how to get any vehicle to fire a smokeshell

[freemanrebel]

Im working on a vietnam mission involving helicopters. historically the oh-6 would fly low and draw fire from the enemy then mark the location with smoke and call in the cobras. I want to do a similar mission but i need to know how to allow the oh-6 to fire or drop smoke shells.

[Burn]

Try snYpir's Smoke Rocket Script . Unfortunetely I haven't had time to try it out myself, but it should be pretty much what your looking for ...

 :moon:Happy editing ;D

[KyleSarnik]

That one had a lot of bugs... BAS allready has smoke rockets for their Kiowas, and I found out how to add them to other units, ill post back with an answer after I go look for it.

[KyleSarnik]

Ok here it is, if you have the BAS Kiowas, then put this in the init of your chopper:

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this addMagazine "BASOHzuniSmoke1"; this addWeapon "BASOHzuniSmoke1"; this addEventHandler ["Fired", {if (_this select 1 in ["BASOHzuniSmoke1"]) then {_this exec {\BAS_Kiowapack\Engine\srocket.sqs}}}]
If you don't have the Kiowas, you can either

A. Get them at the addons depot
B. Get them at the BAS website
C. Get them at opflashpoint.org
D. Find another way to simulate smoke rockets

[Burn]

Could try sending a mail to TigerShark or any of the other BAS members, asking them VERY politely to let you use their script . Come on, give it a shot will ya ;D.

If ya get BAS's permission, just Un-PBO the addon and locate the script called: srocket.sqs ...But ONLY with their permission, and also remember to thank them in your mission readMe later on if you make your mission public... OK? ;D.

[freemanrebel]

thanks for the help guys... snyper's script is close to what im looking for but as  you said it has annoying bugs.  i got the bas kiowa and and tried that method, it works except the rockets arent smoking afterwards , its acting like a regular rocket. did i enter it wrong? also i really need the smoke to be colored is that possible with the bas script?

[KyleSarnik]

Ok, the thing with those smoke rockets is that they have to fly a certain distance before hitting the ground or the somke doesnt work. As for the colors, you can just pull the script out of the pbo, and edit the script. Im not sure what they use tho. If it just camcreates a smokeshell, you can change the color, or if its the drop command, or I think (Knowing BAS) that its another one of BAS's "fireplaces". And to change the color of that, you would need to modify the addon its self.