switchLight

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Description

Description:

Controls whether a lamp is lit or not. Originally was designed to work with CfgNonAIVehicles class "StreetLamp" only. Since Arma 3 v1.92 this command was extended to work with Arma 3 street lights.

Groups:

Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:

lamp switchLight mode

Parameters:

lamp: Object

mode: String - Mode can be: "ON", "OFF" or "AUTO" (Lamp is on only during nighttime, default)

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

(object 12345) switchLight "OFF";

Example 2:

nearestObject [player, "Streetlamp"] switchLight "OFF";

Example 3:

cursorObject switchLight "ON";

Additional Information

See also:

lightIsOn

Notes

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Notes

Posted on January 23, 2010

vasek7

If you want turn street lamp off in ArmA2, the syntax is:
ID959522=position player nearestObject 959522
ID959522 switchLight "off"

Posted on September 16, 2013

Killzone_Kid

In ArmA3 use setHit instead: _lamp = nearestObject [player, "Lamps_base_F"]; _lamp setHit ["light_1_hitpoint", 0.97]; //off _lamp setHit ["light_1_hitpoint", 0]; //on Switch all lights off in the 500 radius of player: { for "_i" from 0 to count getAllHitPointsDamage _x - 1 do { _x setHitIndex [_i, 0.97]; }; } forEach nearestObjects [ player, [ "Lamps_base_F", "PowerLines_base_F", "PowerLines_Small_base_F" ], 500 ];