has the table of 'kill' event in function onEvent(event) correct elements?

[deathgun]

I tried to use the kill event, but I found that it couldn't find the event.target. According to https://wiki.hoggitworld.com/view/DCS_event_kill, the event table should have the following members when id=29:

 

Event = {

id = 29,

time = Time,

initiator = Unit,

weapon = Weapon,

target = Unit,

weapon_name = string,

}

 

However, when I executed a test script in the mission using doscriptfile:

 

env.setErrorMessageBoxEnabled(true)

local e = {}

function e:onEvent(event)

  if event.id == 29 then -- kill

    MessageToAll("type: " .. tostring(type(event)), 10, "DEBUG")

    MessageToAll("id: " .. tostring(event.id), 10, "DEBUG")

    MessageToAll("Time: " .. tostring(event.time), 10, "DEBUG")

    MessageToAll("Initiator: " .. tostring(event.initiator), 10, "DEBUG")

    MessageToAll("Weapon: " .. tostring(event.weapon), 10, "DEBUG")

    MessageToAll("Target: " .. tostring(event.target), 10, "DEBUG")

    MessageToAll("weapon_name: " .. tostring(event.weapon_name), 10, "DEBUG")

  end

end

world.addEventHandler(e)

 

The result is as the following image.

How can i use 'kill' event correctly?

 

[cfrag]

51 minutes ago, deathgun said:

I tried to use the kill event, but I found that it couldn't find the event.target.

This is because there can be kill events that do not have a 'target': usually these are scenery (map) objects (i.e. not static objects nor units) or weapons like missiles from SAMs etc. So simply make sure that if target is nil, you then skip that kill event. Likewise, make sure that - before you access it - check that the target (if it exists) has a group: static objects do not belong to groups, and trying to invoke getGroup() from such an object will lead to an error.

 

[deathgun]

it lead to an error when i kill a S-300 LN. It's not a static objects.

[cfrag]

3 hours ago, deathgun said:

S-300 LN. It's not a static objects.

That would be the SAM missile I believe I mentioned - or did you kill the launcher? That would be indeed unusual.

Edited May 22, 2023 by cfrag

[deathgun]

20 hours ago, cfrag said:

That would be the SAM missile I believe I mentioned - or did you kill the launcher? That would be indeed unusual.

 

Yep... I kill one S-300 Launcher in a M1A2.

Now I'm use EVENTHANDLER in M.O.O.S.E framework to handle 'kill' event instead of the DCS one. It works great and i can get the killer when the 'kill' event is triggered