Arma 3
Spotlights
26 Comments
Dark Prince 5 Mar, 2022 @ 9:49am 
Ne svetit chrez steni. Otvichayu
Warhammer Actual 13 Jan, 2022 @ 8:23am 
Anyone have the command to activate this light when Ai are occupying it? I've tried everything in the comments, nothing is working. TY in advance
POLM_GekkeGerrit 25 Feb, 2021 @ 5:05am 
Whoops, should have read ALL the previous comments before asking.
Litterally the first comment you made, sorry!
POLM_GekkeGerrit 25 Feb, 2021 @ 5:01am 
Hi, thanks for continuing this!
Is there a way to have them turned on by default on mission start?
I tried "Enabled Headlights" in the editor, but that works a little too well considering it ads another light coming from the back of the searchlight.
BerlinerCoach 24 Jun, 2020 @ 12:25am 
One of the most important mods in arma. Too bad the published-ID is missing again.
SpookeyWookey 5 Mar, 2020 @ 1:40pm 
How do I make AI turn it on? He won't do it no matter what I do. I put this _spotlight setPilotLight true in init of both spotlight and soldier, nothing.
Preacher 3 Sep, 2019 @ 11:58am 
Nice mod!
How can I set the power or the distance of illumination of the searchlight?
Kodyaq 18 Feb, 2019 @ 11:25am 
So... After i put it down as a bag, then? How do i activate it?
76561198192726397  [author] 13 Feb, 2019 @ 11:02pm 
i have no idea what you're saying dude if you want something from me just say it in plain english
petrtlach 24 Dec, 2018 @ 4:51am 
@Fuck Steam:
If your mod have probleme, why you no contact me? If i see at this addon, think have probleme if no use mod "tags".
petrtlach 24 Dec, 2018 @ 4:43am 
@Fuck Steam:

You have problem with me? Who its autist? You? CSA38 dev its two men. What its your problem?
モニカ部長のことだけ 15 Dec, 2018 @ 6:41am 
Please fix the conflict with ifa3.
Pyr 23 Nov, 2018 @ 4:55pm 
Thanks dude! Though this is not your mod (stated in description) you solved my problem BIG TIME! I created an amazing stealth mission with you're help!
Stooge 31 Oct, 2018 @ 1:53am 
Could you try to make Air Raid Searchlights?
SirJiminyCricket 20 Sep, 2018 @ 7:18am 
@Fuck Steam I tried using the code on the original armaholic post to get the searchlight to move side-to-side. I can't get it to work. Do you have anything that might do the trick?
Ice 22 Jul, 2018 @ 9:56am 
@we tortured some folks Hey man, I do appreciate that. We used to go by this model and then we actually had someone rat us out and report us to the authors of the modifications. Then Steam got involved and there was a claim on our mod. That's why we don't do that anymore. It's just not worth the utility you get from it.
76561198192726397  [author] 22 Jul, 2018 @ 12:57am 
By the way, dude, you don't really need anyone's permission to do anything if you're making some mega-mod for your clan or group or unit or whatever as long as you're not passing it around publically. Just throw all the shit together you want or need into a single mod/mod folder, upload it to the workshop and set it for friends only. Nobody will be the wiser or ever know. Sometimes great men have to break the rules to make history. You're going to die one day and your time on earth is limited. You never know when you're going to go. So to hell with the autists like that dickhead CSA38 dev. Work the underground angle. It's the only way to make the game decent enough to pass as a milsim anymore.
76561198192726397  [author] 5 Jun, 2018 @ 5:46pm 
It's not mine, I didn't create it and I don't possess the rights for it, therefore I can't transfer any rights to you.

I don't think it has any rights attached to it though.
Ice 5 Jun, 2018 @ 3:43pm 
Of course we would provide all credits in the mods description.
Ice 5 Jun, 2018 @ 3:43pm 
Hey tortured, any way that TFTW can include this modification's PBOs in our group mod? It's understandable if not, no worries. It would just simplify our modpack considerably, it's hard to include such small things in our modpack collection. Thanks!

Sam
echo 2 Jun, 2018 @ 3:07pm 
Nice! I bet these will come in handy for my next screenshots.
Diablo [=ΛLPHΛ=] 2 Jun, 2018 @ 8:51am 
I'll try!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!
76561198192726397  [author] 2 Jun, 2018 @ 6:06am 
the actual gunner being an invisible guy inside of it is just something youre going to have to deal with for now until i can figure out a way to fix it. they also can't really be used by players very well i don't think, but i haven't tried. i'll try to fix that too.
76561198192726397  [author] 2 Jun, 2018 @ 6:04am 
if you are annoyed that even if you kill the guy standing behind the spotlight and it keeps tracking you like an auto robot you can make triggers or scripts like this:

_lightman is the dummy guy inside of spotlight.
_gunner is the guy standing behind spotlight acting as its "gunner".

Condition: !alive _gunner
Activation: deleteVehicle _lightman

Condition: lifeState _gunner == "INCAPACITATED"
Activation: _lightman setUnconscious true;
Deactivation: _lightman setUnconscious false;

this makes it so when the guy standing behind the light spotting targets for it and "using" it gets put in a state where he couldn't use it anymore in real life (i.e. dead or really hurt) then the robo ai spotlight also stops working as well.
76561198192726397  [author] 2 Jun, 2018 @ 6:04am 
_spotlight setPilotLight true
to turn light on

_spotlight setPilotLight true
to turn light off

as long as its occupied by a dummy ai it will aim at targets known to it. best practice is to put a man standing still behind the spotlight in the place where someone would stand while using one. sync the dummy ai in the spotlight to the guy behind the spotlight so the guy behind the spotlight is the ground leader. now the group leader guy behind the spotlight will direct the dummy in the spotlight to aim at targets. it works quite well at times and looks really cool when it does.
Diablo [=ΛLPHΛ=] 2 Jun, 2018 @ 5:11am 
Hello, it's been a long time since searchlights not work in Arma 3 at least for me, neither these nor any other version, when they're occupied by a gunner, he disappears and if he's a player, a very unpleasant graphic glich is produced... it only happens to me? thank you! HELP!