Starting Empty Searchlights On

[HateDread 13]

Hey guys,

As the title suggests, how do I script a searchlight to start on, without having to be manned? Something in the initialization field?

Cheers.

[HateDread 13]

Actually, this applies for any vehicle; I want to start them with their lights on. What do I put in the initialization field?

[cobra4v320 27]

Searchlights will work without a man in them:

Condition field

(daytime > 19.75 || daytime < 4.25)

19.75 is the time on 4.25 is the time off.

On Activation Field

player action ["lightOn", nameofyourlight]

On Deactivation

player action ["lightOff", nameofyourlight]

Set the trigger to repeatedly.

[HateDread 13]

Thankyou.

If I set this for vehicles, it'll over-ride the driver's light toggle, won't it? Problem is I'd still like the driver to be able to turn them off to go stealth. They only need to be on at the start.

Is it possible to do this, but only at first, and when they respawn? It's just so people at the base can see the vehicles, at night, get in, then choose whether they want the lights on or off.

Thanks so far.

EDIT: Ok, so they work, mostly. They can be switched off by the driver, and they stay off, untill turned on again. Only thing I need to fix is the lights not being on when the vehicle respawns using the PVP Script Pack. How would I do this? Something to add to the initialization field?

Edited September 5, 2009 by HateDread

[cobra4v320 27]

Here is the list of actions.

Also if it is night time and the vehicle is set to setbehavior "careless" it will keep its lights on if it set to setbehavior "combat" it will turn them off.

[HateDread 13]

Thanks for that list.

But how would I go about applying such an action to a vehicle that respawns? It doesn't work (lighton, etc), when they respawn.

[kylania 568]

you have respawning searchlights? :)

[HateDread 13]

No ( :P ), but as I said, I am applying the same commands to vehicles (LAV's, BMP's, etc), so that the players can easily find them to get in, and use, as the mission starts at night.

But when the vehicles are destroyed, and they respawn, the 'lighton trigger' no longer works. Any help?

[kylania 568]

If you put the command in their init, Tophe's nice respawn script will respawn then with their init and it'll run again.

[cobra4v320 27]

Try what kylania said with the respawn script, otherwise you can try something along these lines:

condition field

Alive unit

On activation

player action ["lightOn", nameofyourlight]

[HateDread 13]

I'll try that out, thanks.

How do I set a trigger for multiple units? Like, how do I have multiple "nameofyourlight"s, such as Light1, Light2, Light3, etc, in the one code?

[cobra4v320 27]

This is how I do it, there might be a way to consolidate but I dont know how to do it.

player action ["lightOn", light1]; player action ["lightOn", light2]; player action ["lightOn", light3]

[kylania 568]

for "_i" from 1 to 4 do {  // change 4 to how many lights you have.
_light = "light" + str(_i);
player action["lighton",call compile format["%1",_light]];
};

[HateDread 13]

Sorry, but how do I use what you just wrote? In a trigger's "on Activation"? It seems different to that sorta stuff.

[spirit6 51]

By the way there is this function also

http://dev-heaven.net/repositories/entry/cmb/scripts/A2/unformatted/ca/missions/armory/Data/Scripts/Functions/isNight.sqf

[cobra4v320 27]

@hatedread

Condition:

(daytime > 19.00 || daytime < 5)

On Act:

for "_i" from 1 to 3 do {_light = "light" + str(_i); player action["lighton",call compile format["%1",_light]];};

On DeAct:

for "_i" from 1 to 3 do {_light = "light" + str(_i); player action["lightoff",call compile format["%1",_light]];};

@Kylania

Thanks for that info.