Setting a time limit in a sp mission?

[Poet 0]

2nd post in here today!

I promise I got a pretty darned slick Mini-Campaign on the way though.

How can I set a time limit for the Player in a Single Player Mission set off by a trigger?

E.g - Player boards chopper, Timer starts - Player shoots lots of stuff. If the player doesnt kill everything in 5 minutes, then the mission ends...

Sounds simple, and I trawled these forums, and all my guides again, but can only find how to set time limits for MP missions.

Again, any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Poet.

[RED 0]

Make a trigger with this following in its condition field:

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">player in choppername<span id='postcolor'>

In the onactivation field:

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">[time in seconds] exec "timer.sqs"<span id='postcolor'>

Now make the script file with this in it:

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">

_time = _this select 0

_i = 0

#loop

~1

_i = _i + 1

?_i < _time: goto "loop"

endtrigger = true

<span id='postcolor'>

Now make a trigger with "endtrigger" in the condition field and trigger type "end1"

RED

[Poet 0]

Thanks for the help and the quick response again RED!

Certainly on the ball today.  

But,  

Can't get it to work. I have set it up exactly as above. But nothing happens.

I have the player getting in the rear of the Chinook ( sniping from the rear of a BAS machine, is there anything more fun? ), with an AI as pilot. Will that affect it? ( though I also tested with the player getting in as pilot ... )

I have both Triggers I created set to Activation "None" though I tried with "Anybody" as well, and neither seem to work.

I tried with "player in choppername" and "playername in choppername" ...

I tried creating a new mission with just those triggers and the script etc, just in case anything in my mission was messing it up, and it still wouldnt work.

Hope you can help!

Poet.

[RED 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">

_timevar = _this select 0

_i = 0

#loop

~1

_i = _i + 1

?_i < _timevar: goto "loop"

endtrigger = true

<span id='postcolor'>

I made a mistake in the script, use this one.

RED

[Poet 0]

Great Work RED!

I went cross-eyed staring at the script trying to work it out.

Thanks once again!

[sanctuary 19]

Is it not easier to just use a small trigger and have a west or east or resistance unit , so you put at Activation West or East or Resistance and in the Min Max Average case you put 300 (300 seconds = 5 mn) and in Type you put Ending1 or 2 or 3 ... ?

[smogmorph 0]

That's the best method if you want the timer to start when you start the mission.

He wants the timer to start when he enters the chopper, therefore RED's script is alot better.

[iNeo 0]

Why can't the variable be called _time?

[RED 0]

Because _time is the time from when the script was activated.

RED

[toadeater 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (smogmorph @ 10 May 2003,10:54)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">That's the best method if you want the timer to start when you start the mission.

He wants the timer to start when he enters the chopper, therefore RED's script is alot better.<span id='postcolor'>

You can get it to work in a trigger by putting:

player in heli

in the trigger's condition field instead of using activated by.