selectWeapon "Put" or "Throw" won't stay on
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If I want to script player placing down C4 so that he can "touchoff" later it with a scripted action there is a problem as selectWeapon "PipeBombMuzzle" for example will only flash for a split second in the ammo indicator and deselect itself. Because of this it is not possible to fire or reload "Put" weapon as it gets deselected very quickly.

If I force continuous selectWeapon via oneachframe for example it works but i need also to bring up some sort of GUI, so there is a way to allow it in the game for scripting control.

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Legacy ID: 3696793968
Severity: None
Resolution: Open
Reproducibility: Always
Category: Scripting

Steps To Reproduce

spawn unit in editor
open debug console and type

player addAction ["Place Mine", {
player addMagazine "APERSMine_Range_Mag";
oneachframe {player selectWeapon "ClassicMineRangeMuzzle"};
player fire ["ClassicMineRangeMuzzle", "ClassicMineRangeMuzzle", "APERSMine_Range_Mag"];
player action ["Gear", player];

spawn {

		waitUntil {dialog};
		sleep 1;
		closeDialog 0;
		oneachframe {};

};
}];

execute

Notice how Put weapon shows when dialog is open

Event Timeline

Bohemia added a project: Arma 3.May 7 2016, 4:36 PM

Killzone_Kid edited Steps To Reproduce. (Show Details)Sep 8 2013, 11:50 AM

Killzone_Kid edited Additional Information. (Show Details)

Killzone_Kid set Category to Scripting.

Killzone_Kid set Reproducibility to Always.

Killzone_Kid set Severity to None.

Killzone_Kid set Resolution to Open.

Killzone_Kid set Legacy ID to 3696793968.May 7 2016, 4:36 PM

Bohemia added a subscriber: AD2001.Sep 8 2013, 11:50 AM

fabrizioT added a subscriber: fabrizioT.May 7 2016, 4:36 PM

ArmA 3, v1.10 official:
the following code, put into a unit (named buddy) init field:

oneachframe { buddy selectWeapon "Throw"; buddy globalchat format["%1", currentweapon buddy]; };

Always returns unit's primary weapon.
Enclosing code into a spawn {} block does not change the result.

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