commandArtilleryFire

0.50

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Description

Description:

Orders an artillery unit to fire a burst on the given position (via the radio).

Problems:

The unit will fire a burst even if the rounds parameter is 0 or a negative number.

Groups:

Artillery

Syntax

Syntax:

unit commandArtilleryFire [position, type, rounds]

Parameters:

unit: Object

position: Array format PositionAGL

type: String - magazine class name from CfgMagazines (case sensitive).

rounds: Number

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

Mortar commandArtilleryFire [[3000, 120, 1000], "8Rnd_82mm_Mo_shells", 3];

Additional Information

See also:

doArtilleryFire getArtilleryAmmo getArtilleryETA enableEngineArtillery getArtilleryComputerSettings shownArtilleryComputer inRangeOfArtillery fire doFire commandFire canFire fireAtTarget forceWeaponFire commandSuppressiveFire doSuppressiveFire isManualFire

Notes

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ansin11 - c

Posted on Apr 18, 2020 - 14:28 (UTC)

1.98

This command can not fire bursts consisting of more rounds than the given magazine type holds, even if there are several magazines of the same type available. The fire mission issued by this command ends once the artillery unit has to reload.

Example:
The Mk6 Mortar comes with four "8Rnd_82mm_Mo_shells" magazines, giving it a total of 32 HE shells. However, _mortar commandArtilleryFire [_somePos, "8Rnd_82mm_Mo_shells", 10]; will only fire 8 rounds instead of 10.

Similarly, ...

_mortar commandArtilleryFire [_somePos, "8Rnd_82mm_Mo_shells", 7]; // First burst sleep 20; // Wait until first burst has been fired _mortar commandArtilleryFire [_somePos, "8Rnd_82mm_Mo_shells", 2]; // Second burst

... will only fire 8 rounds total instead of 9; the second round of the second burst is never fired because the artillery unit has to reload after the first round of the second burst.