Easy artillery??

[CapitanStratos 0]

Hello!

Can someone tell me how can I set up some aritllery support in ArmA2? Nothing big but the hability to call 3 or 4 support missions during the mission when and where I need the rounds

Thanks in advance!

[Brute 11]

I tried to use the SCOM and disable all of its other abilities excluding the fire support feature however it simply didnt work, I would appreciate it if someone could actually explain how to do this in decent detail?

[swtx 42]

1. Create your player

2. Select Modules

3. Select SECOPS Module

4. Sync it to your player (F5)

5. Create a Trigger and in the "on activation" select Radio "Alpha"

6. In the Trigger Init line paste this: [["artillery_barrage"], player, [[]]] call BIS_SOM_addSupportRequestFunc;

7. You are ready to wreak havoc !!!

[Brute 11]

Is there anyway to request an artillery barrage via the main communication menu?

[swtx 42]

Yes, once you do the above steps you can request artillery through the communication menu.

[CapitanStratos 0]

Thanks! Will try it asap!

Can you please make something similar for UAV's and mortars?

[Brute 11]

Yes, once you do the above steps you can request artillery through the communication menu.

You are still forced to enter the map and select Alpha on the radio though?

[CapitanStratos 0]

I found it!! Man is amazing, and very easy to request, really a great job. Hope someone can tell me how can I call mortar fire, CAS and the UAV. Also If I can have more than a single fire mission, maybe two or three?

Edited July 5, 2009 by CapitanStratos

[swtx 42]

You are still forced to enter the map and select Alpha on the radio though?

Yes that is correct...

Also If I can have more than a single fire mission, maybe two or three?

You can select "repeatedly" when you set up the trigger...hope that helps.

[Brute 11]

Thats not exactly convenient, when i first asked if the artillery barrage could be requested through the main communication menu i meant without having to select Alpha on the map radio.

Edited July 6, 2009 by Brute

[swtx 42]

Yes that is correct...

Thats not exactly convenient, when i first asked if the artillery barrage could be requested through the main communication menu i meant without having to select Alpha on the map radio.

Nope, you have to select "Radio Alpha" to initialize the artillery. I know it's not the exact solution you are looking for, but it works....

If you want to know more then try this link: http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Artillery_Module

and this link:http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=73272

As I learn more on how to set up different modules I will post them....There are some sample missions at the bottom of the Wiki artillery page that might be of interest to you.

Edited July 5, 2009 by swtx

[kylania 568]

You don't need the Radio Command. You can do it from the init.sqf, just have to wait for the SOM module to load, try this (assumes your SOM module is named SOM:

init.sqf:

 waitUntil { not isNil { SOM getVariable "initDone"} };
waitUntil { SOM getVariable "initDone" };

[["artillery_barrage"], player, [[]]] call BIS_SOM_addSupportRequestFunc;

[Brute 11]

You don't need the Radio Command. You can do it from the init.sqf, just have to wait for the SOM module to load, try this (assumes your SOM module is named SOM:

init.sqf:

 waitUntil { not isNil { SOM getVariable "initDone"} };
waitUntil { SOM getVariable "initDone" };

[["artillery_barrage"], player, [[]]] call BIS_SOM_addSupportRequestFunc;

If i am correct then this code will cause the player to have artillery support for the entire game?

I have tried what you have suggested and it doesnt seem to work :( The SOM is definitely loaded however i do not have access to the artillery support feature

Edited July 6, 2009 by Brute

[kylania 568]

Yeah, looking through both the Artillery Module and SOM module I'm not really seeing anything to limit how many times you can use it. There's probably a SOM value for that, but since the documentation is non-existent, I'm not sure.

You could setup a variable to keep track of how many times it's fired and remove the option after that perhaps?

[Brute 11]

Please read my above edit

[kylania 568]

Make sure you have your SOM module named "SOM".

[Brute 11]

Make sure you have your SOM module named "SOM".

It is. I have created an SOM module and named it SOM and then synced it to my player and added the above code to my init.sqf file.

Edited July 6, 2009 by Brute

[kylania 568]

Can you zip up your mission and upload it somewhere. Because it should be working as you just described it.

[Brute 11]

http://rapidshare.com/files/252660144/Pulkovo__MH-60S_.Chernarus.rar.html

[kylania 568]

You are missing a ; after execVM "briefing.sqf" in the first line of your init.sqf. :)

It should be:

execVM "briefing.sqf";

Had a feeling it would be something simple like that. :)

[Brute 11]

Ah, silly mistakes :p Thanks a lot

[Brute 11]

Its working perfectly now however it only seems to allow for one artillery barrage? If there any way to increase this number or make it unlimited?

[kylania 568]

One one as in one one explosion or after one use it no longer appears on your Communications menu?

If it's still on there saying 'Active' it means it's waiting for you to tell if it the hit was good and they should commit, or if you wanted to cancel the mission I think.

[Brute 11]

One one as in one one explosion or after one use it no longer appears on your Communications menu?

If it's still on there saying 'Active' it means it's waiting for you to tell if it the hit was good and they should commit, or if you wanted to cancel the mission I think.

The artillery barrage completes and then the request artillery option disappears from the communications menu and does not return (well at least it didnt for the 5min i waited)

[Brute 11]

...any ideas?