static flare trap (not fire)

[Bedlam]

first of all  .. im a noob at scripting..

ive tested the flare traps on this site and they dont do it for me..
since im making a realistic coop with the things that the army have.

I need a triggered static flare that is possible change lifespan on.

anyone that can help me with this?

[Artak]

I've solved this by setting some upwards velocity to the flare and created a new flare to the same place just before the first one burns out. Too bad I'm not at my home computer right now and don't have the script with me but here's a rough estimate of what you need for this.

What you need is a loop script.

;script start bookmark

_count = 0
#start

;create a flare to position where gamelogic 'gl1' is

?_count < 1: _flare1 = "flarered" camcreate getpos gl1

;create a new flare where count is exactly 340

?_count == 340: _flare1 = "flarered" camcreate getpos gl1

;loop bookmark

#loop

;increase count with 1

_count = _count +1

;set upwards velocity to the flare1

_flare1 setvelocity [0,0,1]

;set time to wait. adjust this time to make the flare stabile.

~0.05

;go to 'start' to create a new flare when count is 339
?_count == 340: goto "start"

;exit script when count is 680
?_count == 680: exit

;go to bookmark 'loop'

goto "loop"




I know this is bad editing but hey, what ever makes it work
Using the counter because the script waits for 0.05 seconds before starting all over again and a flare burns for 17 seconds. Thus 340*0.05=17seconds and 680*0.05=34seconds.
Believe me it looks much better the way I have it at home   ;D

[Bedlam]

thx for the reply  

ive used your script and added a game logic "gl1"
and a trigger that "[] exec "flare.sqs"

was that right?

cause it wont work? :-\

[Artak]

lol  ;D :-\

What's the error it gives?

ok I noticed at least 1 error in the script. I didn't reset the count to 0. I have now updated the script above ^

[Bedlam]

it works now

how do u setpos Z axis only?


like  "gl1 setpos [0,0,2]" but  without the x,y ...

[Artak]

for example you can type this in the gl1's init field

this setpos [getpos this select 0, getpos this select 1,(getpos this select 2)+10]

and your gamelogic is now in 10 meters height.

[Bedlam]

TY alot m8

its starting to make some sense now..