SetDamage 1 a few seconds after leaving vehicle

[Carcass666]

I tried to look for a thread about this, but I had no idea of what to search.

I'm making a mission where you get shot down by AA pods, the Halo addaction is working, but I have another problem now:
To make the mission more "cinematic" and epic, I want the plane to explode seconds after leaving it. Simply inserting a SetDammage waypoint won't work, the mission isn't "on-rails", I mean, I've no Idea of where will the plane be shot down. Does ArmA offer some kind of timeout count, or something like that? Some kind of time related command?
I already tried a trigger that sets the damage to 1 if the player is not on the plane, but It obviously exploded as soon as I got out and killed me. I hope you understood what I'm looking for.

(sorry for my bad english)

[Grimes [3rd ID]]

You almost had it! Go to your trigger that setDammage 1's the plane once the player leaves. In the middle of the trigger window, there are 3 small text fields labeled Min, Mid, and Max. These values are timers (in seconds) that the trigger counts to before activating once its conditions are met. Put the number of seconds you want for the delay in all 3 boxes (or different values if you want it randomized) and give it a whirl. Also, there is a Countdown and Timeout option right above the Min box. I cannot remember if these are vital to what you are trying to accomplish, so you may need to play with those 2 options.

Try that, and if for some reason it does not work you can always execVM a .sqf file from a trigger that activates when the player leaves the plane. In the .sqf you would have the plane setDammage 1 following a sleep 3; or whatever your desired delay may be.

That's the fun part of editing ArmA. Options, options, options.

[Carcass666]

Thanks a lot!