How to change loadout in editor?

[Njayjay 10]

Hi there, I'm kinda new to editing, just wondering how to set my squad loadout in the editor interface?

Alternately, how do I make a vehicle carry ammo and weapon supplies for example having AE Ammo crate stuff in it to choose while in flight? Thanks

Edited January 10, 2010 by Njayjay

[Andy455 11]

To edit the loadouts of you units individually can take a bit of time if you are just typing the commands in the init field. If you do want to do that you will need: list of Arma 2 Classnames, addWeapon, addMagazine & a brain.

Explanations of how to use the commands are on the wiki but here is an example anyway (for an ACE2 sniper):

removeAllWeapons this; this addMagazine "ACE_Battery_Rangefinder"; this addWeapon "ACE_Rangefinder_OD"; {_x addMagazine "ACE_5Rnd_127x99_S_TAC50"} forEach [1,2,3,4]; this addWeapon "ACE_TAC50_SD";

As you can see that takes up quite a bit of space in the init field so I prefer to just put that into a script or something then just run it with execVM.

To add weapons to a vehicle you can use addWeaponCargo & addMagazineCargo, they both behave like the addWeapon & addMagazine commands so it should be easy to work out.

[FredTche 10]

I tried this with the M16A4 and it worked. Later I tried "FN FAL" and it didnt. Can anyone help me?

[buliwyf 4]

I guess you tried with wrong classnames... take a look HERE.

;)

[FredTche 10]

@Buliwyf, thanks for the link, it will be useful in the future but it didnt include the FN FAL. I did manage to add it, though. My problem now is how to add multiple magazines to a weapon. Does anyone know?

[roguetrooper 2]

It is strongly recommended to read Mr. Murray's Editor Guide to get started with those really easy (compared to other) things.

in the init-line:

{this addmagazine "MAGAZINE_CLASSNAME"} forEach [1,2,3,4,5];

This adds 5 magazines. Magazines have to be added to the inventory BEFORE the weapon is added; otherwise the weapon is not loaded at start,

[FredTche 10]

Thanks, trooper. This will help me a lot in the future. Nothing you said was in the tutorial I am reading and that is quite frustrating. Im trying to convert the Chernarusian UN troops to UN with Brazilian gear and now it is possible.