(alive) issue for weapons. Need help in scripting.

[Marz1pan 0]

Hello guys. Have a following problem.

I am making mission for MP. The task is to find a special launcher (Titan, i'm giving him name in editor tit1).

I have also a certain script  if tit1 is not alive. 

But, when i take the spawned launcher in game (I place it in editor on the ground), it appears to be dead after that.  (alive tit1 returns false).

Sorry if it is  a bit difficult to understand.

Is there any way to overcome this? So that tit1 dies only if it is in inventory of a car, that explodes, for example.

[sarogahtyp 1108]

I guss you need to name the groundweaponholder which holds your weapon because a weapon is no object but that weaponholder is.

 

the problem is the groundweapon holder. a weapon is not an object which can be alive but that weapon holder is.

if u take the launcher from ground then YOU are the new weapon holder and those ground weapon holder despawns and is not alive anymore.

if you lay it down again then a new ground weapon holder spawns to hold that weapon...

 

I found a howto which shows something with the ground weapon holder. might help a bit to understand:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=248749766

[Marz1pan 0]

As far as i understand, if a place it from the editor, it's already a groundweaponholder.

So when the weapon is taken, holder dissapears and thus returns false on alive. But if you say that a weapon is not an object..

Seems that I'll have to find another way.

Thanks)

 

Bacically what i need -> A Box should be delivered to the trigger. I write the position of the box so that if it's destroyed, one more spawns on that place. The only way i managed to destroy it - put it in ACE cargo of a car and destroy the car. (And this is the only way ti move it fast).

But on dedicated server it doesn't work. After destroying the car {alive box} returns true, but the model itself is nowhere. Maybe there is a way to check whether the Cargo holding the box is destroyed. 

[Dedmen 2714]

13 hours ago, Marz1pan said:

it appears to be dead after that

Well... A rocket launcher is not really a living thing is it?

11 hours ago, Marz1pan said:

After destroying the car {alive box} returns true, but the model itself is nowhere

The model is invisible 100m under the car under the ground, as that's how ACE cargo works.

[nkenny 1057]

 Perhaps the easier solution is to change the task.  If the Titan launcher is not meant to be fired during the mission-- any stand in intel or prototype document may take its place. An alternate option may be that the special Titan launcher is a Static weapon.  Perhaps this will ease your implementation? 

 

Speaking as a reasonably veteran mission designer, if the technology is holding you back-- think outside the box. It is better to keep producing content than rub your head uselessly against the same problem.  

 

-k