ArmAScript Examples

So you want to turn off all Streetlamps in an area?  You can do that pretty easily.  First place a Gamelogic in the middle of your town.  Then put the following code in it’s Init field.

{_x switchLight "OFF"} forEach ((getPos this) nearObjects ["StreetLamp",200]);

That will turn off all StreetLamps within 200m of the Gamelogic.

Here’s code I used in a mission on Chernarus to turn out all the lights in a city when I blew up two Power Generators:

_types = ["Land_PowLines_WoodL", "Land_PowLines_ConcL", "Land_lampa_ind_zebr", "Land_lampa_sidl_3", "Land_lampa_vysoka", "Land_lampa_ind", "Land_lampa_ind_b", "Land_lampa_sidl"];

while {true} do
{
        // power1 and power2 were two objects I placed.
	waituntil{!alive power1 and !alive power2};

	// delete the light over the generators.
	deletevehicle obsLight;

	for [{_i=0},{_i < (count _types)},{_i=_i+1}] do
	{
                // powercoverage is a marker I placed.
		_lamps = getmarkerpos "powercoverage" nearObjects [_types select _i, 1200];
		sleep 1;
		{_x switchLight "OFF";} forEach _lamps;
	};
};

Here are two demo missions which show this effect at work. The first method includes pre-placed items which can be deactivated via addAction in order to cut the power. Destroying them also works. The second example shows how destroying items on the map (the power transformers) can be used for the same effect. Hint, you'll need 3 satchels each!