Search Light?

[Travelbob]

Hi guys, just wondering if the search lights for the AA needs a special script or are they just not working yet? During night no search lights operate when enemy planes appear!

Any sirenes? No right?

Similar question: Am I right and no plane is able to switch his navigation lights on/off? I can't find any key for this. No navigation lights and no landing lights?

Hope someone can answer!?

You might need some energy source for the search lights. Perhaps other stuff too.

But I have some doubts that we can turn on any light ingame right now.

[Gamekeeper]

Searchlight placement

Searchlights example

[Travelbob]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

As far as I'm aware, no nav or landing lights yet.

For searchlights, you need an AI actor searchlights.cpp or lights.cpp, can't remember which, plus you need a power generator and the poweron.cpp actor.

Oha...ok Thank you...

[159th_Jester]

I'm still having trouble with getting searchlights to work. I downloaded the example mission in the above link and even that didn't work.

I set up the searchlights with power generators pretty much right next to them. I set an AI on the map, select the powerON.ccp and set it as the target for each of the power generators.

Nothing happens.

I have seen mention of needing an "Airfield" AI on the map.... But what do you link it to? and what script do you define for it?

Can someone give me a step by step explanation of how to get the lights on please?

[WarFox101]

This is what you do, you set the AI to power on set the radius to cover the generator and search light, Next you set the generators target to the AI icon, Next set the searchlight target to the AI icon. after that it should work fine so long as there is darkness.

[159th_Jester]

Thanks WarFox. I'll give it another try.

[159th_Jester]

Still no searchlights.

I tried connecting both the generators and the lights to the existing anti air AI (with the PowerOn.cpp and a 1000m radius selected) and I tried deleting that AI, and creating another Airfield AI (again with PowerOn.cpp and 1000m radius).

Also tried various times from just after sundown through to midnight.

No searchlights turned on at any stage even with an enemy aircraft set up to constantly circle the airbase where the searchlights are located.

[WarFox101]

What about the AI Type is it set to Anti-air?

Edit: OK i see you created a Airfield AI, so it needs to be a Anti-air AI. It should work now.

[159th_Jester]

I tried the Anti Air AI as well, WarFox. I only tried the Airfield AI when I got no result with the Anti Air.

I'm stumped as to why I can't get it to work.