Detect unit in prone via trigger to disable trigger.

[khaosmatical 237]

Hi gents, so I have been working on an IED set up that solely works in game without any external scripts. It does feature a triggerman that if killed deletes the trigger to destroy the IED (via setdamage 1). The IED will detonate by distance detection on a unit to simulate as jankily as I can the triggerman judging when to set off the bomb, his sight line isn't even used. What I want to know is, is there a way to temporarily disable or stop a trigger from firing in-game without any external scripting and can it be done when a unit is simply in the prone position to simulate the idea I guess of spreading out bodyweight and not triggering a pressure plate and what not. (even better if someone know's how to also detect not holding a weapon so they have to be unarmed too)

And to save creating two topics, does anyone know if a trigger sound effect can be isolated to one unit in a MP scenario, e.g. the bomb disposal unit gets a radio warning sound but no one else does.

Here is a download for an example of the IED in the editor.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/100612052/IED%20Example.rar

[Grumpy Old Man 3540]

((ASLToATL (eyepos _unit)) select 2) < 0.4 AND currentweapon _unit isequalto ""

could do it.

You can also use animationState for this.

Don't know why everyone wants to do missions without "scripting" or "external scripting".

Triggers and waypoints are really cumbersome if you know what can be done with a few lines of .sqf and some basic script commands.

[Greenfist 1863]

There's also the stance command for getting the current stance.

[Icaruk 14]

(stance player) == "PRONE"

(stance player) == "CROUCH"

(stance player) == "STAND"

[khaosmatical 237]

Its not about not wanting to do external scripting, it's because F3 Framework is used and I don't want to hassle around things like the INIT just in-case it breaks F3.

Also what about temporarily disabling the trigger while a unit is in such a stance? I know of deletevehicle for actually removing a trigger but is it possible to halt one or would I literally write the

 ((ASLToATL (eyepos _unit)) select 2) < 0.4 AND currentweapon _unit isequalto "" 

in the condition instead of true?

Edited July 8, 2015 by Khaosmatical

[khaosmatical 237]

Ok scratch the previous Icaruk, if I set the condition using:

 if (stance player == "STAND") then { ied1 setdamage 1; }; 

It does detonate the ied correctly due to stance however it does it anywhere the player changes stance. Is there a way to isolate it to only inside the trigger?

Edited July 9, 2015 by Khaosmatical

[Heeeere's johnny! 51]

Adapting a post from another thread, try this as trigger condition:

this && {1 isEqualTo ({if(stance _x in ["STAND", "CROUCH"]) exitWith {1}} count thisList)}

This should activate the trigger if there's any non-prone unit in the triggerArea (given you set the activating units to "ANY").

Edited July 9, 2015 by Heeeere's Johnny!

[khaosmatical 237]

Just as I was about to say it didn't work, for some reason I though setting Activation to None would mean anybody. The last thing I just noticed, it means you can drive past the IED. Is there anyway to add it so any vehicle will set it off? I'd imagine it would be in the ["STAND", "CROUCH"] area?

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All I've found is to do with named vehicles whereas I am wondering whether or not it is possible to just detect any vehicle like how the script you linked Johnny had _x in

[Heeeere's johnny! 51]

It's actually pretty simple. All you need to add to the if statement in the condition is _x isKindOf "Car", so your statement should look like this:

this && {1 isEqualTo ({if(_x isKindOf "Car" || stance _x in ["STAND", "CROUCH"]) exitWith {1}} count thisList)}

That way, every car AND every standing or crouching unit will activate the trigger.

[khaosmatical 237]

Thanks everyone, you guys have been a great help! Hopefully our session tonight will be more deadly but hella more exciting!