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Realistic Nuke Script

A small demo mission for the nuke script I wrote. By using the radio menu, accesible by pressin 0 0, you can choose the yield of the nuke, or use the scroll menu/action menu to choose a yield:
- Aplha is 0.3 kT
- Bravo is 1 kT
- Charlie is 2 kT
- Delta is 7 kT


You can investigate the aftermath of the explosion by teleporting to a vehicle (via the scroll menu on the antenna next to you) and also heal yourselve/repair the vehicle unlimited times.


Mod Version including nuclear bombs and missiles:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2001817183


About the script:
I tried to create a nuke script which is more realistic then existing ones, by using data gathered from https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ (made by Alex Wellerstein) and modelling functions to calculate the damage for a given explosive yield.

Features:

- selectable yield
- 20 psi, 5 psi and 1 psi blastwaves (heavy, medium and light damage)
- thermal and nuclear radioation (only direct effects, no fallout yet)
- temporary malfunction of aviation instruments (radar, hud etc.)
- mushroom cloud with condensation rings (depending on weather)
- other effects (fireball, shockwave etc.)
- simple fallout/radioactivity at the origin of the blast, you can protect yourself usign CBRN suits
- simple fire mechanic which burns some houses down after the detonation
- crater generation which destroys buildings inside it and creates a blockade
- Air Mode to enable usage of high-altitude explosions (NOT air burst)
- Compatibility with Ace Medical, automatically checks for Ace


Planned features:
- bug fixing and enhancing visual effects

You can download the script here:
https://github.com/FreestyleBuild/A3-realistic-nuke

How to use the script:
To use the script you will have to execute it using the execVM command:

null = [position, yield, marker, damage] execVM "freestyleNuke\iniNuke.sqf";
or since version 0.5.0 (old syntax still works)
null = [position, yield, marker, damage, airMode] execVM "freestyleNuke\iniNuke.sqf";


Parameters:
- position: the postion on which the explosion occurs, given as array with 3 entries, like the ones returned by the getPos function
- yield: the explosive yield in kilotons, can be a floating point value, however due to lag you should only use values from 0.1 to 50 kT (The demo uses 0.3, 1, 2 and 7 kT)
- marker: 'true' or 'false', wether markers will be created on the map to show the size of the blast zones (red = 20psi, yellow = 5psi, gray = 1psi)
- damage: 'true' or 'false', wether the damage effects are used, if 'false' no damage is done, only effects are created
- airMode: '0', '1' or '2', defaults to '2' if not given, wether to use Air Mode('1') or not('0') or let the script decide depending and altitude and yield ('2')

For more information visit: https://github.com/FreestyleBuild/A3-realistic-nuke/wiki

Known Issues:
- extreme lag on hosted multiplayer sessions (not tested on dedicated yet)
- effects start to glitch at large or very small yields (e.g when below 0.3 kT)
- bug when postion argument is called for the postion of a map marker (like "getPos Marker01"), use other objects instead


Feel free to use the script for your missions/mods, but please credit me (e.g. link to this post) and send me a link to your creation, I would love to try it out.


Thanks to everyone who helped me develop the script by giving me suggestions and tips on how to improve it.


License

This work is licensed under the Public License Share Alike:

https://www.bohemia.net/community/licenses/arma-public-license-share-alike