addWeapon: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 22:08, 14 August 2007

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Description:: Add a weapon to a unit. Infantry units can only carry a specific number of weapons, once the weapon slots are filled, any further addWeapon commands are ignored.
Groups:: Uncategorised

Syntax:: unit addWeapon weaponName
Parameters:: unit: Object - unit to add the weapon to
: weaponName: String - weapon name. See the topic Category:Weapons for reference about possible values.
Return Value:: Nothing

Example 1:

player addWeapon "M16"

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Posted on August 2, 2006 - 10:19
hardrock: Notes from before the conversion: To ensure that the weapon is loaded at the start of the mission, add at least one magazine (addMagazine) before adding the weapon. To remove weapons use the removeAllWeapons or the removeWeapon commands.

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 ===ArmA===
 In Game Editor==
 Unlike actual script files, the Editor, on the inialization line, scripting is more simplfied.
-Here is an example script that creates a "West Heavy Sniper"
+Here is an example script that creates a "West Heavy Sniper" within the Editor; does not work in a raw script file.
+Place code on the inialization line of the "player" character, or any other character you want built out this way.
 ===Heavy Sniper===
 removeallweapons this; this addweapon "binocular"; this addweapon "nvgoggles"; this addweapon "m9sd"; this addweapon "m136";  this addmagazine "15rnd_9x19_m9"; this addmagazine "15rnd_9x19_m9"; this addmagazine "15rnd_9x19_m9"; this addmagazine "m136"; this addmagazine "m136"; this addweapon "M107"; this addmagazine "10rnd_127x99_m107"; this addmagazine "10rnd_127x99_m107"; this addmagazine "10rnd_127x99_m107"; this addmagazine "10rnd_127x99_m107"; this addmagazine "10rnd_127x99_m107"; this addmagazine "10rnd_127x99_m107"; this addmagazine "10rnd_127x99_m107";  this addmagazine "10rnd_127x99_m107";