Laser designation...

[Piraneous]

is there any way of getpos-ing a projectile fired by a unit?

either that,  or getpos-ing a laser from a designator?

[snYpir]

see the laser designator tute in the ed depot for how to use the laser designator dot.

you can getpos a round, but you have to detect when it was fired using an event handler.

eg, if you did this in the player's init field:

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this addeventhandler ["Fired",{ the_round = nearestObject[(_this select 0),(_this select 4)] }]
the global variable the_round would equal the round fired by the player.

you can make any vehicle fire blanks by using:

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this addeventhandler ["Fired",{ deletevehicle nearestObject[(_this select 0),(_this select 4)] }]
in the init field

[Rubble_Maker]

I'm pretty sure the "fired" event handler doesn't work with the laser designator; at least it didn't when I tried. Also, the laser ammo isn't a real projectile; it moves to the target instantly, so you'd never catch it with "nearestObject".

[snYpir]

I'm pretty sure the "fired" event handler doesn't work with the laser designator; at least it didn't when I tried.

Correct, because it doesn't fire anything.

Also, the laser ammo isn't a real projectile; it moves to the target instantly, so you'd never catch it with "nearestObject".

Correct, see my laser designator tutorial for information on how to detect the laser dot.

I gave the eventhandler info in response to the question is there any way of getpos-ing a projectile fired by a unit?