✅ Verified in-game — deeper pass: separated the module-level local defaults (sProjectileName/sExplosionName/sDeliveryVehicle) from the settable instance fields, flagged the unused nSpeedScale and dead sExplosionName, documented the CreateDebris distance/client gate; parent of MrxMOAB; cross-linked Airstrike/MrxSupport

MrxDaisyCutter

Module: mrxdaisycutter.lua

Overview

MrxDaisyCutter drops a single guided “Daisy Cutter Projectile” from a C-130 onto a smoke-marked target, then kicks off a delayed dust-fall effect near the impact. It’s a thin subclass of MrxSupport and is itself the parent of MrxMOAB (which reuses this whole drop pipeline with a different projectile). The screen-flash grade is the separate Airstrike_Atmosphere_Daisycutter object.

Inheritance

• Inherits from: MrxSupport
• Imports: MrxSupportDesignatorSmoke, MrxUtil

Instance pattern

Same class-factory pattern as MrxSupport, not per-uGuid — Create(self, uPlayerGuid) builds a new table via setmetatable/__index, exactly like its parent. No OnActivate/Awake, no tInstance registry. It tracks the following key fields:

• uOwner: The GUID of the player who owns this support operation.
• sDeliveryVehicle: The name of the delivery vehicle used (“Support Vehicle (C130)”).
• uDeliveryVehicle: The GUID of the delivery vehicle.
• sBomb: The name of the bomb projectile (“Daisy Cutter Projectile”).
• uBomb: The GUID of the bomb projectile.
• uJet: The GUID of the aircraft performing the flyby.
• uSpawnedBomb: The GUID of the spawned bomb projectile.

Module constants & tunables

Three module-level locals hold the defaults (unreachable from outside — see the function-override deep dive):

• sProjectileName = "Daisy Cutter Projectile"
• sExplosionName = "Explosion (Daisy Cutter)" — declared but never used (dead constant).
• sDeliveryVehicle = "Support Vehicle (C130)"

Create copies these onto the instance as self.sBomb/self.uBomb/self.sDeliveryVehicle/ self.uDeliveryVehicle, and DropBomb fires Airstrike.SpawnOrdnance(self.uBomb, …). So the instance fields are the real customization surface — reassign oInstance.uBomb / oInstance.uDeliveryVehicle before firing rather than trying to touch the local defaults.

DropBomb declares local nSpeedScale = 20 but then passes the unscaled normalized vector (nVectorX, nVectorY, nVectorZ) to SpawnOrdnance — the nSpeedScale is never applied. This looks like a decompiled-source bug; the daisy cutter’s projectile therefore launches at unit speed, relying on the template’s own physics rather than the intended ×20 boost.

Functions

Create(self, uPlayerGuid)

Class-factory constructor. Builds a smoke designator with _NoValidation + "basic" AA test, sets owner / recruit "Fiona" / module name, and copies the projectile and delivery-vehicle defaults onto the instance.

DesignationCallback(self)

Computes spawn (300 behind, alt 100) and target (at camera, alt 100) via Pg.FindPointFromCamera, flies the C-130 with Airstrike.Flyby(self.uDeliveryVehicle, …, 80, DropBomb, {self}), and plays an (empty) VO via MrxSupport.PlayAirstrikeVO.

DropBomb(self)

Reads jet + designator target, normalizes the direction, and spawns the projectile with Airstrike.SpawnOrdnance(self.uBomb, …, uTarget, "impact", self.uOwner, BombExplodes, {self}) (see the unscaled-velocity warning above).

BombExplodes(self)

Detonation callback — schedules CreateDebris 1.5 s later via Event.TimerRelative.

CreateDebris(self)

Draws a Graphics.Effect.Terrain("global_particle_dustfall", 20, 0.005, …) dust cloud at the local player’s feet — but only if this is not a network client and the local hero is within 150 units of the target (MrxUtil.GetDistanceToObject(...) > 150 early-returns). A purely cosmetic, host-side, near-player effect.

Events

• No Event.Create subscriptions. The only Event.* use is the Event.TimerRelative that delays CreateDebris by 1.5 s. The other functions are wired by the parent designation flow and the Airstrike.Flyby/Airstrike.SpawnOrdnance callbacks.

Notes for modders

• To change the bomb, reassign the instance field uBomb (and sBomb) — not the local sProjectileName. MrxMOAB does exactly this: it inherits this module and just points sBomb/uBomb at "MOAB Projectile".
• The nSpeedScale = 20 in DropBomb is dead code (see warning) — if you override DropBomb to give the projectile a real launch velocity, that’s the value the original author appears to have intended.
• CreateDebris is host-only and gated to a 150-unit radius; on a dedicated client or a far-away player it does nothing. Keep that in mind if you’re relying on it for gameplay feedback.