Random weapon

[Andor14]

hi

well i believe i have ask it before, but i cannot find the post and i lost my mission file. so i will ask again.
How do you make a soldier carry a weapon random selected in a list. i remember that it was somthing like this addweapon "m16a4,m4a1(((random)count)2)" , well i totally forgot how it worked.
plz help me, many thanks in advance.

[mr_book.PXS.Pvt]

Hi there,
perhaps this will help:

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_wpns = ["m4a1","m16a4","m24","m107","m240","m249"];
_wcount = count _wpns;
_rdm = round (random _wcount);
_wpn = _wpns select _rdm;
_this addweapon format ["%1", _wpn];
Not sure if this can be shortened or simplified here and there... Written from memory, ye kno?
Btw, what you see above is to be put into a script. If you want to put that stuff directly into a unit's init-line, make sure to remove all the _'s (as in, "wpns" instead of "_wpns", etc.). Should then work.
Good day,
mr_book

[Andor14]

whoohoo   it worked thanks for your help.

edit: i did run into a problem though, there is a chance that it random selects no weapon at all. you will get the message that it can't find the weapon <null>.  how can u solve this?

[h-]

count counts the elements in the array from 1 to whatever but the first element index is 0 (zero) so you need to use

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_wcount = (count _wpns) - 1;
The count of the array ["m4a1","m16a4","m24","m107","m240","m249"] is 6 but the indexes start from 0 and end in 5.

[Andor14]

ok it works perfect now. many thanks h- and mr_book