places satchel charges before a mission starts

[bobthedinosaur]

is there a way to place a load of satchel charges at certain places using the editor and then give a unit the trigger to blow them all up?

[_hammy_]

yes, you can do it with scripts

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; satchel.sqs

Unit = _this select 0
; how to use [dudes name] exec "satchel.sqs"

Normal = Unit AddAction [FORMAT["Blow up satchels"],"blowbomb.sqs"]
; add the action to blow up the bombs

exit


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; blowbomb.sqs

Unit RemoveAction Normal
; remove the action that was added in satchel.sqs
; Add more of these to blow up more satchels replace Pipey with the name of the satchel
"LASERGUIDEDBOMB" camCreate getpos Pipey
; create a explosion at the satchel charge
~0.35
Pipey setpos [getpos Pipey select 0, getpos Pipey select 1, (getpos Pipey select 2) -10]
; make it so the satchel charge is no longer viewable
~0.1

"LASERGUIDEDBOMB" camCreate getpos Pipey2
; create explosion at another satchel
~0.35
Pipey2 setpos [getpos Pipey2 select 0, getpos Pipey2 select 1, (getpos Pipey2 select 2) -10]
; make it so satchel charge is no longer visible
~0.1

exit

This is taken from one of my scripts that was made a long long time ago, so i dont know if it still works.

You could probably replace

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Pipey setpos [getpos Pipey select 0, getpos Pipey select 1, (getpos Pipey select 2) -10] lines
with

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deletevehicle Pipey
 

[bobthedinosaur]

ok thanx, i'm a bit dumb though and i know nothing about scripts

could you explain a few things about what you just said?

[_hammy_]

ok, i added some comments to the code previously posted.

[macguba]

bobthedinosaur, read snYpir's Friendly Intro to Code snippets and also Johan Gustafsson's scripting guide, if you haven't already.

[desper8]

ok
while the subject is up

im after a script were a sachel will start (maybe at a flagpole if it makes it EZer)

and it will detonate in 3 seconds

[_hammy_]

try this

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; boom.sqs
; use by:
; [satchel_charge_name, flagpole_name] exec "boom.sqs"
_sat = _this select 0
_moveto = _this select 1
_tim = 0

_sat setpos getpos _moveto

#loop
~1
_tim = _tim + 1
?(_tim >= 3):goto "next"
goto "loop"

#next
"LASERGUIDEDBOMB" camCreate getpos _sat
~0.5
deletevehicle _sat

exit

then place a satchel charge on the map somewhere and a flagpole somewhere too

Then run this script and the satchel will move over were the flag pole is and blow up in 3 second.

you could also put the line

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_sat setpos getpos _moveto in the init.sqs script so the satchel moves to the flagpole at the start of the missions

[Leech]

can u actually start with a satchel charge sitting there and not use the laserguided bomb trick?

[Artak]

You can camcreate a 'timebomb' but it takes 30 seconds to explode. I don't know how to make the time shorter nor I know how to make camcreated 'pipebomb' explode because setting damage to it doesn't work.

[_hammy_]

no, you cant make satchel charges explode without camcreated a explosion over them then removing the satchel charge.