Countdown for Extraction Display question

[Tom_Anger 0]

Basic concept.  Get a team to a recon point and trigger a countdown for as long as at least 1 member is in the area.  I have an area trigger that works great and I am looking to add a countdown display to help the players know how much longer to hold the area.  I wrote a generic script that is activated when a member enters the area.  

Here is the activation code

On Act.

if (reconowner == "west") then {reconowner = "east";reconscript = [30] execVM "recon_countdown.sqf";}

Here is the script

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">//_count is the countdown in seconds

_count = _this select 0;

// Main Procedure Logic

while {_count > 0} do

{

  hint format ["%1 contacting recon support.", _count];

  Sleep(1);

  _count = _count - 1;

};

hint format["%1",_count];

This works perfect when it is activated, however, I am trying to remove the display when all members are out of the area.  I have tested this with a deactivation line

On Dect:

reconowner = "west";hint "Situation unstable for extraction";

I do see the deactivation message pop up, but it is immediately replaced with the timer as it continues to countdown.  Any ideas on how I can rid of the countdown on a deactivation?  I was trying to research the Timeout and Countdown features on triggers to see if there was some internal variable to use, but came up empty on that.

[shuko 59]

You need to stop the countdown script with terminate

So, add the following code to the onDeAct line

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

[Tom_Anger 0]

Worked like a charm. Thanks my man.

[Ratcatcher 0]

Hi Tom, I'm looking at doing something similar on a mission I'm writing. I've tried to follow what you have done but having no luck.

Could you explain ( in basic terms , how you set up your triggers? As I have set a trigger with your on act but nothing happens??? Do I need to name the trigger.

I named the script "recon_countdown.sqs"

Any help gratefully excepted.