Attach trigger to group leader

[CaptainBravo 0]

Hey everyone,

Although I know how to attach a trigger to a unit I am not sure how to attach to a group leader. So if group leader dies, trigger attaches to next in command.

Thank you for your help

[demonized 20]

while {({alive _x} count (units _grp)) != 0} do {
  _leader = leader _grp;
  waitUntil {_leader != (leader _grp)};
  trigger setTriggerActivation ["LEADER", "PRESENT", true];
};

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setTriggerActivation

or in a seperate repeating trigger:

cond:

!alive (leader groupname) AND ({alive _x} count (units groupname)) != 0

on act:

{if (!alive (leader groupname) AND alive _x) then {groupname selectLeader _x}} foreach units groupname; triggername setTriggerActivation ["LEADER", "PRESENT", true];

Edited April 4, 2011 by Demonized

[CaptainBravo 0]

Thanks Demonized for your help. Speaking of group leader, how to get a group leader to say a voice command. I know how say works for indivdual units but unsure for group leader (looking to attach a trigger to group leader so group leader can say things when certain conditions met in trigger and if he dies, next grp leader says same thing).

[shuko 59]

Ugh. IMO triggers usually just complicate things in MP.

showthread.php?t=116707

[CaptainBravo 0]

Thanks Shuko for the link. MP is always a bit iffy. What other ways of achieving same objective without using a trigger? (example group leader say command)

[CaptainBravo 0]

Anyone with a tip on how to apply saysound to a group leader?

[st_dux 26]

If anything, triggers simplify things in MP. A trigger placed in the editor will exist on every client, and anything executed in a trigger will therefore be executed on every client. Simple.

To make a group leader say something when you aren't sure exactly who the leader will be (since the original one may have died), simply use leader <groupname>.

[CaptainBravo 0]

Thanks ST_Dux for your help, that is what I was looking for. I also agree trigger make things a lot easier. I use them all the time in MP missions and they seem to work fine.

There are situations where dedicated might require a bit more "tweaking"