Finding out the Bullet type to an Addon

[birdy]

Hi, recently I've been playing around with getting SLX to work with the WW2 Complete pack.

I got alot of results, even changed the optics to a more "Suitable" look.

however, I've encountered a problem with setting tracers to apear for certain units. (MG34/42, .30Cal, DTM, DT, Maxim, etc.)

the script in the SLX directory uses bullet names to make tracers on guns, but I can't find in the pbo what bullet type it uses, so is there a file that I can find inside either the pbo or just an init command to find out what bullet type it uses? (As in Heat125 and such.)

thanks for your help.

[Clayborne]

EDIT

whoops, misread the question, carry on.

[Walter_E_Kurtz]

Make a test mission and place a man equipped with the gun you're interested in. Type the following in the init line:

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this addEventHandler ["Fired", {hint format ["Fired %1", _this select 4]} ]I've just tested this with a West soldier; it output "BulletSingleW".

I hope that's what you're after - I've not tried it with vehicles.

Edit: just tried with vehicles - works the same.

Edit 2: forgot to point out that you should try all firing modes for a weapon. An M16 fires both "BulletSingleW" and "BulletBurstW" depending on the fire-selector.

[birdy]

thanks alot. Will be sure to test this out.  

Edit - Ok, one more question though, Would there be a file that controls what bullet type the weapon fires? and if so where on that file should I look it up?

[Walter_E_Kurtz]

Not quite sure what you mean by "bullet type".

All information should be in the config.cpp - if it's in .bin format, use BinView by the Chain of Command to convert it. Sometimes configs can be spread across a number of files, so search for those that contain to following headings in bold.

CfgAmmo
This section controls what is fired by a gun: damage, velocity, sound on contact, etc

CfgWeapons
Most addon weapons normally have multiple entries here: one for the weapon and one or more for the magazines it uses.
The line in this section which refers to the corresponding entry in the CfgAmmo section, looks like:

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ammo="Bullet12_7";


Basically, you have to look in CfgWeapons.