Please fix the suicide vest (video)

[Hound]

While on my mission to get a million dollar bounty, I was captured. My hero, Parker, ran through the door and detonated his suicide vest. (You can't hear me talking) Rip dream

 

Edited February 29, 2016 by Hound

[Sheriff Rick Grimes]

It's way inconsistent.  Had the same thing happen to me lol 

[JonSnow]

The vest is actually a bomb if I am not mistaken. And you cannot be running for it to successfully go off. 

[Big Bird]

Just now, Gnashes said:

You can't vest inside of indestructible buildings.

U wot?!?!? I demand compensation. The Chinese merchant said nothing about this when I paid for it.

[Hound]

Right, it should be changed to affect players because as seen in the video it doesn't make much sense for it not to. 

[Chewbacca]

That was something that happened to me. It really needs to be fixed,

[Eric916]

looks like it needs to be fixed. they should have all died lol. and thats dumb if you cant be running. just casual walking in would not really create any element of surprise which would eliminate the point of the vest.

Spoiler

Nothin to see here.

 

[AndrewFam]

U can't be running but u can be flying? 

[kryptonthegamer]

Should spawn it on the player instead of spawning it at the air.

[Filiip]

Nice bounty

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26 minutes ago, 《New》 Krypton 《wəN》 said:

Should spawn it on the player instead of spawning it at the air.

There have been people trying to fix this issue back in the day and there is no other way around it.

the vest script is the best way it can be. 

People are just gonna have to learn the right way to best people in the field of battle with a vest..    **totally didn't just quote whitey**

[kryptonthegamer]

20 minutes ago, Judg3M3ntal said:

There have been people trying to fix this issue back in the day and there is no other way around it.

the vest script is the best way it can be. 

People are just gonna have to learn the right way to best people in the field of battle with a vest..    **totally didn't just quote whitey**

Definitely not true. There is a way to blow up Right at the person, and not drop the bomb from the sky.

[HotWings]

36 minutes ago, 《New》 Krypton 《wəN》 said:

Definitely not true. There is a way to blow up Right at the person, and not drop the bomb from the sky.

Show the script... Youre not helping by just arguing with people.

[kryptonthegamer]

8 minutes ago, HotWings said:

Show the script... Youre not helping by just arguing with people.

Will post it if I can somehow find it...however I've seen other servers and videos where the bomber vest spawned entities such as multiple grenades ON the player and detonated there. On old servers even.

[HotWings]

43 minutes ago, 《New》 Krypton 《wəN》 said:

Will post it if I can somehow find it...however I've seen other servers and videos where the bomber vest spawned entities such as multiple grenades ON the player and detonated there. On old servers even.

Interesting.  One would assume it would work better if it threw a shit ton of grenade. I like it

[kryptonthegamer]

6 minutes ago, HotWings said:

Interesting.  One would assume it would work better if it threw a shit ton of grenade. I like it

Yeah i mean it would work anywhere also, which I mean, Inside a building it ought to be extremely devastating.

[IAmLegion]

2 hours ago, Gnashes said:

The vest spawns the most powerful aircraft-borne anti-tank explosive in Arma 3, and drops it at the player's feet.

 

If the building is indestructible, or you detonate it on a dock (where the ground is actually below the dock), nothing is gonna happen.

arma science

[BrutaL]

barracks and domes = pointless suicide vests

[HotWings]

Just now, Gnashes said:

private["_test"];
if(vest player != "V_HarnessOGL_brn") exitWith {};
if(vehicle player != player) exitWith {hint "You cannot detonate your vest from within a vehicle."};
if((getPosATL player) select 2 > 1) exitWith {hint "You cannot detonate your vest when not on the ground."};
removeVest player;
_test = "Bo_Mk82" createVehicle [0,0,9999];
_test setPos (getPos player);
_test setVelocity [100,0,0];

if(alive player) then {player setDamage 1;};

 

Translation: Spawns bomb at bottom left corner of the map, 10km into the sky.

Teleports bomb to the Player.

Sets bomb to hit the ground at 100km an hour.

Would grenades be a viable replacement?

[Miss Evo]

I believe that cadet witnessed me fail 2 suicide vests in 1 day

[HotWings]

22 minutes ago, Gnashes said:

Sure. If you want vests to stop blowing up Orcas and Ifrits all the time.

Im guessing towers as well.  Seems as if there is a bit of a draw back either way.

[Hound]

How about you use the same explosion that is already being used, but add two more duplicates, possibly in different positions for them to explode. (on the ground, on the person, etc.). One of the explosions is bound to achieve the desired effect.

Edit: Or you could also set the vest to detonate 10 grenades while maintaining the current method of teleporting the explosive to the person. Doing this allows for the vest to have a purpose inside domes and indestructible buildings while maintaining its devasting blow outside of those situations.

Edited February 29, 2016 by Hound

[Serpico]

private["_test"];
if(vest player != "V_HarnessOGL_brn") exitWith {};
if(vehicle player != player) exitWith {hint "You cannot detonate your vest from within a vehicle."};
if((getPosATL player) select 2 > 1) exitWith {hint "You cannot detonate your vest when not on the ground."};
removeVest player;
_test = "Bo_Mk82" createVehicle [0,0,9999];
_test setPos (getPos player);
_test setVelocity [100,0,0];

if(alive player) then {player setDamage 1;};

I think the fix is to use getPosATL and setPosATL instead of getPos and setPos

getPos and setPos get your position relative to the object below you. 

getPosATL and setPosATL get your position relative to terrain level

I suspect the that in the indestructible buildings, the bomb spawns in/below the floor. Switching to getPosATL and setPosATL will spawn it in the building and kill people.

Also a video. 

Forgot to mention, the vest also works on docks.

Edited February 29, 2016 by Serpico

[Mr Smirnoff]

32 minutes ago, Serpico said:

private["_test"];
if(vest player != "V_HarnessOGL_brn") exitWith {};
if(vehicle player != player) exitWith {hint "You cannot detonate your vest from within a vehicle."};
if((getPosATL player) select 2 > 1) exitWith {hint "You cannot detonate your vest when not on the ground."};
removeVest player;
_test = "Bo_Mk82" createVehicle [0,0,9999];
_test setPos (getPos player);
_test setVelocity [100,0,0];

if(alive player) then {player setDamage 1;};

I think the fix is to use getPosATL and setPosATL instead of getPos and setPos

getPos and setPos get your position relative to the object below you. 

getPosATL and setPosATL get your position relative to terrain level

I suspect the that in the indestructible buildings, the bomb spawns in/below the floor. Switching to getPosATL and setPosATL will spawn it in the building and kill people.

Also a video. 

Forgot to mention, the vest also works on docks.

good find will inform the people

[Big Fred]

On 2/29/2016 at 7:44 PM, Serpico said:

I think the fix is to use getPosATL and setPosATL instead of getPos and setPos

getPos and setPos get your position relative to the object below you. 

getPosATL and setPosATL get your position relative to terrain level

If understand this right, this might also explain why we keep spawning in below the floor in some houses, underneath towers and inside of solid object at the oil rig when logging in where you last synced.
I've never had that happen on other servers. When I've logged out at the upper floor in a house, I've logged in at the upper floor. Not the bottom floor or underneath the house like on Asylum.