How to setVehicleAmmo to remote vehicles

[BEAKSBY 11]

Hi all,

I can't setVehicleAmmo on remote vechicles. Kju mentions this here https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVehicleAmmo.

How can i get this to work on remote vehicles and not just those created local to the player?

[dreadedentity 278]

What exactly are you trying to do? I think you'll just have to write a script and attach it to each vehicle to execute it locally.

[Heeeere's johnny! 51]

You could try this:

if(cursorTarget isKindOf "Car") then {[cursorTarget, {_this setVehicleAmmo 1;}, owner cursorTarget, false, true] spawn BIS_fnc_MP;};
//where cursorTarget is the car you are aiming at

But as I don't know whether the "owner" command works in this case, I agree with DreadedEntity as it depends on the actual scenario.

Maybe, you could also be interested in the setAmmo command. The vehicle has to be local to your client, but the result of this command will be broadcast through the network.

Edited September 4, 2014 by waltenberg

[BEAKSBY 11]

Could I use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setOwner and switch the ownership and thus switch locality to the owner's side, then use setVehicleAmmo, and switch it back to the original owner?

[Heeeere's johnny! 51]

No, because as the related BIKI article says, setOwner can only be executed on the server.

Edited September 4, 2014 by waltenberg

[BEAKSBY 11]

You could try this:

Maybe, you could also be interested in the setAmmo command. The vehicle has to be local to your client, but the result of this command will be broadcast through the network.

...but this is the problem. I would like the argument to be global (not local to the client) just like https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setDamage but a for setVehicleAmmo.

Does setVehicleAmmoDef have global arguments?

[Heeeere's johnny! 51]

Can't tell as my No. 1 source is the BIKI as well. :j:

But why don't you simply create global vehicles only. If you don't explicitly use "createVehicleLocal", your vehicle is global and you don't have to worry about this whole issue.

[dreadedentity 278]

I would like the argument to be global

Not sure what you mean

[das attorney 858]

Try this:

SVAGLOBAL = {
if (local (_this select 0)) then {
	(_this select 0) setVehicleAmmo (_this select 1);
} else {
	[_this,"SVAGLOBAL",_this select 0,FALSE] call BIS_fnc_MP;
};
};

// use: [VEHICLENAME,1] call SVAGLOBAL;

[BEAKSBY 11]

Thanks Das, this works!...even though I don't fully understand all of it.

Does _this in [_this,"SVAGLOBAL",_this select 0,FALSE] call BIS_fnc_MP;...mean the entire function "SVAGLOBAL"?

[das attorney 858]

"_this" is the arguments ( which are in the format [VEHICLENAME,1])

Basically this is a recursive function. Recursion is quite cool like in art and acronyms:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Screenshot_Recursion_via_vlc.png

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_acronym

The function checks if the unit is local and sets the ammo.

If it isn't local, it executes the function again where it is local via bis_fnc_mp.

Hope that helps.

[BEAKSBY 11]

It does, thanks!

Handy little script for "simulating" a local object thant can have multiple uses.

Thanks again.