Detect Targetting / ECM pods on aircraft?

getAmmo() doesn't unless I'm doing something wrong. getSensors() references vehicle capabilities as far as I can tell.

Is there any way to detect if an aircraft has one loaded?

Iterate over a unit's table and its pylons. This is how the unit/-s table for a group looks like (found in the mission file inside .miz archives):

["units"] = 
{
[1] = 
{
	["alt"] = 2000,
	["hardpoint_racks"] = true,
	["alt_type"] = "BARO",
	["livery_id"] = "VFA-37",
	["skill"] = "High",
	["speed"] = 179.86111111111,
	["AddPropAircraft"] = 
	{
	}, -- end of ["AddPropAircraft"]
	["type"] = "FA-18C_hornet",
	["unitId"] = 1,
	["psi"] = 0,
	["y"] = 632571.42857143,
	["x"] = -298571.42857143,
	["name"] = "DictKey_UnitName_7",
	["payload"] = 
	{
		["[b]pylons[/b]"] = 
		{
			[1] = 
			{
				["CLSID"] = "{5CE2FF2A-645A-4197-B48D-8720AC69394F}",
			}, -- end of [1]
			[2] = 
			{
				["CLSID"] = "{C40A1E3A-DD05-40D9-85A4-217729E37FAE}",
			}, -- end of [2]
			[3] = 
			{
				["CLSID"] = "{GBU-38}",
			}, -- end of [3]
			[4] = 
			{
				["CLSID"] = "{AAQ-28_LEFT}",
			}, -- end of [4]
			[5] = 
			{
				["CLSID"] = "{AWW-13}",
			}, -- end of [5]
			[7] = 
			{
				["CLSID"] = "{DB769D48-67D7-42ED-A2BE-108D566C8B1E}",
			}, -- end of [7]
			[8] = 
			{
				["CLSID"] = "{9BCC2A2B-5708-4860-B1F1-053A18442067}",
			}, -- end of [8]
			[9] = 
			{
				["CLSID"] = "{5CE2FF2A-645A-4197-B48D-8720AC69394F}",
			}, -- end of [9]
		}, -- end of ["pylons"]
		["fuel"] = 4900,
		["flare"] = 30,
		["ammo_type"] = 1,
		["chaff"] = 60,
		["gun"] = 100,
	}, -- end of ["payload"]
	["heading"] = 0,
	["callsign"] = 
	{
		[1] = 1,
		[2] = 1,
		[3] = 1,
		["name"] = "Enfield11",
	}, -- end of ["callsign"]
	["onboard_num"] = "010",
}, -- end of [1]
}, -- end of ["units"]

Example for iterating over pylons:

function print_payloads()
for coa_name, coa_data in pairs(env.mission.coalition) do
if (coa_name == 'red' or coa_name == 'blue') and type(coa_data) == 'table' then
	if coa_data.country then 
		for cntry_id, cntry_data in pairs(coa_data.country) do
			for obj_type_name, obj_type_data in pairs(cntry_data) do
				if obj_type_name == "helicopter" or obj_type_name == "plane"  then	
					if ((type(obj_type_data) == 'table') and obj_type_data.group and (type(obj_type_data.group) == 'table') and (#obj_type_data.group > 0)) then	
						for group_num, group_data in pairs(obj_type_data.group) do
							local groupName = env.getValueDictByKey(group_data.name)
							if group_data  then
								for unitIndex, unitData in pairs(group_data.units) do 								
									local unitName =  env.getValueDictByKey(unitData.name)											
									env.info("Pylons for unit "..unitName.." ("..unitData.type.."/"..groupName.."):")
									local pylons = [b]unitData.payload.pylons[/b]
									for k,v in pairs(pylons) do
										env.info(k.."> "..v.[b][color="DarkRed"]CLSID[/color][/b])		
									end	
								end
							end
						end
					end
				end
			end
		end
	end
end
end
return
end

This will print something like this -- the ordnance/pods/.. are represented as CLSID:

Pylons for unit Pilot #001 (FA-18C_hornet/TestHornet):
9> {5CE2FF2A-645A-4197-B48D-8720AC69394F}
2> {C40A1E3A-DD05-40D9-85A4-217729E37FAE}
8> {9BCC2A2B-5708-4860-B1F1-053A18442067}
3> {GBU-38}
1> {5CE2FF2A-645A-4197-B48D-8720AC69394F}
4> {AAQ-28_LEFT}
5> {AWW-13}
7> {DB769D48-67D7-42ED-A2BE-108D566C8B1E}

Of course you need to know the CLSID for pods or whatever you want to check. Either find them yourself in mission files or somewhere else.

Thanks again Catweedle ~

@Catweedle

Thanks for sharing! :thumbup: