Badluck.sqf

[wogz187 1086]

I propose a community project for this thread,

BAD LUCK.

Write a script snippet that applies a negative effect on the player character whenever the variable Badluck==1.

Example
Engine overheat
 

EngineStallh = [] spawn {

  waitUntil {
    sleep 0.5; 
    Badluck==1 && (getPos xPLANE) select 2 > 300  && speed xPLANE > 400
    }; 
    xPLANE engineON false;
    vehicle player setHit ["motor", 1];
sleep 40;
    hint "Try the engine again";
    vehicle player setHit ["motor", 0];
sleep 4;
    hint "":
};

It could be anything. A fog cloud suddenly obscuring a target, equipment lost to a hole in a sack or weapon jams. Anything that makes the player hiss and say, "Damn-it! Bad luck!".
Submit your script snippets below and let's see what kind of mean, gnarly challenges we can come up with.

It would be hilarious to spawn a tank on the player's head but not very useful in a real mission. Try to keep it useful-- but still clever and fair.

One more example,
 

//naked player
if (Badluck==1 && getdammage player > 0) then {
    hint "Your uniform is tattered and fell off";
    removeUniform player;
sleep 120;
    player addUniform "U_C_poloshirt_salmon";
    hint "You found some common clothes";
sleep 4;
	hint "";
    };

 

[killzone_kid 1330]

player setDamage 1;

hint "You have unexpectedly passed away, better luck next time, chap!"

[beno_83au 1369]

waitUntil {badLuck == 1};

player setVelocity [0,0,∞ + 1];

hint parseText "<img image=''/>"

[wogz187 1086]

@killzone_kid

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player setDamage 1;

hint "You have unexpectedly passed away, better luck next time, chap!"

 

Nice. But you forgot the variable.
Suggest:
 

  waitUntil {
                  sleep  0.5; 
                  Badluck==1 && SickAunt==0
       }; 
hint "Your timely aunt has passed away and you're stricken with grief."
                  player setDamage 0.5;
                  playSound ["WoundedGuyC_03", true]; //weeping
sleep 5;
hint "It hurts to miss somebody.";
sleep 5;
                  player setDamage 0.8;
hint "Sometimes it feels like you're gonna die.";
sleep 5;
                  player setDamage 0;
hint "But you can't. You have to carry on." 
sleep 5;
hint "Because that's what aunty would want for you.";
};

@ben0_83au,
Nicely done!

[killzone_kid 1330]

9 minutes ago, wogz187 said:

Nice. But you forgot the variable

I haven't. You place it at the beginning of init.sqf 

[pierremgi 4875]

Bad luck is too easy. Just play Arma as leader of a group of AIs.
Good luck is far more difficult!

[wogz187 1086]

@pierremgi,
 

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Bad luck is too easy. Just play Arma as leader of a group of AIs.

So something like this,

//Trooper Lead
if (Badluck==1 && KlendathuINV==1) then {
6thMID= [player, player, player, player] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;
    group player selectLeader 6thMID;
	hint "You got promoted, Rico!";
sleep 4;
	hint "";
    Carl sidechat "Every day I have to make decisions that send hundreds of people like you to their deaths.";
    Rico sidechat "Didn't they tell you, Colonel? That's what the Mobile Infantry is good for.";
[true,["task1"],["Bug Planet","Destroy","BrainBUGmark"],planetKLENd,1,3,true] call BIS_fnc_taskCreate;
    };