Artillery too close?

[gc8 970]

Hi

I made script that makes the artillery fire but if the artillery is too close to the target it wont fire. The inRangeOfArtillery command however always returns true for too near artillery.

So my question is, is there way to detect if artillery too close to the target?

 

thx!

[Harzach 2507]

5 hours ago, gc8 said:

I made script

 

You know what the first question is going to be.

[gc8 970]

Just now, Harzach said:

You know what the first question is going to be.

 

umm no, any clues?

[zagor64bz 1225]

2 minutes ago, gc8 said:

 

umm no, any clues?

..."script"...

[gc8 970]

You want to see the script?

 

[zagor64bz 1225]

Just now, gc8 said:

You want to see the script?

 

[gc8 970]

Alright it's quite messy though because it's just a rough prototype with infinite ammo for the arty

 

_vehType = typeof arty;

_vehConf = configfile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _vehType;

_turrets = _vehConf >> "turrets";

//systemchat format["...: %1",_turrets];

mags = [];

for "_t" from 0 to (count _turrets - 1) do
{
_turret = _turrets select _t;

_weapons = getArray (_turret >> "weapons");

{
 _weapName = _x;
 _weap = configfile >> "cfgWeapons" >> _x;
 _mags = getArray(_weap >> "magazines");
 
 
 {
  _mag = configfile >> "cfgMagazines" >> _x;
  systemchat format["_mag: %1", _mag];
  
  // mags pushbackunique (getText(_mag >> "ammo"));
  mags pushbackunique [_weapName,_x];
  
 } foreach _mags;
 
} foreach _weapons;


// systemchat format["Tur: %1",getArray (_turret >> "weapons")];

};

getVehicles =
{
 params ["_group"];
 
private _vehs = [];
{
 if(vehicle _x != _x && alive _x) then
 {
  _vehs pushBackUnique (vehicle _x);
 };
} forEach (units _group);

_vehs
};


sleep 0.5;
if(count mags > 0) then
{

_wm = mags select 0;
_weapName = _wm select 0;
_mag = _wm select 1;

systemchat format["Firing... %1 %2", _mag, (getMarkerPos "target") inRangeOfArtillery [[arty], _mag]  ];

_group = group arty;
_vehs = _group call getVehicles;

{

_x doArtilleryFire [getmarkerpos "target", _mag, 100];

[_x,_weapName] spawn
{
 params ["_v","_weapName"];
 while { true } do { sleep 0.1; _v setammo [_weapName,100]; };
};

} foreach _vehs;

};

 

arty is the mlrs placed on the map.

[pierremgi 4739]

getmarkerpos "target" inRangeOfArtillery [[arty], arty currentMagazineTurret [0]]

[gc8 970]

3 minutes ago, pierremgi said:

getmarkerpos "target" inRangeOfArtillery [[arty], arty currentMagazineTurret [0]]

 

That seems to work, thanks! But what about different magazines? Unless I'm mistaken the artilleries in arma can fire different kinds of rounds

[pierremgi 4739]

No problem. The "currentMagazine" is ... the current used mag.

[gc8 970]

2 minutes ago, pierremgi said:

No problem. The "currentMagazine" is ... the current used mag.

 

Right, but how do I make the artillery fire specific ammo type then? The whole purpose of my script was to find those different ammo types

[pierremgi 4739]

You can use :

arty magazinesTurret [0] for the array of magazines. turret [0] is always the gunner (in fine mods also)

[gc8 970]

@pierremgi Ok so no need to go config digging thanks

 

But I'm still unable to make the artillery fire at certain range even the inRangeOfArtillery returns true

 

here's my code:

 

getVehicles =
{
 params ["_group"];
 
private _vehs = [];
{
 if(vehicle _x != _x && alive _x) then
 {
  _vehs pushBackUnique (vehicle _x);
 };
} forEach (units _group);

_vehs
};



sleep 0.5;

_mags = arty magazinesTurret [0];
_mag = selectrandom _mags;

systemchat format["Firing... %1 %2", _mag, (getMarkerPos "target") inRangeOfArtillery [[arty], _mag]  ];

