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. Command must be executed where unit is local.

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"];

Example 2:

_unit forceWeaponFire ["HandGrenadeMuzzle","HandGrenadeMuzzle"]; _unit forceWeaponFire ["MiniGrenadeMuzzle","MiniGrenadeMuzzle"]; _unit forceWeaponFire ["HandGrenade_Stone","HandGrenade_Stone"]; _unit forceWeaponFire ["SmokeShellMuzzle","SmokeShellMuzzle"]; _unit forceWeaponFire ["ChemlightGreenMuzzle","ChemlightGreenMuzzle"]; _unit forceWeaponFire ["IRGrenade","IRGrenade"];

Additional Information

See also:

currentWeaponcurrentWeaponModefiresetWeaponReloadingTimeselectWeapondoFirecommandFireaction ["UseWeapon"]fireAtTarget

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];