Set damage on unit

[TheTrooper]

Hi all. In the mission editor, is there a way to set damage to a unit? In particular set the damage to an oil tanker (Tanker Elnya 160) so it's smoking?

 

Can this only be done with a scrtipt and if so where would I put it?

[Hardcard]

AFAIK, this can't be done, not even with scripts. DCS objects always spawn with full health.

 

You could, however, set off an explosion on spawn, that would damage it.

[TheTrooper]

That's fine. How would I go about doijng that?

[Hardcard]

The following script will generate an explosion on the designated unit (required field marked in red, don't remove the quotation marks):

 

 

local Explosion_Location = Unit.getByName("UNIT name of the ship in ME"):getPoint()

 

if Explosion_Location ~= nil then

 

trigger.action.explosion(Explosion_Location, 120) -- 120 is the minimum explosion power required to get the Elnya tanker smoking. Keep in mind that it'll stop smoking 9 minutes after the explosion

 

end

 

 

I'm assuming you aren't using a static Elnya tanker, btw. Let me know if you are.

Edited June 30, 2019 by Hardcard

[TheTrooper]

Yeah I am using the Elnya tanker

[Hardcard]

Yes, but what kind of Elnya Tanker are you using? The standard unit or the static?

 

In other words, did you pick it using the ship icon or the statics/structures icon?

[TheTrooper]

Currently they're not the static ones. Standard ones. I'll go with which ever is the easiest though to achieve what I'm after.

[Hardcard]

As it's written, the script will work with any standard unit, as long as it exists on the map and has the ME unit name that you've indicated in the script.

Edited June 30, 2019 by Hardcard