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Jackdeath
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Location: Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
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 Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 3:43 am Post subject: Capture Trigger |
How do I set up a trigger for the capture of structures?
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Wizard
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 2:03 am |
Thats a tough one, as the only viable way (that I can think of whilst still asleep) is a count of the buildings, and if that count increases then do something.
You could also tie in with the 'lost' of a raider, as raiders are a single-use item only.
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scottlu
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 10:55 am |
You can do it with an area that encloses the structure, then check the area for the structure of a given type, owned by a given side.
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Jackdeath
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 2:29 pm |
Yes, that would work. But, how would I differentiate between structures that were captured from ones that were destroyed? In a scenario where a captured structure would bring an 'End Mission: win' condition and a destroyed structure would bring an 'End Mission: lose' condition, how could I tell the difference between the two?
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SoLan
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 2:54 pm |
You can do this by creating an area that encloses the structure and then setting two triggers. The first trigger tests for area contains 0 *insert structure type here* owned by any side (structure is destroyed) with a trigger action of End Mission: Lose. The second trigger tests for area contains 1 *insert structure type here* owned by *human side* (structure is captured by human side) with a trigger action of End Mission: Win.
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Jackdeath
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 4:25 pm |
I can foresee no problems when observing a condition for destroying a structure, but if captured wouldn't that bring about both conditions? One side's gain is another side's loss. Which would take precedent?
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SoLan
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 4:39 pm |
If you test for a structure owned by any side, then that is true as long as there is a structure of the type that you specify in the area no matter which side owns it. Area contains 0 *insert structure type here* owned by any side will not be true unless no side owns any of the specified structure in that area.
As an alternative you can test for area contains exactly 0 *insert structure type here* owned by *human side* and exactly 0 *insert structure type here* owned by *computer side* for the End Mission: Lose trigger.
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scottlu
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 12:32 am |
Another item to know is that triggers get executed one at a time, in the order listed.
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