Creating Explosions, How do I create IED explosions etc. using triggers Options

[Danny Boy '77]

In the original OFP I was able to create explosions via triggers. ie. using triggers to simulate artillery fire on a position etc.

In OFP used - unitname = "shell125" camcreate getpos name

This does not appear to work in ArmA and I'm sorry if I got the above a bit wrong, I'm on a minesite and going off memory.

What I would like to do in ArmA is have a convoy going down a street then having some kind of IED explosion.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I hope I have explained myself well enough.

Thanks.

[Rellikki]

Moving to Mission Editing & Scripting.

Armed Assault doesn't use the same ammo as in OFP.
Here's the complete list of the Armed Assault weapons and ammunation, where you can find the explosives to use.

[miggie]

what is then the exact syntax for using explosions on some position ? thx

[Gielovic]

same question: the camcreate method doesn't seem to work in ArmA even with the right ammoclass-names

[Rellikki]

Use the createvehicle command. It's just like the camcreate. I think it goes like:-

_bomb = "ammo_name" createvehicle getpos target

[Gielovic]

i'll give it a try

[Gielovic]

and it worked!

[Danny Boy '77]

Thanks guys, much appreciated!

[communistbastard]

I get the code to work, however, it causes some crap to show up on the screen stating Error Local Variable in Global Space. How do I get rid of that?!

[Denz]

How are you doing it?
If you are putting that code straight into a trigger or a units init line then you don't need the underscore before the name just "bomb1"

CODE

bomb1="Bo_GBU12_LGB" createvehicle getpos targetname

But if you made it into a script then you would use the underscore

CODE

~3
_bomb1="Bo_GBU12_LGB" createvehicle getpos cone1
~0.3
_bomb2="Bo_GBU12_LGB" createvehicle getpos cone2
~0.3
_bomb3="Bo_GBU12_LGB" createvehicle getpos cone3
exit

[communistbastard]

Ahh thanks Denz, I was putting it directly into a trigger.