A-10's and Cobra Gunships - how to make them guns only?

[jpinard 10]

I'm doing some sound testing (and mission scripting) and I need to make the all the helicopters and jets "guns" only. So their loadout carries ZERO bombs. I want to pre-assign this in the mission editor. How do I do this?

Thanks!

[Joshii 10]

Uhm..

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/removeAllWeapons

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/weapons

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addWeapon

1. Find out which weapons they have using weapons

2. Into the init put removeAllWeapons and then addWeapon for the ones you want in it.

3. Add ammo for the guns you added.

4. Done

[franze 196]

An on-the-fly method you can use:

hint format ["%1 %2",weapons this,magazines this]

When you test it, it will give you the weapons and magazines for the unit. Counting from 0 on the weapon list, you can remove the unwanted weapons like this:

this removeweapon (weapons this select x)

Where x is the weapon number in the weapons array.

Working example:

hint format ["%1 %2",weapons this,magazines this] (used on AH-1Z might return: ["M197","HELLFIRELAUNCHER","HydraLauncher"] ["M197_750rnd","HELLFIRE_8rnd","Hydra_38rnd"]

Then you would use this in the init field:

this removeweapon (weapons this select 1); this removeweapon (weapons this select 2)

Which would remove the weapons "HELLFIRELAUNCHER" and "HydraLauncher".

A little more complicated but saves you from having to skip around documents trying to find the current weapons on the unit.

[jpinard 10]

I just spent the last hour on this (didn't know if anyone would up this late) and this is what I came up with on my own for the A10:

this removemagazines "2Rnd_Maverick_A10";this removemagazines "2Rnd_Sidewinder_AH1Z";this removemagazines "14Rnd_FFAR";this removemagazines "4Rnd_GBU12"

I came to this by going backwards from adding a Javelin to a soldier. In another vein when I try to add ammo I'm having no success. What is the context for how many rounds/magazine you want to give them? is it just a comma, then the number you want them to have? ie. Giving my guy a Javelin antitank and want to also add 3 rounds (so far I can add the Javelin with the magazine syntax, but ammo syntax doesn't work):

this addweapon "Javelin";this addammo "M_Javelin_AT",3

<-------- so far that doesn't work Edited April 27, 2010 by jpinard

[franze 196]

You have to add multiple magazines individually, not all at once.

ie this addmagazine "Mag"; this addmagazine "Mag" etc. until you've given them the number of mags you want.

[eggbeast 3685]

here's part of a script i use to uparm the A10 amongst other planes and choppers

			if(_type == "A10") then 
		{
			_weapons = weapons _vec;
			_vec removeMagazine "6Rnd_Mk82";
			_vec addMagazine "6Rnd_Mk82";
			if(not ("Mk82BombLauncher_6" in _weapons)) then {_vec addweapon "Mk82BombLauncher_6"};
			_vec removeMagazine "1350Rnd_30mmAP_A10";
			_vec removeMagazine "1350Rnd_30mmAP_A10";
			_vec addMagazine "1350Rnd_30mmAP_A10";
			_vec addMagazine "1350Rnd_30mmAP_A10";
			_vec removeMagazine "2Rnd_Maverick_A10";
			_vec removeMagazine "2Rnd_Maverick_A10";
			_vec addMagazine "2Rnd_Maverick_A10";
			_vec addMagazine "2Rnd_Maverick_A10";
			if(("FFARLauncher_14" in _weapons)) then {_vec removeweapon "FFARLauncher_14";_vec removeMagazine "14Rnd_FFAR"};
			_vec removeMagazine "38Rnd_FFAR";
			_vec removeMagazine "38Rnd_FFAR";
			_vec addMagazine "38Rnd_FFAR";
			_vec addMagazine "38Rnd_FFAR";
			if(not ("FFARLauncher" in _weapons)) then {_vec addweapon "FFARLauncher"};
		};

you can borrow parts of this to remove weapons or mags

note - as franze said - we don't deal in ammo, just in mags and weapons...

[galzohar 31]

If you run the hint format ["%1 %2",weapons this,magazines this] command you already know the weapon/magazine names and can just remove them directly.

removeAllWeapons does not seem to work with vehicles, only removeWeapon.

eggbeast, I doubt an A-10 armed like that would even be able to stay up in the air IRL :)

[eggbeast 3685]

we just skimp on the fuel