setPylonLoadout

1.70

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Description

Description:

Adds/overrides loadout to a vehicle pylon. TransportPylonsComponent in vehicle config and pylonWeapon in the magazine config are required to run.

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This command also adds the corresponding weapon if the vehicle does not have one, but will not remove one that is no longer used.

Multiplayer:

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This command should run locally to the vehicle itself or it will cause desync issue! (especially upon the locality change, e.g getting in the vehicle). See Example 4 for an MP-compatible usage.

Groups:

Vehicle Loadouts

Syntax

Syntax:

vehicle setPylonLoadout [pylon, magazine, forced, turret]

Parameters:

vehicle: Object

pylon: Number or String - pylon index (index starts from 1) or pylon name (see Example 1)

magazine: String - magazine name

forced: Boolean - (Optional, default false) true to force an incompatible magazine

turret: Array - (Optional, default []) turret path

Return Value:

Boolean - true on success

Examples

Example 1:

vehicle player setPylonLoadout ["pylon1", ""];

Example 2:

Make all of your pylon weapons Twin Cannon 30 mm:

private _vehicle = vehicle player; private _pylonsIndices = getAllPylonsInfo _vehicle select { _x select 0 }; { _vehicle setPylonLoadout [_x, "PylonWeapon_300Rnd_20mm_shells", true]; } forEach _pylonsIndices;

Example 3:

Showcase all possible magazines:

0 spawn { private _allPylonMagazines = "getText (_x >> 'pylonWeapon') != ''" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgMagazines"); private _vehicle = vehicle player; private _pylonsIndices = getAllPylonsInfo _vehicle select { _x select 0 }; { private _configName = configName _x; { _vehicle setPylonLoadout [_x, _configName, true]; } forEach _pylonsIndices; hint _configName; sleep 1.5; } forEach _allPylonMagazines; };

Example 4:

MP compatible usage:

[myPlane, [1, "PylonWeapon_300Rnd_20mm_shells", true]] remoteExec ["setPylonLoadout", myPlane];

Additional Information

See also:

Arma 3: Vehicle Loadouts getCompatiblePylonMagazines getPylonMagazines setAmmoOnPylon ammoOnPylon animatePylon animateBay setPylonsPriority

Notes

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POLPOX - c

Posted on Apr 30, 2020 - 13:01 (UTC)

Before 2.02: turret must be [] if you wanted to equip the magazine to the pilot. [-1] returns false and fails unlike other turret-related commands.