ReArming M2 Machine Gun?

[Silverfoot]

Hi,  I've written a script which causes the ruskie to constantly fire his M2 across the sea front..this works fine, but after a couple of minuites he runs out of ammo!  ;D  

How can I rearm him?  Ive tried a few addMagazine"<whatever>" commands but I dont know what type of ammo to use.  Will I need to reinitialise the gun instead? (if so how would I do that!?)

Much obliged,

SIlverfoot  

[titan]

what u cld do, is in the script keep giving the guy ammo...

#loop

_unitname addmagazine "browning"

goto "loop"



this will keep giving him mags, but he will have to reload each mag!

[Knut Erik]

That script is no good  
If you add it to many Mg's it will probably cause lags because it adds magazines over and over again for ever...
(Not getting to you, titan)

I'll try to create a simple script:

Ammo.sqs :


_Mgun = _This select 0

#start
?_Mgun ammo "Browning" == 5 : goto moreammo << When the Mg is out of ammo, the script adds a new magazine
?!alive _Mgun : exit << If the Mg is dead, the script exits.
goto "start"

#MoreAmmo
_Mgun addmagazine "Browning"
goto "Start"


Then write this in the init field of the MachineGun
[This] exec "Ammo.sqs"

Not sure about the syntax, but at least this will give you a hint...  

*Edit*
Fixed script!

[titan]

remember that u can only have a certain amount of mags!

[Knut Erik]

Whooohaaa!! Just tested out the script I wrote, and it adds magazines indeed! It never stops adding magazines before we reload, so you'll have to make the Mg reload when the magazines is added  ;D

[Silverfoot]

Thanks gents...I think I can use that script  

Though my idea of moving a bicycle across the landscape (below sea level) and getting the gunner to target it has fallen through    (I need to have the targeted object on the shore as well as in the sea, thus a bicycle would look stupid  
I think this problem has been adressed before, but I havent read anywhere the answer I need, so...

Whats the best way to simulate sweeping MG fire, d-day style that is not aimed at anyone?

Game logic cannot be fired upon...neither can markers.  I once tried using bottles of Jack Daniels as targets!  This worked well and required no scripting since the bottle bounced all over the shop!  But after a while went out of range, a simple setPos did not resolve it, since the object retained all its previous velocity and immediatly bounced out of range again  

Well, any ideas?

[Knut Erik]

Look here at this tread. I've tested the script they made, and it works like a charm!  ;D

And.. Think I've fixed the script up there                                                                                                

[Silverfoot]

Thanks Knut, and what a script!  D-day here we come...(dam that sounds sick.....<hangs head in shame>   )

By the way has this snippet been submitted to the Editor's Depot yet?   It should be, cos there are loads of people wanting to use this kind of thing  .....the OPFEC does it again!  ;D

[Knut Erik]

By the way has this snippet been submitted to the Editor's Depot yet?   It should be, cos there are loads of people wanting to use this kind of thing  .....the OPFEC does it again!  ;D

Yeah right. It is a great script after all. I'll ask the peps that made it.

*Erik runs to the thred to invastigate