forceWeaponFire

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Description

Description:

The unit will be forced to fire from the given weapon. The weapon will not fire if firemode passed as parameter is not supported by the weapon. Note: This command has strange locality. Executed on remote unit it will change the firemode but will not make unit fire.

Groups:

Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:

unit forceWeaponFire [weapon, firemode]

Parameters:

unit: Object

[weapon, firemode]: Array

weapon: String

firemode: String - Possible options are "Single", "Burst" and "FullAuto".

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

soldierOne forceWeaponFire ["arifle_MX_F", "Single"];

Additional Information

See also:

currentWeaponcurrentWeaponMode

Notes

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Notes

Posted on August 25, 2013

Killzone_Kid

Here is a neat workaround trick for firemode change from a script: _weapon = currentWeapon player; _ammo = player ammo _weapon; player setAmmo [_weapon, 0]; player forceWeaponFire [_weapon, "FullAuto"]; player setAmmo [_weapon, _ammo];