FireSiegeEngine

Fires a loaded siege engine, as its operator’s fire key would.

The shot leaves a moment later - a trebuchet’s sling lets go 2 s into the swing, a cannon’s fuse burns 1.5 s - along the engine’s aim (AimSiegeEngine; never aimed: straight ahead). Its operator, if anyone works it, is the shooter. Refused (the second value says why) when it is not loaded.

Syntax

FireSiegeEngine(id)

Parameter	Type
id	number	the engine

Returns

boolean, string - whether it fires, and why not

Example

-- the mode's own battery: every loaded cannon fires at the gate
for _, id in ipairs(GetSiegeEngines()) do
  if GetEntityTemplate(id) == "cannon" then
    AimSiegeEngine(id, GATE_X, GATE_Y, GATE_Z)
    FireSiegeEngine(id)
  end
end

See also

LoadSiegeEngine · OnSiegeShot · OnSiegeImpact · the Siege engines group of the index