Weapon Index

[mandoble 1]

Is there any way to find out the first weapon index of a named weapon? I mean a valid index to be used with action "UseWeapon".

Im trying this, which seems to work for vehicles, but not for soldiers:

private["_veh", "_i", "_modes", "_muzzles", "_weapons"];
_veh = _this select 0;
_msg = "";
_muzzles  =[];
_modes = [];
_weapons = [];
// _weapons = ["Throw"];
_weapons = _weapons + weapons _veh;
_i = 0;
{
  _msg = _msg + format["W:%1 - Index:%2\n",_x, _i];
//   _muzzles = getArray(configFile>>"cfgWeapons" >> _x >> "muzzles");
  _modes = getArray(configFile>>"cfgWeapons" >> _x >> "modes"); 
  _i = _i + (((count _muzzles) + (count _modes)) max 1);
} forEach _weapons;

hint format["%1", _msg];

Edited October 22, 2009 by Mandoble

[Big_Daddy 10]

I've played around with your script some.

I don't think there will be a way to reliably get the index number. You'll have to check to see if the unit is carrying hand grenades, mines, and satchels as that is included in the actions. You'd have to get that from magazines. And add it in. Only issue is where to add it. You can't add it at the beginning, or the end i.e. _weapons + _mags.

From the limited testing I did, it seemed index 3-4 depending on the primary weapon used was the hand grenades.

Possibly, if your remove all weapons, then add them back in a certain order. Something like:

grenades

satchels

mines

magazines

Primary weapon

Secondary weapon

Pistol

night vision

compas etc

Then you could add the mags + _weapons, check to see if it has a muzzle (grenades, satchels, mines) then add the modes to that but only if it has a muzzle.

so:

grenade - 0

grenade - 0

grenade - 0

satchel - 1

primary weapon single - 2

primary weapon burst - 3

secondary weapon single - 4

pistol - 5

night vision - 6

etc

[mandoble 1]

It might be even more tricky if we consider items like map, etc are also counted as weapons. One thing is clear, if you drop weapons the index is recalculated. So ArmA2 engine should be following a rule that should be applicable also via scripting.

[Rommel 2]

_weapons = _weapons + weapons _veh;
_i = 0;
{
  _msg = _msg + format["W:%1 - Index:%2\n",_x, _i];
//   _muzzles = getArray(configFile>>"cfgWeapons" >> _x >> "muzzles");
  _modes = getArray(configFile>>"cfgWeapons" >> _x >> "modes"); 
  _i = _i + (((count _muzzles) + (count _modes)) max 1);
} forEach _weapons;

How can that work, _weapons is never defined!? :p

[mandoble 1]

lol, it is, in the copy/paste I missed to include it.

_weapons in my tests were defined as [] or as ["Throw"] before adding the rest of the weapons ot the unit.

[tcp 10]

Would it be bad practice to reorder all the weapons and magazines except for the one you want to use, so that is will be the first weapon index?

EDIT: Happened to finally come across a way to do it. See:

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki?title=Talk:ArmA:_Actions#weapon_index

Edited January 26, 2010 by tcp