[jonwil]

If you put an ivan into an IFV and kill the IFV, it uses the DeathWeapon= setting for the IFV when it is killed, otherwise it uses normal vehcle has been blown up logic.
What triggers this? Is it specifically triggered for units with IFVMode=7 or is it triggered some other way?

[DCoder]

The same happens when you put in a terrorist, AFAIK, cause it's triggered by the mode's weapon having Suicide=yes.

[jonwil]

ok, thanks.
That means all IFVMode= is is basicly an index into the weapon list.

[CannisRabidus]

I'm just confirming as a definite what DCoder said (since he qualified it with 'AFAIK').

[DCoder]

Yeah, I was confused because DZ's ini guide does not mention the Suicide= flag at all, so I couldn't confirm from there.

[bobing]

ah, answers a few questions, he asked me on MSN, but i couldn't tell. i noticed the Suicide, but i didn't see the key to that making it use DeathWeapon=

it all makes sence now, thanks again blade, and DCoder. even after 3 years you can learn something new...

[CannisRabidus]

Well I'm not Blade, but you're welcome.

Generally, all units use a DeathWeapon= if they are set to Explodes=yes. If DeathWeapon= is not expressly identified then the deathweapon used is the unit's Primary= weapon. If Explodes=yes is not present then DeathWeapon= is ignored and the unit doesn't fire a real weapon when it is destroyed.

The difference is when the weapon is Suicide=yes. In that case, the suicide weapon is really only used for targeting and doesn't actually fire. Suicide=yes means 'fire the deathweapon instead'.

[bobing]

oops, it was blade who helped last time

thanks cannis***

[CannisRabidus]

no prob

I edited the post I wrote earlier since it included crap that was essentially nonsense, because I wrote that after being awake only a short time. I'm basically nocturnal and have complete mental clarity at night, but when I first awake, I'm a blithering moron.