Detecting Explosinon

[StonedSoldier]

i grab the bomb when it is launched from an A10(LGB) with the eventhandler fired and the script;

_shooter = _this select 0
_bomb = _this select 4

_bomb = nearestobject [_shooter,_bomb]

is there an easier way of detecting when the bomb has exploded and where???, at the moment im constantly checking the bombs altitude and when its < 2 i assume its detonated,

[h-]

@ isNull _bomb

You might also wanna grab the bomb from the eventhandler itself, to ensure that it will get grabbed when somebody has a low FPS...

EH:

Code: [Select]

this addEventHandler ["fired",{(nearestObject [_this select 0,_this select 4]) exec "bomb.sqs"}]
bomb.sqs:

@isNull _this
hint "bomb detonated"

Or if you don't like using @ use goto loop...
This short @ loop should not add much lag though...

And no guarantees on any syntaxes...

[StonedSoldier]

cheers for the EH idea, ive never thought about doing that, anywho how would i add an eventhadler during a script as the varible _this is already declared

[h-]

It would be better not to add that kind of eventhandler in a script, but to do it from init field or init.sqs...
Or from the config, depending entirely on what you are doing...

But, I think the _this in the script won't matter because inside the eventhandler array the _this refers to the eventHandler, and is in it's own 'scope'...
You just need to test it

Of course that lag thing might not be so big issue as the bomb is not so fast a projectile so that EH method might not be so vital...