Bomb release event

[lanmancz]

Hello,

I'm trying to create a simple script that would show me how close my Mk82 landed to a dummy target unit. I'm using a S_EVENT_SHOT even handler to get the bomb and then check and report it's distance on screen. This works fine for maverick for example but for some reason a Mk82 release does not trigger this event. Do you please have any tip how to rewrite this to make it work for Mk82 as well ? I didn't notice any other event triggered by the weapon release. Is there please perhaps a different method to get the landing distance ?

 

local StaticTargetName = "DUMMY"
local BombRangeHandler = {}
function BombRangeHandler:onEvent(event)
   if event.id == world.event.S_EVENT_SHOT then
       local _ordnance = event.weapon
       local _initiator = event.initiator
       local _initname = _initiator:getName()
       local _ordnanceName = _ordnance:getTypeName()
       --trigger.action.outText("Name:".._ordnanceName, 2)
       --if _ordnanceName == "Mk82?" then
           local TrackShot = {}
           function TrackShot()
               local _shotPos = _ordnance:getPoint()
               local _staticTarget = Unit.getByName(StaticTargetName)
               local _staticTargetPos = _staticTarget:getPoint()
               local _distance = math.floor(math.sqrt(math.pow((_shotPos.x - _staticTargetPos.x), 2) + math.pow((_shotPos.y - _staticTargetPos.y), 2) + math.pow((_shotPos.z - _staticTargetPos.z), 2)))
               
               if _distance < 50 then
                   local _text = "Name: ".._initname.." Ordnance: ".._ordnanceName.." Distance: ".._distance
                   trigger.action.outText(_text, 10)
               end
               if _ordnance:isExist() == true then
                   return timer.getTime() + 0.005
               end
           end
           timer.scheduleFunction(TrackShot, nil, timer.getTime() + 1)            
       --end
   end
end

world.addEventHandler(BombRangeHandler)

edit: OK so this ^^ works fine at the moment for ordnance that triggers the ON_SHOT trigger. Once the bug that Grimes mentioned is fixed it will work for the Mk82 as well. If someone wants to use this just put a unit named 'DUMMY' (group name does not matter) on a map and run this on mission start.

Edited April 7, 2015 by lanmancz

[Yurgon]

I don't have an answer for you, but I was planning to write a script that would do the exact same thing so I'm very much interested in the answer as well!

 

If I play around and find a solution, I'll be sure to get back, but if we get lucky, maybe some of the wizards around here can point us in the right direction. :thumbup:

[Grimes]

Its a bug that was reported in the wrong forum. http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=2368086

 

Its fixed internally but still needs to be merged to the 1.2.16 open beta patch.

[lanmancz]

Ah, okay. Thanks.