Action "DropWeapon" not working with AI now.

[beno_83au 1362]

This used to work (last time I used it was a couple of months ago) but now it doesn't:

_unit action [
	"DropWeapon",
	("GroundWeaponHolder" createVehicle (position _unit)),
	(primaryWeapon _unit)
]; 

_unit will perform the action/drop weapon anim, but the weapon remains in his hands. Obviously, I could just use removeWeapon, but this is more for the aesthetics of it as the player is likely to have eyes on _unit.

 

Has this broken/changed or anything since Eden?

 

edit: Scratch that, I must have changed some things that I forgot about. It used to be a handgun hat was dropped, not primary, so I'll probably just go back to that. But what would stop this working with primary weapons?

[barbolani 198]

I think you have to create the weaponHolder before the action, so:

 

_wh = "GroundWeaponHolder" createVehicle (position _unit);

_unit action [ "DropWeapon", _wh, (primaryWeapon _unit) ]; 

 

Should work.

[beno_83au 1362]

Thanks, but I thought the same thing so I tried it on a primaryWeapon and it didn't help.

[barbolani 198]

Just tested in the console with global variables and player unit and worked like a charm.

[beno_83au 1362]

Just tested in the console with global variables and player unit and worked like a charm.

 

Alright, well, it's not working for me when using a primary weapon, but works fine with a handgun (even when I too tried it through the console with global variables):

//Equipped with a primary weapon, didn't work:

_holder = "GroundWeaponHolder" createVehicle (position _unit);
_unit action [
	"DropWeapon",
	_holder,
	(primaryWeapon _unit)
];

//Equipped with a handgun, worked:

_holder = "GroundWeaponHolder" createVehicle (position _unit);
_unit action [
	"DropWeapon",
	_holder,
	(handgunWeapon _unit)
];

With a handgun, even when creating the weapon holder within the action command it still works. I don't know what we'd be doing different from each other. I'm rolling the AI with a pistol anyway but I still would like to work out why I can't get it to happen with a primary. I assume it's me, it's usually the OP/me in these cases  :(

[f2k sel 164]

Neither of the above worked for me.

 

I also tried this, instead of "groundweaponholder" I used "weapon_empty" which seems to work up to a point (riffle), if then try and use it for the handgun the gun just vanishes.

 

All seems a little broken too me.

[beno_83au 1362]

Neither of the above worked for me.

 

All seems a little broken too me.

Hey mate, thanks for the input. At least it's something to keep in the back of my head when I'm trying to do this again in the near future.

[killzone_kid 1326]

Here is terrible hack that should work no matter what: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Actions#PutWeapon

[beno_83au 1362]

On 03/02/2017 at 11:27 AM, killzone_kid said:

Here is terrible hack that should work no matter what: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Actions#PutWeapon

Ok, so based on what is there now:

_wh = "GroundWeaponHolder_Scripted" createVehicle position player;
player action ["PutWeapon", _wh, currentWeapon player]

This wouldn't work to have an AI drop his handgun (using currentWeapon or handgunWeapon). However, did the example you linked change between now and when you posted this? I know I was looking at a different example that I changed around a bit and got things working anyway. Here's what I have:

e.g. nul = [unit1,handgunWeapon unit1] execVM.....

params ["_unit","_weapon","_groundWeaponHolder"];

_groundWeaponHolder = "GroundWeaponHolder" createVehicle [0,0,0];
_groundWeaponHolder addItemCargo ["None", 1];
_groundWeaponHolder setPos (position _unit);

_unit action ["PutWeapon",_groundWeaponHolder,_weapon];

waitUntil {_weapon in (weaponCargo _groundWeaponHolder)};
clearItemCargo _groundWeaponHolder;

This works, looks a little bit unnatural with launchers but it's not a bad way to go and looks ok with pistols. Without the inclusion of "addItemCargo ["None",1]" my script doesn't work, as I think the holder is deleting due to having nothing in it, and I assume that's why the current example didn't work (although I didn't test it with that line added in).

 

Either way, thanks KK.

Edited February 9, 2017 by beno_83au
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[killzone_kid 1326]

10 hours ago, beno_83au said:

This wouldn't work

It works if you are on DEV

[beno_83au 1362]

Just now, killzone_kid said:

It works if you are on DEV

Ahhh k, i was only on stable, thanks for the clarification.