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Flare

Signal flare cartridge. Used in a signal pistol, it contains a mix of chemicals, making them shine with a bright light.

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Classname Ammo_Flare

Section: Ammunition
Weight: 80 g
Inventory size: 1×1 1 slots
Durability: 100
Rounds in a stack: 5
Spawns on: Not in vanilla loot

4 variants

Characteristics

Ammunition damage

Bullet	Health	Blood	Shock	Speed
`Bullet_Flare`	10	100	0	80 m/s

Damage of the bullet class from the config, before armor and hit zone multipliers. Muzzle velocity already counts this barrel.

Compatibility

Used by

Signal Pistol

Matched by config slots and lists. Game scripts block a few combinations on top of this.

Where it spawns

No vanilla source in the game files: no loot entry, map event, recipe or item that spawns it.

	Chernarus	Livonia	Sakhal
Nominal	0	0	0
Minimum	0	0	0
Lifetime	4 h	4 h	4 h
Restock	0	0	0
Quantity	20–40%	20–40%	20–40%
Loot category	Weapons	Weapons	Weapons
Places	Military Police Medical Fire station Coast	Military Police Medical Fire station Coast	Military Police Medical Fire station Coast
Tiers	·	·	Tier 1 Tier 2

Nominal is how many the economy keeps on the map, minimum is where restocking starts. Lifetime is how long an untouched item lies before cleanup.

types.xml

Vanilla entries from the mission files of each map. Paste one into db/types.xml of your mission to bring back the default.

types.xml · Chernarus, Livonia

<type name="Ammo_Flare">
    <nominal>0</nominal>
    <lifetime>14400</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>0</min>
    <quantmin>20</quantmin>
    <quantmax>40</quantmax>
    <cost>100</cost>
    <flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
    <category name="weapons"/>
    <usage name="Military"/>
    <usage name="Police"/>
    <usage name="Medic"/>
    <usage name="Firefighter"/>
    <usage name="Coast"/>
</type>

types.xml · Sakhal

<type name="Ammo_Flare">
    <nominal>0</nominal>
    <lifetime>14400</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>0</min>
    <quantmin>20</quantmin>
    <quantmax>40</quantmax>
    <cost>100</cost>
    <flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
    <category name="weapons"/>
    <usage name="Military"/>
    <usage name="Police"/>
    <usage name="Medic"/>
    <usage name="Firefighter"/>
    <usage name="Coast"/>
    <value name="Tier1"/>
    <value name="Tier2"/>
</type>

Variants

Ammo_Flare This page

Ammo_FlareBlue

Ammo_FlareGreen

Ammo_FlareRed

The same item in other colors or versions. Each one has its own classname and loot settings.

Config

Classname: Ammo_Flare
Config class: CfgMagazines
Inherits from: Ammunition_Base › Magazine_Base › DefaultMagazine
Model: \dz\weapons\ammunition\Flare_SingleRound.p3d
Defined in: Addons/weapons_ammunition.pbo::config.bin
Inventory slots: magazine, magazine2, magazine3