Notification on Specific Named Unit Launching Missile

[Toni Carrera]

Hi All,

Is there a way that I could be notified by way of a 'Message to All'' when a specific named unit launches his AGM-88C. I know I can do Missile in Zone, but I am looking for a specific named unit fires his/hers AGM-88C, not just when an AGM-88C in the designated trigger area

Thanks 

Toni

Edited November 25, 2021 by Toni Carrera

[Sedlo]

@Toni Carrera, you seem like a keen mission maker, and you are about to fall down the addictive rabbithole known as scripting!   This will get you started down the path, and I apologize in advance if it starts to consume a lot of time (it did that for me).

OK, you are going to need some scripting to achieve what you are seeking. 

• For the AGM-88 being launched by a specific unit, copy and paste the script below as a "Do Script" command sometime before you need it (make sure to make a condition that the firing unit is still alive).  
• This script will detect when a unit named CHEVY 11 fires an AGM-88.  It will also set flag 8000 to become active and increment it's value by 1 each time CHEVY 11 fires a HARM.   The flag thing isn't mandatory, it's just a way to keep score, in case you want to use it later. 
• The script also puts a text message up (in this case for 3 seconds.  You can change that if you'd like).
• Make sure you use the UNIT NAME in the script, it won't work with the group name. 

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Handler = {}
function Handler:onEvent(event)
if event.id == world.event.S_EVENT_SHOT and event.initiator == Unit.getByName('CHEVY 11') then
              local Weapon_Type = event.weapon:getTypeName()
              if Weapon_Type == "AGM_88" then
                 flag_value = trigger.misc.getUserFlag('8000')
                 trigger.action.setUserFlag('8000', flag_value + 1)
                 trigger.action.outText('CHEVY 11, MAGNUM!!', 3)    
               end
           end
       end
 
world.addEventHandler(Handler)

 

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This will get you started.  GRIMES and others keep the SSE documentation updated here: https://wiki.hoggitworld.com/view/Simulator_Scripting_Engine_Documentation

Try the script above, and then check out the SSE docs, it really opens up the possibilities of DCS.