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Cougar
Jun 6 2009, 20:47
I was driveing arround the south chenarus and was running low on fuel. Normaly in arma 1 i would just head for the nearest town and find a fuelstation but the ones i found had no fuel??? Is it just me or is the fuel out?
Nemesis_wales
Jun 6 2009, 20:48
guess theres a fuel shortage, or the damn truckers on blockade :)
Nicholas
Jun 6 2009, 22:55
You can create a simple trigger that will make the vehicle your driving refuel. I'm not sure how to make it happen for all cars, but I created a trigger, with this in the activation line: VehicleName setFuel 100; : Set on repeat, activated by anyone. You can also make it activate by radio.
Cougar
Jun 7 2009, 02:58
yes. but still... it cant be true that theres no fuel what so ever in the contry :S
Beagle
Jun 7 2009, 03:38
I always thougt it to be a bit cheesy anyway to refuel any vehicle from motorbikes to helicopters at this civilian fuel stations...but...!

Do they still explode so nicely...?
Shadow.D. ^BOB^
Jun 7 2009, 03:53
All the petrol stations i have come across, look old and abandoned. The one's in the north of the country, fair enough might have been abandoned over time to fit in the with story line of conflict. But the stations on the main road, on the soutern coast are also abandoned with no fuel.

It would be nice for petrol stations on the main roads or near major population centers to be operational.

Also, sorry but as far as i can tell, no big booms like in ArmA. Even the storage tanks nearby just go into flames. Again this all fits in with the old/abandoned theory.

Had to leave my hatchback, half way through a country drive this afternoon with no fuel. Saw some nice things while running around though.
Nicholas
Jun 7 2009, 04:03
I agree though, it would be nice for them to have wroking gas station, but I was saying that the trigger thing is just a work-around. And yes, the little buildings as the gas stations are old, and abandoned, maybe BIS can fix them up and have them working? :) Maybe have a few Oil Rigs out at sea, and have a giant pipeline that comes up outa the water to a Refinery? :O sorry, jsut an idea that i know will never happen...
Nemesis_wales
Jun 7 2009, 04:06
@<hidden>, not really, imagine the missions the community would make for that! as terrorist trying to blow pipeline or or hijacking oil rig/tanker, and/or be the SF team sent to claim it back! then they got excuse to make nice shiny red fire trucks lmao
Feuer
Jun 7 2009, 07:00
yes. but still... it cant be true that theres no fuel what so ever in the contry :S


I think the easiest explanation would be this:
Theres a civil war going on, and I would say both sides (CDF and Chdkz) are using every resources they can get their hands on, and if theres a fuel station they will use it for their troops (transferring all the fuel in a tanker).
Beagle
Jun 7 2009, 20:42
I think the easiest explanation would be this:
Theres a civil war going on, and I would say both sides (CDF and Chdkz) are using every resources they can get their hands on, and if theres a fuel station they will use it for their troops (transferring all the fuel in a tanker).

Maybe we can place a few of the barrels in some towns. Some of the barrels had a refuel funktion in AmrA.
][)arkRaideR
Jun 7 2009, 22:34
If you can get back to the base then you got luck, cause there you can refuel
at the barrels on the inside right side of the entrance.

And yes to the suggestions why theres no fuel, same happend in formely
yugoslavia, IF there is any fuel or an open station then you also only get
the fuel with a special coupon that alows you to buy a specific amount...
well that was the official way :P
Cougar
Jun 8 2009, 01:47
[)arkRaideR;1302746']If you can get back to the base then you got luck, cause there you can refuel
at the barrels on the inside right side of the entrance.

And yes to the suggestions why theres no fuel, same happend in formely
yugoslavia, IF there is any fuel or an open station then you also only get
the fuel with a special coupon that alows you to buy a specific amount...
well that was the official way :P


What base?


Well i guess i have to get used to the logistics too :D
W0lle
Jun 8 2009, 17:02
You can still place a fueltruck at an (abandoned) fuelstation and hide it below the ground using


this setPos [getPos this select 0,getPos this select 1,-3]

Once you are near the truck you can refuel. ;)
Cougar
Jun 9 2009, 08:41
You can still place a fueltruck at an (abandoned) fuelstation and hide it below the ground using


this setPos [getPos this select 0,getPos this select 1,-3]

Once you are near the truck you can refuel. ;)

Yes, thats true, bit strange but it works :D
dale0404
Jun 9 2009, 11:30
Just get the pumps working Bohemia!
Shadow.D. ^BOB^
Jun 9 2009, 11:42
Must admit, the more i think about this, the more i'm starting to agree with what BI have done. Petrol stations would be prime targets for the communist rebels etc.

We'll just have to do a bit more logistics work with the trucks (maybe we should recruit people to fill a logistics corps role :p).
Alex72
Jun 9 2009, 11:47
I think its good as it is. If you want the pumps to work - just flip them on with a trigger. Not hard and gives us options - freedom - wich is what ARMA is all about. ;)

I cant see the problem.

Alex
Tajin
Jun 9 2009, 12:51
Has anyone tried using a trigger like this near a fuelstation ?
nearestBuilding setFuelCargo 1;

Might work, depends on how their config is set.