Field Rations - Improve Vehicle Watersource Actions

[mrschick]

When merged this pull request will:
Changes moved here from #10675.

• Add water actions directly to the vehicle instead of the helper object if the vehicle has no custom "waterActionPosition".
  This was causing the helper object to be attached to the center of the vehicle, making the interaction almost impossible to access from the outside.
• Allow accessing the water source of vehicles with no custom "waterActionPosition" from the inside.

[johnb432]

* Allow accessing the water source of vehicles with no custom `"waterActionPosition"` from the inside.

I don't understand in which cases this is useful or wanted. Can you elaborate?

[mrschick]

Basically to allow accessing of a water canister that is mounted inside of a vehicle (i.e: that in a Bradley), as opposed to water cargo with an exterior faucet like the IDAP truck.

[johnb432]

Basically to allow accessing of a water canister that is mounted inside of a vehicle (i.e: that in a Bradley)

Personally I can't behind this at this moment in time, because I don't have an example to look at in game. I want to play around and see how it feels, because, to me, having the interaction be available when both outside and inside the vehicle feels off.

What do you think @LinkIsGrim?

[mrschick]

As a more concrete example: the idea for it first arose on a 24/7 mission of mine as the Takistani Army, with field rations enabled.
I added water bottles to all vehicle inventories as a backup, along with water storage via ACE 3DEN Options. On something like an open UAZ (or a BTR/BRDM for that matter), where a "water tank" would be accessible from within, this would allow replenishing from the vehicle itself on the move, without having to drink from bottles and then have to switch them out with the stored ones.

[rautamiekka]

As a more concrete example: the idea for it first arose on a 24/7 mission of mine as the Takistani Army, with field rations enabled. I added water bottles to all vehicle inventories as a backup, along with water storage via ACE 3DEN Options. On something like an open UAZ (or a BTR/BRDM for that matter), where a "water tank" would be accessible from within, this would allow replenishing from the vehicle itself on the move, without having to drink from bottles and then have to switch them out with the stored ones.

Yeah, exactly. Even something cramped like the Soviet T-34 from the WW2 had enough space for a few regular 0.5-liter plastic water bottles to be rolling around (emphasis on 'rolling around', meaning being loose on the floor), and next to every vehicle since could handle even more, with many more easily storing something similar (but way smaller) to the fuel/water bladders 'Arma 3' already had, or alternatively something like the fuel canisters filled with water, which the game/mod already also had.

[LinkIsGrim]

What do you think @LinkIsGrim?

I don't mind it.

But I am lazy. @mrschick you got an example of a vanilla vehicle I can test this with? If not, change config of something in this branch and then change it back after approval.

[mrschick]

No vanilla vehicle has water storage without having a faucet (requirement for inside interaction).
To test it you can place any light vehicle in the editor and give it water storage via ACE Options in 3DEN.

[mrschick]

You can try it on the IDAP water truck, I just removed its faucet position config.

[LinkIsGrim]

It works. The offset removal didn't though.

/shrug