Hi slickmen, that looks pretty good. youll want 4 triggers the last one firing the first. But you dont need the distance condition , just count the sec it takes in the editor for the unit to walk where hes going and use a timer. And firing all the trigs will close them. So at the first trigs cine block where the unit walker is, turn it to on. If you stick with the distance trig, just use a number thats alittle bigger so he don't miss his mark. Good luck.

[This message has been edited by sziggi (edited 01-29-2005 @ 05:16 AM).]

Hello! I have a question...

How do I pitch things?

If they angle of the screen, and AoMTT its "ctrl+alt+c" or "ctrl+shift+c" I've forgotten which, then "Ctrl+up/down"

If rotating units: d/l Cheesy's extra features patch.

PLEASE read the FAQ

I have a technical question:

I am not a computer expert, and I would like to know how i can add screenshots from my scenarios when i launch a topic.

For example: when I make a preview of my map, i would like to add some screenshots, but i dont know how

@ Slickman
Like Sziggi said, get rid of the distance check on your triggers. Your units may never make it to that cinematic block if they encounter and attack enemy units on the way. Just have all of the triggers timer based, however, ensure that none of your triggers are set "active" or "run immediately". Instead, have them just fire each other and have one more trigger which is both active and run immediately fire the first one when you want them to start patrolling.

@ Reinfire
You will probably need a server to host any screenshots you want to use. Then, if the option is avaible on the message board you want to use the screenshot on, you'll either have to use bb code or html to link it. Html would look something like this:
<img src="http://www.servername.com/myscreenshot.jpg">
I am unsure what the BB code would look like since I haven't done it.

thanks for your help everyone, but i actually figured it out before i saw any of your relpies lol!

ArcticWind7: I already know how I will pitch the camera angle... I want to know how I will pitch objects in my scenrio. (ctrl+up/down doesn't work)

[This message has been edited by Geniet (edited 01-30-2005 @ 06:28 AM).]

In the d/l section in utilities, search for " Cheezy " then d/l his "Extra Features Patch" Then you will be able to rotate objects in "Move Object's" Mode.

Also d/l Reyks latest editor patch

Can you get a ranged unit to attack an area??

Iv tried placing an unber unit and making it very very very small then placing invisible walls around it to stop it moving then attacking that unit but ths is not practical.

Any ideas??

fill the area with invisible targets

Dont they cause obstruction?

i think they do, whilst i check, is there any other way?

It would help if Unit Work would work!

how do you do this

make a hersir every 30s and then from where it is made make it move elsewhere.

e.g. hersir is made at place A and then instantly moves to place B.

C: Timer
E: Unit Create, Move from Area

(looped, place a cinematic block at the place where the hersirs will be created and use it as the centre unit for the second effect)

[This message has been edited by AoMPlayer000 (edited 01-31-2005 @ 03:51 PM).]

About Invisible Targets: THEY DO NOT CAUSE OBSTRUCTION! They are just like cinematic blocks - ONLY that they can be used with "Unit Work" where a unit/godpower/etc attacks it.

[This message has been edited by pftq (edited 01-31-2005 @ 06:26 PM).]

yup he's right^ thanx

I have a question...

1) How would I raise the defense of a unit for a second and set it back to its former state? Note: the defense stats are always changing, so that's what makes it hard.

[This message has been edited by ATTEcLiPsE1 (edited 02-02-2005 @ 08:23 PM).]

@ATTEcLiPsE1

trigger 1:
inactive
condition: timer X
effect: modify protounit (raise whatever defense you want)
effect: fire event (trigger 2)

trigger 2:
inactive
condition: timer Y
effect: modify protounit (lower whatever defense you want)
effect: fire event (trigger 1)

Where X is the number of seconds you want to wait before raising the units defense, and Y is the amount of seconds you want to wait before lowering it again.

But that's the thing...

Okay, say my character has 50% hack and pierce armor. The player types in chat "dodge". The stats raise to 99%. I make a trigger to lower it down by 49%, or 0.49. Then the player gets a level. His hack and pierce armor raises to 57%. His stats now raise to 100% when he says 'dodge'. Then when they fall, they go back to being 51, rather than 57%. I need to make it so that regardless of what the defense stat is, it will fall back to what it was a short time ago.

