createTrigger on trigger activation?

[warbirdguy1 14]

I am working on challenging myself to learn more about using the SQF side of editing over relying on the clean UI of the EDEN editor.  Here is what I got so far in my init.sqf.

 

Player spawns on VR terrain.  Is asked to run to a VR arrow.  Once the player arrives there at arrow_1/trigger_1 I would like a new trigger to be created.

 

disableUserInput true;
player enableSimulation false;
arrow_1 hideObject true;
arrow_2 hideObject true;

hint "You do not have control at this time.";

sleep 5;

systemChat "Hello and welcome to Sean Cole's mission creation demonstration.";
sleep 3;
systemChat "Lets get started, walk over to the blue arrow.";
hint "You have control.";
player enableSimulation true;
disableUserInput false;
arrow_1 hideObject false;

    trigger_1 = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", getPos arrow_1];
    trigger_1 setTriggerArea [5, 5, 0, false];
    trigger_1 setTriggerActivation ["WEST", "PRESENT", true];
    trigger_1 setTriggerStatements ["this", "hint 'Good, now lets move to the Red Arrow.'", ""];

 

Here is the where my problems start.

 

if (triggerActivated trigger_1) then {
    arrow_2 hideObject false;
    trigger_2 = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", getPos arrow_2];
    trigger_2 setTriggerArea [5, 5, 0, false];
    trigger_2 setTriggerActivation ["WEST", "PRESENT", true];
    trigger_2 setTriggerStatements ["this", "hint 'Great, move to the smoke and await the Hummingbird.'", ""];
};

 

I assumed this was the correct next set of statements but it does not seem to be working.  Do you have any good references or can explain to me what I am doing wrong and how to correct it?

 

Thanks in advanced.  Being relatively new to this I sometimes and not sure what the right questions are to ask and have difficulty finding the answers.

[pierremgi 4737]

First of all, you must be under a scheduled scope. I means your script has sleep commands. Init.sqf is fine but not every script. So I added a spawn command for any case.

 

Then, you're checking the trigger_1 activation, on the fly, before your player activate it! The condition returns false.

Make a waitUntil instead:

 

0 = [] spawn {
  disableUserInput true;
  player enableSimulation false;
  arrow_1 hideObject true;
  arrow_2 hideObject true;
  hint "You do not have control at this time.";
  sleep 5;
  systemChat "Hello and welcome to Sean Cole's mission creation demonstration.";
  sleep 3;
  systemChat "Lets get started, walk over to the blue arrow.";
  hint "You have control.";
  player enableSimulation true;
  disableUserInput false;
  arrow_1 hideObject false;
  trigger_1 = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", getPos arrow_1];
  trigger_1 setTriggerArea [5, 5, 0, false];
  trigger_1 setTriggerActivation ["WEST", "PRESENT", true];
  trigger_1 setTriggerStatements ["this", "hint 'Good, now lets move to the Red Arrow.'", ""];
  
  waitUntil {sleep 1; triggerActivated trigger_1};
  arrow_2 hideObject false;
  trigger_2 = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", getPos arrow_2];
  trigger_2 setTriggerArea [5, 5, 0, false];
  trigger_2 setTriggerActivation ["WEST", "PRESENT", true];
  trigger_2 setTriggerStatements ["this", "hint 'Great, move to the smoke and await the Hummingbird.'", ""];
};