Something's wrong... Can't disable legs.

[Paladin7 0]

Something very strange is happening on my rig. Did the Setdamage command stop disabling your legs at some point? I'm making a script, and a big part of it is setting the damage to a level where you can only crawl, but for some reason even if I setdamage to 0.9, I can still walk...

Did the command change in 1.09? Or is there something strange going on on my machine?

[norrin 9]

I've noticed the same thing m8. Setdamage currently reduces the health and adds the blood textures to the unit but it does not affect its ability to move unfortunately.

[Paladin7 0]

Well, I'm glad it's not something that's wrong on my machine then.

How can you force players to go prone then? Tried setunitpos "down", but I guess it only works for AI.

[Paladin7 0]

Now that I think about it, if there's no other way, I suppose you could play the going prone animation, and then check if he tries to go to kneeling or standing, and if so, pay the prone animation again.

I'm not very good with animations though.

Is there another way? An easier way? If so, what?

And if not, think someone could give me a hand with the animation idea?

[norrin 9]

Well, I'm glad it's not something that's wrong on my machine then.

How can you force players to go prone then?    Tried setunitpos "down", but I guess it only works for AI.

Hulking Unicorn wrote a little script (rPrn.sqf) for the revive scripts that forces a player to stay down when he is damaged using the setdamage command that might help.  The latest revive is available here:   http://home.iprimus.com.au/simonnsl/norrinsArmA/AI_disabled_x_1.45.zip

Extract the file and you'll find rPrn.sqf in the revive_sqf sub folder.

[dr_eyeball 16]

Yes the setDamage behaviour is a bit weird.

You could have a vehicle with damage=0.7 and all tyres damaged. Then using setDamage to 0.8 will repair all tyres and body, making it fully drivable.

However, with a tank, it appears to damage all parts equally in damage HUD but not the actual tank.

It makes simulating tyre repairs impracticle. It would be nice to have access to the damage sub-system (used by addEventHandler 'Dammaged' ).

[fasad 1]

You can wait until (or force) a unit to be in a known animation, then create a bullet, give it some velocity, and put it in his legs.

For example, try this when the player while in the generic standing still animation (name???). It also works when used in the init line:<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">

tempBullet = "B_556x45_SD" createVehicle [0,0,10];

tempBullet setVelocity [0,0,-600];

tempBullet setpos (player modelToWorld [-0.1,0.2,0.2])

Of course the player will hear the bullet and see the damage icon. You could hide this with an scripted intro or something...

[InqWiper 0]

I would use setvelocity on the player and throw him into the ground so he breaks his legs.

[dwringer 45]

haha, sorry, but the last two posts on here made me crack up

Brilliant ideas, though