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Road Flare

An emergency flare. Burns with red light, bright enough to light the surroundings at night. Can also be used to light fires or for communication.

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Classname Roadflare

Section: Equipment
Weight: 50 g
Inventory size: 1×3 3 slots
Durability: 100
Spawns on: Chernarus, Livonia, Sakhal

Compatibility

Attaches to

Tripwire

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

Where it spawns

Spawns as loot on Chernarus, Livonia, Sakhal: Military, Police.

	Chernarus	Livonia	Sakhal
Nominal	40	40	30
Minimum	26	26	24
Lifetime	4 h	4 h	4 h
Restock	0	0	0
Quantity	·	·	·
Loot category	Tools	Tools	Tools
Places	Military Police	Military Police	Military Police
Tiers	Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4	Tier 2 Tier 3	Tier 2 Tier 3

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

<type name="Roadflare">
    <nominal>40</nominal>
    <lifetime>14400</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>26</min>
    <quantmin>-1</quantmin>
    <quantmax>-1</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="tools"/>
    <usage name="Military"/>
    <usage name="Police"/>
    <value name="Tier2"/>
    <value name="Tier3"/>
    <value name="Tier4"/>
</type>

types.xml · Livonia

<type name="Roadflare">
    <nominal>40</nominal>
    <lifetime>14400</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>26</min>
    <quantmin>-1</quantmin>
    <quantmax>-1</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="tools"/>
    <usage name="Military"/>
    <usage name="Police"/>
    <value name="Tier2"/>
    <value name="Tier3"/>
</type>

types.xml · Sakhal

<type name="Roadflare">
    <nominal>30</nominal>
    <lifetime>14400</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>24</min>
    <quantmin>-1</quantmin>
    <quantmax>-1</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="tools"/>
    <usage name="Military"/>
    <usage name="Police"/>
    <value name="Tier2"/>
    <value name="Tier3"/>
</type>

Config

Classname: Roadflare
Config class: CfgVehicles
Inherits from: Inventory_Base › Static › All
Model: \dz\gear\consumables\road_flare.p3d
Defined in: Addons/gear_consumables.pbo::config.bin
Inventory slots: tripWireAttachment