Lua - Get Weapon Target

[blu3s]

Is there any way through the attributes of a weapon unit class, to know which is its target?

Thank you

[lumiere]

Getting target guid of given unit is somewhat trickey, because unit prolerty itself does not have the target guid list.

Method I came up with is to cross check weapon guid is in targetedBy field table of the contact.

local weapon = '87yzy5-0hmrsvl00sm3c' --weapon guid
local weapon = ScenEdit_GetUnit({guid=weapon})
local contacts = VP_GetSide ({side=weapon.side}).contacts
local hostile = {}

for k, v in ipairs(contacts) do --pick up hostile contact as "hostile" table
　local contact = VP_GetContact({guid=v.guid})
　if contact.posture == "H" then
　　table.insert(hostile, v.guid)
　end
end
print(hostile)

local result = nil --check weapon guid is in contact targettedBy table
for k, v in ipairs(hostile) do
　local contact = VP_GetContact({guid=v})
　if contact.targetedBy ~= nil then
　　for k1, v1 in pairs(contact.targetedBy) do
　　　if v1 == weapon.guid then
　　　　result = v
　　　end
　　end
　end
end

return result

Hope there is targetList field in unit property added instead of this roundabout method.

[blu3s]

Getting target guid of given unit is somewhat trickey, because unit prolerty itself does not have the target guid list.

Method I came up with is to cross check weapon guid is in targetedBy field table of the contact.

local weapon = '87yzy5-0hmrsvl00sm3c' --weapon guid
local weapon = ScenEdit_GetUnit({guid=weapon})
local contacts = VP_GetSide ({side=weapon.side}).contacts
local hostile = {}

for k, v in ipairs(contacts) do --pick up hostile contact as "hostile" table
　local contact = VP_GetContact({guid=v.guid})
　if contact.posture == "H" then
　　table.insert(hostile, v.guid)
　end
end
print(hostile)

local result = nil --check weapon guid is in contact targettedBy table
for k, v in ipairs(hostile) do
　local contact = VP_GetContact({guid=v})
　if contact.targetedBy ~= nil then
　　for k1, v1 in pairs(contact.targetedBy) do
　　　if v1 == weapon.guid then
　　　　result = v
　　　end
　　end
　end
end

return result

Hope there is targetList field in unit property added instead of this roundabout method.

Uhh very nice approach! Yes, being able to have the information of the weapon object in its properties would be infinitely more convenient.

[lumiere]

Oh, weapon wrapper has validTargetList field which shows the target list though I haven't tried yet.

https://commandlua.github.io/assets/Wra ... per_Weapon
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Edit: validTargetList field will be used in conjunction with ScenEdit_QueryDB() to show weapon's available target, not existing individual weapon's current target contact.

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/sear ... 0%5D=10201

[lumiere]

Another finding. Unit wrapper got from ScenEdit_GetUnit() have "weapon" field which returns weapon shooter and target contact's table.

https://commandlua.github.io/assets/Wra ... apper_Unit
weapon { shooter, contact, detonated }

Table of shooter unit, at contact unit and detonated (when destroyed) if a weapon (READ ONLY)

So it will be:

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local unit = ScenEdit_GetUnit({guid=weaponguid})
return unit.weapon.contact.guid

[blu3s]

Another finding. Unit wrapper got from ScenEdit_GetUnit() have "weapon" field which returns weapon shooter and target contact's table.

https://commandlua.github.io/assets/Wra ... apper_Unit
weapon { shooter, contact, detonated }

Table of shooter unit, at contact unit and detonated (when destroyed) if a weapon (READ ONLY)

So it will be:

Code: Select all

local unit = ScenEdit_GetUnit({guid=weaponguid})
return unit.weapon.contact.guid

Uhh this is perfect! Thank you!