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Description

Description:

Elevates periscope of a vehicle. Vehicles in Arma 3 which are compatible with this tech are Strider, remote laser designators, the robot arm on Eddie, etc. Please note that SDV submarine has a different periscope, which is just an animated selection and could be raised and lowered with animate command.

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a user can immediately override any elevation in progress by using assigned keyboard keys. To block user input see the blockUserInput parameter.
a PeriscopeElevationChanged entity event handler is also provided.

Groups:

Object Manipulation Animations

Syntax

Syntax:: vehicle elevatePeriscope [turret, elevation, speed, blockUserInput]
Parameters:: vehicle: Object - vehicle with periscope tech
: turret: Array - turret on which periscope is located
: elevation: Number - elevation range 0..1
: speed: Number or Boolean - (Optional, default -1) config anim speed multiplier, 2 - twice as fast, 0.5 - twice as slow, etc. -1 - default config speed. If true is used as param, the change in elevation is almost instant
: blockUserInput: Boolean - (Optional, default false) true to disable user ability to control periscope with keyboard. The change is persistent unless set to false again
Return Value:: Nothing

Examples

Example 1:: _eddie elevatePeriscope [[0], 0.75, 0.1];

Additional Information

See also:: periscopeElevation animate PeriscopeElevationChanged Event Handler

Notes

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 |gr2= Animations
-|descr= Elevates periscope of a vehicle. Vehicles in Arma 3 which are compatible with this tech are Strider, remote laser designators, the robot arm on Eddie, etc. Please note that SDV submarine has a different periscope, which is just an animated selection and could be raised and lowered with [[animate]] command.
+|descr= Elevates periscope of a vehicle. Vehicles in Arma 3 which are compatible with this tech are Strider, remote laser designators, the robot arm on Eddie, etc.
-{{Feature | Informative | User can immediately override any elevation in progress by using assigned keyboard keys. To block user input use {{hl|blockuser}} param.}}
+Please note that SDV submarine has a different periscope, which is just an animated selection and could be raised and lowered with [[animate]] command.
-A [[Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#PeriscopeElevationChanged | PeriscopeElevationChanged]] entity event handler is also provided.
+{{Feature|informative|
+* a user can immediately override any elevation in progress by using assigned keyboard keys. To block user input see the ''blockUserInput'' parameter.
+* a [[Arma 3: Event Handlers#PeriscopeElevationChanged|PeriscopeElevationChanged]] entity event handler is also provided.
+}}
+|s1= vehicle [[elevatePeriscope]] [turret, elevation, speed, blockUserInput]
-|s1= vehicle [[elevatePeriscope]] [turret, elevation, speed, blockuser]
 |p1= vehicle: [[Object]] - vehicle with periscope tech
-|p2= [turret, elevation, speed, blockuser]: [[Array]]
-|p3= turret: [[Array]] - turret on which periscope is located
+|p2= turret: [[Array]] - turret on which periscope is located
-|p4= elevation: [[Number]] - elevation range 0...1
-|p5= speed (Optional): [[Number]] or [[Boolean]] - config anim speed multiplier, 2 - twice as fast, 0.5 - twice as slow, etc. -1 - default config speed. If [[true]] is used as param, the change in elevation is almost instant.
+|p3= elevation: [[Number]] - elevation range 0..1
-|p6= blockuser (Optional): [[Boolean]] - [[true]] to disable user ability to control periscope with keyboard. The change is persistent unless you set it to [[false]] again.
+|p4= speed: [[Number]] or [[Boolean]] - (Optional, default -1) config anim speed multiplier, 2 - twice as fast, 0.5 - twice as slow, etc. -1 - default config speed. If [[true]] is used as param, the change in elevation is almost instant
+|p5= blockUserInput: [[Boolean]] - (Optional, default [[false]]) [[true]] to disable user ability to control periscope with keyboard. The change is persistent unless set to [[false]] again
 |r1= [[Nothing]]
-|x1= <code>_eddie [[elevatePeriscope]] [<nowiki/>[0], 0.75, 0.1];</code>
+|x1= <sqf>_eddie elevatePeriscope [[0], 0.75, 0.1];</sqf>
-|seealso= [[periscopeElevation]] [[animate]], [[Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#PeriscopeElevationChanged | PeriscopeElevationChanged]]
+|seealso= [[periscopeElevation]] [[animate]] [[Arma 3: Event Handlers#PeriscopeElevationChanged|PeriscopeElevationChanged Event Handler]]
 }}