Alter artillery settings

[PingWing 5]

Hey, I was wondering if there was a way to do the following regarding artillery.

1. Disable the Artillery Computer on one or multiple artillery systems, but keep it on, on other vehicles.
2. Only allow artillery to fire on the mode: "Close" or "medium" if done via Artillery Computer (or any way really).

 

~PingWing

[Crielaard 435]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/enableEngineArtillery

 

this command has local effect. Thus you can disable it for anyons getting in and enable for getting out. 

Use getun and getout eventhandlers for that. 

[pierremgi 4890]

Or simply, in init field of the artillery:

0 = this spawn {

  while {alive _this} do {

    waitUntil {sleep 0.5; gunner _this == player};

    enableEngineArtillery false;

    waitUntil {sleep 0.5; gunner _this != player};

    enableEngineArtillery true;

  };

};

NB: EHs are fine but more complicated for nuts, here, imho. getIn getout EH are not sufficient. You need also to check the moveToTurret action.

 

if you want to apply an EH, try instead:

inGameUISetEventHandler ["action", "if ((_this select 0) in [art1,art2,art3] && (_this select 3) == 'ArtilleryComputer') then {true}"];

This will disable the action (still visible in menu) for art1 art2 art3.

[pierremgi 4890]

If you want to limit the artillery mode to the default one (example close for Scorcher):

 

0 = [] spawn {
    disableSerialization;
    private "_ctrl";
    while {true} do {
      waitUntil {_ctrl = ({ if !(isNull (_x displayCtrl 510)) exitWith {_x}; displayNull } forEach allDisplays) displayCtrl 510; !isNull _ctrl};
      ctrlEnable [510, false];
      waitUntil {isNull _ctrl};

  };

};

This way, the artillery mode is greyed. Player can't choose a different setting than "close".

 

You can limit the choice to "close" or "medium" (the 2 first ranges) by:

0 = [] spawn {
    disableSerialization;
    private "_ctrl";
    while {true} do {
        waitUntil {_ctrl = ({ if !(isNull (_x displayCtrl 510)) exitWith {_x}; displayNull } forEach allDisplays) displayCtrl 510; !isNull _ctrl};
        while {!isnull _ctrl} do {
          if (lbCurSel _ctrl > 1) then {_ctrl lbSetCurSel 0};
          sleep 0.2;
        };
    };

};

Any attempt to choose farther range will resume to close one.

[JIMMI DEE BILLY BOB 4]

pierremgi :D I use this script, the last one, it is very good I love it, but I would like to have Ai in my PvP mission, but you can request artillery of Ai and they shoot where you want, I would like to disable the possibility for players requesting artillery from the Ai group units

 

I know this script does this, but then the players can't use the artillery computer :( what do i do ?

enableEngineArtillery true;

 

[nerexis 9]

Can you tell, how did you acquire the control id 510? What is a workflow to find out what is what in UI?

On 12/26/2017 at 4:53 AM, pierremgi said:

If you want to limit the artillery mode to the default one (example close for Scorcher):

 

0 = [] spawn {
    disableSerialization;
    private "_ctrl";
    while {true} do {
      waitUntil {_ctrl = ({ if !(isNull (_x displayCtrl 510)) exitWith {_x}; displayNull } forEach allDisplays) displayCtrl 510; !isNull _ctrl};
      ctrlEnable [510, false];
      waitUntil {isNull _ctrl};

  };

};

This way, the artillery mode is greyed. Player can't choose a different setting than "close".

 

You can limit the choice to "close" or "medium" (the 2 first ranges) by:

0 = [] spawn {
    disableSerialization;
    private "_ctrl";
    while {true} do {
        waitUntil {_ctrl = ({ if !(isNull (_x displayCtrl 510)) exitWith {_x}; displayNull } forEach allDisplays) displayCtrl 510; !isNull _ctrl};
        while {!isnull _ctrl} do {
          if (lbCurSel _ctrl > 1) then {_ctrl lbSetCurSel 0};
          sleep 0.2;
        };
    };

};

Any attempt to choose farther range will resume to close one.

[pazuzu 21]

On 12/25/2017 at 7:53 PM, pierremgi said:

If you want to limit the artillery mode to the default one (example close for Scorcher):

 

0 = [] spawn {
    disableSerialization;
    private "_ctrl";
    while {true} do {
      waitUntil {_ctrl = ({ if !(isNull (_x displayCtrl 510)) exitWith {_x}; displayNull } forEach allDisplays) displayCtrl 510; !isNull _ctrl};
      ctrlEnable [510, false];
      waitUntil {isNull _ctrl};

  };

}; 

This way, the artillery mode is greyed. Player can't choose a different setting than "close".

 

You can limit the choice to "close" or "medium" (the 2 first ranges) by:

0 = [] spawn {
    disableSerialization;
    private "_ctrl";
    while {true} do {
        waitUntil {_ctrl = ({ if !(isNull (_x displayCtrl 510)) exitWith {_x}; displayNull } forEach allDisplays) displayCtrl 510; !isNull _ctrl};
        while {!isnull _ctrl} do {
          if (lbCurSel _ctrl > 1) then {_ctrl lbSetCurSel 0};
          sleep 0.2;
        };
    };

};

Any attempt to choose farther range will resume to close one.

Is there a way to use this code on a server and for any arty that is spawned?

I have an Epoch server with traders so putting the code in the init of vehicles isn't really practical.

 

Thanks.

[pierremgi 4890]

7 hours ago, pazuzu said:

Is there a way to use this code on a server and for any arty that is spawned?

I have an Epoch server with traders so putting the code in the init of vehicles isn't really practical.

 

Thanks.

init of a vehicle was just an example. That's a place where the code run for server + clients (JIP or not)

To tell the truth, this code is for artillery display. So it concerns only PC with interface (players) .

 

The best place is in initPlayerLocal.sqf .

 

An acceptable one is init.sqf  Dedicated server can be skipped by:

if ! isDedidated then {  code here };
skipping dedicated server + headless client :
if  hasInterface then {   code here   };

 

[pazuzu 21]

1 hour ago, pierremgi said:

init of a vehicle was just an example. That's a place where the code run for server + clients (JIP or not)

To tell the truth, this code is for artillery display. So it concerns only PC with interface (players) .

 

The best place is in initPlayerLocal.sqf .

 

An acceptable one is init.sqf  Dedicated server can be skipped by:

if ! isDedidated then {  code here };
skipping dedicated server + headless client :
if  hasInterface then {   code here   };

 

Thank you, I'll give it a try.

[pazuzu 21]

11 hours ago, pierremgi said:

init of a vehicle was just an example. That's a place where the code run for server + clients (JIP or not)

To tell the truth, this code is for artillery display. So it concerns only PC with interface (players) .

 

The best place is in initPlayerLocal.sqf .

 

An acceptable one is init.sqf  Dedicated server can be skipped by:

if ! isDedidated then {  code here };
skipping dedicated server + headless client :
if  hasInterface then {   code here   };

 

 

This works nicely. Thank you.