(hint: you need to find out what the class names of the runway lights are to pass to the command (dig around the 3DEN editor for runway lights), runway lights are probably NOT considered 'alive' (but they might be so don't write off a command alltogether!), and you are going to want the runway lights to be ordered from nearest to furthest in the list returned by the command (but remember you can sort the list by distance if the command doesn't do it automatically if you have to)).ĭo that, and then you can actually start trying things. Do a little research about nearEntities, nearestObjects, and other similar commands on the BI wiki and choose one that you think is most suitable for returning a list of runway lights. Then you need to toggle whether they are on or off at this calculated time. Runway Status Lights is a fully automated system that provides runway status information to pilots and surface vehicle operators to indicate when it is unsafe to enter, cross, or takeoff from a runway. Then you need to calculate a time to toggle whether they are on or off based on their distance from the end of the runway. Commonly Used Exterior Aircraft Lights Taxi Lights Runway Turn-Off Lights Position (or Navigation) Lights Red Anti-Collision Lights White Flashing Anti.

Then you need to organize them by distance to the end of the runway. You can't do anything to them if you can't reference them. You need to obtain references to the objects (the runway lights) themselves. Well, the first task seems pretty obvious to me. What do you actually need to tell the ArmA engine to do in order to accomplish that? In your case, you want runway lights to turn on and off in sequence. If you want to accomplish something like this and you are new to scripting, then your first step is to break down what you want to do into the smallest individual tasks you can.

Blinking on and off runway lights