fireAtTarget

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Description

Description:

Remotely forces a unit to fire the given weapon.

Groups:

Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:

Script = sourceVehicle fireAtTarget [targetVehicle,weaponClassName]

Parameters:

sourceVehicle: Object - source vehicle to fire from

targetVehicle: Object - target vehicle to fire at

WeaponClassName: String - weapon classname, optional parameter

Return Value:

Script - script handle, which can be used to determine (via scriptDone) when the called script has finished.

Examples

Example 1:

_handle = this fireAtTarget [groundtarget1,"HellfireLauncher"];

Example 2:

_handle = Igla_AA_pod_TK_EP1 fireAtTarget [_helicopter,currentweapon Igla_AA_pod_TK_EP1];

Example 3:

_handle = Igla_AA_pod_TK_EP1 fireAtTarget [helicopter];

Additional Information

See also:

firelaserTarget

Notes

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Notes

Most likely only for missiles and for interaction with player only.

Posted on Apr 8, 2014 - 16:50

ffur2007slx2_5

In ArmA3 ver 1.14 Source vehicle is only limited to manned vehicle while any other types won’t be able to active fireAtTarget handler, e.g. _handler = _InfantryUnit fireAtTarget [_Infnatrytarget,(weapons _Infantryunit select 0)]; //false & no bullet shoot Target has no limitation and can be any object, e.g. _handler = (vehicle _veh) fireAtTarget [ObjNull,(weapons (vehicle _veh) select 0)]; //true & a bullet shoot Handler returns false if weapon class name is inaccurate, e.g. _Handle = (vehicle _veh) fireAtTarget [ObjNull,”UnknownWeapon”]; //false & no bullet shoot. Handler still returns true even though the vehicle is unavailable to shoot any bullet, e.g. _weapon = weapons (vehicle _veh) select 0; (vehicle _veh) setAmmo [_weapon,0]; _Handle = (vehicle _veh) fireAtTarget [ObjNull,_weapon]; //true & no bullet shoot

difference

command	Source	Target	Behavior
fire	Unit only	N/A	Fired aiming at air
fireAtTarget	Manned vehicle only	Any object	Normal shoot, won’t aim at target automatically
forceWeaponFire	Unit only	N/A	Normal shoot, can change fire mode
doFire	Unit only	Either unit or vehicle	automatic aiming and shooting
commandFire	Unit only	Either unit or vehicle	automatic aiming and shooting
action [“useweapon”]	Either unit or vehicle	N/A	unexpected behavior