Cut all engines off in a certain area [Possible?]

[fuzi8n 10]

Hello community, I have a bit of a situation; I'd like to cut all the engines to any surrounding vehicles within 500m of the object that turns all the engines off, is this even possible? Also if it is possible, could i be able to turn off the vehicle lights as well? I guess my idea is an EMP within an isolated area. Any help would be greatly appreciated! :)

[fight9 14]

I would use nearestObjects with vehicle classnames and a foreach loop. Forcing engine and lights off using actions doesnt always stick as AI still have control after the command. I would maybe try hit points to destroy the engine of a vehicle. Not sure about the lights, some more research might bring something up.

_vics = nearestObjects [(getMarkerPos "markerName"), ["Classname","Classname"], 500];

{_x setHit ["motor", 1]} foreach _vics;

This would destroy the engine of any vehicle defined in "classname" granted they have a "motor" hitpoint. Hitpoint names are kind of weird. They variate and are sometimes in Slavic or Czech (or something else, not sure).

This whole EMP thing might be hard to do in a universal way. You might have to script it for a specific area with specific vehicles and lights.

Edited February 5, 2014 by Fight9

[L3TUC3 32]

Yes.

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

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Actions#LightOff

If the vehicle is AI controlled however they would probably turn the lights right back on unless you change their behaviour.

[fuzi8n 10]

How do I get this to work on a trigger? I have it working with an init and sqf but it happens as soon as the game starts and I'd like it to work with a radio activation trigger.

_vics = nearestObjects [(getMarkerPos "markerName"), ["Classname","Classname"], 500];

{_x setHit ["motor", 1]} foreach _vics;

This would destroy the engine of any vehicle defined in "classname" granted they have a "motor" hitpoint. Hitpoint names are kind of weird. They variate and are sometimes in Slavic or Czech (or something else, not sure).

This whole EMP thing might be hard to do in a universal way. You might have to script it for a specific area with specific vehicles and lights.

Edited February 5, 2014 by Fuzi8n

[fight9 14]

Put it in a .sqf file and then call it in a trigger with

null = [] execVM "scriptName.sqf";

make sure you define the marker name and vehicle class names in the script