Adjust Dispersion of Helicopter Miniguns

[Airwolf 50]

I would like to change the dispersion of the helicopter miniguns. I'm sure there is a variable in the config but I can't find it. I've searched and found various posts on this  topic but no definitive answer. I just want to remove the laser like qualities of most of these weapons. I'm happy doing it as a mod where I reference the base class with adjusted weapon values, I just need to know which value controls it.

 

Thank you.

[RoddyPL 0]

same gun different question ;) Im completly new to modding and I just wanted to change the rate of fire of the weapon...  I looked aroung and I know I need to change the reload time in cfgweapons but here is my problem... no idea how to find it let alone mod it... please, can anyone  be kind enough to help a guy in need? :)

[da12thMonkey 1943]

They're found in the cfgweapons class, under fire modes

For example, under class LMG_LMG_Minigun_heli>>class manual it says the gun has dispersion = 0.0087; (values are in radians) and reloadTime = 0.033; (time between shots in seconds)

[RoddyPL 0]

Thing is... I have no idea where the file is... or how to edit it :/ I can see it in the viewer in editor but I cant modify it... do I need a special program or am I missing sth?

[da12thMonkey 1943]

You have to write your own config.cpp in notepad or some other text editor to patch it, and then compile that in a .pbo addon file using one of the many available packing tools.

Opening the game data, modifying things and then repacking it is an awful, awful idea.

[Belbo 462]

I'd recommend a look at https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Cars_Config_Guidelinesand https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/CfgVehicles_Config_Reference or just generally https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Arma_3:_Tutorials

[RoddyPL 0]

thank you :)