Mark location with smoke

[Callsign 128]

I have searched but haven't found any luck.

How do I simply get a guy to select SmokeShellRed and fire it when triggered?

In the blackhawk tutorial mission in arma1 it had it very simply done but I can't for the life of me remember how it was done (now uninstalled).

thanks

[kylania 568]

I searched for "SmokeShell" and found these all on the first search page. Hope you're luckier in love than you are in searching. ;)

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=83215&highlight=smokeshell

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=80451&highlight=smokeshell

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=80463&highlight=smokeshell

[Callsign 128]

Wow all of those threads are completely irrelevant apart from the fact they contain information on smoke shells, not scripting an AI to throw one when told.

[kylania 568]

Considering the exhaustive search you obviously did I guess I assumed you'd have found the following command, my apologies.

aiUnit fire "SmokeShellMuzzle";

While you can certainly get an AI to throw a single smokeshell, and it'll dissipate within seconds. Kinda lame. However the first link I offered tells you how to KEEP the smoke there.

Should you have searched a little more you might have found a script I wrote that contains code for a constant thick plume of colored smoke as well.

But hey, you seem on the ball so I'm sure you'll get it figured out.

[Callsign 128]

I don't need the smoke to stay there for long, but thanks anyway