player has fired red flare

[Nephris 0]

Hi folks,

looks like i am too stupid to get the eventhandler working properly.

I want to react on a red flare fired.

I am using

player addEventHandler ["fired", {[_this select 5] execVM "myscript.sqf"}];

but what comes then?

I tried the following without any luck.

_projectile = _this select 0;
if (_projectile == "F_40mm_White") then {hint"hurra";} else {hint"ffs";}; 

[neokika 62]

You are currently checking for the "Mode" used on the fire, not the weapon or projectile.

Event Handlers - Fired

More interesting is how you are currently dealing with the script, while you use the Fired Event Handler very well, you seem to miss part of how the execution of such actually happens.

You are executing a script from the EH (creating a new thread, scheduled one), while you definitely should put the code inside the execution part of the Event Handler.

[Nephris 0]

Got it working now by the following EH

player addeventhandler ["fired",{

_player = _this select 0;

_ammo = _this select 4;

if (_ammo == "F_40mm_White") then { hint "Whity fired" } else {hint "me fired a shit";};

}];

[panther42 40]

Although this will never fire if you're looking for "red" flares, as in your original post. You are using "F_40mm_White"...:)