Filling more than 1 ammo crate

[RedRaider 0]

Greetings all,

Alright I've spent a while searching on the forum for a solution but have not as yet found one, so I apologise in advance if this has indeed been answered already.

I am creating a mission in which I have 2 empty ammo crates. I wish to be able to have text files in my mission folder that contain preset inventories for different types of crate.

For example, the file "WestCrateGuns.txt" contains the following text:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">clearWeaponCargo this;

clearMagazineCargo this;

this addMagazineCargo ["M16",100];

this addWeaponCargo ["M16",10];

this addMagazineCargo ["M4",100];

this addWeaponCargo ["M4",10];

this addWeaponCargo ["XMS",10];

this addMagazineCargo ["HK",100];

this addWeaponCargo ["HK",10];

this addMagazineCargo ["M21",100];

this addWeaponCargo ["M21",10];

this addMagazineCargo ["HKG3",100];

this addWeaponCargo ["HKG3",10];

this addMagazineCargo ["Steyrmag",100];

this addWeaponCargo ["Steyr",10];

this addMagazineCargo ["M60",100];

this addWeaponCargo ["M60",10];

The file "WestCrateExplosives.txt" contains the following text:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">clearWeaponCargo this;

clearMagazineCargo this;

this addMagazineCargo ["CarlGustavLauncher",100];

this addWeaponCargo ["CarlGustavLauncher",10];

this addMagazineCargo ["LAWLauncher",100];

this addWeaponCargo ["LAWLauncher",10];

this addMagazineCargo ["AALauncher",100];

this addWeaponCargo ["AALauncher",10];

this addMagazineCargo ["Pipebomb",30];

In the Init section of the first crate I have put:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">[] exec "WestCrateGuns.txt"

And for the second crate:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">[] exec "WestCrateExplosives.txt"

When I play the mission, the crate with "WestCrateGuns.txt" does not contain the correct weapons. It appears to have M16 magazines and hand grenades, which I presume is the original loadout for that type of crate.

The crate with "WestCrateExplosives.txt" does contain all the correct weapons.

If I delete the explosives crate, then suddenly the guns crate works correctly. But if I have both then only the explosives one works.

Any ideas? Is there some kind of OpFlash problem with having more than one custom-loaded crate?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

RedRaider

[Bosun 0]

Hello RedRaider. You can have as many different ammo crates as you wish. I think your problem is when you save your files; make sure you save as all files rather than txt files. And then when triggering in game;

[] exec "WestCrateGuns.sqs" Hope this helps.

[Bosun 0]

Okay just to further confuse you. If that still doesn't make your ammo crates work, l think you might try;

clearWeaponCargo first

clearMagazineCargo first

first addMagazineCargo ["M16",100]

first addWeaponCargo ["M16",10]

first addMagazineCargo ["M4",100]

first addWeaponCargo ["M4",10]

first addWeaponCargo ["XMS",10]

first addMagazineCargo ["HK",100]

first addWeaponCargo ["HK",10]

first addMagazineCargo ["M21",100]

first addWeaponCargo ["M21",10]

first addMagazineCargo ["HKG3",100]

first addWeaponCargo ["HKG3",10]

first addMagazineCargo ["Steyrmag",100]

first addWeaponCargo ["Steyr",10]

first addMagazineCargo ["M60",100]

first addWeaponCargo ["M60",10]

So....give your ammo crate name of first (or whatever) and then in init line ; [this] exec "first.sqs" and repeat the same for your second;

clearWeaponCargo second

clearMagazineCargo second

second addMagazineCargo ["CarlGustavLauncher",100]

second addWeaponCargo ["CarlGustavLauncher",10]

second addMagazineCargo ["LAWLauncher",100]

second addWeaponCargo ["LAWLauncher",10]

second addMagazineCargo ["AALauncher",100]

second addWeaponCargo ["AALauncher",10]

second addMagazineCargo ["Pipebomb",30]

and in the init line; [this] exec "second.sqs"

I did test this and it does work.

[RedRaider 0]

Thanks for your help mate. I appreciate it. :-)

[Softegg 0]

For example, the file "WestCrateGuns.txt" contains the following text:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">clearWeaponCargo this;

clearMagazineCargo this;

this addMagazineCargo ["M16",100];

this addWeaponCargo ["M16",10];

this addMagazineCargo ["M4",100];

this addWeaponCargo ["M4",10];

this addWeaponCargo ["XMS",10];

this addMagazineCargo ["HK",100];

this addWeaponCargo ["HK",10];

this addMagazineCargo ["M21",100];

this addWeaponCargo ["M21",10];

this addMagazineCargo ["HKG3",100];

this addWeaponCargo ["HKG3",10];

this addMagazineCargo ["Steyrmag",100];

this addWeaponCargo ["Steyr",10];

this addMagazineCargo ["M60",100];

this addWeaponCargo ["M60",10];

The file "WestCrateExplosives.txt" contains the following text:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">clearWeaponCargo this;

clearMagazineCargo this;

this addMagazineCargo ["CarlGustavLauncher",100];

this addWeaponCargo ["CarlGustavLauncher",10];

this addMagazineCargo ["LAWLauncher",100];

this addWeaponCargo ["LAWLauncher",10];

this addMagazineCargo ["AALauncher",100];

this addWeaponCargo ["AALauncher",10];

this addMagazineCargo ["Pipebomb",30];

In the Init section of the first crate I have put:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">[] exec "WestCrateGuns.txt"

And for the second crate:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">[] exec "WestCrateExplosives.txt"

your first try was nearly correct, but you forgot to pass the ammobox-object to the script.

it would work like this:

[this] exec "WestCrateGuns.txt"

[this] exec "WestCrateExplosives.txt"

[Trapper 0]

Call the script with this exec "WestCrateGuns.txt" and change all global "this" in the scripts to local "_this".

I think it screws up the script if you use a global "this". Noone can't tell what it stands for in the moment of multiple script executions.