BUT!!
I can always just redo my leveling system, which in fact I'm already doing, and include some new triggers in it.

I have a question for you pftq..

In my final cinematic I finally used the trigger feature in the soundfilename effect ( For the other scenarios it was already too late because I have set up tons of timers)

Ok the problem which I have now is that I cannot stop the sound.

I have created some soundloops which get fired at certain scnenes and if they are not needed anymore the triggers get disabled...however this disabeling doesn't work

Bellow follows the set up:

All triggers are set on highest priority

Trigger1
Not active gets fired up at certain scene

condition: always
effect: play soundfile ..trigger feature fires trigger 2

Trigger 2
Not active (fired up by trigger 1)

condition: always
effect: playsoundfile (same sound as trig1) trigger feature fires trigger 1

Ok this part works

Now both triggers get disabled at the same time with the disable trigger effect....but they do not get disabled and keep happy roling on. The settings for the disable trigger are correct ( no spelling mistakes) and they worked earlier when i had a timed looping set up.

Am I overlooking something here ?

Or are those disable effects somehow messed up and should I delete and add them new ?

Hope you can help me out with this

best regards,

The Vandhaal

You have a looped sound file effect that won't stop?

trig one (looping)
condition:unit alive
effect start loop

trig two
condition timer.
effect deactive(trigg 1) and destroy unit.

Using an object in this way will stop the loop. Some times the single impulse that come from the deactive trig gets lost.

was that it or did i miss something?

[This message has been edited by sziggi (edited 02-03-2005 @ 08:43 PM).]

*sigh* when will people learn that Disable Trigger DOES NOT WORK WELL with trigger loops!

Disable Trigger simply unchecks the "active" box in triggers. But by the time it does that, your "loop" fires the trigger again.

What I do, and it almost always works, is to put in a QV Check for the condition.

Then before using the Disable effect, I change the QV Set.

So your trigger would be:

Effect:
QV Set
Disable
Disable

Get it?

Thanx for the reactio Pftq and Sziggi:

LoL I had never problems with the disable trigger effect before ( I just builded in back up stops I thought there was something wrong with the trigger set up of the sound and not the disable thing

Ok but again I will listen to your advice Pftq

So the set up would be:

condition:
always
qv check (so if its set to 1)

effect
sound file etc etc etc

the trigger set up for the disable triggers would

condition
whatever

effect disable the both triggers
qv set to 0

edit I quess I also have to set the questvar to 1 again before I start the sound looping tiggers (yes yes i know it sounds N00bish with such a simple qv setup but it are my first qv steps)

As I am still a noob in those qv I would have probably used Sziggis solution...but time to learn them now for possible next projects (thats why i added dr nicks guide to the wiki so i could already get a bit used to them)

Best regards,

The Vandhaal

[This message has been edited by The Vandhaal (edited 02-04-2005 @ 10:09 AM).]

@ATTEcLiPsE1

1) It's not possible to raise an armor greater then 99%.

2) Just use a quest variable to keep track of what the armor was before you raised it. Here is a simple example

trigger Set_Armor:
active
runimmediately
condition: always
effect: QVarmor = 50;
effect: modify protounit (make his armor 50)

trigger Update_Armor:
active
condition: (player gets a level)
effect: QVarmor = 57;
effect: modify protounit (armor +0.07)

trigger Special_Move:
active
condition: (player types dodge)
effect: modify protounit (armor +1.0)
effect: fire event (trigger Reset_50)
effect: fire event (trigger Reset_57)

trigger Reset_50:
inactive
condition: QVarmor == 50;
condition: timer X
effect: modify protounit (armor -0.49)

trigger Reset_57:
inactive
condition: QVarmor == 57;
condition: timer X
effect: modify protounit (armor -0.42)

and so on...
You will have a reset trigger for each possible amount of armor your unit can have in order to impliment the special move (dodge). Yes it gets tedious but that's the price you pay for not being able to use math in triggers.

[This message has been edited by KSmith (edited 02-04-2005 @ 08:23 AM).]