weaponsInfo

2.10

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Only available in Development branch(es) until its release with Arma 3 patch v2.10.

Description

Description:

Returns entity's weapons information including weapon index and firemode.

Groups:

Weapons

Syntax

Syntax:

unit weaponsInfo [weaponOrMuzzle, onlyLoaded]

Parameters:

unit: Object - person

weaponOrMuzzle: String - name of the weapon or muzzle (returns whichever matches first) or "" to return all weapons

onlyLoaded (Optional): Boolean - true to return loaded weapons only. Default false.

Return Value:

Array of Arrays (or an empty []) - weapons information in format [[weaponIndex, isSelected, weaponName, muzzleName, firemode, magazineName, ammoCount], ...] where:

• weaponIndex: Number - internal weapon index (changes frequently) used with "SwitchWeapon" and "UseWeapon" actions
• isSelected: Boolean - true if this weapon is currently selected
• weaponName: String - weapon name
• muzzleName: String - muzzle name
• firemode: String - firemode that is set for this 'weaponIndex'
• magazineName: String - name of the loaded magazine or ""
• ammoCount: Number - magazine ammo count or -1

Examples

Example 1:

Find weapon with FullAuto firemode and switch to it: private _weapons = player weaponsInfo [currentMuzzle player, true]; private _found = _weapons findIf { _x select 4 == "FullAuto" }; if (_found > -1) then { action ["SwitchWeapon", player, player, _weapons select _found select 0] };

Additional Information

See also:

weaponState weaponReloadingTime

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