyone here be able to help.

Thanks

Lewis

[Tankbuster 1747]

You probably already looked into the fired eventhandler and found that this is activated by the satchel being dropped, not detonated.

What you need to do is create a small object (I used a barrel) underground directly underneath the satchel. You can use a fired eventhandler attached to the player to determine when the satchel is placed and create the barrel then. You then need to add an explosion eventhandler to the barrel. When the barrel is damaged by a explosion you can then activate your trigger.

Note that the explosion EH doesn't discriminate what exploded near it, so you might consider using handledamage EH instead. Also bear in mind, the satchel has a big damage radius and won't have to be very close to the object to damage it.

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#Explosion

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#HandleDamage

[Lewis909 10]

What you need to do is create a small object (I used a barrel) underground directly underneath the satchel. You can use a fired eventhandler attached to the player to determine when the satchel is placed and create the barrel then. You then need to add an explosion eventhandler to the barrel. When the barrel is damaged by a explosion you can then activate your trigger.

Could you explain how to do this?

[2nd ranger 282]

Why do you need to detect if the satchel has been detonated, rather than an object being damaged? Let us know what you're trying to achieve, maybe there's an easier way.