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Shelved PR 413 vbied detonation confirm

rayswaynl edited this page Jul 3, 2026 · 1 revision

Shelved: PR #413 — "Are you sure?" prompt before a VBIED goes off

State: Ray-shelved 2026-07-03 (Build 89 pick round). PR #413 was closed without merging; nothing from it is in Build 88/89.

WHAT

Adds an optional two-click confirmation before a GUER suicide car bomb (VBIED) detonates: the first Detonate VBIED click would pop a red "Confirm VBIED detonation?" hint, and only a second click within 6 seconds would actually blow it. It ships default-off (single-click instant detonation stays the same unless a server flips the flag).

WHERE

  • PR: #413 — "Lane 145: add default-off VBIED detonation confirm".
  • Branch / head commit: codex/lane145-vbied-confirm @ 2b9a2e74943622ac57e94f2d1662063fb83d95ca.
  • Flag (if any): WFBE_C_GUER_VBIED_CONFIRM = 0 (default-off; >0 enables the confirm prompt). Reuses the existing WFBE_CL_FNC_ConfirmAction helper.
  • Files touched: Client/Action/Action_GuerVbiedDetonate.sqf and Common/Init/Init_CommonConstants.sqf, mirrored across Chernarus / Takistan / Zargabad (6 files).

WHY SHELVED

Ray, 2026-07-03: "shouldn't even be a lobby option" — a hard rejection of the concept, not just the default.

CRITICAL — instant-VBIED is a DESIGN PILLAR. A VBIED must detonate instantly on the single scroll-wheel click, with no confirmation prompt of any kind. The whole point of the suicide car bomb is the commitment of the instant press; a confirm dialog defeats it. This is the THIRD time a VBIED-confirm has been proposed and rejected (previously #214 and #215, now #413). Future lanes must treat instant-VBIED as SETTLED and must not re-propose a confirmation dialog, an "are you sure?" prompt, an arming double-tap, or any lobby/param toggle for one. This is not a "default-off is fine" situation — the option itself is unwanted.

HOW TO REVIVE

  • DO NOT REVIVE. The concept is settled-rejected (three times: #214, #215, #413). Do not re-open, re-scope, or re-skin a VBIED confirmation under a new lane number.
  • If some unrelated piece of the branch is ever wanted (it is not, currently), it lives at codex/lane145-vbied-confirm @ 2b9a2e74943622ac57e94f2d1662063fb83d95ca — but the confirmation behaviour itself stays dead.

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