Land mines and trains carrying tanks

[Deacon352nd]

I’m in the process of making a series of missions for my group and was wondering if there are any groups or objects for land mines which explode if a tank goes over them. Also a group for a train car to carry a tank. Thanks ahead of time for any answers. 

[Jaegermeister]

12 hours ago, Deacon352nd said:

I’m in the process of making a series of missions for my group and was wondering if there are any groups or objects for land mines which explode if a tank goes over them. Also a group for a train car to carry a tank. Thanks ahead of time for any answers. 

 

I have done a land mine group for tanks before, but you cannot put a tank on a train car.

 

This one has mines that will explode when an Axis tank rolls over them. You can change the coalition in the Checkzone to Allies if you like. If you want to make the mines actually damage an enemy tank, you would have to place a command damage MCU on the mine, triggered by the Check zone, and object link it to a specific tank.

 

Axis Minefield.zip

 

Edited September 1, 2024 by Jaegermeister

[GenMarkof007]

1 hour ago, Jaegermeister said:

 

I have done a land mine group for tanks before, but you cannot put a tank on a train car.

 

This one has mines that will explode when an Axis tank rolls over them. You can change the coalition in the Checkzone to Allies if you like. If you want to make the mines actually damage an enemy tank, you would have to place a command damage MCU on the mine, triggered by the Check zone, and object link it to a specific tank.

 

Axis Minefield.zip 7.75 kB · 1 download

 

S! @Jaegermeister

Quick question about the last part of the mine group...
If this is for an MP mission... and I'm not able to link the mine to a specific tank, since players will be passing in the area of my minefield...

Any solution for this?

A big thanks for this group... Now, I just need to create random (3) places where my mines can appear.

Cheers, GenMarkof  +

[Jaegermeister]

50 minutes ago, GenMarkof007 said:

S! @Jaegermeister

Quick question about the last part of the mine group...
If this is for an MP mission... and I'm not able to link the mine to a specific tank, since players will be passing in the area of my minefield...

Any solution for this?
 

Not really, no. Ground explosions are a visual effect. You can link it to AI vehicles, but that’s a whole different thing than what I used it for. Also even to this day, if you apply command damage to an activated formation, it applies to the entire formation, not just the individual linked vehicle. If you destroy 1, they will all go up in smoke.

 

Edited September 1, 2024 by Jaegermeister

[IckyATLAS]

On 9/1/2024 at 5:15 AM, Jaegermeister said:

if you apply command damage to an activated formation, it applies to the entire formation, not just the individual linked vehicle. If you destroy 1, they will all go up in smoke.

This is true also for planes and I hate that. Frankly this should have been corrected and allow for individual damage which by the way the game does manage that way. I cannot understand why this was coded this way as it is of no real interest. An unfinished work or kind of bug.

[[DBS]Tx_Tip]

Created for SP and MP Mines for Assault Gun and Operation Market Garden campaigns and corrected and polished up a Danger Dogs Transferred Tanks MP sortie.

Those are within the campaigns and don't know where the Transferred Tanks Group went.

 

Basically, you should always name the player's vehicle or aircraft within the logic to blow up and/or the transferred tank.

 

Tip

 

[Jaegermeister]

On 9/2/2024 at 5:09 AM, IckyATLAS said:

This is true also for planes and I hate that. Frankly this should have been corrected and allow for individual damage which by the way the game does manage that way. I cannot understand why this was coded this way as it is of no real interest. An unfinished work or kind of bug.

 

It is definitely a bug. It has been reported before but that was a long time ago. Maybe something can be done if it gets reported again in the right way.

[IckyATLAS]

22 hours ago, Jaegermeister said:

 

It is definitely a bug. It has been reported before but that was a long time ago. Maybe something can be done if it gets reported again in the right way.

We count on you for that. You know it much better than us. You have probably more contacts with the devs than us (I have none). You have my full support but I doubt it will help much.