AutoTank

[dr death jm 117]

I'm not totally sure how to present this or were So here seams good enuf.

auto Tank was first posted as 1 man tank

http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-one-man-tank-operation/

and for some time I was trying to get it to work as a player spawned vehicle

not a vehicle placed on map.

Its been close to a year of scratching my head !!

but better long story short,

with the help of Scripting Geniuses eRazer (the maker of a3totalwar engine)

eRazer projects :

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/a3totalwar

[PAC] clans addition mace

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/armaprmace

I'd l4ike to share AutoTank:

FNC_AUTOTANK

comment "1st step exec global";

FNC_AUTOTANK =

{

params

[

"_vehicle"

];

[_vehicle, [[0], true]] remoteExec ["lockTurret", _vehicle];

[_vehicle, [[0, 0], true]] remoteExec ["lockTurret", _vehicle];

[_vehicle, true] remoteExec ["lockCargo", _vehicle];

[

_vehicle,

[

"MPKilled",

{

if (isServer) then

{

_d = driver (_this select 0);

_g = gunner (_this select 0);

if (!isNull _d) then {deleteVehicle _d};

if (!isNull _g) then {_g setDamage 1};

};

}

]

]

remoteExec ["addMPEventHandler", 2];

[

_vehicle,

[

"GetIn",

{

enableSentences false;

_tank = _this select 0;

_unit = _this select 2;

_unit allowDamage false;

_unit action ["EngineOn", _tank];

_unit action ["MoveToGunner", _tank];

_tank lock true;

_tank switchCamera "EXTERNAL";

_tank addAction

[

localize "str_action_getout",

{

_this select 0 removeAction (_this select 2);

_this select 1 action ["GetOut", _this select 0];

},

"",

3,

false,

true,

"GetOver"

];

_tank spawn

{

waitUntil {!isNull gunner _this};

_ai = createAgent [typeOf gunner _this, [0,0,0], [], 0, "NONE"];

_ai allowDamage false;

_ai moveInDriver _this;

};

}

]

]

remoteExec ["addEventHandler", -2];

[

_vehicle,

[

"GetOut",

{

_tank = _this select 0;

_unit = _this select 2;

deleteVehicle driver _tank;

_unit allowDamage true;

_unit action ["EngineOff", _tank];

_tank lock false;

enableSentences true;

}

]

]

remoteExec ["addEventHandler", -2];

};

spawning the vehicle

veh = "b_mbt_01_cannon_f" createVehicle getPos player;[veh] call FNC_AUTOTANK;

thank you

killzonekid

eRazer

[dragon zen 16]

thanks for sharing jm.

What is the exact function? Seems drive the tank as gunner with only 1 player?

[KokaKolaA3 394]

thanks for sharing jm.

What is the exact function? Seems drive the tank as gunner with only 1 player?

yes, you have to get in as gunner then you can shoot and drive it.

 

[R0adki11 3949]

That's neat, there was one of those in OFP in the standard game :). Thanks for sharing the content.

[dr death jm 117]

Yup, ofp was were it started but it wasnt standerd. It was some addon or fnc karrillion had in rts3 wich im working on also for arma3. Also poping out rts v in a week or so( very beta) but all will be welcome to edit/ fix ( for the community).

Any question how to use autotank just ask i might add a demo mission. Also autotank has only been tested on rts v with RHS so if you run into any issues please post.

[ProfTournesol 956]

Yup, ofp was were it started but it wasnt standerd.

 

IIRC it was a hidden config entry that only had to be enabled.

[dr death jm 117]

IIRC it was a hidden config entry that only had to be enabled.

Wow, i didnt know that. It would of been cool if it was included in arma3. .. I spent hours serching thru KaRRillioNs rts3 addons for it. Now i know why i never found it.

[ProfTournesol 956]

Wow, i didnt know that. It would of been cool if it was included in arma3. .. I spent hours serching thru KaRRillioNs rts3 addons for it. Now i know why i never found it.

 

Yup, just found the config entry :

 

 

 

 

 

                
class M1AbramsAuto: M1Abrams {
                               
scope = 1;
                               
displayName = "$STR_DN_M1A1_AUTO";
                               
hasGunner = 0;
                               
hasCommander = 0;
                
};

 

[SavageCDN 231]

Thanks for releasing this.  Does this mean Celery's "Road Rage" missions are on the horizon?   :D

[dr death jm 117]

Thanks for releasing this.  Does this mean Celery's "Road Rage" missions are on the horizon?   :D

or tiny town tank fest..

[SavageCDN 231]

Looks like I have some editor work to do this weekend  B)

[dr death jm 117]

Looks like I have some editor work to do this weekend  B)

i wish i had time to work on another mission. Im tied up on 2 RTS missions. 😞

[pulstar 55]

Could this work on an MP server? I don't want crewmen with me :P

[dr death jm 117]

Could this work on an MP server? I don't want crewmen with me :P

Thats why i edited it so it works mp to spawn auto tanks.

If you already have tanks placed on map you can use killzonekids but his dosnt spawn and it cant be respawnd.. The aautotank_fnc was made so you can spawn it with menu or in editor mp

[dr death jm 117]

it looks there may be issues with autotank and players belonging to a group ,

I was told it causes players to go in spectate mode ... on wasteland..

anyone is welcome to edit and fix .. or even make an addon if they like.

just please post your findings or makes/edits here ..

[avibird 1 155]

Does this still work? I always wanted to see how this worked. Attempted today but no luck. just copied the script into a SQF called FNC_AUTOTANK.sqf  and called the script from the tank init with this veh = "b_mbt_01_cannon_f" createVehicle getPos player;[veh] call FNC_AUTOTANK;

[dr death jm 117]

I think you need to use dbug box .. I havnt messed around with autotank very much do to it issues mp, and I'm very busy..

but soon as I get time ill retest and post what I did...