_group = group arty;
_vehs = _group call getVehicles;

{

_x doArtilleryFire [getmarkerpos "target", _mag, 100];

} foreach _vehs;

If I place the artillery further from the target it fires

[gc8 970]

wait i forgot something :)

 

[gc8 970]

Ok updated the code but the arty doesn't fire, yet inRangeOfArtillery returns true

 

sleep 0.5;

_mags = arty magazinesTurret [0];
_mag = selectrandom _mags;


systemchat format["Firing... %1 %2", _mag, (getMarkerPos "target") inRangeOfArtillery [[arty], arty currentMagazineTurret [0]]  ];

_group = group arty;
_vehs = _group call getVehicles;

{

_x doArtilleryFire [getmarkerpos "target", _mag, 100];

} foreach _vehs;

 

[pierremgi 4739]

It seems there is a problem with flares (at least on MK6 mortar) You need to fire them closer than the max close range. I don't know why.

 

Not tested, but stay in range of the burst. Example a mortar can't fire more than 8 shells in a burst.

[gc8 970]

@pierremgi Hmm in my test mission it's MLRS. and it has only one mag, the rockets

 

Edit: The artillery actually reacts to the fire command but does not fire...

[pierremgi 4739]

Your code should work. Verify :

_group call getVehicles

That doesn't have sense without the getVehicles code.

 

_vehs = vehicles select {group _x == group arty}

[gc8 970]

@pierremgi I was actually using the getvehicles just omitted it from the post to save some space :)

 

I've been playing with the artillery code but can't figure it out. 

 

• Artillery far = fires and inRangeOfArtillery = true
• Artillery very close = does not fire and inRangeOfArtillery = false
• Artillery somewhere in the mid range = does not fire but inRangeOfArtillery = true     <------ The problem

[pierremgi 4739]

I can't reproduce your problem. My 3 MLRS fire what ever the distance if not too close (then inRangeOfArtillery = false also).

Do you have more info on map, position of arty, position of marker, used mods...?

 

And perhaps the whole script with your loop for infinite ammo. Sometimes, things must have time to run an animation or an engine macro.

[gc8 970]

11 minutes ago, pierremgi said:

Do you have more info on map, position of arty, position of marker, used mods...?

 

Malden. I just disabled all mods and it still doesnt work

 

11 minutes ago, pierremgi said:

And perhaps the whole script with your loop for infinite ammo. Sometimes, things must have time to run an animation or an engine macro.

 

Havent used that code anymore

 

Here if you want to test I uploaded the whole test mission: google drive

[pierremgi 4739]

That's a kind of 3den entity messing. mission.sqm is very fragile for that kind of engine: artillery, linked objects like support module... Don't ask me why.

You just have to move your artillery (3 m left on the road, for example). test it. Then, You can replace it at the former position after that.

Worked for me and it's not the first time artillery messes like that.

[gc8 970]

12 hours ago, pierremgi said:

That's a kind of 3den entity messing. mission.sqm is very fragile for that kind of engine: artillery, linked objects like support module... Don't ask me why.

You just have to move your artillery (3 m left on the road, for example). test it. Then, You can replace it at the former position after that.

Worked for me and it's not the first time artillery messes like that.

 

So your saying eden placed artillery is causing this bug?

[pierremgi 4739]

7 hours ago, gc8 said:

 

So your saying eden placed artillery is causing this bug?

Depending on so much things: translated old mission form old 2D editor, lots of modifications adding/erasing modules, scripts calling init field or expression field... That works 95% of time.

After that, there are some conditions of manipulation which let you think all is clear but that doesn't work. Make a few alteration: move slightly the artillery (some obstacle in terrain?), the artillery works. Delete/ remake links on support modules, they work again, ungroup/refgroup the vehicles in convoy, the convoy behavior is far better...

I used to alter some little things on concerned objects to make it work. Not a solution for bad script but that repairs some macros or FSM sometimes, imho.

[gc8 970]

It's also little bit difficult to find a spot for the artillery where it fails to fire. I'm hoping that as long as the artillery is not eden placed or as long as it moves to some location it will fire