Turning vehicles lights off

[Norbak 10]

Anyone know how to turn the vehicles and everything (Air,Car,...) lights Off around 2000 meters (for example) using a script?

Thank you guys.

[Schatten 268]

I think that's impossible because there isn't such scripting command.

[Norbak 10]

VehicleLights = nearestObjects [player, ["Car","Tank","Air"], 1000];

player action ["lightOff", VehicleLights];

is this possible?. I didn't test yet.

[Schatten 268]

Not sure.

If player isn't in vehicle he can't turn light off.

[Norbak 10]

Yeah, not working. Even

{_x setdamage XX;}

isn't working on vehicle lights.

[Schatten 268]

Try to use this code:

_nearestVehicles = nearestObjects [player, ["Car", "Tank", "Air"], 1000];

{
_vehicle = _x;

if (({alive _x} count (crew _vehicle)) == 0) then {
	_unitGroup = createGroup civilian;

	_unit = "TK_CIV_Takistani01_EP1" createUnit [getPos _vehicle, _unitGroup];

	_unit moveInDriver _vehicle;

	_unit action ["lightOff", _vehicle];

	deleteVehicle _unit;

	deleteGroup _unitGroup;
};
}
forEach _nearestVehicles;

[Norbak 10]

Not working. Spawning civilians outside the vehicles. Btw, that method could cause more lag than we would like to have. Thank you, Schatten. You're great.

[Schatten 268]

Not working. Spawning civilians outside the vehicles.

Replace string with createUnit to

_unit = _unitGroup createUnit ["TK_CIV_Takistani01_EP1", getPos _vehicle, [], 0, "NONE"];

Btw, that method could cause more lag than we would like to have.

Decrease radius, reduce list of vehicles.

[Norbak 10]

Civilians respawn inside vehicles , turn lights off but don't get out or delete. Strange. I tried:

_v = vehicle _unit;

_unit action ["eject",_v];

deleteVehicle _unit;

.

But nothing happens.

Edited February 9, 2015 by kyopower

[samatra 85]

There is no scripting command to turn them off, but you can break the lights.

fnc_killLights = {
private "_cfg";
_cfg = configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> (typeOf _this) >> "Reflectors";
for "_i" from 0 to count(_cfg) - 1 do {
	_this setHit [getText((_cfg select _i) >> "selection"), 1];
};
};

myvehicle call fnc_killLights;

[Norbak 10]

It doesn't work. Maybe because i don't understand that script

Edited February 9, 2015 by kyopower

[samatra 85]

It doesn't work. Maybe because i don't understand that script

It does work. You need to define fnc_killLights function somewhere and then pass vehicle that you want break lights for as argument (myvehicle call fnc_killLights).

[Schatten 268]

kyopower, save code

while {true} do {
_nearestVehicles = nearestObjects [player, ["Car", "Tank", "Air"], 1000];

{
	_reflectors = configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> (typeOf _x) >> "Reflectors";

	_reflectorsNumber = count _reflectors;

	for "_i" from 0 to (_reflectorsNumber - 1) do {
		_reflector = _reflectors select _i;

		_x setHit [getText (_reflector >> "selection"), 1];
	};
}
forEach _nearestVehicles;

sleep 10;
};

and launch from init.sqf using

execVM "scriptName.sqf";

This script doesn't work properly. For example, it destroys only front lights of HMMWV CROWS (M2).

[Norbak 10]

Yes. It works a bit. Some "Reflectors" doesn't destroy, such as airplanes and some choppers. But it's great. Thank you guys.

Any idea about "positioning lights" of helis and planes?

[Schatten 268]

Seems, this code works:

while {true} do {
_nearestVehicles = nearestObjects [player, ["Car", "Tank", "Air"], 1000];

{
	_vehicle = _x;

	if (({alive _x} count (crew _vehicle)) == 0) then {
		_unitGroup = createGroup civilian;

		_unit = _unitGroup createUnit ["TK_CIV_Takistani01_EP1", getPos _vehicle, [], 0, "NONE"];

		_unit moveInDriver _vehicle;

		_unit action ["lightOff", _vehicle];

		moveOut _unit;

		deleteVehicle _unit;

		deleteGroup _unitGroup;
	};
}
forEach _nearestVehicles;

sleep 10;
};

[Norbak 10]

I think the previous script will do better for me. Thank you guys.

[Schatten 268]

Any idea about "positioning lights" of helis and planes?

SaMatra's solution destroys all reflectors, which are accessible through config. Unfortunately, some reflectors are unaccessible. So if you want turn off all reflectors you need to use my solution, but it's more resource-intensive.

[Norbak 10]

Yes , lag. Your choice is nice but i think i may use to destroy everything hehe.