Make unit have 100% of guns

[TheTrooper]

Hi, is there a way to script a unit to have 100% guns? It'm starting it at 0% but if it fires a missile to give it 100% guns.

or even better actually a script to tell if a unit has fired? I would probably need something else though to give them their chaff and flares back later when required as I guess chaff or flares would also trigger it.

Edited May 9, 2021 by TheTrooper

[cfrag]

I'm not quite sure what your question is.

 

2 hours ago, TheTrooper said:

Hi, is there a way to script a unit to have 100% guns? 

 

If by 100% guns you mean 100% of possible ammo, yes. But you can only control that before you spawn the unit when you create the payload table

 

2 hours ago, TheTrooper said:

It'm starting it at 0% but if it fires a missile to give it 100% guns.

 

I don't know what that means

 

2 hours ago, TheTrooper said:

or even better actually a script to tell if a unit has fired?

 

Yes, you can detect if a unit has fired. These are the events that you can subscribe to be notified, and I believe the S_EVENT_SHOOTING_START is the one you are interested in

 

2 hours ago, TheTrooper said:

 I would probably need something else though to give them their chaff and flares back later when required as I guess chaff or flares would also trigger it.

 

I don't know what that means

 

[toutenglisse]

3 hours ago, TheTrooper said:

Hi, is there a way to script a unit to have 100% guns? It'm starting it at 0% but if it fires a missile to give it 100% guns.

or even better actually a script to tell if a unit has fired? I would probably need something else though to give them their chaff and flares back later when required as I guess chaff or flares would also trigger it.

 

 

Yes, but only using workaround that is not optimal.

 

The only way to  turn an active unit with 0%gun to 100%gun, except rearm at base of course, is to replace it by same unit with same parameters (at the time you replace it) + 100%gun.

It will be a dynamically created unit (you'll only be able to "work" on it by script, not with mission editor).

 

You can make this happen when this unit shoots a missile, but the missile has to be "fire and forget" as the shooting unit will instantly disappear.

 

Here an example : Mig29s invincible with 1 R77 and 0%gun VS F/A-18c invincible with 100%gun. When the Mig29s shoots with R77 it is replaced by another one with no missile and 100%gun.

(replacement is not perfect as shared parameters are : point in space, heading and speed, but not same attitude/banking)

 

test-replace-rearm2.miz