Location help

[Jackael 10]

Hey, I'm very new to scripting and all that.

I've been playing with it trial and error in the in-game stuff (init box, act/deact boxes, stuff like that) and I am having trouble getting something right.

I want to have something happen when the player is in a certain location. I'm stuck on the condition part.

I put:

myLocation = location ;building1

into the condition of a trigger. I didn't originally have the colon in front of building1 but it told me I was missing one.

I have a game logic/location unit placed next to the player spawn with the name Building1, and the trigger is set to activate by BLUFOR (which player is) I also have it set to display a hint on activation, but so far it does not work.

What am I doing wrong?

[Murklor 10]

You dont really need a condition for it, just group the player to the trigger (if you group any vehicle to a trigger it will react to that vehicle).

[Jackael 10]

So it will activate once you enter the radius of the axis on the trigger?

Edited August 29, 2009 by Jackael

[Leving 10]

Yes.

If you create a trigger with a radius, and set it as for example;

Activation;BLUFOR, Present.

Then when a blufor unit enters its raduis, the act in the trigger will happen.

[Jackael 10]

Okay cool... is there any way to set it to player only for entering the circle?

[IndeedPete 1038]

Put in condition:

(player in thislist)

Note: The player must be the sime side that you activate the trigger with!

[Jackael 10]

Okay, let me see if I understand this correctly.

"thislist" is checking to make sure that the player is on the same side that is activating the trigger? Hence the note?

[kylania 567]

thislist is simply a list of objects that satisfy the trigger.

(player in thislist) means "Did the player set off this trigger?"

[Jackael 10]

I see, thanks for the clarification. I'm trying to get a good understanding of these commands. :)

[Touch Off 10]

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