pylonAction

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Only available in Development branch(es) until its release with Arma 3 patch v2.22.

Description:

Executes an action on a specific pylon. MP effect and locality depend on the specific action.

Components and their actions:
CameraComponent

TransportPylonsComponent (pylon index -1, no component name, no component index)

GetLastFiredPylonIndex (no arg, ret scalar), returns the pylon index (note this is script index, which is 1-based) that last fired the gun, or -1 if the last firing was not from a pylon (can be used in Fired eventhandler)

All pylons (Not on a component)

animateSource - Arg local, effect global. See animateSource pylonAction [vehicle player, 1, "animateSource", ["extendBoxSource", 1]];

Groups:

Vehicle Loadouts

Syntax:: pylonAction [vehicle, pylon, actionPath(, arguments)]
Parameters:: vehicle: Object - The object carrying the pylon
: pylon: Number or String - pylon index (index starts from 1) or pylon name (see Example 1). Or -1 to access the TransportPylonsComponent of the vehicle
: actionPath: String - The path to reach the specific component to send the action to.
actionPath is a "." delimited address of the component and action (like animation sources). Or (without a "." a command to the pylon directly)
arguments and return type depends on the final action
ActionPath examples
"CameraComponent.0.SetLightState" with argument bool, returns nothing.
"CameraComponent.0.GetLightState" with no argument, returns bool.
"CameraComponent.*.SetLightState" wildcard executes the action all components of that type (if there are multiple). Note the return value will be the value of the last executed action
Return Value:: Anything - Depends on action

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