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Signal Pistol

Simple breech loaded signal pistol. Launching flares at long distances, it can be a handy tool for communication, orientation, or just illumination. Uses flare cartridges.

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Classname Flaregun

Section: Weapons
Weight: 400 g
Inventory size: 2×2 4 slots
Worn or carried in: Holster
Durability: 150
Fire modes: Single shot
Spawns on: Not in vanilla loot

Characteristics

Repaired with: Gun Cleaning Kit

Fire modes

Single shot: 462 rounds/min

Rate of fire is 60 seconds divided by the delay between shots in the config.

Ammunition damage

Bullet	Health	Blood	Muzzle velocity
`Bullet_Flare`	10	100	80 m/s
`Bullet_FlareBlue`	10	100	80 m/s
`Bullet_FlareGreen`	10	100	80 m/s
`Bullet_FlareRed`	10	100	80 m/s

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

Melee

Attack	Health	Shock	Blood	Reach
Light attack	10	15	100	1.2 m

Compatibility

Ammunition

Flare

Attaches to

Chest Holster

Holster

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	·	·	30–80%
Loot category	Weapons	Weapons	Weapons
Places	Military Police Medical Fire station Coast	Military Police Medical Fire station Coast	Medical 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="Flaregun">
    <nominal>0</nominal>
    <lifetime>14400</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>0</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="weapons"/>
    <usage name="Military"/>
    <usage name="Police"/>
    <usage name="Medic"/>
    <usage name="Firefighter"/>
    <usage name="Coast"/>
</type>

types.xml · Sakhal

<type name="Flaregun">
    <nominal>0</nominal>
    <lifetime>14400</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>0</min>
    <quantmin>30</quantmin>
    <quantmax>80</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="Medic"/>
    <usage name="Coast"/>
    <value name="Tier1"/>
    <value name="Tier2"/>
</type>

Config

Classname: Flaregun
Config class: CfgWeapons
Inherits from: Flaregun_Base › Pistol_Base › PistolCore › DefaultWeapon › Weapon_Base
Model: \dz\weapons\pistols\flaregun\flaregun.p3d
Defined in: Addons/weapons_pistols.pbo::flaregun/config.bin
Inventory slots: Pistol